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January 4 in History

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 […]

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January 3 in History

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

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January 2 in History

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

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William Shakespeare’s First Folio Day – January 4

By Bob Falkenstein Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare’s plays. Modern scholars commonly refer to it as the First Folio. It is believed that around 750 copies of the First Folio were printed, of which there are 233 known surviving copies. Will Power: What makes Shakespeare..

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Give Us a Hug! It’s National Hugging Day! (January 21st)

 (PCM) January 21, 2016 marked the 30th anniversary of “National Hugging Day”, a festival of physical affection invented by one Kevin Zaborney (a guy who knew someone who knew someone who made calendars back in 1986). The creators of National Hugging Day embraced January 21st because it is the mid-point between Christmas and Valentine’s Day.

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January 29th Curmudgeon’s Day

Curmudgeon’s Day.  According to The American Heritage Dictionary a curmudgeon is a “cantankerous person’.  And, according to The American Heritage Dictionary cantankerous means” ill tempered, quarrelsome, disagreeable, contrary.,” in other words cantankerous can be a mood or someone’s whole personality. Curmudgeons Day is a day to celebrate the cranky people in our lives or a

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