What is Happening Today?

International Jazz Day. This yearc��?cs celebration of Jazz music was planned to take place in Cape Town, South Africa but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 9th International Jazz Day worldwide celebration will transition to a virtual format. The global virtual concert will be hosted by Herbie Hancock and will feature performances by artistes across the globe.

Thank You Thursday. Thank You Thursday is celebrated on the last Thursday of April every year. It is an opportunity to say c��?Thank Youc⬝ to the people making a difference in our lives or putting a smile on our face.

Since it is difficult to go out because of the lockdown, you can give a word of praise for those who make your life run smoothly and bring a smile to your face.

Honesty Day. We all want people to be honest with us and we are very upset when they are not. Yet we do not want to be honest in return. Honesty Day is celebrated to encourage honesty and straightforward communication in all spheres of our lives.

A recent Gallup study found that nurses are the most honest people while salesmen and politicians were the least honest.

What Happened Today?

1. In 1975, the Vietnamese war came to an end after South Vietnamese President Duongh Van Minh unconditionally surrendered to the Vietcong, the Northern Vietnamese army, after only two days in office. This followed the fall of Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital.

2. In 1789, George Washington became the first President of the United States of America. He took the oath of office on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City. Washington is revered as one of the founding fathers of the USA.

3. In 1945, German dictator and leader of the Nazi party shot and killed himself in an underground bunker in Berlin. He committed suicide together with his wife Eva Braun, whom she had married the previous day.

Their remains were carried up the stairs, doused in petrol and set alight in the Reich Chancellery garden outside the bunker, in accordance with written instructions given by Hitler before his death.