Monthly Archives: January 2018

ON THIS DAY: January 31, 2018

January 31st is Backward Day Gorilla Suit Day * Hot Chocolate Day Inspire Your Heart with Art Day Social Security Appreciation Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Zane Grey, Anna Pavlova and Kenzaburō Ōe, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 30, 2018

January 30th is Croissant Day The Lone Ranger Day * __________________________________________ MORE! William Shakespeare, Barbara Tuchman and Gandhi, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 29, 2018

January 29th is Corn Chip Day Curmudgeons Day Freethinkers Day * National Puzzle Day * Seeing Eye Dog Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Anton Chekov, Muna Lee and Paddy Chayefsky, click

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TCS: The Library of Congress and the First Librarian

Good Morning! ____________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: January 28, 2018

January 28th is Blueberry Pancake Day National Kazoo Day * International Data Protection Day * __________________________________________ MORE!  Colette,  Jackson Pollock and Titian, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 27, 2018

January 27th is Chocolate Cake Day National Geographic Day * Thomas Crapper Day * International Day in Memory of the Holocaust Victims * __________________________________________ MORE! Dante, Mairéad Maguire and Mikhail Baryshnikov, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 26, 2018

January 26th is Dental Drill Day * Peanut Brittle Day National Spouses Day Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement * __________________________________________ MORE! Glenn Curtiss, Julia Morgan and Gustavo Dudamel, click

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Word Cloud: CUMULATION

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD It’s not easy to sum up a person’s life. No one is just one thing, and no one stays the same from one year to the next, especially when a single event can radically alter someone’s … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: January 25, 2018

January 25th is Irish Coffee Day * Opposite Day (Robert) Burns Night * A Room of One’s Own Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Robert Burns, Nellie Bly and Joe Sheridan, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 24, 2018

January 24th is Cell Phone Recycling Day * Belly Laugh Day Compliment Day Eskimo Pie Day * Lobster Thermidor Day Peanut Butter Day __________________________________________ MORE! Hadrian, Indira Gandhi and Thurgood Marshall, click

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