April 24th Special Days - Featuring Lab Animals Freebies

The Animal Lover's Guide
to Changing the World

April 24th is... World Day for Laboratory Animals/World Lab Animal Day, Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day/National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man, Day of Silence/GLSEN Day of Silence, New Kids on the Block Day, National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day, National Teach Children to Save Day/National Teach Your Children to Save Day, World Meningitis Day, International Watch Firefly Day, Fashion Revolution Day, Sauvignon Blanc Day, National Lingerie Day, Newman Day/Paul Newman Day, International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, National Report Medicare Advantage Fraud Day, Library of Congress Established (1800), Truman Briefed on Manhattan Project (1945), Kapyong Day (Australia), St. Mark's Eve, St. Egbert's Day
More Special Days: Childcare Professionals Day, National Arbor Day, National Hairball Awareness Day, Day of Dialogue, Undiagnosed Children's Awareness Day, Fountain Pen Friday, Friendship Friday, Hooky Day (Argentina), Good Deeds Day (Israel), National Skipping Day (UK)
PLUS - interesting books to read and free printables, papercrafts, recipes, crafts, activities, and coloring pages.
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World Day for Laboratory Animals (1979)
-- Animal protection is one of the most passionately debated issues of our day. Today is a day to remember the millions of animals who have been killed and to redouble efforts to hasten the end of all animal experiments. Thousands of primates are poisoned to death every year inside British laboratories and hundreds more are subjected to appalling brain experiments.
Read: Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism
-- Animal activists shine a bright light into the dark recesses of factory farms, vivisection labs, fur farms, product-testing facilities, and animal training complexes. Brings together the most effective tactics for speaking out for animals. Activists from around the globe explain why their models of activism have been successful -- and how you can become involved.
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• Coloring and Activity Books

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Freebies and Printables:
• Pledge to Be Cruelty-Free
• Free Kids' Guide to Helping Animals magazine
• Free Peta Stickers
• Make Your Own PETA Kids Gear

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On These Walls: Inscriptions
and Quotations in the
Library of Congress

Library of Congress Established (1800)
-- The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, the de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States was established on April 24, 1800. Located in four buildings in Washington, D.C. as well as the Packard Campus in Culpepper, Virginia, it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and number of books.
📚 Prints and Photographs Division - Library of Congress
📚 Teacher's Guides and Analysis Tool - Library of Congress
📚 It's Showtime! Sheet Music from Stage and Screen - Library of Congress

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The Making of
the Atomic Bomb

Truman Briefed on Manhattan Project (1945)
-- President Harry Truman learns the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists are attempting to create the first atomic bomb, on April 24, 1945. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the world's first weapon of mass destruction.
🎖️ Manhattan Project Resources | Surfnetkids
🎖️The Manhattan Project - The National WWII Museum
🎖️ World War II Worksheets, Crosswords, and Coloring Pages