April 20 - Pale Blue Dot Day - Science Holiday / Party Day

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April 20 of every year, can we make it a Science themed holiday, Pale Blue Dot?

In the spirit of Mr. X, Carl Sagan? https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/aug/24/spaceexploration

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In the spirit of Saint Patrick's Day, March 17 of every year...
In the spirit of Cinco de Mayo, May 5th of every year....
May the 4th, Star Wars fiction science every year...

April 20 of every year, 4/20. A science-themed holiday. Science contests and demonstrations? Favorite non-fiction science films and TV series (Cosmos?)? Lab equipment of science to make bongs? Recruit children to learn and study science and the joy of learning?

Carl Sagan also was a supporter of weed, Mr. X: https://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/aug/24/spaceexploration

Can we make this a thing?!

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Mr. X was Carl Sagan, April 20 every year, please help originate a new Science Holiday / Party Day / Festival Day! Pale Blue Dot Day

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Carl Sagan had a pen name "Mr. X"

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.” - Carl Sagan, Cosmos, page 2, 1980