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January
January
1
New Year's Day, Betsy Ross's
birthday (1752), Paul Revere's birthday(1735)
January 3
J.R.R. Tolkien's
birthday (1892), Festival of Sleep Day
January 4
Louis Braille's
birthday (1809), Jakob Grimm's birthday
(1785), Trivia Day
January 5
National Bird Day
January 6
Bean Day, Sherlocke
Holmes' birthday
January 7
Moons of Jupiter
discovered by Galileo 1610
January 8
Elvis Presley's
birthday (1935)
January 10
First Meeting of
United Nations in London 1946
January 11
National Thank-You
Day, Milk Day (milk delivered in bottles
forthe first time in 1878
January 12
First Xray machine
made - 1896
January 13
Poetry Day, Make Your
Dreams Come True Day, Rubber Duckie's
birthday
January 14
National Dress Up Your
Pet Day
January 15
Martin Luther King's
birthday (1929)
January 17
Benjamin Franklin's
birthday (1706), Shari Lewis' birthday
(1934)
January 18
Winnie the Pooh Day -
author A.A. Milne's birthday (1882)
January 19
Popcorn Day
January 20
Cheese Day, National
Buttercrunch Day
January 21
National Hugging Day
January 22
National Popcorn Day,
National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23
National Handwriting
Day, National Pie Day, Measure Your
Feet Day
January 24
Eskimo Pie Patented by
Christian Nelson 1922, Gold
discovered in California at Sutter's Mill 1848.
January 25
Opposite Day
January 26
Australia Day (the day
Sydney Australia was settled in 1778)
January 28
Ernie's birthday,
National Kazoo Day
January 29
National Puzzle Day,
National Cornchip Day
January 30
Franklin D.
Roosevelt's birthday (1882)
January 31
Backwards Day
Superbowl Sunday
January - National Hobby Month
January - Thank You
Month
January - Oatmeal Month
January - National
Stsying Health Month
January - National Eye
Care Month
January - Hat Day
(third Friday in January)
January - Backwards
Day (last Friday)
January - February -
Chinese New Year
February
February 2
Groundhog Day
February 3
Elmo's birthday
February 4
Rosa Parks' birthday (1913)
Hank Aaron's birthday
(1934)
February 5
Sale of the first
Wiffle Ball
February 7
Laura Ingalls Wilder's
birthday (1867), Charles Dickens'
birthday (1812)
February 8
Boy Scouts Day
(founded 1910), Kite Flying Day
February 9
Hershey's Chocolate
founded 1894, Toothache Day
February 10
Umbrella Day
February 11
Thomas Edison's
birthday (1847), Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk
Day
February 12
Abraham Lincoln's
birthday (1809), First Barbie dolls for
sale, National Plum Pudding Day
February 13
First public school
established 1635
February 14
Valentine's Day, Read
To Your Child Day, Ferris Wheel Day
February 15
National Gum Drop Day
February 18
Pluto discovered by
Clyde Tombaugh 1930
February 19
International
Friendship Day, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
debuted 1968, National Chocolate Mint Day
February 20
Toothpick patented 1872
February 22
George Washington's
birthday (1732)
Robert Baden Powell's birthday
(founder of Scouting for Boys in 1910)
February 23
First bathtub installed in White House 1851, International
Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 24
National Tortilla Chip
Day
February 26
Levi Strauss'
birthday, National Pistachio Day
February 27
International Polar
Bear Day
February 29
Leap Day (every four
years)
January-February - Chinese New Year
February - American
Heart Month
February - National
Hero Week (second week)
February - American
History Month
February - National
Cherry Month
February - Black
History Month
February - National
Wildlife Week (begins 3rd Sunday)
February - National
Dental Health Month
February - last week -
International Friendship Week
February - 100th Day
(and 101Day Dalmation Celebration)
March
March 1
Pig Day, Peanut Butter
