TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/23/26 – NUDE MISS AMERICA DAY!
Vanessa Williams is known as the Miss America who was different from all previous Miss Americas in 4 ways. #1, she is Black, #2, she actually has talent, # 3, she went on to have a successful career as a singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, film producer and fashion model, and #4, she was the
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/22/26 – HAMMOCK DAY!
The Dog Days of Summer are upon us, and slow and easy is the way to go. The sun is blazing and wide, the humidity makes it feel like you are wearing a warm wet blanket and frankly, you need a nap. Which is where this holiday comes in, NATIONAL HAMMOCK DAY! We spend the
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/21/26 – COUSINS DAY!
Best thing about cousins? They know why you’re crazy. Cousins are more than relatives, and more than friends, they were our earliest allies in our struggles to overcome our extended families’ dysfunction and become ourselves, and so we celebrate them on NATIONAL COUSINS DAY! Who can forget sitting at the “kids’ table” on holidays and family gatherings? That’s
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/20/26 – SPACE EXPLORATION DAY!
On July 20, 1969, a man named Neil Armstrong changed the world forever. Not all by himself, of course, but he was the first man to take a walk anywhere but on Planet Earth, and his dusty footprints make this NATIONAL SPACE EXPLORATION DAY! Commissioned by President John F. Kennedy less than 8 years earlier,
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/19/26 – MAX FLEISCHER DAY!
He invented the Rotoscope for integrating cartoons and live footage, and came up with the follow-the-bouncing-ball technique, but his greatest contributions to American culture were cartoon characters, making today NATIONAL MAX FLEISCHER DAY! What would America be without Popeye the Sailor man, Betty Boop, Koko the Clown and Fitz the Dog? A poorer place is
TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/18/26 – INTERNATIONAL NELSON MANDELA DAY!
If we are lucky, such people appear every couple of generations, the Transcendent Ones who elevate not only their own nation, but all of humanity. We celebrate one such man today on INTERNATIONAL NELSON MANDELA DAY! His story is South Africa’s story, his triumph was South Africa’s glory. The whole world knows Nelson Mandela’s story;