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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 5/3/26 – NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO DAY!

So, what special day is it, you ask? Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Today is NATIONAL NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO DAY! It’s not the anniversary of its founding or the day it went on the air, but like Public Radio itself, you just take National Public Radio Day for granted. You won’t hear them airing any […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 1/31/26 – SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK DAY!

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Her name was Ida May Fuller, a retired legal secretary from Vermont, and on this day in 1940 she made history by going to her mailbox, making today NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK DAY! The mail in question was Social Security Check # 00-000-001, in the amount of $20.22, which Ms. Fuller would collect monthly until

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