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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students. View by day, by week, or by month.

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April, 2014

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		1 April is National Poetry Month!	2 Hans Christian Andersen was born on this date in 1805.	3	4 In 1928, Maya Angelou was born.	5 Pocahontas married John Rolfe on this date in 1614.

6	7 Jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915.	8	9 In 1939, Marian Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall.	10 The Statute of Anne, an influential copyright law, went into effect in 1710.	11	12 Gary Soto, poet and children's writer, was born on this date in 1952.

13 Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.	14 Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.	15 The RMS Titanic sank on this day in 1912.	16	17	18 Paul Revere began his famous midnight ride in 1775.	19

20 Celebrate author Mary Hoffman's birthday today.	21 Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series, was born on this day.	22 Celebrate Earth Day!	23 In 1564, William Shakespeare was born on this day.	24 On this day in 1800, Congress approved the purchase of books to start the Library of Congress. Participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day!	25	26 The Spanish town of Guernica was bombed on this date in 1937.

27 Coretta Scott King was born on this day in 1927. Playwright August Wilson was born in 1945.	28 Author Lois Duncan was born on this date in 1934.	29 Poet Yusef Komunyakaa was born in 1947.	30 Celebrate El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day)!