April 19th is... National Poker Day, Lucretia Garfield's Birthday (1832), Revolutionary War (1775), National Garlic Day, Bicycle Day, John Parker Day, Humorous Day, National Amaretto Day, Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day/Oklahoma City Bombing Remembrance, White Women's Equal Pay Day, National Hanging Out Day, Primrose Day (UK), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day, National North Dakota Day, Biomedical Research Awareness Day, National Spice Smoking Day, National Rice Ball Day, Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (Uruguay), Patriots' Day (Florida), Sierra Leone Republic Day, St. Alphege's Day, St. Leo IX's Day
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National Poker Day
-- Some people support their families by playing poker. But for the vast majority, poker is simply entertainment with benefits. A game of skill, strategy, and mathematical probabilities, poker is the All-American game.
Read: Poker: Everything You Need To Know About Poker From Beginner To Expert
-- If there's one thing you need to know about the game of poker is it starts in the mind. To win every game, one must know their numbers and sharpen their instincts. Poker is an exciting card game everybody can enjoy! And today, you will gain a wealth of knowledge and become a better player! In this book are top essential tips which will help you get ready to hit the tables. All you need is a pocket full of patience, and a keen attention. And just like any other game, a huge amount of preparation is needed in order to achieve success. What you'll love about this book is it reveals the 12 top secrets of poker you can use as weapons for every game you will have to play.
• Doublefan Poker Chips Set -- Perfect Poker Chips Design — Each chip is produced from a composite resin with heavy insert to gives perfect the feeling of casino-quality poker chips. Chips are Combined with hit colored style, to achieved fashion and classical figure. Includes a heavy duty but lightweight aluminum case easy to carry. Its interior is made of black velour to protect and organize chips, with a classy look and feel.
• Casino 6-Deck Automatic Card Shuffler -- The Six-Deck Automatic Card Shuffler is a superfast way to shuffle cards, so you can get back to the game in no time. Simply load half the cards to be shuffled into the left side, half into the right side, and push one button. Within seconds, your cards are shuffled and ready to deal. Works with up to six decks of standard poker-sized cards or narrower bridge-style cards. Ideal for children, seniors or anyone who finds it difficult to shuffle cards.
• Poker Coloring and Activity Books
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Free Printables, Coloring Pages, Activities and Crafts:
♥️ Poker Hand Rankings Chart - Pokerology.com
♣️ Free Printable Poker Chips to Print Out - $1 $5 $10 $25 $100
♦️ Poker Rules for Beginners | Learn Poker Rules for All Games, Fast!
♠️ Basics of Poker – Card Game Rules | Bicycle Playing Cards
♥️ Print your own Poker Planning cards
♣️ Printable Green Poker Chips - Printable Play Money
♦️ How To Throw The Perfect Casino Themed Party
♠️ Printable Deck of 52 Playing Cards
♥️ Re-purposing Ideas: 5 Uses For Cards That Don't Involve Gambling
♣️ How to Make a Gift Box Out of Playing Cards
♦️ How to Make a Business Card Holder . . . From Playing Cards
♠️ Simple DIY Pool Noodle Playing Card Holder
♥️ DIY Card Holder For Kids
♣️ DIY Playing Card Holder for Kids
♦️ Online Coloring Page | Dogs Playing Poker painting
♠️ Poker Coloring Pages - Ultra Coloring Pages
More Holiday Printables:
• Facts and Printables About the American Revolution
• Garlic colouring pages
Lucretia Garfield's Birthday (1832)
- Wife of Union General James A. Garfield. Lucretia Rudolph was born on April 19, 1832, in Hiram, Ohio, the eldest of four children of Zebediah Rudolph, a prosperous carpenter-farmer, and Arabella Mason Rudolph.
Revolutionary War (1775)
- On April 19, 1775, British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord. On the night of April 18, the royal governor of Massachusetts, General Thomas Gage, commanded by King George III to suppress the rebellious Americans, had ordered 700 British soldiers, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith and Marine Major John Pitcairn, to seize the colonists' military stores in Concord, some 20 miles west of Boston.
National Garlic Day
- The plant of the day according to the medieval calendar is garlic (Allium sativum*), dedicated to St Leo. Garlic probably has more folklore associated with it than any other plant food, which is not surpising due to its ancient origins, widespread distribution and its strong smell and pungent taste.