Ongoing events
• Bill C-38 (Canada gay marriage)
• Tsunami relief
• Cedar Revolution in Lebanon
• Kyrgyz revolution in Kyrgyzstan
• German Visa Affair 2005
• Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan
• Fuel prices skyrocket
• Anti-Japanese textbook protests in China
• Election of OAS Secretary General
Upcoming events
• April 18: Beginning of Papal conclave
• April 24: 50th Bandung Conference
Deaths in April
• 16: Marla Ruzicka
• 9: Andrea Dworkin
• 6: Prince Rainier III
• 5: Dale Messick
• 5: Saul Bellow
• 2: Pope John Paul II
Ongoing armed conflicts
• Arab-Israeli conflict (Al-Aqsa Intifada)
• Conflict in Chechnya
• Second Congo War
• Conflict in Iraq (Occupation of Iraq)
• Darfur conflict in Sudan
• Civil war in Côte d'Ivoire
Upcoming holidays
April 19: Primrose Day (United Kingdom)
April 19: Bicycle Day
April 21: Mawlid al-Nabi
April 21: Ridvan
April 22: Earth Day (United States)
April 23: St George's Day
April 23: Passover begins at sunset
April 25: ANZAC Day
April 25: Liberazione (Italy)
April 25: Freedom Day (Portugal)
April 27: Administrative Professionals' Day (Canada, U.S.)
April 29: Greenery Day (Japan)
April 29: Orthodox Good Friday
April 30: Orthodox Holy Saturday
April 30: Queen's Day (The Netherlands)
April 30: Reunification Day (Vietnam)
May 1: May Day
May 1: Orthodox Easter
May 2: Orthodox Easter Monday
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 3: Constitution Day (Poland)
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 5: National Day of Prayer
May 5: Ascension Day
May 8: Mother's Day (U.S., elsewhere)
May 8: Victory in Europe Day (Western Europe)
May 9: Victory Day (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)
May 10: Mother's Day (Latin America, Asia)
May 15: Pentecost
May 27: Lag Ba'omer
Upcoming elections
April 18: Papal election
May 5: UK general
May 17: British Columbia general
June 17: Iran presidential
June 19: Guinea-Bissau presidential
September 12: Norwegian parliamentary
2005: New Zealand general
2005: Polish parliamentary & presidential
Recent election results
February 27: Kyrgyz parliamentary
March 6: Moldovan parliamentary
March 12: Maltese Local Council Elections
March 13: Central African Rep. federal
March 13: Liechtenstein parliamentary
March 31: Zimbabwe parliamentary
Ongoing trials
Chile: Augusto Pinochet
ICTY: Slobodan Milošević
Iraq: Iraqi Special Tribunal
— Saddam Hussein, among others
India: Best Bakery case
India: Jayendra Saraswathi
Indonesia: Schapelle Corby
Netherlands: Volkert van der Graaf
Netherlands: Mohammed Bouyeri
United States: Michael Jackson
United States: Zacarias Moussaoui
United States: Brian Nichols
United States: Dennis Rader
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