We can all recite his most famous quote by heart, all the more impressive since it was said just prior to being hung as spy by the British on September 22nd, 1776, making today NATIONAL NATHAN HALE DAY! The American Experiment was in its infancy, just 2-1/2 months after the Declaration of Independence made America …
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“Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat’s felt.” Got it? Good, because it’s NATIONAL FELT HAT DAY! What are felt hats and what do they feel like, you ask? They are everywhere in …
Also called Missing Eleven Days Day, today is INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT DAY! One result of Great Britain’s decision to replace the Julian Calendar with the Gregorian Calendar in 1752 was an 11 day “Calendar Adjustment” that meant everyone in Britain and her American colonies went to sleep on September 2nd, and woke up the next …
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What’s that musical sound? What’s that heavenly smell? Could this be an Ascension? If not, that can only mean one thing. Today is NATIONAL BACON DAY! You know it, you love it, you can’t get enough bacon, as close to a national food as there is in the USA. It’s so good that some people …
Torches and pitchforks, midnight at the castle, pass it on! It’s NATIONAL FRANKENSTEIN DAY! Today is Mary Shelly’s 226th birthday, the author of one of the most popular stories in history. Originally published in 1818 as “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,“ Shelley not only wrote a completely original and compelling novel, but introduced an enduring …
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Okay, “The Enlightenment” is an elastic term claimed by several historical epochs, and if the world hasn’t caught up to your particular philosophy yet, perhaps you won’t join us in celebrating NATIONAL ENLIGHTENMENT DAY! It was August 29, 1632 when Mr. Enlightenment himself, John Locke, was born in High Laver, Essex, England. The son of …
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60 years ago today a man made a speech to 300,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. A gifted orator and an extraordinary man, Martin Luther King, Jr. departed from his prepared text to share a dream with his country, and today we celebrate NATIONAL I HAVE A DREAM DAY! Originally called the …
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Call it the Yalta of Rock & Roll, When Worlds Collide or Clash of The Titans, but today is NATIONAL BEATLES MEET ELVIS DAY! In 1965, Brian Epstein and Colonel Tom Parker, the two most celebrated personal managers in music history, arranged for the Beatles to meet Elvis Presley in his Memphis mansion, Graceland. The Beatles …
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Big ones, small ones, pedigrees or mutts, we salute them all on NATIONAL DOG DAY! This is the date when dogs and humans became besties; August the 26th, 15,000 years ago. Either that, or it’s the anniversary of the first of about two hundred times that Lassie saved the life of accident-prone Little Timmy. But no …
Why do we so fondly remember David Evans Strickler, Apprentice Pharmacist at Tassel Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania? Without this enterprising young man, we wouldn’t be celebrating NATIONAL BANANA SPLIT DAY! Strickler enjoyed creating ice cream sundaes at the pharmacy’s busy soda fountain, not exactly setting himself up for the Pharmacist Hall of Fame, but he …
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