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Foot Health Month
Medic Alert Awareness
Month
National Eye Exam
Month
August
1 Dom DeLuise's birthday
Lammas/Lughnasadh
August
2- Civic Holiday
(Canada).
Holiday (Ireland).
Wild Bill Hickock was shot!
August 3 Beginning of the Air Traffic Controllers' strike
August 4 The Virgin Islands acquired by the U.S.
August 5 State of Liberty cornerstone laid
August
6 Ditch your doldrums day
Transfiguration (Christian)
August 7 Flex a muscle day
August
8 Esther Williams & Mel Tillis share a
birthday
Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors' Porch Day
-- Due to overzealous planting of zucchini, citizens are asked to drop
off baskets of the squash on neighbors’ doorsteps.
August 9 Resignation of Richard Nixon
August 10 Rhonda Fleming's birthday
August 11 Alex Haley's birthday
August 12 Annexation of Hawaii
August 13 Pat ("Schneider") Harrington ,Jr's birthday
August 14 V-J day
August
15 Opening of the Panama Canal
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)
Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) Full Moon Day, Shravana.
Festival to honor the sea god Varuna. Brothers and sisters exchange gifts,
the sister tying a thread as a rakhi, a symbolic bond, to her brother's
wrist and brother vowing her protection.
August 16 Detroit was captured by the British
August 17 First trip of Fulton's steamboat
August
18 Robert Redfords birthday
Bad Poetry Day
-- After all the “good” poetry you were forced to study in school, here’s
a chance for
a
pay back. Invite some friends over, compose some really rotten verse,
and send it to your old high school teacher.
S 7: Parshva-nath Nirvan (Jainism)
August 19 Date of lowest recorded gold score on 5000-yd course
August 20 Robyn's birthday
August 21 Hawaii admitted as 50th state
August 22 State of the English Civil War in 1642
August 23 Slavery abolished in the British colonies
August 24 Allied army entered Paris
August 25 Sean Connery's birthday
August
26 Women received the right to voTE
Women's Equality Day
S 15: Saluno (Rakhi) (Jainism)
August 27 New Amsterdam became New York
August
28 Start of 1st solo round-the-world sailing
race
Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day
-- While you're waiting for whatever it is to finally come up on your screen,
race your mouse in and around the icons. Do it, and you'll feel peppy.
Aug.
29More Herbs,
Less Salt Day -- It’s healthier, zestier and
lustier!
Left-hander's day
August
30- Summer Bank
Holiday (United Kingdom).
Ted William's birthday
August 31 Arthur Godfrey's birthday
Baby Safety Awarness
Month
Children Eye Health
and Safety Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hispanic Heritage
Month
Leukemia Society
Month
National Alcohol
and Drug Treatment Works! Month
National Cholesterol
Education Awareness Month
National Cholesterol
Education Awareness Month
National Sickle
Cell Awareness Month
National Snack
Month
Hispanic American
History Month (September 15 - October 15)
September
1 Great earthquake in Japan (1923)
Hartaalika (Hindu) A festival dedicated to
Harita Gauri or Parvati as the Goddess of the Harvest. The Parvati idol
is dressed in an auspicious red sari with all her bridal jewellery, and
women worship and honour her as the mother of Ganesha.
September
2 Rutabaga appreciation day
Ganesh Chaturthi, Vinyaka Chaturthi (Hindu) Most
popular in Maharashtra, the birthday of Ganesha, the younger son of Siva,
celebrated by Marathi Hindus.
September 3 First day of the rest of your life
September 4 Surrender of Geronimo
September
5 Sante Fe fiesta day
GRANDPARENT'S DAY USA/CAN(1ST SUN. IN SEPT)
September
6 World's record altitude set by model aircraft
(26,929 ft)
LABOR DAY USA/CAN(1ST MON. IN SEPT)
K 12/13: Paryushana Athai begins (Jainism)
September 7 Hurricane Betsy hit the U.S. in 1965
September
8 Frankie Avalon's birthday
Nativity of the Virgin Mary (Christian)
September 9 California admitted as 31st state
September
10 Arnie Palmer's birthday
1st Installation of Guru Granth Sahib in Golden Temple (Sikh)
September
11 Anniversary of 1st Jenny Lind concert
No News is Good News Day
-- Don’t read, listen to or watch the news today and you’ll feel better
tonight.
Rosh Hashanah The
Jewish New Year; start of the Ten Days of Penitence.
INDEPENDENCE DAY MEXICO
HARVEST MOON CHINA
Onam (Hindu) Onam is Kerala's most important
harvest festival. Music, dance, flower arrangements and mighty boat races
made up of crews over a hundred are just some of the celebrations. Ganesh
Charurthi is celebrated in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andara Pradesh and
Karnataka. Lord Ganesh, the elephant headed god, is worshipped for seven
days. His images are then paraded in a colourful procession before being
immersed in a sea or lake.
