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~ Most Days of Celebration compiled by Elise ~ ~
There are months missing
because obviously Elise, like myself, does not attend a year round school.
January
January
1
New
Year's Day, Betsy Ross's birthday (1752), Paul Revere's birthday(1735)
January
3
J.R.R.
Tolkien's birthday (1892), Festival of Sleep Day
January
4
Louis
Braille's birthday (1809), Jakob Grimm's birthday (1785), Trivia Day
January
5
National
Bird Day
January
6
Bean
Day, Sherlocke Holmes' birthday
January
7
Moons
of Jupiter discovered by Galileo 1610
January
8
Elvis
Presley's birthday (1935)
January
10
First
Meeting of United Nations in London 1946
January
11
National
Thank-You Day, Milk Day (milk delivered in bottles forthe first time in
1878
January
12
First
Xray machine made - 1896
January
13
Poetry
Day, Make Your Dreams Come True Day, Rubber Duckie's birthday
January
14
National
Dress Up Your Pet Day
January
15
Martin
Luther King's birthday (1929)
January
17
Benjamin
Franklin's birthday (1706), Shari Lewis' birthday (1934)
January
18
Winnie
the Pooh Day - author A.A. Milne's birthday (1882)
January
19
Popcorn
Day
January
20
Cheese
Day, National Buttercrunch Day
January
21
National
Hugging Day
January
22
National
Popcorn Day, National Blonde Brownie Day
January
23
National
Handwriting Day, National Pie Day, Measure Your Feet Day
January
24
Eskimo
Pie Patented by Christian Nelson 1922, Gold discovered in California at
Sutter's Mill 1848.
January
25
Opposite
Day
January
26
Australia
Day (the day Sydney Australia was settled in 1778)
January
28
Ernie's
birthday, National Kazoo Day
January
29
National
Puzzle Day, National Cornchip Day
January
30
Franklin
D. Roosevelt's birthday (1882)
January
31
Backwards
Day
Superbowl
Sunday
January
- National Hobby Month
January
- Thank You Month
January
- Oatmeal Month
January
- National Stsying Health Month
January
- National Eye Care Month
January
- Hat Day (third Friday in January)
January
- Backwards Day (last Friday)
January
- February - Chinese New Year
February
February
2
Groundhog
Day
February
3
Elmo's
birthday
February
4
Rosa Parks' birthday
(1913)
Hank
Aaron's birthday (1934)
February
5
Sale
of the first Wiffle Ball
February
7
Laura
Ingalls Wilder's birthday (1867), Charles Dickens' birthday (1812)
February
8
Boy
Scouts Day (founded 1910), Kite Flying Day
February
9
Hershey's
Chocolate founded 1894, Toothache Day
February
10
Umbrella
Day
February
11
Thomas
Edison's birthday (1847), Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
February
12
Abraham
Lincoln's birthday (1809), First Barbie dolls for sale, National Plum Pudding
Day
February
13
First
public school established 1635
February
14
Valentine's
Day, Read To Your Child Day, Ferris Wheel Day
February
15
National
Gum Drop Day
February
18
Pluto
discovered by Clyde Tombaugh 1930
February
19
International
Friendship Day, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood debuted 1968, National Chocolate
Mint Day
February
20
Toothpick
patented 1872
February
22
George
Washington's birthday (1732)
Robert Baden Powell's
birthday (founder of Scouting for Boys in 1910)
February
23
First
bathtub installed in White House 1851, International Dog Biscuit Appreciation
Day
February
24
National
Tortilla Chip Day
February
26
Levi
Strauss' birthday, National Pistachio Day
February
27
International
Polar Bear Day
February
29
Leap
Day (every four years)
January-February
- Chinese New Year
February
- American Heart Month
February
- National Hero Week (second week)
February
- American History Month
February
- National Cherry Month
February
- Black History Month
February
- National Wildlife Week (begins 3rd Sunday)
February
- National Dental Health Month
February
- last week - International Friendship Week
February
- 100th Day (and 101Day Dalmation Celebration)
March
March
1
Pig
Day, Peanut Butter Lover's Day, Share A Smile Day
March
2
Dr.
