April 1st -7th

Monday

March 29th

Religious Holidays

Travel

Farming

Jewish people around the world will start the  Passover celebrations at  sunset

Mahavir Jayanti

is the most important religious holiday for  Jains and celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara.

Temples are decorated and there are processions and preaching.

The Skyrax World Airlines of the Year Awards should be announced in the next few days

British farms will be starting to plant potatoes

Tuesday

March 30th

Full Moon

Birthdays

Top events

Buddhist

 Sangha Day

The second most important Buddhist festival of the year. It is a day to honour the Buddhist community, or the ‘Sangha’, and the opportunity to reaffirm commitment to the Buddhist religion.

Hindu

Hanuman Jayanti   commemorates the birth of Hanuman Ji, the monkey God and  the symbol of strength and energy.

Rock musician

Eric Clapton

(1945)

Champions League

Quarter finals

1st leg

Today and tomorrow

Table tennis

Asia v Europe All Stars Match

Venue to be confirmed 

Wednesday

March 31st

200 National Celebrations

around the World

Birthdays

Freedom Day

Malta

The anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops in 1979

Next month

elections are due in  Austria (Presidential)  Italy (Parliamentary)

and Hungary (Parliamentary.

Presidential candidate and Nobel Prize winner

Al Gore

(1948)

Thursday

April 1st

Religious

Census Day

in the USA

Space Launch

Club Soccer

Easter holidays

Maundy Thursday

 Scheduled launch of a Taurus rocket to take up a satellite for conducting  climate experiments.

Europa League

quarter finals

1st  leg

April

 Fool's Day

Mines

200 National Celebrations

around the World

World Championship

Reigning champion

Viswanathan Anand

faces Bulgarian

Veselin Topalov

for the world title.

Dates to be decided

Bulgaria

Today is the target date for removing all landmines from Czech Republic and Tajikistan

Cyprus Revolution  Day

Friday

April 2nd

Easter Holidays

Good Friday

United Nations

100 Movies

to watch out for

200 National Celebrations

around the World

events

Top events

Autism Awareness Day

Repo Man

Jude Law, Forest Whitaker

What happens if you are made up of artificial organs and fall behind with the payments?

Argentina

Guerra de las Malvinas

(Malvinas Day)

To remember those killed in the Falklands War

Sand

Marathon

   Around 700  competitors compete in the 11  day , l240 km event

 Ouarzazate,  Morocco

until 12th

Weight Lifting

European Championships Minsk

until 11th

Festivals and Carnivals

In the Philippines local festivals involve individuals reenacting the Crucifixion

Health

 campaigns

Walk to work Day

in the USA

Saturday

April 3rd

The Cherry Blossom

should be flowering  in  Kyoto and Tokyo about now

'Japanese pay close attention to these forecasts and turn out in large numbers at parks, shrines, and temples with family and friends to hold flower-viewing parties. Hanami festivals celebrate the beauty of the cherry blossom and for many are a chance to relax and enjoy the beautiful view.'  wikipeadia

Birthdays

Top events

From April to July endangered Leatherback turtles

should be nesting in Florida

American College basketball

Semi finals of Big 4 Tournament
Indianapolis, Indiana

Curling

Men's World Championship

Cortina – Italy

Until11th

Big  game this weekend

Manchester United v Chelsea

In English Premier league

Sunday

April 4th

Easter holidays

Easter Sunday

United Nations

Time

Top events

Mine Action Day

Daylight

Saving

Time

ends in Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic

 Baseball

The new baseball season opens in the USA

Motor Racing

Formula 1

Malaysian Grand Prix