September
12 Calling all witches on Margaret Hamilton's
birthday
Rosh Hashanah
Grandparent's Day
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the
Harvest Moon Festival, occurs on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese
calendar. In Hong Kong, the holiday given is for the day after since the
celebrations take place in the evening.
September
13 End of the rebellion at Attica State Penitentiary
S 4/5: Paryushana (Samvatsari) (Jainism)
September
14 Learn to square dance day
Elevation of the Life-giving Cross (Christian)
September
15 Respect for the aged day in Japan
S 5-14: Dashalakshana vrata (Sept. 15-Sept. 25, 1999) (Janism)
September
16 To be candid about it, today is Allen Funt's
birthday .
Stay Away From Seattle Day
-- Observed worldwide except in Seattle, WA, to give America’s “Best Place
to Live” city a break from the influx of people moving to the area.
On this day every year, the rest of us will try to keep the appeal of Seattle
from haunting us with its call.
Mexican
Independence Daya
September 17 Adoption of the Declaration of Independence
September 18 Quebec was captured by the British
September 19 Washington's farewell address
September
20 Old ironsides was launched
Yom Kippur
NATIONAL DAY SPAIN
INDIGENEOUS PEOPLE'S DAY USA
S 10: Dhupa-dashami (Jainism)
September
21 Confirmation of the 1st woman to the Supreme
Court
AUTUMN EQUINOX
AMERICAN INDIAN DAY (USA)
Mabon (fall equinox in late Sept.)
(Pagan)
September
22 Kiss a cop day
Dear Diary Day
-- Put it on paper. You’ll feel better. No need to be a professional
writer.
September 23 Bruce Springsteen's birthday
September
24 Black Friday in New York City, when gold
was cornere
S 14: Ananta-chaturdasi (Jainism)
September
25 1st transatlantic telephone cable went
into operation
Sukkot
September
26 Penny auction!
Sukkot
K 1: Kshamavani (Jainism)
Native American Day
September 27 Start of 1st successful daily newspaper in U.S. (1784)
September 28 Confucius' birthday
September
29 Leif Ericson day
Navaratri (Hindu) begins the 9 nights
of celebration leading up to Dussehra
September 30 Truman Capote's birthday
Auto Battery Safety
Month
Campaign for Healthier
Babies Month
Child Health Month
Healthy Lung Month
International Microwave
Month
Lesbian and Gay
History Month
Lupus Awareness
Month
National AIDS Awareness
Month
National Apple
Month
National Breast
Cancer Awareness Month
National Crime
Prevention Month
National Dental
Hygiene Month
National Disability
Employment Awareness Month
National Family
Health Month
National Family
Sexality Education Month
National Healthcare
Quality Month
National Pasta
Month
National Physical
Therapy Month
National Pizza
Month
National Popcorn
Poppin' Month
National Spina
Bifida Month
National Spinal
Health Month
National Sudden
Infant Death Synfrome Awareness Month
National UNICEF
Month: Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Talk about Prescriptions
Month
Healthy Choice
America Heart Walk
Hispanic American
History Month (September 15 - October 15)
October 1 Birthday of the Ford Motor Company's "Tin Lizzie"
October
2 Octoberfest!
Shemini
Atzeret
October
3 Federal income tax was signed into law
Simchat-torah
October
4 Visit the zoo day
Dussehra Maha Saptami (Hindu)
October
5 Hawk watch day
Dussehra (Maha Ashtami) (Hindu)
Saraswati Pooja (Hindu)
October
6 First talking picture opened ("The Jazz
Singer" in N.Y.C.)
The Chung Yeung Festival occurs on the 9th
day of the 9th month and is sometimes referred to as the double 9 festival.
Dussehra (Maha Navami) (Hindu)
October 7 World's record for push-ups set in 1965 (6,006 in 3 hrs 45 min)
October
8 Great Chicago Fire started by Mrs. O'Leary's
cow
Dussehra (Vijaya Dashmi) (Hindu) The 10 day
festival associated with vanquishing demons, in particular Rama's victory
over Ravana in the Ramayana, and Durga's victory over the buffalo-headed
Mahishasura. People wash their vehicles clean on this day and decorate
it with flowers and leaves of mango tree. Sweets are made. The young people
distribute leaves of a particular tree which are of symbolic gold. One
can watch the Ram Lila which is a dramatic performance of the life of Rama.
October 9 Leopold Senghor's birthday (President of Senegal)
October 10 Physical culture day in Japan
October
11 General Pulaski day
Columbus day
THANKSGIVING DAY CAN(2ND MON. IN OCT)
UNITED NATION'S DAY INTERNATIONAL
National Coming Out Day
October 12International Moment of Frustration Scream Day -- To share any or all of our frustrations, all citizens of the world will go outdoors at twelve hundred hours Greenwich time and scream for thirty seconds. We will all feel better, or Earth will go off its orbit. Co-sponsored by Low Thresholders of the Earth League.
Farmer's Day
National Children's Day
October
13 Apple festival
Karva Chauth (Hindu)
October
14 Ike's birthday
Be Bald and Be Free Day -- For those who are
bald and who either do wear or do not wear a wig or toupee, this is the
day to go “shiny” and be proud.