Seuss' birthday (1904)
March
3
National
Anthem Day (Star Spangled Banner adopted by Congress as the national anthem
in 1931), Peach Blossom Day
March
6
Oreo
Cookies Day (On Sale for the first time in 1912)
March
7
Telephone
Patented (1876)
March
8
Aunt's
Day
March
9
Barbie's
birthday (1959)
March
10
National
Telephone Day
March
11
Ezra
Jack Keats' birthday, Johnny Appleseed Day (anniversary of his death)
March
12
First
library opened, Girl Scout Day (founded in 1912), Alfred Hitchcock Day
March
13
Uranus
discovered (1781), Jewel Day
March
14
Albert
Einstein's birthday (1879), National Potato Chip Day
March
15
Ides
of March
March
16
Vitamin
C discovered 1932
March
17
St.
Patrick's Day, Rubber Band Invented (1845)
March
18
First
walk in space (1965), Sparky the Fire Dog's birthday
March
19
Poultry
Day
March
20
Bill
Martin Jr.'s birthday, Big Bird's birthday
March
21
1st
day of Spring, Children's Poetry Day
March
22
National
Goof-Off Day
March
23
National
Chip and Dip Day
March
24
National
Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March
25
Pancakes
first made in NYC in 1882, Pecan Day, Waffle Day
March
26
Spinach
Festival Day
March
28
Washing
machine invented 1797
March
29
Coca
Cola invented (1886)
March
30
Pencil
with eraser patented (1858)
March
- Bubble Gum Week (2nd week)
March
- Purim
March
- National Peanut Month
March
- American Red Cross Month
March
- Music In Our Schools Month
March
- National Noodle Month
March-April
- Passover, Easter
April
April
1
April
Fool's Day, One Cent Day
April
2
Hans
Christian Anderson's birthday, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April
2
International
Children's Book Day
April
5
Dandelion
Day, National Read-A-Road-Map Month
April
6
North
Pole discovered (1898)
April
7
No Housework
Day, World Health Day
April
9
Winston
Churchill Day
April
10
the
100th day of the year (unless leap year!), Golfer's Day
April
11
Eight-Track
Tape Day
April
13
Thomas
Jefferson's birthday (1743)
April
14
Titanic
struck iceberg (1912?), National Pecan day
April
15
First
McDonald's opened in Illinois by Ray Kroc (1955), Leonardo DaVinci's birthday
(1452), Rubber Eraser Day
April
18
First
laundromat opens in Ft. Worth, Texas (1934), International Jugglers Day
April
19
National
Garlic Day
April
20
Make-A-Quilt
Day
April
21 - Kindergarten Day (The first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich
Froebel in Germany in 1837)
April
22
Jelly
Bean Day
April
23
Earth
Day, Home Run Day (Hank Aaron hits his first home run in 1954), William
Shakespeare's birthday (1564)
April
24
Arbor
Day, Ocean Day, Pigs In A Blanket Day
April
25
National
Zucchini Bread Day
April
26
Hug
A Friend Day, National Pretzel Day
April
27
Apple
Blossom Festival, Tell A Story Day
April
29
Zipper
Day (patented by Gideon Sindback in 1913), National Shrimp Scampi Day
April
30 - Kite Fest, National Honesty Day (George Washington inaugurated as
first US president in 1789)
March-April
- Passover, Easter
April
- National Humor Month
April
- Take Your Daughter To Work Day
April
- Keep America Beautiful Month
April
- National Frog Month
April
- National Garden Month
April
- National Humor Month
April
- National Poetry Month
May
May 1
Mother
Goose Day, Save the Rhinoceros Day, Hawaii Lei Day
May 2
Backwards
Day
May 3
May Day
May 5
National
Hoagie Day
Cinco de Mayo
May 6
National Teachers Day
May 8
No Socks
Day, Have A Coke Day
May 9
Cartoon
Day, 1st newspaper cartoon (1754), National Teacher's Day, Lost Sock Memorial
Day
May 10
Clean
Up Your Room Day, Peace Day
May 12
Kite
Day, Limerick Day
May 13
Astronomy
Day, Tulip Day, Leprechaun Day
May 14
Marshmallow
Fluff Birthday, National Dance-Like-A-Chicken Day
May 15
National
Chocolate Chip Day, L.F. Baum's (Wizard of Oz) birthday (1856), International
Day of Families, Freedom From Self Awareness
May 18
Mount
Saint Helen's erupted (1980)
May 19
Circus
Day (Ringling Brothers opened 1884), Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
May 20
Blue Jeans
Birthday, Good Neighbor Day
May 24
Mary
Had A Little Lamb Birthday
May 25
Pickle Day,
National Tap Dance Day, Africa Day
May 27
Three
Little Pigs Birthday
May 28
National
Hamburger Day, Amnesty International Day
May 31
First
bicycle race 1868, World No-Tobacco Day
May -
