Thomas Harriot was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, translator and a man who made drawings of the moon as seen through a telescope, even before Galileo. For none of these things is he remembered, however, and his National Day doesn’t even mention his name on NATIONAL POTATO DAY! It seems that Harriot sailed with the […]
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You don’t have to wear a kilt to play them, but it helps. Might as well make a spectacle of yourself while you’re creating a godawful racket on NATIONAL BAGPIPES APPRECIATION DAY! We blame the Scots for bagpipes and kilts, and the Irish for their Uileann Pipes, but the bagpipe has been traced as far
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Sure he’s a Brit, but being a foreigner never stopped America from celebrating someone who has left an impression on our nation, and few musicians have cut a broader swath than the man we wish a happy 83rd birthday on NATIONAL MICK JAGGER DAY! When you look up Rock & Roll Star, Mick Jagger is
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Here’s a holiday where it doesn’t matter how you celebrate, since you won’t remember it anyway. Let’s have an involuntary shudder for NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY! Tequila is a nasty tasting white whiskey made from the blue agave plant native to the state of Jalisco in Mexico, where it is grown on vast Tequila Farms. It
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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;
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