Portal:Current events/April 2008/Sidebar

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April
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 * 29: Albert Hofmann
 * 25: John H. McConnell
 * 25: Humphrey Lyttelton
 * 24: Kenneth Keith Kallenbach
 * 22: Paul Davis
 * 21: Al Wilson
 * 19: Germaine Tillion
 * 17: Danny Federici
 * 17: Aimé Césaire
 * 17: Gwyneth Dunwoody
 * 16: Edward Norton Lorenz
 * 16: Joe Feeney
 * 15: Hazel Court
 * 15: Krister Stendahl
 * 13: John Archibald Wheeler
 * 13: Ollie Johnston
 * 12: Cecilia Colledge
 * 12: Jerry Zucker
 * 12: Patrick Hillery
 * 8: Stanley Kamel
 * 7: Ludu Daw Amar
 * 5: Charlton Heston
 * 3: Frosty Freeze
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Recent
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 * 6: Montenegro, President
 * 9: South Korea, Parliament
 * 10: Nepal, Constituent Assembly
 * 13: Italy, Parliament (to April 14)
 * 20: Paraguay, General
 * 23: Guernsey, General
 * 23: Tonga, General (to April 24)
 * 25: Iran, Legislative (2nd round)
 * 26: Nauru, Parliament
 * 30: Niue, Parliament
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Upcoming

 * Canada: Larry O'Brien
 * US: James Charles Kopp
 * US: Ehren Watada
 * US: Tom DeLay
 * US: William J. Jefferson
 * US: Kwame Kilpatrick
 * US: Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá

Ongoing
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 * Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 * Iraq: Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal
 * Netherlands: ICC
 * Thomas Lubanga
 * Netherlands: ICTY
 * Peru: Alberto Fujimori
 * Sierra Leone: SCfSL
 * Charles Taylor
 * US: Jena Six
 * US: Brian Nichols
 * US: José Padilla
 * US: Phil Spector
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 * 1: April Fools' Day
 * 4: Qingming Festival (Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau)
 * 7: World Health Day
 * 19: Passover starts
 * 21: Patriots' Day (Observed in Massachusetts and Maine and Wisconsin; see Patriots' Day)
 * 22: Earth Day
 * 25: ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand); Day of Silence; DNA day
 * 25: Good Friday (Eastern; Western date is March 21)
 * 27: Easter (Eastern; Western date is March 23)
 * 30: Walpurgisnacht

May

 * 1: May Day and Labor Day (various countries), Law Day (Some U.S. States)
 * 1: Beltane (Ireland)
 * 1: St. Joseph (Roman Catholic)
 * 4: Remembrance of the Dead (Netherlands)
 * 5: Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
 * 5: Children's Day (Japan and Korea)
 * 5: Liberation Day (Netherlands)
 * 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe)
 * 9: Victory in Europe Day (Eastern Europe)
 * 9: Europe Day (European Union)
 * 9: International Nurses Day
 * 11: Mother's Day (United States)
 * 12: Finland Day
 * 17: Norwegian Constitution Day
 * 21: Battle of Iquique (Chile)
 * 24: Independence Day (Eritrea)
 * 25: May Revolution (Argentina)

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