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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 3/4/21 – GRAMMAR DAY!

On March 4th, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

There, they’re, their, bitches. Grammar. It’s its special day today, so mind your apostrophes and punctuation on NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY! We English speakers abuse Grammar all the time, especially when we write it. We all went to school, learned the rules of English, many of which were […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/13/21 – WORLD RADIO DAY!

On February 13th, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

Maybe video killed the radio star, but no invention has yet to replace radio itself, so today we mark WORLD RADIO DAY! This is not a celebration of Marconi, Faraday, Hertz, Orsted, Ampere, Henry, Maxwell, Stubblefield or Popov, all of whom seem to have a claim on […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 11/16/19 – BIRTH OF THE BLUES DAY!

On November 16th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

On November 16, 1873, The Blues was born in Florence, Alabama when William Christopher Handy made his debut, wailing like the Bluesman we celebrate on NATIONAL BIRTH OF THE BLUES DAY! W.C. Handy, called The Father of The Blues, learned to play music in secret from his preacher […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 11/6/20 – SAXOPHONE DAY!

On November 6th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

Today we celebrate a Belgian who is neither a fictional private detective nor a waffle maker, but a man who has touched all our lives without exception. We salute Adolphe Sax (November 6, 1814 – February 7, 1894) on INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE DAY! Who’s your favorite sax man? Gerry […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 8/20/20 – RADIO DAY!

On August 20th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

bedeepbedeepbedeepbedeep… this just in: It’s NATIONAL RADIO DAY! Drive time news, Top 40 hits, Oldies stations, NPR, Jazz, Classical, Grunge, Alternative, Blues, ballgames or angry guy talk shows, we’re still big radio people, no matter what else they invent. Before television, there was a Golden Age of […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/25/20 – CULINARY DAY!

On July 25th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

This is not just for chefs and foodies, today is for anyone who cooks, which means all of us on NATIONAL CULINARY DAY! In America, we’re all about the food. Big country, big appetite. Until the 20th Century, most of us made food, before we discovered big […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/7/20 – INTERNATIONAL TUBA DAY!

On May 7th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

Their sound is as much felt as heard, the lowest notes on the musical scale pumped through 15 to 18 feet of heavy brass tubing, and we salute them on INTERNATIONAL TUBA DAY! From Classical to Jazz to Zydeco to the Oompah Music that is named after […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/25/19 – TAP DANCING DAY!

On May 25th, 2019 / National Days / Leave a comment

You’re not the only one who wishes you could tap dance. The United States Congress does too, and set this day aside in 1989, NATIONAL TAP DANCING DAY! Who’s your favorite? Fred Astaire, the Nicholas Brothers, Ginger Rogers, Gregory Hines, Gene Kelly, the Rockettes or Mr. Bojangles […]

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