Lover's Day, Share A Smile Day
March 2
Dr. Seuss' birthday
(1904)
March 3
National Anthem Day
(Star Spangled Banner adopted by
Congress as the national anthem in 1931), Peach Blossom Day
March 6
Oreo Cookies Day (On
Sale for the first time in 1912)
March 7
Telephone Patented
(1876)
March 8
Aunt's Day
March 9
Barbie's birthday
(1959)
March 10
National Telephone Day
March 11
Ezra Jack Keats'
birthday, Johnny Appleseed Day (anniversary
of his death)
March 12
First library opened,
Girl Scout Day (founded in 1912),
Alfred Hitchcock Day
March 13
Uranus discovered
(1781), Jewel Day
March 14
Albert Einstein's
birthday (1879), National Potato Chip Day
March 15
Ides of March
March 16
Vitamin C discovered
1932
March 17
St. Patrick's Day,
Rubber Band Invented (1845)
March 18
First walk in space
(1965), Sparky the Fire Dog's birthday
March 19
Poultry Day
March 20
Bill Martin Jr.'s
birthday, Big Bird's birthday
March 21
1st day of Spring,
Children's Poetry Day
March 22
National Goof-Off Day
March 23
National Chip and Dip
Day
March 24
National Chocolate
Covered Raisins Day
March 25
Pancakes first made in
NYC in 1882, Pecan Day, Waffle Day
March 26
Spinach Festival Day
March 28
Washing machine
invented 1797
March 29
Coca Cola invented
(1886)
March 30
Pencil with eraser
patented (1858)
March - Bubble Gum Week (2nd week)
March - Purim
March - National
Peanut Month
March - American Red
Cross Month
March - Music In Our
Schools Month
March - National
Noodle Month
March-April -
Passover, Easter
April
April 1
April Fool's Day, One
Cent Day
April 2
Hans Christian
Anderson's birthday, National Peanut Butter
and Jelly Day
April 2
International
Children's Book Day
April 5
Dandelion Day,
National Read-A-Road-Map Month
April 6
North Pole discovered
(1898)
April 7
No Housework Day,
World Health Day
April 9
Winston Churchill Day
April 10
the 100th day of the
year (unless leap year!), Golfer's Day
April 11
Eight-Track Tape Day
April 13
Thomas Jefferson's
birthday (1743)
April 14
Titanic struck iceberg
(1912?), National Pecan day
April 15
First McDonald's
opened in Illinois by Ray Kroc (1955),
Leonardo DaVinci's birthday (1452), Rubber Eraser Day
April 18
First laundromat opens
in Ft. Worth, Texas (1934),
International Jugglers Day
April 19
National Garlic Day
April 20
Make-A-Quilt Day
April 21 - Kindergarten Day (The
first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837)
April 22
Jelly Bean Day
April 23
Earth Day, Home Run
Day (Hank Aaron hits his first home run
in 1954), William Shakespeare's birthday (1564)
April 24
Arbor Day, Ocean Day,
Pigs In A Blanket Day
April 25
National Zucchini
Bread Day
April 26
Hug A Friend Day,
National Pretzel Day
April 27
Apple Blossom
Festival, Tell A Story Day
April 29
Zipper Day (patented
by Gideon Sindback in 1913), National
Shrimp Scampi Day
April 30 - Kite Fest, National
Honesty Day (George Washington inaugurated as first US president in
1789)
March-April - Passover, Easter
April - National Humor
Month
April - Take Your
Daughter To Work Day
April - Keep America
Beautiful Month
April - National Frog
Month
April - National
Garden Month
April - National Humor
Month
April - National
Poetry Month
May
May 1
Mother Goose Day, Save
the Rhinoceros Day, Hawaii Lei Day
May 2
Backwards Day
May 3
May Day
May 5
National Hoagie Day
Cinco de Mayo
May 6
National Teachers Day
May 8
No Socks Day, Have A
Coke Day
May 9
Cartoon Day, 1st
newspaper cartoon (1754), National
Teacher's Day, Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 10
Clean Up Your Room
Day, Peace Day
May 12
Kite Day, Limerick Day
May 13
Astronomy Day, Tulip
Day, Leprechaun Day
May 14
Marshmallow Fluff
Birthday, National Dance-Like-A-Chicken Day
May 15
National Chocolate
Chip Day, L.F. Baum's (Wizard of Oz)