October 15 World poetry day
October
16 Election of 1st Polish Pope
Bosses Day
Sweetest Day
S 7-15: Ayambil Oli (Oct. 16.-Oct.24, 99) (Jainism)
October
17 Rita Hayworth's birthday
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October
18 George C.Scott's birthday
National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October
19 John Brown's raid on Harper's ferry
Evaluate Your Life Day
-- To encourage everyone to check and see if they’re really headed where
they want to be.
National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October
20 Mickey Mantle's birthday
Birth of the Bab (Bahá'í)
National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October
21 Start of 1st hot air balloon voyage
National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October
22 Cuddle a Curmudgeon day
National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October
23 Pele's birthday
Mother-In-Law's Day
National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (October 17-23)
October 24 Anna Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel
October 25 Charge of the light brigade!
October
26 Try something new day
Diwali (also Deepavali, Deep Diwali) (Hindu)
Lailat al Miraj (Hindu)
Diwali (Sikh)
October 27 Teddy Roosevelt's birthday
October 28 Founding of Haavad College (translation: "Harvard")
October
29 Big Crash of '29
Chaturdashi (Hindu) The 14th Day of
the dark half of Aashwayuja to the 2nd day of the bright half of Kartika.
Diwali is the prettiest festival celebrated in India. Five day Festival
of Lights to celebrate Rama and Sita's homecoming in the Ramayana. It signifies
the victory of good over evil. The festival is the time for family reunion.
Women indulge in making all kinds of sweets and children enjoy themselves
with fireworks. It is a custom to have a bath at dawn, wear new clothes,
the lighting of oil lamps and bursting of firecrackers. The first day is
Dhan Trayodashi. On the second day Naraak Chaturdashi. On the third day
is Lakshmi Poojan on which people worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.
Businessmen keep their shops shut as a symbol of protecting wealth. The
fourth day is Bali Pratipada. On the last day is Bhaubeej, when the sister
asks the Lord for the well-being of her brother, who is her Protector.
In return, the brother bestows the sister with gifts.
Installation of Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
as Eternal Guru
October
30 Orson Wells' broadcast of "The War of the
Worlds"
October
31 Hallowe'en
GUY FAWKES DAY ENGLAND
Samhain, Sowyn or Hallows (Pagan)
National Alzheimer's
Disease Awareness Month
National Diabetic
Eye Disease Awareness Month
National Diabetes
Month
National Epilepsy
Awareness Month
National Home Care
Month
National Hospice
Month
Native American
Heritage (Awareness) Month
November
1 All Saints' day (Christian)
Samhain
November
2 North and South Dakota admitted to the Union
U.S. Election Day
All Souls Day (Christian)
November 3 Wool gathers ingathering
November 4 Will Rogers day
November
5 Guy Fawkes day
K13: Dhan-trayodashi (Jainism)
November
6 Clean a closet on Fibber McGee's birthday
K14: Diwali Night (Lord Mahavira's Nirvana) (Jainism)
November
7 Bolshevik revolution
K15: Nirvana celebration (Jainsim)
November
8 1st televised election returns (FDR vs Hoover)
Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
-- Especially for those of us who have tightly closed up the house against
chill weather for the next six months. Now is the time to create
the heavenly, homey odor of pungently bold cooking. Don’t forget
the sauerkraut and garlic!
November
9 Anniversary of the great NYC blackout
S 1:Jain Year VNS 2526 begins (Jainism)
November
10 Stanley and Livingston met
S 2: Bhai Beej (Nov. 10, 99) (Jainsim)
November
11 Armistice day
REMEMBERANCE DAY (CAN.)
SADIE HAWKINS DAY (USA)
VETERAN'S DAY (USA)
Guru Nanak's Birthday (Hindu and Sikh) Sikhs
all over India celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev
November
12 Sadie Hawkins day
Birth of Baha'u'llah
November
13 Hug your dentist today
Lailat al Bara'a (Muslim)
S 5: Jnana Panchmi (Nov. 13, 99) (Jainism)
November 14 McLean Stevenson's birthday
November 15 Frankenstein day (hot dogs and beer!)
November 16 Oklahoma became the 46th state
November 17 Rock Hudson's birthday
November
18 Canal treaty signed, Panama and U.S.A.
Great American Smoke Out.
November
19 Discovery of Puerto Rico
Have a Bad Day Day -- For those who are filled
with revulsion at being told endlessly to “have a nice day,” this day is
a brief respite. Store and business owners are to ask workers to
tell customers to “have a bad day.”
