" Gurewitch is also known for including Easter eggs in various strips.

For its first four decades in the National Museum of Natural History, the Hope Diamond lay in its necklace inside a glass-fronted safe as part of the gems and jewelry gallery, except for a few brief excursions: a 1962 exhibition to the Louvre ; the 1965 Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg, South Africa ; and two visits back to Harry Winston's premises in New York City, once in 1984, and once for a 50th anniversary celebration in 1996.

Easter Road has sometimes played host to Scottish League Cup semi-final matches, such as in the 1996, 1998, 2004, 2005 and 2006 competitions.

* Elmo Saves Christmas ( 1996 ) – Easter Bunny

First broadcast in 1996 the show counts down the 300 most-popular pieces as voted for by listeners, culminating in the number one on the evening of Easter Monday.

* The Courage to Say No: Twenty-three Songs for Lent and Easter ( 1996 ), ISBN 0-947988-78-5

Since that time, the character has undergone several revivals and made scattered television and video appearances, most notably in The Richie Rich Show ( 1996 ) and Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure ( 1998 ).

The majority of renovative efforts to restore St. Patrick Cathedral to its original condition was completed by Easter of 1996, yet periodic work has continued.

The Chinese Spring Festival has been held every Easter Sunday in the Yi Yuan Gardens since 1996.

Additionally, from 1993 to 1996 he served on the board of Goodwill / Easter Seals Minnesota, a local non-profit organization.

Since 1996, Vikingskipet has hosted The Gathering, a computer party which is held every Easter.

Another huge show was when the band opened for No Doubt at Tramps ( NYC ) on Easter in 1996.

* 2001: Easter Seals Nashvillian of the Year Award

The reform would have been implemented starting in 2001, since in that year the Eastern and Western dates of Easter would coincide.

* 1916: The Easter Rising, 2001.

" in Easter 2001, three incidents made national headlines and renewed their fears.

He became Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the constituency of Caithness and Sutherland in 1966, and serving until 1997 ; and for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross after boundary changes, from 1997 to 2001.

At the 2001 general election he was elected to the House of Commons to represent Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross becoming the first British hereditary peer allowed to sit in the House of Commons without having to disclaim his title.

The DVD also includes several " Easter eggs " including: a version of a State of the Union Address by George W. Bush, edited to make United States policy seem insanely belligerent ; a new audio discussion between Morris and Alan Partridge discussing Partridge's bizarre theories of how Diana, Princess of Wales, and John F. Kennedy died ; a further discussion between Morris and Partridge about the environment ; a re-union of Morris, Partridge, Brant, Peter O ' Hanraha-hanrahan, Collaterlie Sisters and Valerie Sinatra ; and another audio sketch featuring Peter O ' Hanraha-hanrahan pretending to file a report from the World Trade Center covering up the fact that he had overslept, while blithely unaware that the September 11, 2001 attacks have just taken place.

Since inception in 2001, increasing numbers have donated blood usually through groups such as Christian solidarity missions, or family Bar-Bat Mitzvas, especially during seasonal traditional pilgrimage times, such as Passover and Easter.

In the 1990s, his grandson, John Thurso, entered politics and has sat since 2001 as the Liberal Democrat MP for his grandfather's seat, now called Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

Furst has directed many independent and / or low-budget movies, including the low-budget movie Title to Murder starring Christopher Atkins and Maureen McCormick in 2001 and the direct to video children's movie Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure.

In April 2001, he provoked a direct political attack from the DUP over him being the only Unionist to vote against a motion condemning the display of lillies commemorating the 1916 Easter Uprising at Parliament Buildings.

The American Jewish Committee termed the Easter 2001 strip, which depicted the last words of Jesus Christ and a menorah transforming into a cross, " religiously offensive " and " shameful.

The Offshore Festival was a camp-out rock and alternative music festival held during Easter at a farm near Torquay, Victoria, Australia in the late 1990s, 2000 and 2001.

* 1916: The Easter Rising, Tim Pat Coogan, Phoenix, 2001, ISBN 0-7538-1852-3.

