This is our day guide for Monday April 20th 2020 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?
Holidays on April 20th 2020
International: Public Holiday
Information about the attempts to tackle the Coronavirus Outbreak by declaring public holidays.
International: Orthodox Easter Monday
The Orthodox church uses the Julian calendar for the calculation of Easter, which can often mean that Orthodox Easter falls later than Easter observed elsewhereRegional
Brazil (regional): Bridge Holiday
São Paulo has declared this optional point holiday to extend the weekend to Tiradentes Day on Tuesday.Public sector only
Canada (regional): St. George's Day
This is the generally accepted date of St. George's death
Egypt: Sham El Nessim
Sham El-Nessim is an ancient Egyptian spring festival celebrated on the day after Coptic Easter
Eswatini: King's Birthday
As the King's Birthday falls on a Sunday in 202, the following Monday will be a public holidayRegional
India (regional): Garia Puja
Tripura only. A popular festival held on the seventh day of the month of VaishakhaPublic sector only
Myanmar: Burmese New Year
Third day of holidays to mark the Burmese New YearRegional
Spain (regional): Feast of San Vincent Ferrer
Vincent Ferrer was a Valencian Dominican friar, who gained acclaim as a missionary and a logicianRegional
Switzerland (regional): Sechselauten
This regional festival originated in medieval times when guildhalls across Zurich celebrated the first day of summer working hoursPublic sector only
USA (regional): Patriots Day
Commemorates the opening battles of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord in 1775
Uruguay: Landing of the 33 Patriots Day
Commemorates the return of Juan Lavelleja and his 33 exiled Uruguayan fighters in 1825Observances on April 20th 2020
United Nations: Chinese Language Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Chinese Language Day
USA: National Lima Bean Respect Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Lima Bean Respect Day
USA: National Look Alike Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Look Alike Day
USA: National Pineapple Upside Down Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Pineapple Upside Down Day
USA: Weed Day
There's a day dedicated to cannabis? Stone Me!
USA: Patriots' Day
Commemorates the opening battles of the American Revolution at Lexington and Concord in 1775April 19th 2020 | Go to Today | April 21st 2020
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| General Information for April 20th 2020 | |
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| There are 12 public holidays today. | |
| Day 111 of 2020 | |
| 255 days left in 2020 | |
| Week 17 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 2001 - China removes homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. | |
| 1991 - Steve Marriott, the British singer/songwriter with the band The Small Faces, and later Humble Pie, dies (b. 1947). | |
| 1971 - About 200 veterans attend hearings on proposals to end the war in Vietnam. | |
| 1943 - Edie Sedgwick is born in the Cottage Hospital of Santa Barbara, as seventh of eight children. |
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