(PCM) Blue Monday is the name given to what is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. It typically falls on either the third or fourth Monday in the month of January. We tend to lean more towards the fourth Monday in January and here’s why: During the first week in January […]
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International World Thinking Day is celebrated every year by both The Girl Scouts and The Girl Guides. It is also celebrated by some boy organizations. The point of International World Thinking Day is for Girl Scouts/Guides to think about their sister and brothers around the world. In recent years the holiday has been themed. There
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta was awarded The Nobel Peace Prize on October 17, 1979. Mother Theresa was a Roman Catholic nun who lived from August 25, 1910 to September 5, 1997. Mother Teresa began The Missionaries of Charity which served the poor, homeless, disabled, the sick and the dying. This organization now has over 4500
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On October 20 1955 JRR Tolkien finally published The Return of the King the last volume of his Lord of the Rings trilogy. After the publication of The Hobbit in 1937 his publishers wanted and his public wanted to know more about Hobbits. In 1939 Tolkien picked up his pen again and began to write
Jules Leotard Jules Leotard was a French acrobat and aerialist born on November 4, 1842, and died on August 7, 1870. He is best known for inventing the one-piece garment that bears his name, the “leotard”. He performed acrobatics and aerial stunts in circuses and became famous for his aerial performances in Paris in the
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Charles Dickens Born February 7, 1812 Charles John Hoffman Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth, England. He was the son of a naval clerk and his wife and he was the second of eight children not all of whom survived. Dickens’s Father changed his place of employment more than once, though he
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The Declaration of Independence When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a
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Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It refers to the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when many Christians begin to fast for the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday. The feast of The Epiphany or The Three Kings closes the Christmas season and opens up a season of carnival. In some countries these carnivals
National Plum Pudding Day, February 12 Plum pudding is a traditional dessert in some countries typically served during the holiday season. It is made from dried fruit, spices, and suet and is sometimes steamed or boiled, then served with a hard sauce. The origin of this dish and the specific reason for its association with
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