January 11 in Pop Culture History January 11th is… Arkansas Day Hot Toddy Day Human Trafficking Awareness Day Milk Day Secret Pal Day Sketchnote Day Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1908 – The Grand Canyon National Monument was created. 1922 – Leonard Thompson (1908-35) was the first …
January 10 in Pop Culture History January 10th is… Bittersweet Chocolate Day Cut Your Energy Costs Day Houseplant Appreciation Day Oysters Rockefeller Day Poetry at Work Day National Save the Eagles Day 1776 – Common Sense by Thomas Paine was published. 1863 – London’s Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened. 1870 – John …
January 9 in Pop Culture History January 9th is… National Apricot Day Australian Shepherd Day National Balloon Ascension Day Cassoulet Day International Choreographers Day Clean Off Your Desk Day National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Static Electricity Day 1693 (Earthquake) Sicily, Italy 1788 – Connecticut became the 5th state 1793 – Jean Pierre Blanchard made the …
January 8 in Pop Culture History January 8th is… Argyle Day Bubble Bath Day Earth’s Rotation Day English Toffee Day JoyGerm Day Man Watcher’s Day Labrador Retriever Day Winter Skin Relief Day 1780 (Earthquake) Tabriz, Iran 1790 – George Washington gave the first ‘State of the Union’ message, urging the opening of the US Patent …
January 7 in Pop Culture History January 7th is… Alaskan Malamute Day National Bobblehead Day Fruitcake Toss Day Harlem Globetrotter’s Day Old Rock Day Pass Gas Day National Tempura Day 1608 – Fire destroyed the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia 1714 – The world’s first patent (#395) for a “Machine for Transcribing Letters” was granted in …
January 6 in Pop Culture History January 6th is… Apple Tree Day Bean Day Cuddle Up Day Epiphany Shortbread Day National Smith Day Standard Poodle Day Technology Day Sherlock Holmes’ Birthday Happy Birthday, Sherlock! Beloved super sleuth Sherlock Holmes was created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. He is one of (if not the) most …
January 5 in Pop Culture History January 5th is… National Bird Day George Washington Carver Day Keto Day National Screenwriters Day Whipped Cream Day 1889 – The word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla, Washington, newspaper. 1905 – The National Association of Audubon Societies incorporated. 1914 – The …
January 4 in Pop Culture History January 4th is… Braille Day Hypnotism Day National Missouri Day Pop Music Chart Day National Spaghetti Day Tom Thumb Day National Trivia Day 1790 – President Washington delivered the 1st State of the Union address 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opened its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 …
January 3 in Pop Culture History January 3rd is… Chocolate Covered Cherry Day National Drinking Straw Day J.R.R. Tolkien Day Take A Nerd To Lunch Day Women Rock! Day Write To Congress Day 1521 – The Roman Catholic Church excommunicated Martin Luther 1777 – Washington defeated the British at the Battle of Princeton, NJ 1847 …
January 2 in Pop Culture History January 2nd is… National Buffet Day Cat’s Day (Happy Mew Year) Cream Puff Day 55 MPH Speed Limit Day National Personal Trainer Awareness Day National Science Fiction Day Swiss Cheese Day 1788 – Georgia became the 4th state to ratify U.S. constitution. 1818 – The British Institution of Civil …
January 1 in Pop Culture History January 1st is… Bloody Mary Day Ellis Island Day Hangover Day New Year’s Day (US Federal Holiday) Pet Travel Safety Day Universal Hour of Peace ( 11:30 PM December 31st until 12:30 AM January 1st) 4713 BC – Julian Calendar day #1, according to Joseph Justus Scaliger’s cycle of …
Special Holidays in January January is… Bath Safety Month Blood Donor Month Braille Literacy Month Brain Teaser Month Cervical Health Awareness Month Clean Up Your Computer Month Creativity Month Dry January Get Organized Month Hot Tea Month Hobby Month March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month Mentoring Month Oatmeal Month Polka Music Month Soup Month …
December 31 in Pop Culture History December 31st is… Make Up Your Mind Day Champagne Day New Years Eve Universal Hour of Peace ( 11:30 PM December 31st until 12:30 AM January 1st) 1600 – The British East India Company was chartered. It was the first global mega-corporation. 1805 – The ‘Calendar of Reason’ had …
December 30 in Pop Culture History December 30th is… Bacon Day Bicarbonate of Soda Day Only two Atlantic storms/hurricanes were ever observed to span two calendar years: Alice (Dec 30, 1954 – Jan 6, 1955) and, exactly 51 years later, Zeta (Dec 30, 2005 – Jan 7, 2006) 1903 – Iroquois Theatre Fire, Chicago, Illinois …
December 29 in Pop Culture History December 29th is… Pepper Pot Day Tick Tock Day Still Need to Do Day 1170 – Archbishop Thomas Becket was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral by four knights under orders from King Henry II of England. 1851 – The first American YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) opened in Boston, Massachusetts. …
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