November 20 Grand Mosque in Mecca seized by Moslem fundamentalists
November 21 Stan Musial's birthday
November 22 Hoagy Carmichael's birthday (Play it again, Sam)
November 23 Pretzel benders' bender
November 24 Lee Harvey Oswald shot on Bill Buckley's birthday
November
25 Papadopoulous of Greece ousted
Thanksgiving (USA)
November
26 Rich Little's birthday
Day of the Covenant (Bahá'í)
S 15: Kaartika Purnima (Nov. 22, 99) (Jainism)
November 27 yaD sdrawkcaB
November
28 Mauritania gained independence
Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha (Bahá'í)
Ramadan starts (Islam)
November 29 Admiral Byrd reached the North Pole
November
30 Dick Clark's birthday
Stay Home Because You're Well Day -- So we
can all call in “well,” instead of faking illness, and stay home from work.
Safe Toys and Gifts
Month
National Drunk
and Drugged Driving Awarness Month
Universal Human
Rights Month
Red Ribbon Safety
Campaigns for the Holidays
December
1 Woody Allen's birthday
AIDS Awareness Day (World AIDS Day)
Guru Tag Bahadur Martyrdom Day (Hindu)
Martyrdom
of Guru Tegh Bahadar (Sikh)
December 2 Senator Joseph McCarthy condemned by the Senate
December 3 J.P. Morgan's birthday (Jayne's that is!)
December
4 The grange was organized
Hanukkah (8 days)
December
5 Prohibition repealed!!
Bathtub Party Day -- Almost everyone nowadays
takes showers, so here’s a day to recall some of the luxury of days gone
by. Invite a few friends.
Hanukkah
December
6 Moussa Traore took office as President of
Mali
Hanukkah
December
7 Delaware the 1st state to ratify the constitution
Hanukkah
December
8 Founding of the AFL
Hanukkah
Immaculate Conception
Bodhi Day (Buddhism)
December
9 Broderick Crawford was born in Philadelphia
Hanukkah
Ramadan (30 days)
December
10 Start of 1st domestic jet airplane passenger
service in the U.S.
Hanukkah
Ramadan Begins
December
11 Frank Sinatra's birthday
Hanukkah
December
12 Pennsylvania ratifies constitution, 2nd
state to do so
S 11: Maun Ekadashi (Jainism)
December 13 Dick Van Dyke's birthday
December 14 Alabama became the 22nd state
December 15 Bill of rights went into effect on this day
December
16 Boston tea party
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day -- If we have
to explain this to you, you don’t have kids. It’s the one day each
year when mom and dad can tell the kids that Barbie and Barney don’t exist.
December 17 First flight of the Wright Brothers
December 18 13th amendment went into effect (abolition of slavery)
December 19 David Suskind's birthday
December 20 Short people day
December
21 Forefathers day (landing of Plymouth Rock
took place)
Humbug Day -- Allows everyone preparing for
Christmas to vent their frustrations. Twelve humbugs allowed.
WINTER SOLSTICE
December 22 Steve Carlton's birthday
December 23 Federal Reserve system authorized
December
24 Admire stuffed stockings day
Christmas Eve (Christian)
December 25 Christmas (Christian) - Yahoo!
December
26 Battle of Trenton
Kwanzaa (7 days)
Boxing Day
December
27 Boxing day in England
Kwanzaa
December
28 National necktie exchange day
Kwanzaa
December
29 Texas admitted as 28th state
Kwanzaa
December
30 Assassination of Rasputin
Kwanzaa
December
31 New Year's Eve
Kwanzaa
March of Dimes Birth
Defects Prevention Month
National Glaucoma
Awareness Month
National Volunteer
Blood Donor Month
National Hobby
Month
National Blood
Donor Month
Black History Month
January
1 New Year's Day - do the Mummer's Strut!
Kwanzaa
January 2 Broken resolutions day
January 3 Alaska admitted as 49th State
January 4 National borrower's return day
January 5 Installation of 1st woman elected as a state governor
January
6 First successful cloning of a mammal
The dorm room refrigerator
is invented, 1956.
Epiphany (sometimes celebrated the 1st Sunday
after 2 January) (Christian)
January
7 Neighborhood Friends Day
Quds Day (Islam)
January
8 Battle of New Orleans
Show & Tell Day at Work
-- Since students have show and tell at school, adults should get to do
the same.
'Id al Fitr (Islam)
January 9 Celebrate the 1st clinical use of penicillin
January 10 Live your fantasy day
January 11 Zenko Suzuki's birthday (ex-Prime Minister of Japan)
January 12 Bookkeepers' bash
January 13 J'Accuse published (Zola)
January
14 Endangered species day
Makara Sakrankti, Pongal, Lohri This
festival marks a change in the winds, when the sun shifts from the Tropic
of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn and celebrates the harvest. In Maharashtra,
people eat sesame seed cakes. There are kite competitions in Gujarat. In
Pubjab, this festival is called Lohri and is celebrated with sweets and
special dances. There are cattle races in Tamil Nadu. (Hindu)
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Gobind Singh's Birthday (Hindu)
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (Sikh)
Maghi (Sikh)
January 15 Martin Luther King's birthday
January
16 A.J. Foyt's birthday
K 14: Lord Rishabha's Nirvana (Jainism)
January
17 Feast of St. Anthony, patron saint of domestic
animals
Martin
Luther King Birthday Observed
January 18 Danny Kaye's birthday
January 19 Dolly Parton's birthday
January 20 U.S. hostages released by Iran on this day!
