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ON THIS DAY: August 25, 2016
August 25th is Banana Split Day * Kiss and Make Up Day National Park Service Day * Second-Hand Wardrobe Day Whisky Sour Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Bangladesh and India– Sri Krishna Jananti/Janmashtami (birthday of Lord Krishna) Nepal … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: August 23, 2016
August 23rd is ∞ National Ride the Wind Day * ∞ Valentino Day * ∞ National Spongecake Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Argentina – Buenos Airies: Tango Festival y Mundial Malaysia – Rajah if Perlis Birthday United States … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Stockholm Syndrome', C-130 Hercules, Gossamer Condor-2, Keith Moon, Mount Holyoke, Rudolph Valentino, South Pole
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ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2016
August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * ∞ Eat a Peach Day ∞ National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Brazil – Rio de Janiero: Olympics clean-up/recovery holiday Fiji – National Holiday: … Continue reading
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Tagged Althea Gibson, America's Cup, Cats, Claude Debussy, English Civil War, Richard III, Teddy Roosevelt
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ON THIS DAY: August 21, 2016
August 21st is National Senior Citizens Day * World P.O.E.T. Day (Aussie slang – Piss Off Early Today) Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day (Southern U.S.) ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Canada – Regina SK: Great Saskatchewan Mustard Festival Croatia … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Godunov, Mona Lisa, Nat Turner, National Senior Citizens Day, Oldsmobile, The Marvelettes, United Nations
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ON THIS DAY: August 20, 2016
August 20th is International Homeless Animals Day * National Lemonade Day * ∞ National Honey Bee Day * ∞ National Radio Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Estonia – Independence Restoration Day Hungary – Saint Stephen’s Day Morocco – … Continue reading
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Tagged '1812' Overture, Gilbert & Sullivan, Honey Bees, LBJ's 'war on poverty', NASA Voyager2, The Rolling Stones, Tucson AZ
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ON THIS DAY: August 19, 2016
August 19th is National Aviation Day * ∞ International Orangutan Day ∞ U.N. World Humanitarian Day * World Photography Day National Hot and Spicy Food Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Afghanistan – Independence Day Australia –Borroloola Show Day … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, California Gold Rush, Coco Chanel, Daguerreotype, Fleetwood Mac, Orville Wright, Salem Witch Trials
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ON THIS DAY: August 18, 2016
August 18th is Bad Poet’s Day ∞ Fajita Day – New for 2016! ∞ Mail Order Catalog Day Serendipity Day * ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Rakhi, Hindu Brother -Sister Festival, celebrated as Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi Purnima in … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Antonio Salieri, Doobie Brothers, Peter Paul & Mary, Steven Biko, Vladimir Nabokov
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ON THIS DAY: August 17, 2016
August 17th is Vanilla Custard Day ∞ Black Cat Appreciation Day * ∞ National I Love My Feet Day * National Thrift Shop Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Belgium – Kiewit-Hasselt: Pukkelpop (first day) Hungary – Budapest Sziget … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Cats, Charlie Brown, Davy Crockett, Joseph Pulitizer, Michael Phelps, Miles Davis, Napoleon Bonaparte
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ON THIS DAY: August 16, 2016
August 16th is National Airborne Day * ∞ Roller Coaster Day * Rum Day Tell a Joke Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Dominican Republic – Restoration Day Gabon – Féte de l’Indépendance India – De Jure Transfer Day … Continue reading
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