Months Of The Year - What You Didnt Know
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Hi n Welcome to a thread based on the years months and what you properly didnt fully know of each day in a given month. Ill lay out with January and add February to it afterwards, just in case any of you wanna "celebrate" a odd special day.
JANUARY:
• Z Day - (Jan 1) - celebrate those persons whose surnames start with Z!
• Bad Hangover Day - (Jan 1) - did you party to hard on New Years Eve?
• FruitCake Toss Day - (Jan?) - it's time to bring in the new, and toss out the old.
• Run up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day - (January 2)
• Festival Of Sleep Day - (January 3) - learning about and experiencing a sound sleep
• Handsel Monday - in Scotland and northern England – First Monday
• Man Watcher's Day - (January
• Play God Day - (January 9) - we are encouraged to try and solve someones problem.
• Peculiar People Day - (January 10) - encouraged to honor peculiar people in our life!
• Feast of Fabulous Wild Men - (Jan 12) - Ogle & whistle at all the hunks you come across!
• Rubber Duckie Day - (Jan 13)
• Put Your Pets in People Clothes Day - (Jan 14) -
• Nothing Day - (January 16) - celebrated by doing absolutely nothing at all.
• Ditch New Years Resolutions Day - (January 17)
• Brew A Potion Day - Jan 19 - celebrates the knowledge & ability to brew positive potion
• Come in from the cold day - January 22
• Measure Your Feet Day - January 23
• Beer Can Appreciation Day - January 24) - celebration of the selling of beer in cans.
• Opposite Day - January 25) -
• Thomas Crapper Day! -January 27) - invention of the flush toilet / toilet game fun!
• Gone-ta-pott Day - Jan 28) - It's time to see the humor in a day that's gone to pott!
• Escape Day - January 30
• Hell is Freezing over Day - Jan 31) - pull out old lists of things you were going to do-
• Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day -
• Squirrel Appreciation Day - (January 27) - we are encouraged to honor squirrels!
• Punch the clock day - (January 27) -
• Backward Day - (January 31) -
Cuddle Up Day (January 6)
• Bubble Bath Day (January
• Dance Day (January 9)
• Secret Pal Day (January 11)
• Whisper 'I Love You' Day (Jan-19)
• Penguin Awareness Day (Jan-20)
• Send a Hug Day (Jan-21)
• Compliment Day (Jan-27)
• Chocolate Cake Day (Jan-27)
The perfect time to make a chocolate treat...
• Daisy Day (Jan-28)
Celebrate the beauty of the daisies that symbolize
innocence...
• Inspire your Heart with Art Day (Jan-31)
Significant January around the world
• New Year's Day – January 1
• Independence Day in Haiti - January 1
• Handsel Monday in Scotland and northern England – First Monday
• Three Wise Men Day in Latin America - January 6
• Ukrainian New Year's Eve, also known as Svyat Vechir - January 6
• Coptic Christmas – January 7
• Plough Sunday in Scotland and northern England – Sunday after January 6
• Coming of Age Day (成人の日, Seijin no hi?) in Japan – Second Monday
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States – Third Monday
• Australia Day in Australia – January 26
• Republic Day in India – January 26
• Makara Sankranthi (Festival of Harvest) in India – January 14
• Auckland Anniversary in Auckland, New Zealand – Monday closest to January 29
• Burns night in Scotland - January 25
• The uniting of Moldavia and Wallachia under the same ruler in 1859, Romania - January 24
• January has become known as Change Your Profile Picture To A Muppet month for Facebook users.
If you wish more odd weirdness of months google brownielocks.
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February:
Hoola in the Coola Day - February 1
• Working Naked Day - February 1
• The Day the Music Died Day - February 3
• Quacker Day - February 4
• Disaster Day--February 5
• Wear Red Day - date varies - February 5, 2010
• Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day - February 7
• Man Day - February 7
• Laugh and grow rich day - February 8
• Fly a Kite Day--February 8
• Read in the bathtub day - February 9
• White T-Shirt Day - February 11
• Don't Cry over spilt milk - February 11
• Get a Different Name Day - February 13
• Madly in love with me day - February 13
• National Condom Day - February 14 - website
• Quirky Alone Day - February - 14
• Ferris Wheel Day - February 14
• My Way Day - February 17
• Thumb Appreciation Day - February 18
• Hoodie Hoo Day - February 20
• Love your pet day - February 20
• Single-Tasking Day - February 22
• Tell a fairy tale day - February 26
• For Pete's Sake Day - February 26
• Punch the Clock Day - January 27
• Public Sleeping Day - February 28
• Gone-ta-pott Day - February 28
• National Tooth Fairy Day - 28
• National Surf and Turf Day--February 29
• Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
• Weather Person's Day
• Be Electrific Day
Day-Long Observances
It's National Day of?