National Music Week (starts first Sunday)
May
- Postcard Week (first full week in May)
May
- Memorial Day
May
- Mother's Day
May
- National Strawberry Month
May
- National Family Month
May
- Flower Month
May
- National Hamburger Month
June
June
1
Donut
Day, Oscar the Grouch's birthday
June
2
National
Rocky Road Day
June
3
Repeat
Day
June
4
Old
Maid's Day, Aesop's birthday, Cheese Day, 1st Ford made
June
5
1st
hot air balloon flight (1783)
National Family Day
World Environment Day
June
6
Teacher's
Day, National Applesauce Cake Day
June
7
National
Chocolate Ice Cream Day
June
9
Donald
Duck's Birthday (1934)
June
10
National
Yo-yo Day
June
11
National
Hug Holiday
June
12
Baseball
invented (1839)
World Against Child
Labor Day June
13
National
Juggling Day, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's birthday
June
14
Pop Goes The
Weasel Day
Flag Day
June
15
Smile Power
Day, Fly A Kite Day, Family History Day
June
17
Eat
Your Vegetables Day, Disneyland opened (1955)
June
18
International
Picnic Day
June
19
Tasmanian
Devil's birthday (1954)
June
20
Ice Cream
Soda Day
Refugee Day
June
22
National
Chocolate Eclair Day
June
23
National
Pink Day
June
25
Eric
Carle's birthday, Log Cabin Day
June
26
National
Chocolate Pudding Day, Toothbrush invented (1948)
June
27
Captain
Kangaroo's birthday, Helen Keller's birthday (1880), Melody for "Happy
Birthday" song written (1859)
June
28
Paul
Bunyan Day
June
29
Camera
Day
June
30
Superman's
birthday, Meteor Day
June
- Carnival and Circus Month
June
- National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
June
- National Dairy Month
June
- Father's Day
June
- National Iced Tea Month
June - National Hugs Week
June - First Day of
Summer
June - Student Safety
Month
August
August 3
National Watermelon Day
August 7
Friendship Day
August 16
Roller Coaster Day
August 19
National Aviation Day
August 26
National Dog Day
August 31
National Trail Mix Day
September
September 1
Labor Day
Mary
Had A Little Lamb published (1830)
September
2
National
Blueberry Popsicle Day
September
3
Newspaper
Carrier Day (First newsboy hired in US - 1883), Skyscraper Day
September
4
Newspaper
Carrier Day
September
5
Jesse
James born 1847, National Cheese Pizza Day
September 7
Grandparent's Day
First
Automobile Race in US in 1896
September
8
International
Literacy Day
September
9
Teddy
Bear Day, California became 31st state 1850
September
10
Elias
Howe patented 1st sewing machine 1846, Hot Dog Day
September
11
Patriot's Day
Make
Your Bed Day
September
12
Russians
launched 1st rocket to moon 1959, National Chocolate Milkshake Day, National
Grandparents' Day
September
14
National
Anthem Day (Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled Banner in 1814), National
Cream-filled Donut Day
September
15
Author
Tomie dePaola's birthday, Felt Hat Day
September
16
Collect
Rocks Day, Mayflower Day
September
17
Citizenship
Day - US Constitution signed 1787, National Apple Dumpling Day
September
18
National
Play-Doh Day
September
19
Walt Disney
produced 1st "talking cartoon" Steamboat Willie 1928, World Peace Day, National
Butterscotch Pudding Day, International Talk Like a Pirate DAy
September
20
National
Punch Day
September
22
First day of Autumn
Elephant
Appreciation Day, Band-Aid invented in 1921, Anniversary of the Ice Cream
cone (1903), U.S. Post Office opened in 1789, Abe Lincoln issued Emancipation
Proclamation 1862
September
23
First
Day of Autumn ? , Planet Neptune discovered 1846
September
24
First
toy store opened
September
25
National
Comic Book Day
September
26
Johnny
Appleseed's birthday (John Chapman born in 1774)
September
27
Native
American Day
September
28
First
Airport Opened
September
30
Ask
A Stupid Question Day, Safety Pin Invented
Rosh
Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot
(Jewish Thanksgiving)
September
- American Heritage Month
September
- Baby Safety Month
September
- Better Breakfast Month
September
- Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
September
- Classical Music Month
September
- Library Card Sign-Up Month
September
- National Chicken Month
September
- National Courtesy Month
September
- Children's Good Manners Month
September
- National Honey Month
September
- National Piano Month
September
- National Rice Month
September
