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 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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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
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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
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After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all
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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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(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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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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(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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