February 1 - Reasons to Celebrate February 1
Serpent Day
Women's Heart Day
National Freedom Day
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officially started
Skippy Peanut Butter Created (1933)
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
Robinson Crusoe Day
Reasons to Celebrate February 2
Groundhog Day
Bottle Cap Patented
California Kiwi Fruit Day
Grand Central Station in New York Opened (1913)
National League Birthday (1875)
African American Coaches Day
Hedgehog Day
Self Renewal Day
Reasons to Celebrate February 3
Carrot Cake Day
Halfway Point of Winter
Four Chaplains Memorial Day
Sesame Street's Elmo's Birthday
The Day the Music Died Day
Reasons to Celebrate February 4
National Popcorn Day
Create a Vacuum Day
Gumby's Birthday
Rosa Park's Birthday
USO Day
Reasons to Celebrate February 5
Disaster day
Thank a Mailman Day
National Weather persons day
Hank Aaron's Birthday (Born February 5, 1934, Mobile, Alabama)
Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day
Peter Pan Day (Movie released in 1953)
Sale of the first Wiffle Ball
Reasons to Celebrate February 6
National Frozen Yogurt Day
Pay a Compliment Day
Babe Ruth's Birthday (Born 1895)
Monopoly Board Game (released in 1935)
Reasons to Celebrate February 7
Send a Card to a Friend day
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
Charles Dicken's Birthday (Born 1812)
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday (Born 1867)
Pinocchio Day (released in 1940)
Dump Your Significant Jerk Day
Leadership Success Day
February 8
Fly a Kite Day
Boy Scouts Day: Founded in 1910.
Laugh and grow rich day
February 9
Toothache Day
Hershey's Chocolate founded
GI Joe's Birthday (1964)
February 10
Umbrella Day
World Marriage Day
YWCA Birthday (founded in 1870)
Plimsoll Day
February 11
Be Electrific Day
White T-Shirt Day
Make a Friend Day
Pro Sports Wives Day
National Inventor's day
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
La-Z-Boy Chair Day (released 1948)
Thomas Edison's Birthday (Born 1847)
National Shut-in Visitation Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
February 12
Man Day
Darwin Day
Pancake Day
Oglethorpe Day
National Lost Penny Day
First Barbie doll for sale
National Plum Pudding Day
Clean Out Your Computer Day
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (Born 1809)
February 13
Get a Different Name Day
First public school started (1635)
February 14
Valentine's Day
Ferris Wheel Day
Read To Your Child Day
National Have a Heart Day
Telephone Birthday (1876)
National Call In Single Day
Race Relations Day
Quirky Alone Day
tbc
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February continued:
February 15
National Gumdrop Day
Susan B. Anthony's Birthday (Born 1820)
Clifford The Big Red Dog (Debut 1963)
February 16
Do a Grouch a Favor Day
911 Birthday (First Call made in Haleyville, Al in 1968)
DuPont patented Nylon patented (1937)
February 17
My Way Day
National PTA Day
Who Shall I Be Day
World Human Spirit Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day
February 18
Thumb Appreciation Day
Pluto Discovered (1930)
February 19
International Friendship Day
National Chocolate Mint Day
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (Debut 1968)
Cherry Coke's Birthday (Released 1985)
February 20
Love Your Pet Day
National Student Volunteer Day
Post Office Birthday (1792)
Clean Out Your Bookcases Day
Columbo's Birthday (First episode 1968)
Toothpick patented in 1872
Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
February 21
Locomotive's Birthday (1804)
International Mother Language Day
World Thinking Day (resource link)
Love your pet day
Single Tasking day
Ash Wednesday
Card reading day
February 22
Be humble day
Tooth Fairy Day- date varies
Pebbles Flintstone's Birthday
George Washington's Birthday (Born 1732)
Golf in America Day (Played in 1888)
Inconcenience Yourself Day
February 23
Tennis Day
Curling Is Cool Day
National Rationalization Day
Tootsie Roll Birthday (1896)
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 24
National Tortilla Chip Day
National Trading Card Day
Sesame Street's Gordon's Birthday
Nylon Toothbrush Birthday (Debut 1938)
February 25
Quiet Day
Let's All Eat Right Day
February 26
Thermos Bottle Day
Tell a Fairy Tale Day
New York Subway (1870)
First Movie Cartoon (1909)
National Pistachio Day
Levi Strauss Day (Debut 1829)
For Pete's Sake Day
February 27
International Polar Bear Day
Mardi Gras Celebration (Begain iin 1827)
No Brainer Day
February 28
Paczki Day
Spay Day USA
Floral Design Day
National Chili Day
Public Sleeping Day
DNA Discovered (1953)
Pockets Invented (1590)
Car Keys and Small Change Day
International Pancake Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
See you end February for MArch lol
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Here is March 4 ya all. In time to see read n mayb plan? Njoy!
March, 2011 Bizarre and Unique Holidays
Month:
Irish American Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Craft Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Irish American Heritage Month- designated by Congress in 1995.