January
21 Placido Domingo's birthday
WINTER SOLSTICE
January
22 Anniversary of 1st British colonist landing
in New Zealand
Answer Your Cat’s Question Day -- If you will
stop what you are doing and take a look at your cat, you will observe that
the cat is looking at you with a serious question. Meditate upon it, then
answer the question!
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Pusam Banned in India, devotees honour
Lord Subramaniam with acts of masochism. Kartikeya, the son of Shiva and
Parvati is worshipped in Tamil Nadu on Thai Pusam. People place their fate
in the hands of Kartikeya as they walk unburnt over a path of burning coals.
(Hindu)
January 23 Respangle your tutu day
Janaury
24 Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill
Lailat al Kadr (Islam)
January
25 Have a Scottish fling on Bobby Burn's birthday
A Room of One’s Own Day -- For anyone who
knows or longs for the sheer bliss or rightness of having a private place,
no matter how humble, to call one’s own.
January 26 Michigan admitted as 26th state
January 27 Signing of Peace Pacts, Vietnam war
January 28 Mikhail Baryshnikov's birthday
January 29 Tom Sellick's birthday
January
30 Memorial day for Charles of England (he
was beheaded on this day)
National Inane Answering Message Day -- Annually,
the day set aside to change, shorten, replace or delete those ridiculous
and/or annoying answering machine messages that waste the time of anyone
who must listen to them.
January
31 Explorer 11 launched (1st U.S. satellite
in orbit)
Oimelc, Brigid or Brigit, Imbolc, Candlemas or February Eve (Pagan)
AMD Month (Age-related
Macular Degeneration)
American Heart
Month
National Children's
Dental Health Month
National Condom
Month
Wise Health Consumer
Month
Mardi Gras
American Music
Month
African American
History Month
February 1 Exaggeration day
February
2 Groundhog day
Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Christian)
Imbolc (or Imbolg) (Pagan)
February 3 Setsubun, Japanese bean-throwing festival
February 4 Birth of the 1st portable typewriter
February
5 Constitution day in Mexico
Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, Pennsylvania Day
-- We have lots of room, friendly folks and Amish farms. Former
home office of David Letterman Show, Lebanon is now the safe haven for
residents and tourists to serenely indulge in their world famous bologna
and the Wertz family homemade candies.
The Chinese New Year and the two days following,
are observed through much of Asia and wherever there are significant concentrations
of Chinese population. The same dates are also true for Tet in Vietnam
and the Lunar New Year in Mongolia.
February
6 Babe Ruth's birthday
Sexual Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
7 Alfred (inferiority complex) Adler's birthday
Sexual
Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
8 Founding of the Confederate States of America
Sexual
Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
9 Feast of Saint Appolonia, patron saint of
dentists
Sexual
Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
10 Anniversary of the marriage of England's
Victoria to Albert
Vasant Panchami/Sri Panchami (Hindu) One-day
spring festival in honor of Saraswati, the goddess of learning, celebrated
with kite flying, yellow saris, and the blessing of schoolchildren's books.
Sexual
Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
11 National inventor's day
Sexual
Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
12 Lincoln's birthday
Sexual
Responsibility Week (February 6-12)
February
13 Try something new day
Get a Different Name Day -- For the pity of
millions of us who hate our birthnames. On this day we may change
our names to whatever we wish and have the right to expect colleagues,
family and friends to so address us.
Chinese, Korean & Vietnamese New Year
February 14 St. Valentines Day
February 15 Susan B. Anthony day
February 16 Remember your old flames day
February 17 Upside down day
February 18 Helen Gurley Brown's birthday
February
19 Eddie Arcaro's birthday
Guru Ravidas's Birthday (Hindu)
February
20 John Glenn Day (1st manned orbit of Earth)
Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo-Day -- At high
noon (local time) citizens are asked to go outdoors and yell "Hoodie-Hoo"
to chase winter and make ready for spring, one month from now.
February 21 Nixon's visit to Peking
February 22 Opening of the 1st "5&10" (Woolworths, Utica, NY)
February 23 First contest on radio held on this day
February 24 Andrew Johnson impeached
February 25 George Harrison's birthday
February 26 Be kind to your in-laws day
February 27 Ralph Nader's birthday
February 28 Chinese feast of the lanterns
February 29 Respect for Rodney Dangerfield day
American Red Cross
Month
Catarack Awareness
Month
Hemophilla Month
National Kidney
Month
National Nutrition
Month
National Poision
Prevention Month
National Social
Work Month
Workplace Eye Health
and Safety Month
National Peanut
Month
National Women's
History Month
March 1 Uncle Miltie's birthday
March 2 Texas Independence Day
March 3 Star spangled banner officially designated national anthem
March
4 Vermont was admitted to the union
Mahashivaratri or Shivaratri (Hindu) This
festival is observed to commemorate the night when Lord Shiva, the god
of destruction, danced his celestial dance, the Tandav and his wedding
anniversary. Fasts and prayers mark the day and it is observed by devotees
all over India, especially at Shiva temples.
