Day Guide for Wednesday April 5th 2023

This is our day guide for Wednesday April 5th 2023 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Observances on April 5th 2023

Passover Begins

Passover Begins ✡️

Passover (Pesach), is an eight day Jewish holiday that remembers the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

National Caramel Day

National Caramel Day

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Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Caramel Day

National Deep Dish Pizza Day

National Deep Dish Pizza Day

Food
USA

Though associated with Chicago, the deep-dish pizza originated during the 17th century in Sicily.

National Go For Broke Day

National Go For Broke Day

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National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

National Raisin and Spice Bar Day

Food
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Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Raisin and Spice Bar Day.

National Read a Road Map Day

National Read a Road Map Day

Action
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Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Read a Road Map Day

National Walking Day

National Walking Day

Health
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Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Walking Day

International Day of Conscience

International Day of Conscience

A United Nations day that promotes a Culture of Peace with Love and Conscience.

Public Holidays on April 5th 2023

Ching Ming Festival

Ching Ming Festival

International

Ching Ming is the Remembrance of Ancestors Day or Grave-Sweeping Day and takes place on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.

Costa Rica Holy Week Holiday

Costa Rica Holy Week Holiday

Costa Rica

Public sector workers have been given all of Holy week as a holiday to encourage domestic tourism

Honduras Holy Week Holiday

Honduras Holy Week Holiday

Honduras

Public sector workers have been given all of Holy week as a holiday to encourage domestic tourism

Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

Babu Jagjivan Ram Birthday

India

Andhra Pradesh, Telangana. Birthday of an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar

Chungmyung Day

Chungmyung Day

North Korea

Chungmyung Day marks the passing of the worst of winter and is a day for tidying up graves and doing home repairs that winter prohibited

Bak Full Moon Poya

Bak Full Moon Poya

Sri Lanka

Celebrates Buddha's second visit to Sri Lanka to make peace between two warring local chiefs, who were also uncle and nephew

Tourism Week Holiday

Tourism Week Holiday

Uruguay

Tourism week is the name for the five days of Easter week holidays in Uruguay

Venezuela Holy Week Holiday

Venezuela Holy Week Holiday

Venezuela

Public sector holiday in the run up to Easter

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General Information for April 5th 2023

There are 8 observances on this day.
15 days to go.
Day 95 of 2023
270 days left in 2023
Week 14 of the year

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On this Day in History

2008 - US actor Charlton Heston, star of the film Ben-Hur and president of the National Rifle Association, dies (born 1923).
1951 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are sentenced to jail for conspiring to steal secrets about the atomic bomb - a historical moment documented in the song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
1904 - The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th US President, dies of a pneumonia he contracted during his inaugural speech 32 days earlier.
1815 - People around the world learn the name 'Tambora' - the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history.