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Apr 01
    CredoFeaturedLibrariansTools and Resources

Credo Social Media Posts for April 2022

April 1, 2022
Social media

At Credo, we understand the need for libraries to write interesting social media content to engage your users and raise awareness of valuable resources and services. That’s why we’ve created this monthly blog post with social media posts featuring interesting observances, trivia, this-day-in-history, and humor that your library can copy/paste to your own feed with no attribution necessary.

P.S.: the images here are all in the public domain (mostly from Pixabay and Wikimedia Commons), so feel free to take advantage of them when you post!

April 1

April is National Poetry Month and the birth month of such famous poets as Maya Angelou, William Shakespeare, and Louise Glück. Learn more about one of the most ancient art forms at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Poetry

Louise Glück

April 1

It’s Tax Day…just kidding! April Fools’! Learn more about the history of hoaxes at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=hoaxes

April Fools

April 2

Happy birthday, Hans Christian Andersen, best known for “The Little Mermaid” and “The Ugly Duckling,” born #onthisday in 1805. Learn more about the Danish poet, novelist, and writer of fairy tales at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Hans%20Christian%20Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

April 3

“TV Guide” published its first issue, featuring the newborn baby of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz #onthisday in 1953. Learn more about the pioneering actress, comedian, and producer at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Lucille%20Ball

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

April 4

U.S. civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis #onthisday in 1968. Learn more about the influential leader of the American civil rights movement at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=martin%20luther%20king 

Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4

Happy birthday, Maya Angelou—acclaimed author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”—born #onthisday in 1928. Learn more about the novelist, poet, and civil rights activist at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Maya%20Angelou

Maya Angelou

April 6

The first modern Summer Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece, #onthisday in 1896. Learn more about the world’s oldest sports spectacular at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=olympics

Olympics

April 7

1805 Lewis and Clark left Fort Mandan, beginning their journey to the Pacific Ocean, with Sacagawea as their interpreter and guide. Learn more about their expedition at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Lewis%20and%20Clark

Lewis and Clark

April 8

Happy birthday, Kofi Annan, born in Kumasi, Ghana #onthisday in 1938. Learn more about the Ghanaian diplomat and the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=United%20Nations 

Kofi Annan

April 10

It’s National Hug Your Dog Day! Like you needed a special day to hug your best friend!

dog

April 12

Fort Sumter in South Carolina was attacked by the Confederacy, beginning the American Civil War #onthisday in 1861. Learn more about the fort’s historic significance at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Fort%20Sumter

Fort Sumter

April 12

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, ​​32nd President of the United States, died in office #onthisday in 1945. Learn more about FDR at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/columency/roosevelt_franklin_delano/0

Franklin D. Roosevelt

April 14

Noah Webster registered the copyright for Webster’s Dictionary #onthisday in 1828. Did you know Webster was the great-uncle of poet T.S. Eliot? Learn more interesting facts about the American lexicographer and philologist at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Noah%20Webster

Noah Webster

April 15

When #NationalLaundryDay and #TaxDay both fall on Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday, you know which occasion we’ll be celebrating! Learn more about the Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=Leonardo%20da%20Vinci

 

Leonardo da Vinci

April 16 

“Google can bring you back, you know, 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”—Neil Gaiman

It’s National Librarian Day! 📚 Celebrate the amazing librarians in your life by learning more about their career at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=librarian

librarian checking out book

April 18

#Onthisday in 1775, Paul Revere made his historic Midnight Ride. 🐴

Fact: Revere never cried, “The British are coming!” He referred to the British foot soldiers as “the Regulars.” Learn more interesting facts about the American Revolutionary hero at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Paul%20Revere

Paul Revere

April 19

Sally Ride became the first American woman astronaut #onthisday in 1982. Learn more about the U.S. astronaut, astrophysicist, and champion of diversity and equity in science education at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Sally%20Ride

Sally Ride

April 21

Spain declared war on the United States #onthisday in 1898. Learn more about this brief but significant war at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/cqpresidentaz/spanish_american_war_of_1898/0

Spanish–American War

April 22 

Today is Earth Day, a time to #InvestInOurPlanet. Learn more about this celebration of the environment at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Earth%20Day

Earth

April 23

William Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564 and died on his 52nd birthday in 1616. Learn more about the English dramatist and poet at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=William%20Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

April 25

Francis Crick and James Watson’s discovery of the double helix structure of DNA was published in “Nature” magazine #onthisday in 1953. Learn more about their pioneering work at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=James%20Watson

DNA double helix

April 27

Broke and blind, John Milton sold the copyright of his masterpiece “Paradise Lost” for £10 #onthisday in 1667. Learn more about the 17th-century English poet at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=John%20Milton

John Milton

April 28

Happy National Superhero Day! Learn more about the origin stories of these larger-than-life heroes at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=Superhero

little boy dressed as Spiderman

April 30 

George Washington was inaugurated as President of the United States of America #onthisday in 1789. Learn more about America’s first military hero and president at Credo Reference. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=George%20Washington

George Washington

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