Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn, better known as the mononymous Rembrandt, was born on this day in 1606 and became one of the greatest painters and print makers in history, making today INTERNATIONAL REMBRANDT DAY! Born in Leiden, Netherlands, the 9th child of a successful miller and his baker’s daughter wife, Rembrandt was educated in Latin …
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Now here’s a holiday that won’t have you shopping for a new outfit or sending your best threads to the dry cleaners. Suit up for NATIONAL NUDE DAY! Originally a New Zealand holiday (Who knew they were so cool? Or much of anything about New Zealanders for that matter?), Nude Day is not about nudist …
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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. Leonard’s only choice to play “The World’s Most …
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Does the name Richard Berry ring a bell? No? Well it is his birthday on April 11, 1938 that we celebrate today on INTERNATIONAL LOUIE LOUIE DAY! Me gotta go now! The version most of us remember was the Kingsmen’s smash hit in April of 1963, where Jack Ely’s garbled vocals set off a shitstorm …
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On this day in 1964, The Beatles did something no musical artist has done before or since. They not only had the #1 hit on the Billboard Charts, they had numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 records as well, making today NATIONAL HIT SINGLE DAY! Billboard Top 5 Songs, April 4, 1964: No. 1 “Can’t …
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Here’s a guy you have to hate, the ultimate Renaissance man. Not happy being a great painter and sculptor, the guy was also an architect, engineer, poet and a big fan of small penises. He was also the first to go with just the one name, compelling us to celebrate INTERNATIONAL MICHELANGELO DAY! Michelangelo di Lodovico …
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