Apr 22, 1970
The first Earth Day. Earth Day is an event to increase public awareness of the world's environmental problems, which is celebrated in the United States for the first time. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches, and educational programs. Earth Day was the brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, a staunch environmentalist who hoped to provide unity to the grassroots environmental movement and increase ecological awareness.

Apr 23, 1564
William Shakespeare born. According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn. Shakespeare's date of death is conclusively known, however: it was April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old and had retired to Stratford three years before.

Apr 24, 1916
Easter Rebellion begins. On this day in 1916, on Easter Monday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launches the so-called Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly, Pearse and his fellow Republicans rioted and attacked British provincial government headquarters across Dublin and seized the Irish capital's General Post Office. Following these successes, they proclaimed the independence of Ireland, which had been under the repressive thumb of the United Kingdom for centuries, and by the next morning were in control of much of the city. Later that day, however, British authorities launched a counteroffensive, and by April 29 the uprising had been crushed. Nevertheless, the Easter Rebellion is considered a significant marker on the road to establishing an independent Irish republic.

What do you plan to do for mother earth today?

The modern environmental movement in began on this day back in 1970.

As US government prosecutors prepare to file charges against 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in connection with the deadly twin bomb blasts at the Boston Marathon, there are numerous unanswered questions surrounding the attack and about the two brothers who are believed to have carried out.

Were more attacks being planned?
Were Tsarnaev and his brother hoping to carry out more attacks and if so where and when?

Why was The Boston Marathon chosen?
The motive behind the bombing at the Boston Marathon is a big question: Why would the brothers do this?

As I woke up this Sunday morning, I received a text message from one of the people I love most. It simply said Happy Sunday.

As we look back at last week's extraordinary events, we must all recall not only the terrorism in Boston, but memorial services, critical injuries with hospitalizations of innocent people, the heroism of first responders, the search for suspects and the arrest of one, more deaths as a result of a West Texas fertilizer plant explosion, the legislative defeat of US gun control, major flooding in the Midwest and another killer earthquake in China.

There are so many unanswered questions and we must seek answers to all of them and many more. All of us must keep in mind that the best way to get answers is to demand accountability!

Another thing that we must keep in mind is that tomorrow never comes and we must live for today, embrace our loved ones and enjoy the present. Yes, Happy Sunday indeed!!!