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
National Women's History Month
Poetry Month
Red Cross Month
Social Workers Month
Did you Know? March was named for the Roman God "Mars"
Week Celebrations:
2nd Week National Bubble Week
2nd Week Crochet Week
Each Day:
1 National Pig Day
1 Peanut Butter Lovers' Day
2 Old Stuff Day
3 I Want You to be Happy Day
3 If Pets Had Thumbs Day
3 National Anthem Day
3 Peach Blossom Day
4 Employee Appreciation Day first Friday in March
4 Holy Experiment Day
4 Hug a GI Day
4 National Salesperson Day - first Friday in the month
5 Multiple Personality Day
6 Dentist's Day
6 National Frozen Food Day
7 National Crown Roast of Pork Day
8 Be Nasty Day
8 International (Working) Women's Day
9 Panic Day
10 Middle Name Pride Day
11 Johnny Appleseed Day
11 Worship of Tools Day - guys, you can relate
12 Girl Scouts Day
12 Plant a Flower Day
13 Ear Muff Day
13 Jewel Day
14 Learn about Butterflies Day
14 National Potato Chip Day
14 National Pi Day- Why today? Because today is 3.14, the value of Pi.
15 Everything You Think is Wrong Day
15 Ides of March
15 Incredible Kid Day
15 Dumbstruck Day
16 Everything You Do is Right Day
16 Freedom of Information Day
17 Submarine Day - the hero sandwich or the boat??
17 Saint Patrick's Day
18 Goddess of Fertility Day
18 Supreme Sacrifice Day
19 National Quilting Day - third Saturday of month
19 Poultry Day
20 International Earth Day
20 Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
20 Proposal Day
21 Fragrance Day
22 National Goof Off Day
23 National Chip and Dip Day
23 Near Miss Day
24 National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day
25 Pecan Day
25 Waffle Day
26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
27 National "Joe" Day
28 Something on a Stick Day
29 National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
29 Smoke and Mirrors Day
30 National Doctor's Day
30 I am in Control Day
30 Take a Walk in the Park Day
31 Bunsen Burner Day
31 National Clam on the Half Shell Day
See ya in mid March for April postings
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Hey and here is the slots for April.
National Humor Month
International Guitar Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Poetry Month
National Pecan Month
National Welding Month
Records and Information Management Month
Stress Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Weekly Celebrations:
Week 1 Library Week
Week 1 Read a Road Map Week.
Week 2 Garden Week
Week 3 Organize Your Files Week
Week 3 Medical Labs Week
Week 4 Administrative Assistants Week
Week 4 National Karaoke Week
Each Day:
1 April Fool's Day
1 International Fun at Work Day
1 International Tatting Day
1 National Walk to Work Day - first Friday of month
2 Children's Book Day
2 National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
2 Reconciliation Day
3 Don't Go to Work Unless it's Fun Day - we know your decision
3 Tweed Day
4 Hug a Newsman Day
4 Walk Around Things Day
4 School Librarian Day
4 Tell a Lie Day
5 Go for Broke Day
6 Plan Your Epitaph Day - a little morbid if you ask me
6 Sorry Charlie Day
7 Caramel Popcorn Day - Most likely created by a popcorn maker, or an Ecard company.
7 No Housework Day
7 World Health Day
8 All is Ours Day
8 Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
9 Name Yourself Day
9 Winston Churchill Day
10 Golfer's Day
10 National Siblings Day
11 Eight Track Tape Day - do you remember those?
11 Barbershop Quartet Day
11 National Submarine Day
12 Big Wind Day - this day blows me away!
12 Russian Cosmonaut Day
13 Blame Someone Else Day
13 Scrabble Day
14 Ex Spouse Day
14 International Moment of Laughter Day
14 Look up at the Sky Day - don't you have anything better to do?
14 National Pecan Day
14 Reach as High as You Can Day
15 Rubber Eraser Day
15 Titanic Remembrance Day
16 National Eggs Benedict Day
16 National Librarian Day
16 National Stress Awareness Day
17 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
17 National Cheeseball Day
17 Pet Owners Independence Day
18 International Juggler's Day - also applies to multi tasking office workers
18 Newspaper Columnists Day
18 Patriot's Day - third Monday of the month
19 National Garlic Day
20 Look Alike Day
20 Volunteer Recognition Day
21 Kindergarten Day
21 National High Five Day third Thursday
22 Girl Scout Leader Day
22 National Jelly Bean Day
23 Lover's Day
23 National Zucchini Bread Day - they hold this at a time when you are not sick of all that zucchini.
23 Take a Chance Day
23 World Laboratory Day
24 Pig in a Blanket Day
25 Dyngus Day always the Monday after Easter
25 East meets West Day
25 World Penguin Day
26 Executive Admin's Day (Secretary's Day)
26 Hug an Australian Day
26 National Pretzel Day
26 Richter Scale Day
27 Babe Ruth Day
27 National Prime Rib Day
27 Tell a Story Day
28 Great Poetry Reading Day
28 Kiss Your Mate Day - guys, do not forget this one. Kiss her, then read her some poetry.
29 Greenery Day
29 National Shrimp Scampi Day
30 Hairstyle Appreciation Day
30 National Honesty Day