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Category: Anniversaries & Historic Events
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions related to historical anniversaries.
This category covers historical events that fall on or near a specific day (or sometimes a month). It may be a birthday, a death day, a patent filing, or an event in the news. .
Anniversaries Events
Bootlegger's Day, Ntl.(1899/1920): January...
Daily
Bootleggers are smugglers, sometimes distillers, who bring in alcoholic beverages where they are either taxed or prohibited. National Bootlegger's Day marks two special anniversaries on January 17. The...
January
Braille Day, World (1809): January 4
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Promoted by multiple organizations, including the World Blind Union, World Braille Day celebrates the birthday of Louis Braille on January 4, 1809. Braille was a Frenchman who lost his sight at a very...
January
Braille Literacy Month, Ntl. (1809): Janua...
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January is the National Braille Literacy Month in the U.S., and it marks the anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille on January 4, 1809. Inventing the Braille code at the age of 15, Braille has chan...
January
Burns Night Supper (UK) (1759): January 25
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Burns Night Supper is celebrated every year on January 25 in Scotland and among poetry lovers worldwide. On this night, people honor the life, art, and satire of Robert Burns, considered one of the grea...
January
Cable Car Day (1873): January 17
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National Cable Car Day marks the anniversary of the use of the first cable cars created by Andrew Hallidie in San Francisco in 1873. Hallidie was born in England and moved to the US in 1852. Once statesi...
January
Caesarean Section Day (1794): January 14
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Caesarean Section Day marks the anniversary of the first successful Caesarean Section, performed in America by Dr. Jesse Bennett on January 14, 1794. This first procedure, done in the patient's home in V...
January
Camcorder Day, Ntl. (1982): January 20
Daily
National Camcorder Day marks the anniversary of the marketing of the first camcorder by Sony electronics in 1982. This professional version led the way to the first consumer version, which premiered in 19...
January
Child Inventor's Day (1706): January 17
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Child Inventor's Day marks the anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth on January 17, 1706. Franklin completed his first invention at 11 in 1717 (a set of swimming fins for the hands). By the age of 17...
January
Choreographers Day, Intl (1904): January 9
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International Choreography Day marks the birthdate (in the Julian calendar used by the Russian empire at the time) of George Balanchine on January 9, 1904, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is affectionatel...
January
Christian Unity Week, Intl. (Northern Hemi...
Weekly
At least once a year (January in the Northern Hemisphere, June in the Southern Hemisphere), Christians are reminded of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples that “they may be one so that the world may believe”...
January
Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Da...
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Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day marks the anniversary of Surgeon General Luther L. Terry's issuance of a report on January 11, 1964, that declared cigarettes to be hazardous to health. In his...
January
Citizen United Decision by Supreme Court (...
Daily
Citizens United is one of the most destructive decisions ever upheld by the US Supreme Court. Foundational to the decision is that a corporation, a legal entity created by a contract that cannot be jailed...
January
Classy Day (1922): January 17
Daily
Classy Day marks the birthday of beloved American actress and animal rights activist Betty White. She was known for her grace and impeccable sense of being in public and private. Betty White (January 17,...
January
Confederate Heroes Day (US-TX)(1807): Janu...
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On different days, Confederate Memorial Day is observed in most former states of The Confederacy. In some cases, like Georgia, it is no longer referred to as Confederate Memorial Day but rather as a state...
January
Curmudgeon's Day (1880): January 29
Daily
Curmudgeon's Day celebrates the anniversary of the birth of satirist, actor, and writer William Claude Dukenfield, better known as WC Fields, who was born on January 29, 1880. He was famous for his portra...
January
Data Privacy and Protection Day (US/EU)(19...
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Data Privacy & Protection Day aims to raise awareness and promote healthy privacy and protection practices. Sponsored by several organizations throughout the country, Data Privacy and Protection Day is an...
January
Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Nazi...
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On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Army liberated Poland's infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Each year since 1996, the nation of Germany has marked this anniversary as a day to remember all victims of N...
January
Day without a Scalpel, Ntl (1964): January...
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American surgeon Charles Dotter performed the first angioplasty procedure on a leg, without a scalpel, in Portland, Oregon, on January 16, 1964. He changed how surgery. Day Without a Scalpel occurs each y...
January
Dental Drill Day (1875): January 26
Daily
Today is the anniversary of the patenting of the electric dental drill by George F. Green from Kalamazoo on January 26, 1875. Although there were other patented dental drills before this, Green’s drill w...
January
Dishonor List Day, (US/CA)(1976): January...
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<span>Dishonor List Day (Banishment List Day) began as a publicity stunt. New Year's Day host the event, given its reputation as a "slow news day." The chances of the stunt gaining traction increased sign...
January
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