TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/10/26 – SKYSCRAPER APPRECIATION DAY!
Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane! No, Skippy, it’s another gigantic building, and this is NATIONAL SKYSCRAPER APPRECIATION DAY! Who hasn’t marveled at our gleaming spires that seem to reach the clouds? Well, guess what? Some of them do reach the clouds, dwarfing the first modern skyscraper, the 22 story
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/9/26 – BOOK LOVERS DAY!
Sorry, Kindle, but they smell better than you. Today we celebrate NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY! Don’t we love our books? New ones, old ones, fat ones, thin ones, red ones, green ones, Mother Goose or Doctor Seuss, books are our brain’s favorite food. There are millions of them, but only a handful that everybody knows;
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/8/26 – DOLLAR DAY!
Let’s Holla for a Dollar, folks, today is NATIONAL DOLLAR DAY! Yes, it’s all about the Benjamins today. No, we’re not celebrating wealth, the worship of the Almighty Dollar, or the price of eggs. Today marks the 240th Anniversary of the creation of America’s own monetary system on August 8, 1786 by the Continental Congress.
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/7/26 – LIGHTHOUSE DAY!
It was August 7th, 1789 that Congress approved an “Act For The Establishment And Support Of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys And Public Piers,” leaving us no choice but to celebrate NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE DAY! A welcome sight for sailors seeking shelter from the storm, oil painters looking for a change of pace from windmills, and movie directors
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/6/26 – ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY!
Like Thanksgiving and July 4th, here’s a holiday for everyone to celebrate, but without all the baggage. There is no more joyous experience than celebrating NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY! There’s no traditional cooking to be unfavorably compared to previous years, no complicated rituals to perform with open flames, and no special outfits to wear.
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/5/26 – OYSTERS DAY!
Bivalve Mollusks Rockefeller just doesn’t have a ring to it, nor does Briny Plankton Feeders sound like a big hit at the Raw Bar, but that’s what we’re celebrating on NATIONAL OYSTERS DAY! Ah, oysters! Either you love them and can’t get enough, or just the sight of them gets you ill. Oysters are those