April 20 is celebrated:
International Volunteer Appreciation Day – a special day to celebrate the incredible efforts and contributions of all those who volunteer to help others.
Chinese Language Day at the United Nations, which is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, spoken by more than a billion people. It is the official language of China, one of the largest economies in the world, as well as an important means of international communication. Learning Chinese can open up new opportunities for career, education and cultural exchange.
World Circus Day – a holiday in honor of circus art and culture, which was held for the first time in 2010.
World Day of Searching for the Meaning of Life – all people are unique – that’s a fact! However, there is not a single person who does not have desires and goals. Everyone is moving somewhere, striving for something, trying to achieve it, so as not to live life in vain.
World Environment Day – an environmental holiday celebrated on the third Saturday of April every year since 1999. The main goal of the holiday is to raise people’s awareness of environmental safety issues. On this day, trees are planted, streets, parks and squares are cleaned, and territories are landscaped.
In this day:
in 1902, the Curies were the first to obtain pure radium;
in 1940, the first electron microscope was demonstrated in the USA;
in 1949, the first World Peace Conference was held;
In 2010, a major environmental disaster occurred – the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused one of the largest oil spills in history.
In 1999, the Columbine tragedy happened – a school shooting that shocked not only the United States, but the whole world, causing discussion of the problem of youth violence and access to weapons. That day, two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, staged a bloody rampage at their school. They killed 12 students and one teacher and wounded 24 others before committing suicide. It was one of the deadliest school attacks in US history.
In 1979, while fishing on a boat with US President Jimmy Carter, there was an incident that was later called the “killer rabbit attack” by the press. The president then said: “The rabbit was running away from being chased by hounds, so he jumped into the water and swam to the boat. He hissed menacingly, gnashed his teeth and tried to climb into the boat. When the rabbit almost reached the place, I slapped it a little with the paddle, after which the animal turned in the opposite direction and crawled out of the pond. And so, probably, this incident would have remained only a presidential fable, if not for a photographer from the White House who captured this moment.