Today, the Down Easter name is in use by Amtrak ( now spelled Downeaster ), which brought interstate passenger rail service back to Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts in December, 2001.

The Easter Y-Fest is in its thirteenth year ( 2001 ) and continues to grow stronger as the individual events that make up Y-Fest, benefit from the joint marketing efforts of the Y-Fest Promotions Committee Inc.

Before 2001, Balticon was held on Easter weekend to take advantage of lower hotel costs and was three days long ; however, in 2001 Balticon moved to Memorial Day Weekend and expanded to four days.

A year after establishing Divine Mercy Sunday, on April 22, 2001 Pope John Paul II re-emphasized its message in the resurrection context of Easter:

The Bendigo Easter Fair was renamed as the Bendigo Easter Festival in 2001.

* 2001: Crossmolina Deel Rovers become the first Mayo GAA club to win the All Ireland Club Football championship on Easter Monday.

The show began with over 2 million viewers in 2001, but ratings never recovered from the disastrous decision to début the second season in the low rating Easter period of 2002-Against stronger competition in both ' 60 Minutes ' and ' Big Brother '.

Taken by User: Grinner, Easter 2001.

Of course, some of the credit for the sale boost must be given to improvement in the weather and to the fact that Easter comes more than two weeks earlier than in 1960.

But whenever a major purchase was contemplated forty years ago -- a new bedroom set or a winter coat, an Easter bonnet, a bicycle for Junior -- the family set off for the downtown department store, where the selection would be greatest.

Cmdr. Warren Taylor, USN., and Mrs. Taylor, of E. Greenwich, R. I., will have with them for the Easter holidays the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Walbridge, of Drexel Hill.

Dr. Albert Schweitzer, world-famous theologian and medical missionary, has endorsed an Easter March for Disarmament which begins tomorrow in Sunnyvale.

After Roman times, Einhard mentions that in 765 – 6 Pippin the Younger spent both Christmas and Easter at Aquis villa (""), which must have been sufficiently equipped to support the royal household for several months.

The battle which followed on April 6, 402 ( coinciding with Easter ), was a victory for Rome, though a costly one.

He had trusted to the sanctity of Easter for immunity from attack.

** The latest possible date for Easter Sunday, last in 1943.

Since the focus of his book was calculation, Bede gave instructions for computing the date of Easter and the related time of the Easter Full Moon, for calculating the motion of the Sun and Moon through the zodiac, and for many other calculations related to the calendar.

At the beginning stands the usual introductory matter, such as the tables for determining the date of Easter, the calendar, and the general rubrics.

There is here given the whole service for every Sunday and week-day, the proper antiphons, responsories, hymns, and especially the course of daily Scripture-reading, averaging about twenty verses a day, and ( roughly ) arranged thus: for Advent, Isaiah ; Epiphany to Septuagesima, Pauline Epistles ; Lent, patristic homilies ( Genesis on Sundays ); Passion-tide, Jeremiah ; Easter to Whitsun, Acts, Catholic epistles and Apocalypse ; Whitsun to August, Samuel and Kings ; August to Advent, Wisdom books, Maccabees, Prophets.

Irish Republicans, who sought full independence for Ireland rather than just Home Rule, staged the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin against British rule.

Calculating the calendar of a previous year ( for the Gregorian calendar taking account of the week ) is a relatively easy matter when Easter Sunday is not included on the calendar.

However, calculating for Easter Sunday is difficult because the calculation depends on the full moon cycle.

However, when Easter Sunday is included, there are 70 different calendars ( two for each date of Easter ).

The wearing of costumes has become an important part of such holidays and festivals as Mardi Gras and Halloween ( see Halloween costume for more information ), and ( to a lesser extent ) people may also wear costumes in conjunction with other holidays, such as Christmas and Easter.

Though an egg appears to be like the stone of a tomb, a bird hatches from it with life ; similarly, the Easter egg, for Christians, is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, and that those who believe will also experience eternal life.