April 19th is National Amaretto, National Garlic, National Hanging Out, National North Dakota, National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration and more!
National Amaretto Day
National Amaretto Day, April 19th, honors a liqueur known around the world for its flavor and aroma on April 19th.
National Garlic Day
National Garlic Day is held on April 19th, a vegetable also known as the stinking rose. For thousands of years, the fragrant and robust root has been seasoning dishes.
National Hanging Out Day
Project Laundry List collaborates with hundreds of other groups to promote National Hanging Out Day each year on April 19th. This day is a day for learning about the benefits, both financially and environmentally, of using a clothesline for drying laundry. According to Project Laundry Lists' website, clothes dryers account for an astounding six to ten percent of residential energy use. All these other benefits are included in hanging your clothes out to dry.
National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
On April 19th, the National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day honors those who were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was the most deadly act of terrorism on American soil until the September 11, 2001, attacks. (https://www.history.com/oklahoma-city-bombing) The explosion in Oklahoma City killed the lives of 168 people, including 19 children under the age of 6, as well as more than 680 people. (https://www.history.com/topics/oklahoma-city-bombing)