March
5 Death of Stalin
National Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
March
6 End of the battle of the Alamo
National
Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
March
7 White elephant exchange day
National
Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
Madi Gras
March
8 Toastmasters jubilee
Ash Wednesday (Christian)
National
Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
March
9 Battle of Monitor vs Merrimac
Panic Day --
Run around all day in a panic, telling others you can't handle it anymore.
Co-sponsered by the Sky is Falling Committee.
National
Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
March
10 Senate approved lowering voting age to
18
National
Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
March
11 Lawrence Welk's birthday
National
Collegiate Health and Wellness Week (March 5 - 11)
March 12 Great Blizzard of '88
March 13 Discovery of the planet Pluto
March
14 Jack Ruby convicted of murder
Waqf al Arafa (Islam)
March
15 Buzzard day in Hinckley, Ohio
National
Brutus Day -- No matter where you work, you
must admit there's as much intrigue, plotting and back stabbing as was
found in Ancient Rome or is found today inside the Beltway.
True Confessions Day
-- Confession is good for the soul. Go into work today and tell all.
If you plan to stay home, make an appointment with your mirror.
March
16 Jerry Lewis' birthday
'Id al Adha (Islam)
March 17 St. Patricks day
March 18 Old railroaders' reunion day
March
19 Tational Nongue Dwisters day
Holikadehan (Hindu)
March
20 First day of spring, tra-la-la!
VERNAL EQUINOX
Holi (Hindu) Full moon day of Phalguna. This
exuberant spring festival celebrating the destruction of the demon-king
Hiranyakashipu and of the evil Holika by Narasimha, the half-man half-lion
incarnation of Visnu is celebrated by throwing water and powder at friends
and relatives. People burn wood sugarcane and coconut outside their house.
The sweet made for this occassion is Puranpoli.
March
21 Study the seed catalogs day
Naw-Ruz (Bahá'í New Year)
Hola Mohalla (Sikh)
Ostara or Spring Equinox (Pagan)
March
22 Trekkies! Celebrate William Shatner's birthday
As Young As You Feel Day -- Now more
than ever you are as young as you feel. So stop acting your chronological
age and get out there and start feeling peppy!
March 23 International meteorology day
March 24 Union of Scotland and England
March
25 Gloria Steinam's birthday
Annunciation (Christian)
March
26 Carol Burnett won her suit against the
National Enquirer on this day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day -- This is a
day you may name for whatever you wish. Reach for the stars!
Make up a holiday.
March 27 Resistance day in Burma
March 28 Constantinople became Istanbul
March 29 Billy Carter's birthday
March 30 Alaska was purchased
March 31 Joseph Hadyn's birthday
National Alcohol
Awareness Month
National Cancer
Control Month
National Child
Abuse Prevention Month
National Residence
Hall Month
National Humor
Month
National Occupational
Therapy Month
Sexually transmitted
Disease Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety
Month
April 1 April fools day
April 2 Emmy Lou Harris' birthday
April 3 Death of Jesse James
April 4 Lets pretend day
April
5 Bette Davis' birthday
Chaitra Sukladi/Gudi Padava/Cheli Chand (Hindu)
Ugadi Telegu New Year (Hindu)
April
6 Founding of the Mormon church
Hijra New Year (Islam)
April
7 Community clean-up!
World Health Day
No Housework Day -- No trash. No dishes. No
making of beds or washing of laundry. And no guilt. Give it
a rest!
April
8 Ponce de Leon landed in Florida
PESACH- Passover; deliverance of the Jewish
people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts
the story of the Exodus (Jewish)
April 9 Hugh Heffner's birthday
April 10 Omar Sharif's birthday
April 11 Abdication of Napoleon
April 12 Samuel K. Doe took office as president of Liberia
April
13 Thomas Jefferson's birthday
Vaisakhi, Yugadi, Vishu/Bahag Bihu The
Solar New Year. This festival takes on different forms of celebration in
the various regions of India. Vishu is the Keralite name. On the night
before Vishu, the 'kani' is set, which consists of an idol of Krishna,
'konnapuvu' (a yellow flower), a mirror made of bellmetal, jackfruit, mango,
gold and a sheaf of paddy. The children at home are woken up by their elders
on the morning of Vishu and, with their eyes closed, are led to the Vishu
kani. The belief is that if one sees the 'kani' the first thing in the
morning, then the entire year will be fruitful. In Assam it is called Bihu
and celebrated with dancing and singing. The day is also observed by Tamils
and Bengalis. (Hindu)
Sri Rama Navami (Hindu) The ninth day of the
bright half of Chaitra
The
birthday of Sri Rama, the 7th avatar of Vishnu, who defeated the undefeatable
demon Ravana. On this day, idols of Rama, his wife Sita and Lakshmana,
ride on chariots through the towns. People perform poojas for Rama and
read the Ramayana.
