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.
PS: 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!
2 April
Today is World Autism Awareness Day. Learn more about this complex neurodevelopmental disorder: https://search.
2 April
Paul Engle remarked that “Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power.” Happy National Poetry Month! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=poetry
4 April
Today begins National Robotics Week. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines that look like humans, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions in factories.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=robotics
6 April
The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece, on this day in 1896. The world’s oldest sports spectacular, the first known Olympiad was held in 776 B.C.E.!
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=olympic%20games
11 April
It was today in 1890 that Ellis Island, NY, was designated as an immigration station. Explore the waves of immigration, and the legal, social, and economic impacts here: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=immigration
12 April
The Inquisition of Galileo Galilei began on this day in 1633. Forced to renounce his belief that the Earth moves around the Sun, Galileo is said to have muttered, “Eppur si muove” (“Yet it does move”).
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=galileo
12 April
The U.S. Civil War began on this day in 1861 as Confederate soldiers fired on Fort Sumter. Over the course of four years, American society was transformed. Explore the origins and legacies of the war, along with details of the soldiers’ experiences: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?concept=American%20Civil%20War
13 April
We detect that it was on this day in 1892 that Scottish physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt developed one of the earliest practical radar systems. Did you know that the word radar is an acronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging? https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=radar
13 April
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York City on this day in 1870. It didn’t open on its present site until 1880.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=metropolitan%20museum
14 April
John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath was published on this day in 1939.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=john%20steinbeck
16 April
Happy birthday, Charlie Chaplin! Read more about one of the most original creators in the history of the cinema: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=charlie%20chaplin
18 April
On this day in 1775, Paul Revere made his “midnight ride.” His actions were commemorated in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=paul%20revere
19 April
It’s National Library Week! Did you know that the earliest-known library was a collection of clay tablets in Babylonia in the 21st century B.C.?
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=libraries
21 April
Today we solemnly observe Holocaust Remembrance Day.
https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=holocaust
21 April
Happy birthday to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch! https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=queen%20elizabeth%20ii
22 April
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. In 1995, Senator Gaylord Nelson received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for being the “father of Earth Day.” https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=earth%20day
27 April
Ludwig van Beethoven composed his famous “Für Elise” on this day in 1810. This musical composition was not discovered and published until after Beethoven’s death. https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=beethoven
29 April
On this day in 1878, Louis Pasteur presented his germ theory to the French Academy of Sciences. This theory was arguably the most important medical discovery of all time: https://search.credoreference.com/search/all?searchPhrase=pasteur
