Now here’s an obituary you wouldn’t think much about, “Louis Réard (1897 – 1984) was a French (of course!) automobile engineer…” until you read “… and inventor of the bikini.” Wait, of the what? Why aren’t there statues of this man at the entrance to every public beach on Earth? Louie […]
Read more →Since this is one of those years when Independence Day and the Fourth of July fall on the same day, thus canceling each other out, today is, by default, INTERNATIONAL GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA DAY! Born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy, Luigina Lollobrigida was director Robert Z. […]
Read more →Okay, George M. Cohan wasn’t born on the 4th of July, but close enough, and he didn’t singlehandedly invent the Broadway Musical, but close enough to call today NATIONAL YANKEE DOODLE DANDY DAY! Born a showman to a family of show people in Providence, Rhode Island on […]
Read more →Don’t look for this headline anytime soon: “ALIENS ABDUCT FAMOUS GENIUS IN BIG CITY!” It seems that all our Strange Visitors From Alien Planets have no interest at all in being taken to our leaders when they can have their pick of poor people from the boondocks, making […]
Read more →Guy follows a chicken across the road, then walks into a bar and says “Knock-knock!” Bartender asks if he’s here to help change the lightbulb or tell ‘What’s-The-Difference’ jokes. That’s right, folks, tell ’em if you got ’em, it’s NATIONAL JOKE DAY! Not coincidentally, today is also Canada […]
Read more →Shooting stars, falling stars, fireballs, asteroids, comets and Thunder Stones are also common names for the cosmic debris smashing into our planet constantly, making today NATIONAL METEOR DAY! What meteors are, technically, are meteorites, which are small asteroids, bodies of material ranging from the size of a […]
Read more →Here’s one for the Geeks, whose time has finally come after 5,000 years of recorded history, during which it was the Geeks who invented everything that made history possible, and Kings that got the credit, so today we celebrate the Holy Grail for Geeks, NATIONAL iPHONE DAY […]
Read more →He’s the guy who wears the most hats in the Comedy Industry, from The 2,000 Year Old Man to director, producer, composer, lyricist, actor and screenwriter, a skill set achieved only by Charlie Chaplin before him, and America’s most consistently hilarious comic mind. And he married Mrs.Robinson, Anne […]
Read more →TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 6/27/22 – SUNGLASSES DAY!
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Never mind the UV-Rays protection numbers, the anti-glare guard factor or anything else that drives the price up, because you’re going to lose them in a week anyway. The main criteria for buying any pair of shades is how cool you look in them, end of list, […]
Read more →No, We’re not celebrating cyclones, this isn’t about angry Mother Nature, but The Cyclone! Still rated by Roller Coaster lovers as one of the scariest in the world, Coney Island’s Cyclone gets more terrifying with every year it defies gravity and the wrecking ball, making today NATIONAL CYCLONE DAY! […]
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