Vaisakhi (Sikh)
April 14 Pan American day
April
15 Poverty day, U.S.A.
Ashura' (Islam)
April
16 Scottish defeat of the British at Culloden
National Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
Palm Sunday
Mahavir Jayanthi (Hindu) The thirteenth day
of the bright half of Chaitra. Birthday of Mahavir, the 24th Tirtankhara,
(pioneer of Jainism).
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
17 Bay of pigs invasion
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
18 Patriots' day (anniversary of Paul Revere's
ride)
Pet Owner's Independence Day -- Dog and cat
owners take off from work and the pets go to work in their place, since
most pets are jobless, sleep all day and do not even take out the trash.
Owners get to stay home all day and lie around on the back of the sofa.
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
19 Battles of Lexington and Concord
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
20 Slush and much festival, Lake Tahoe
Passover (8 days)
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
21 Queen Elizabeth's birthday
Passover
(Jewish)
Good Friday (Christian)
First Day of Ridvan (Pronounced riz-wan) (Bahá'i)
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
22 Earth day
Passover
National
Volunteer Week (April 16 - 22)
April
23 Shakespeare's birthday, forsooth!
Passover
Easter (Christian)
Palm Sunday (Eastern Orthodox) (Christian)
April
24 Aurora Borealis seen in New York City in
1939
Passover
April
25 Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Passover
April
26 Fly without fear on Erica Jong's birthday
Hug an Australian Day -- To show our great
appreciation for all the love and support the Aussies have given us over
the years.
Passover
April
27 U.S. Grant's birthday
Passover
April
28 Mutiny on the bounty!
Holy Friday (Eastern Orthodox)
April
29 Work began on the Suez Canal
Ninth
Day of Ridvan (Bahá'í)
April
30 Death of Adolph Hitler
Easter (Eastern Orthodox)
Beltane or May Eve1 (Pagan)
Asian/Pacific Heritage
Month
Asthma and Allergy
Awareness Month
Better Sleep Month
Correct Posture
Month
Huntington's Disease
Awareness Month
National Arthritis
Month
National Bike Month
National Breath
Easy and Clean Air Month
National High Blood
Pressure Education Month
National Mental
Health Month
National Physical
Fitness and Sports Month
National Sight
Saving Month
National Tuberous
Sclerosis Awareness Month
Older Americans
Month
Stroke Awareness
Month
National BBQ Month
May 1 Kate Smith's birthday
May
2 Independence day in Israel
Yom Hashoah
Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Bahá'í)
May 3 Missouri compromise bill passed by Congress
May 4 El Cordobe's birthday ... Ole!
May
5 Children's day in Japan
Cinco De Mayo
May 6 Manhattan Island sold for $24 worth of trinkets
May 7 Surrender of Germany, 1945
May
8 Armed forces day
No Socks Day
-- If we give up wearing socks for one day, it will mean a little
less laundry, thereby contributing to the betterment of the environment.
Besides, we will all feel a bit freer, at least for one day.
May 9 Mike Wallace's birthday
May 10 Completion of the Transcontinental RR
May
11 Minnesota admitted to the union
Eat What You Want Day
-- Here’s one day you may actually enjoy yourself. Ignore all those
on-again-off-again warnings.
May 12 Anniversary of the founding of AA
May 13 Capt. John Smith landed at Jamestown
May 14 Opening of the Constitutional Convention
May 15 Anniversary of the Calaveras County jumping frog derby
May 16 Mayflower set sail from England
May 17 Running of the 1st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
May
18 Eruption of Mt. St. Helens
Buddha Purnima (Hindu) The full-moon
day of Vaisakh. Buddhists commemorate the birth and enlightenment
of Buddha.
May
19 Youth and sports day in Turkey
Malcolm X's birthday
May 20 Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris
May 21 Makeup day for forgotten birthdays and anniversaries
May 22 Ceylon became republic of Sri Lanka
May
23 Start of the 1st trans-U.S. auto trip
Declaration of the Bab (Bahá'í)
May 24 First telegraph message received
May 25 Return of the Jedi premiere
May 26 Duke Wayne's birthday
May 27 Vincent Price's birthday
May
28 Birth of the Dionne quintuplets
The Slugs Return From Capistrano Day
-- It’s a little known secret that slimy slugs spend their winters in lovely
Capistrano, and return to our patios and gardens on this date. Bare
feet are not a good idea.
May
29 Anniversary of Big Bird's visit to China
Memorial Day
Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Bahá'í)
May 30 First auto accident in the U.S.
May 31 Stop and smell the roses day
Cancer in the Sun
Month
Fireworks Safety
Month (Through July 4th)
Lesbian/Gay Pride
Month
National Safety
Month
National Scleroderma
Awareness Month
June
1 Get out your white bucks for Pat Boone's
birthday
Ascension (Christian)
June
2Yell "Fudge"
at the Cobras in North America Day -- Anywhere
north of the Panama Canal. In order to keep poisonous cobra snakes
out of North America, all citizens are asked to go outdoors at noon local
time and yell “fudge!” Fudge makes cobras gag, and the mere mention
of it makes them skeedaddle.