birthday (1856), International Day of Families, Freedom From Self
Awareness
May 18
Mount Saint Helen's
erupted (1980)
May 19
Circus Day (Ringling
Brothers opened 1884), Frog Jumping
Jubilee Day
May 20
Blue Jeans Birthday,
Good Neighbor Day
May 24
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Birthday
May 25
Pickle Day, National
Tap Dance Day, Africa Day
May 27
Three Little Pigs
Birthday
May 28
National Hamburger
Day, Amnesty International Day
May 31
First bicycle race
1868, World No-Tobacco Day
May - National Music Week (starts
first Sunday)
May - Postcard Week
(first full week in May)
May - Memorial Day
May - Mother's Day
May - National
Strawberry Month
May - National Family
Month
May - Flower Month
May - National
Hamburger Month
June
June 1
Donut Day, Oscar the
Grouch's birthday
June 2
National Rocky Road Day
June 3
Repeat Day
June 4
Old Maid's Day,
Aesop's birthday, Cheese Day, 1st Ford made
June 5
1st hot air balloon
flight (1783)
National Family Day
World Environment Day
June 6
Teacher's Day,
National Applesauce Cake Day
June 7
National Chocolate Ice
Cream Day
June 9
Donald Duck's Birthday
(1934)
June 10
National Yo-yo Day
June 11
National Hug Holiday
June 12
Baseball invented
(1839)
World Against Child Labor Day
June 13
National Juggling Day,
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's birthday
June 14
Pop Goes The Weasel Day
Flag Day
June 15
Smile Power Day, Fly A
Kite Day, Family History Day
June 17
Eat Your Vegetables
Day, Disneyland opened (1955)
June 18
International Picnic
Day
June 19
Tasmanian Devil's
birthday (1954)
June 20
Ice Cream Soda Day
Refugee Day
June 22
National Chocolate
Eclair Day
June 23
National Pink Day
June 25
Eric Carle's birthday,
Log Cabin Day
June 26
National Chocolate
Pudding Day, Toothbrush invented (1948)
June 27
Captain Kangaroo's
birthday, Helen Keller's birthday (1880),
Melody for "Happy Birthday" song written (1859)
June
28
Paul Bunyan Day
June
29
Camera Day
June
30
Superman's birthday,
Meteor Day
June - Carnival and Circus Month
June - National Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Month
June - National Dairy
Month
June - Father's Day
June - National
Iced Tea Month
June - National Hugs Week
June - First Day of Summer
June - Student Safety Month
September
September 1
Labor Day
Mary Had A Little Lamb
published (1830)
September
2
National Blueberry
Popsicle Day
September
3
Newspaper Carrier Day
(First newsboy hired in US - 1883),
Skyscraper Day
September
4
Newspaper Carrier Day
September
5
Jesse James born 1847,
National Cheese Pizza Day
September 7
Grandparent's Day
First Automobile Race
in US in 1896
September
8
International Literacy
Day
September
9
Teddy Bear Day,
California became 31st state 1850
September
10
Elias Howe patented
1st sewing machine 1846, Hot Dog Day
September 11
Patriot's Day
Make Your Bed Day
September
12
Russians launched 1st
rocket to moon 1959, National
Chocolate Milkshake Day, National Grandparents' Day
September
14
National Anthem Day
(Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled
Banner in 1814), National Cream-filled Donut Day
September
15
Author Tomie dePaola's
birthday, Felt Hat Day
September
16
Collect Rocks Day,
Mayflower Day
September
17
Citizenship Day - US
Constitution signed 1787, National
Apple Dumpling Day
September
18
National Play-Doh Day
September
19
Walt Disney produced
1st "talking cartoon" Steamboat Willie
1928, World Peace Day, National Butterscotch Pudding Day, International
Talk Like a Pirate DAy
September
20
National Punch Day
September 22
First day of Autumn
Elephant Appreciation
Day, Band-Aid invented in 1921,
Anniversary of the Ice Cream cone (1903), U.S. Post Office opened in
1789, Abe Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation 1862
September
23
First Day of Autumn ?