- Pickle Day (any of the last 10 days of September)
October October
1
Homemade
Cookies Day, World Vegetarian Day
October
2
Charlie
Brown/Snoopy birthday (Peanuts comic strip first published (1950)
October
4
National
Golf Day
October
5
Pablo
Picasso's birthday (1881), Ray Kroc's (founder of McDonalds) birthday (1902)
October
9
Alphabet
Day, First two-way telephone conversation (1876), Moldy Cheese Day, The
Count's birthday
October
10
National
Angel Food Cake Day
October
12
Farmer's
Day, National Children's Day
October
13
National
Peanut Festival
October
14
Grover's
Birthday
October
15
Poetry
Day
October
16
Dictionary
Day, World Food Day
October
22
Rainmaking
Day, National Nut Day
October
24
United
Nation's Day, National Bologna Day, International Forgiveness Day
October
25
National
Denim Day
October
26
First
motion picture with sound shown 1927
October
27
Teddy
Bear Day (Teddy Roosevelt's birthday)
October
28
Pie
Day, Plush Animal Lover's Day, Statue of Liberty's birthday, National Chocolate
Day
October
30
National
Candy Corn Day
October
31
Halloween,
National Magic Day, Juliette Gordon Low's birthday (born in 1860, she was
the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the US 1912)
Rosh
Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot
(Jewish Thanksgiving)
Child
Health Day - First Monday in October
Columbus
Day - Second Monday in October
October
- National Apple Month
October
- National Clock Month
October
- National Pizza Month (celebrate a Pizza Day)
October
- National Popcorn Popping Month (celebrate a Popcorn Week)
October
- National Roller Skating Month
October
- National Stamp Collecting Month
October
- National Dessert Month
October
- Fire Prevention Week (week of the 8th)
November November
1
National
Author's Day
November
2
Cookie
Monster's birthday, Daniel Boone's birthday (1734)
November
3
Sandwich
Day (1762) (Birthday of John Montague, the creator of the sandwich)
November
4
King
Tut's tomb discovered 1922
November
6
Basketball
Day
November
7
Hug-a-Bear
Day
November
8
X-Ray
Day (the day the X-ray was discovered)
November
11
Veteran's
Day
November
14
Favorite
Author's Day
November
15
National
Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November
16
Button
Day
November
17
Homemade
Bread Day
November
18
Mickey
Mouse's Birthday (1928)
November
23
National
Cashew Day
November
25
Author
Marc Brown's birthday, National Parfait Day
November
26
Charles
Schulz's birthday (1922)
November
29
King
Tut's Tomb opened (1922)
November
30
Mark
Twain born 1835 (his real name is Samuel Clemmens)
Election
Day
Thanksgiving
November
- National Children's Book Week (3rd week)
November
- Peanut Butter Lover's Month
November-December
- Hanukkah
November
- Cat Week
November
- National Game and Puzzle Week (last week)
December December
1
Eat
A Red Apple Day, National Pie Day
December
2
National
Fritters Day
December
4
National
Cookie Day, Wear Brown Shoes Day
December
5
Walter
Elia (Walt) Disney's birthday, born in Chicago in 1901
December
7
National
Cotton Candy Day, Pearl Harbor Day
December
9
National
Pastry Day
December
11
UNICEF
created 1946
December
12
Poinsettia
Day, National Ding-A-Ling Day
December
14
South
Pole discovered 1911, First Miniature Golf Course opened 1929
December
15
Phonograph
patented by Thomas Edison in 1877, National Lemon Cupcake Day
December
16
Boston
Tea Party Anniversary, Ludwig Von Beethoven's birthday (1770), National
Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December
17
National
Maple Syrup Day, Wright Brother's Day (first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903)
December
18
National
Roast Suckling Pig Day
December
19
Oatmeal
Muffin Day
December
20
Games
Day
December
21
First
Day of Winter, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day,
Hamburger Day
December
22
Thermometer
Was Invented, National Date-Nut Bread Day
December
25
Christmas,
National Pumpkin Pie Day
December
26
Kwanzaa
begins, National Whiners Day
December
27
National
Fruitcake Day
December
28
Chewing
Gum invented in 1869, National Chocolate Day, Card Playing Day
December
31
New
Year's Eve, Make Up Your Mind Day
November-December
- Hanukkah
December
- Hi Neighbor Month
December
- Kwaanza
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