Category Archives: Holidays

ON THIS DAY: February 8, 2019

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February 8th is Boy Scouts Day * Kite Flying Day Molasses Bar Day Opera Day * Potato Lover’s Day _______________________________________ MORE! Kate Chopin, Harry McAlpin and Oprah Winfrey, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 7, 2019

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February 7th is Ballet Day Math e Day Fettuccine Alfredo Day Periodic Table Day Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day _______________________________________ MORE! Eubie Blake, Darlene C Hine and  Mohamed Nasheed, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 6, 2019

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February 6th is Chopsticks Day Frozen Yogurt Day Lame Duck Day * Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Mary Leakey, Bob Marley and Natalie Cole, click

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A Poem for Chinese New Year

Posted on February 5, 2019 by wordcloud9

Lynda Hull (1954-1994), American Poet; as a teenager, she ran away from home. For the next several years, Hull lived in various Chinatowns across North America and married a Chinese immigrant. After reconnecting with her family in the early 1980s, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 5, 2019

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February 5th is Adlai Stevenson Day * Shower With a Friend Day * Western Monarch Day * World Nutella Day * Weatherperson’s Day World Animal Reiki Day * _______________________________________ MORE! John H Morrow, Mary Cleave and Herbie Hancock, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 4, 2019

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February 4th is Homemade Soup Day Stuffed Mushroom Day Thank a Mail Carrier Day * USO Day * World Cancer Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Virginia Alexander, Purvis Young and Rosa Parks, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 3, 2019

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February 3rd is Carrot Cake Day The Day the Music Died * Women Physicians Day * Four Chaplains Memorial Day * National Missing Persons Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Elizabeth Blackwell, Percival Prattis and Eric Holder, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 2, 2019

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February 2nd is Change Windshield Wipers Day * Heavenly Hash Day Hedgehog Day * Play Your Ukulele Day Sled Dog Day * World Wetlands Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Alix Le Clerc, Todd Duncan and Arfa Randhawa, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 1, 2019

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February 1st is Robinson Crusoe Day * Baked Alaska Day * Change Your Password Day * National Freedom Day * National Get Up Day * Spunky Old Broads Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Leila Denmark, Langston Hughes and Leymah Gbowee, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 31, 2019

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January 31st is Inspire Your Heart with Art Day Backward Day Gorilla Suit Day * Hot Chocolate Day Social Security Appreciation Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Alva Myrdal, Leon Trotsky and Ulrica Messing, click

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