, Planet Neptune discovered 1846
September
24
First toy store opened
September
25
National Comic Book Day
September
26
Johnny Appleseed's
birthday (John Chapman born in 1774)
September
27
Native American Day
September
28
First Airport Opened
September
30
Ask A Stupid Question
Day, Safety Pin Invented
Rosh
Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot (Jewish
Thanksgiving)
September - American
Heritage Month
September - Baby
Safety Month
September - Better
Breakfast Month
September - Children's
Eye Health and Safety Month
September - Classical
Music Month
September - Library
Card Sign-Up Month
September - National
Chicken Month
September - National
Courtesy Month
September - Children's
Good Manners Month
September - National
Honey Month
September - National
Piano Month
September - National
Rice Month
September - Pickle Day
(any of the last 10 days of September)
October
October
1
Homemade Cookies Day,
World Vegetarian Day
October
2
Charlie Brown/Snoopy
birthday (Peanuts comic strip first
published (1950)
October
4
National Golf Day
October
5
Pablo Picasso's
birthday (1881), Ray Kroc's (founder of
McDonalds) birthday (1902)
October
9
Alphabet Day, First
two-way telephone conversation (1876),
Moldy Cheese Day, The Count's birthday
October
10
National Angel Food
Cake Day
October
12
Farmer's Day, National
Children's Day
October
13
National Peanut
Festival
October
14
Grover's Birthday
October
15
Poetry Day
October
16
Dictionary Day, World
Food Day
October
22
Rainmaking Day,
National Nut Day
October
24
United Nation's Day,
National Bologna Day, International
Forgiveness Day
October
25
National Denim Day
October
26
First motion picture
with sound shown 1927
October
27
Teddy Bear Day (Teddy
Roosevelt's birthday)
October
28
Pie Day, Plush Animal
Lover's Day, Statue of Liberty's
birthday, National Chocolate Day
October
30
National Candy Corn Day
October
31
Halloween, National
Magic Day, Juliette Gordon Low's
birthday (born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting
in the US 1912)
Rosh
Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot (Jewish
Thanksgiving)
Child Health Day -
First Monday in October
Columbus Day - Second
Monday in October
October - National
Apple Month
October -
National Clock Month
October -
National Pizza Month (celebrate a Pizza Day)
October -
National Popcorn Popping Month (celebrate a
Popcorn Week)
October -
National Roller Skating Month
October - National
Stamp Collecting Month
October - National
Dessert Month
October - Fire
Prevention Week (week of the 8th)
November
November
1
National Author's Day
November
2
Cookie Monster's
birthday, Daniel Boone's birthday (1734)
November
3
Sandwich Day (1762)
(Birthday of John Montague, the creator
of the sandwich)
November
4
King Tut's tomb
discovered 1922
November
6
Basketball Day
November
7
Hug-a-Bear Day
November
8
X-Ray Day (the day the
X-ray was discovered)
November 11
Veteran's Day
November
14
Favorite Author's Day
November
15
National Clean Out
Your Refrigerator Day
November
16
Button Day
November
17
Homemade Bread Day
November
18
Mickey Mouse's
Birthday (1928)
November
23
National Cashew Day
November
25
Author Marc Brown's
birthday, National Parfait Day
November
26
Charles Schulz's
birthday (1922)
November
29
King Tut's Tomb
opened (1922)
November
30
Mark Twain born 1835
(his real name is Samuel Clemmens)
Election
Day
Thanksgiving
November - National
Children's Book Week (3rd week)
November - Peanut
Butter Lover's Month
November-December -
Hanukkah
November - Cat Week
November - National
Game and Puzzle Week (last week)
December
December
1
Eat A Red Apple Day,
National Pie Day
December
2
National Fritters Day
December
4
National Cookie Day,
Wear Brown Shoes Day
December
5
Walter Elia (Walt)
Disney's birthday, born in Chicago in 1901
December
7
National Cotton Candy
Day, Pearl Harbor Day
December
9
National Pastry Day
December
11
UNICEF created 1946
December
12
Poinsettia Day,
National Ding-A-Ling Day
December
14
South Pole discovered
1911, First Miniature Golf Course
opened 1929
December
15
Phonograph patented by
Thomas Edison in 1877, National Lemon
Cupcake Day
December
16
Boston Tea Party
Anniversary, Ludwig Von Beethoven's
birthday (1770), National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December
17
National Maple Syrup
Day, Wright Brother's Day (first flight
at Kitty Hawk in 1903)
December
18
National Roast
Suckling Pig Day
December
19
Oatmeal Muffin Day
December
20
Games Day
December
21
First Day of Winter,
National Flashlight Day, National
French Fried Shrimp Day, Hamburger Day
December
22
Thermometer Was
Invented, National Date-Nut Bread Day
December
25
Christmas, National
Pumpkin Pie Day
December
26
Kwanzaa begins,
National Whiners Day
December
27
National Fruitcake Day
December
28
Chewing Gum invented
in 1869, National Chocolate Day, Card
Playing Day
December
31
New Year's Eve, Make
Up Your Mind Day
November-December - Hanukkah
December - Hi Neighbor Month
December - Kwaanza
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