Tag Archives: Thomas Edison

ON THIS DAY: November 21, 2018

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November 21st is Alaska Alascattalo Day * National Gingerbread Cookie Day World Hello Day * World Television Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Mollie Steimer, Rene Magritte and Milka Planinc, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 11, 2017

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October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child * General Pulaski Memorial Day * National Coming Out Day * National Food Truck Day * Sausage Pizza Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE!  Thomas Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt and Elmore Leonard, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 14, 2017

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August 14th is Creamsicle Day Rosé (wine) Day Social Security Day * World Lizard Day National V-J Day * National Navajo Code Talkers Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! John Galsworthy, Lina Wertmüller and David Crosby, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 8, 2017

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August 8th is Dalek Day * Frozen Custard Day Happiness Happens Day International Cat Day * National Dollar Day * Sneak Some Zucchini on Your Neighbor’s Porch Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Tycho Brahe, Janis Joplin and Nicholas Holtham, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 11, 2017

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February 11th is Get Out Your Guitar Day Make a Friend Day Peppermint Patty Day Shut-in Visitation Day Stress Awareness Day White Shirt Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Thomas Edison, Emma Goldman and John Dingell, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 21, 2016

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October 21th is Apple Day * Babbling Day Back to the Future Day * Celebration of the Mind Day * Count Your Buttons Day Mammography Day * Pumpkin Cheesecake Day Reptile Awareness Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Tokugawa Ieyasu, Florence Nightingale, and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 8, 2016

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August 8th is Bowling Day Dalek Day Earth Over Shoot Day Happiness Happens Day International Cat Day ___________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Cambodia – Kazantip Republic Fest Canada – (last day) Salmo BC: Shambhala Music Festival France – Lorient, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 18, 2016

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July 18th is National Ice Cream Day! Hug Your Kid Day World Listening Day Nelson Mandela International Day World Festivals & National Holidays Botswana – Presidents’ Day Japan – Umi No Hi (Sea Day) Laos – Boun Khao Phansa Myanmar … Continue reading →

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First Heard: ‘Water Music’

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I don’t envy Royalty very often – I’ve never had a lust for power, and most of the job just looks tedious and stuffy to me. But I would love to be able to say, “I’m going to be boating … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 3, 2016

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July 3rd is: Disobedience Day Stay Out of the Sun Day Plastic Bag Free Day National Chocolate Wafer Day National Holidays Around the World Armenia – Vardavar Belarus – Independence Day Myanmar – Women’s Day U.S. Virgin Islands – Emancipation … Continue reading →

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