Rath Yatra Thousands of pilgrims congregate
in Puri Orissa to witness a spectacular chariot festival.
June 2 Anniversary of the 1st night baseball game
June 3 First American walk in space took place
June 4 Robert Merrill's birthday
June
5 The Acropolis captured by the Turks
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh)
June
6 Start of the first row across the Atlantic
Tuen Ng, the Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese)
June 7 Tom Jones' birthday
June 8 Appreciation day for old teachers
June
9 Cole Porter's birthday
Shavout
June
10 FDR signed pay-as-you-go income tax bill
Shavout
June
11 Loser's day
Pentecost (Christian)
June 12 Start of longest filibuster in Senate (Huey Long, 15 1/2 hours)
June
13 Longest fit of hiccoughs began (1948-1956)
National Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June
14 Flag day
Family History Day
-- Every summer family reunions are so busy with bingo and volleyball,
most of us forget the true purpose:to share the folklore, legends and myths
that bind us together. Each participant is expected to share at least
one good recollection (fact or fiction). Don’t forget the hot dogs
and lemonade.
National Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June
15 Ben Franklin flew his kite
Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)
National
Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June
16 First woman in space
National
Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June
17 Bunker Hill day
National
Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June
18 Battle of Waterloo
National
Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June
19 Maximillian executed on this day
Juneteenth
National
Men's Health Week (June 13 - 19)
June 20 Start of the French Revolution
June
21 Summer begins!
SUMMER SOLSTICE
Litha
(Pagan)
June
22 Kris Kristofferson's birthday
Corpus Christi (Christian)
June 23 Meeting of Kosygin & Johnson in Glassboro
June
24 Strawberry festival
Celebration of the Senses -- Treat yourself
to a stimulation of the 5 senses—taste, touch, scent, sight and sound—and
you will experience the elevation known as the elusive sixth sense.
ST JEAN BAPTISTE CAN(QUEBEC)
June 25 Custer's last stand
June 26 Signing of the U.N. Charter
June 27 Anniversary of the sinking of the Bismark
June 28 National minimum wage law was enacted
June 29 The Seychelles declared independence
June 30 Founding of the YMCA
Hemochromatosis
Screening Awareness Month
National Eye Exam
Month
July
1 Medicare began
CANADA DAY (CAN)
July 2 Birthday of King Olav V of Norway
July
3Stay Out of
the Sun Day -- For health's sake, give
your skin a break today.
National middle-aged day
July
4 Independence day (any kind)
BASTILLE
DAY FRANCE
TRANSFIGURATION ORTHO. CHRIST
WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY USA
July 5 Juvenal Habyarimana took office as President of Rwanda
July
6 Sylvester "Rocky" Stallone's birthday
Take your Webmaster to Lunch Day -- Show your
appeciation to your webmaster by taking him out for some good food.
That way, he'll feel loved and have the energy to fix all of the typos
on your site. (submitted by the W. of Wellcat.com)
July 7 Brief bathing suit appreciation day
July 8 The day after Ringo Starr's birthday
July
9 Independence day in Argentina
Martyrdom of the Bab (Bahá'í)
July
10 Most crowded beach record set in Coney
Island
Don't Step on a Bee Day
-- Eight-year old Michael Roy of Wellcat.com reminds kids and grownups
that now is the time when going barefoot can mean getting stung by a bee.
If you get stung, tell Mom.
July 11 Hamilton-Burr duel
July 12 Orangeman's day in Northern Ireland
July 13 Harrison Ford's birthday
July 14 Bastille day
July
15 George Washington appointed Commander-in
Chief
Be a Dork Day -- Nine-year old Michael Roy
says that this is the day to be a Dork and be proud. Wear goofy clothing,
don't brush your teeth, eat yucky food, and fall off a swingset.
Respect Canada Day -- To show our friends
to the north that we really do know they are not just some strange province
of the United States.
July 16 World's largest hailstone recorded in Potter, Nebraska (1 1/2 lbs)
July 17 James Cagney's birthday
July 18 Chappaquiddick day
July 19 Only 158 days 'til X-mas!
July 20 Beach blanket bingo day
July 21 First battle of Bull Run
July 22 First auto race (Paris to Rouen)
July 23 Nylon first produced
July 24 St. John the Baptist day
July 25 Puerto Rico taken by the U.S. in 1898
July 26 Founding of the Republic of Liberia in 1847
July
27 Have a M.A.S.H. bash to celebrate the end
of the fighting in Korea
Take Your Houseplants for a Walk Day --
Walking your plants around the neighborhood enables them to know their
environment, thereby providing them with a sense of knowing, bringing on
wellness.
Dhamma Day (Buddhism)
Asala (Buddhism)
July 28 Archduke Ferdinand assassinated
July
29 Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di
K 1: Vira Shashan Jayanti (Jainism)
July 30 Helena Handbasket day
July
31 Longest flight of a single seat glider
Lunasa or Lammas (Pagan)
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