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Category: Anniversaries & Historic Events
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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
Popcorn Day, Ntl. (1853): January 19
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National Popcorn Day marks the anniversary of the birth of Charles Cretors on January 19, 1853. Cretors owned a confectionary shop in Decatur, Illinois, and decided to expand his offerings onto the side...
January
Public Domain Day (1790): January 1
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Public Domain Day celebrates intellectual property such as copyrighted works by legendary authors and other creatives who have passed on or donated their artistry to the creative commons. Public domain wo...
January
Public Radio Broadcasting Day (1910): Janu...
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Public Radio Broadcasting Day marks the anniversary of the first public radio broadcast on January 13, 1910. This broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live performance of opera singers Riccar...
January
Ratification Day (1784): January 14
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January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress of the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783. This document officially ended the war for independence between the United States an...
January
Religious Freedom Day, Ntl. (1786): Januar...
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National Religious Freedom Day marks the anniversary of the drafting of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson on January 16, 1786. The statute was ratified three days later and be...
January
Republic Day (IN)(1950): January 26
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On January 26, 1950, India's Constitution was enacted, and the former British colony officially became an independent republic. British rule ended on August 15, 1947, but continued in absentia as a Consti...
January
Revolution Day, (TZ)(1963/1964): January 1...
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Revolution Day in Tanzania marks the anniversary of January 12, 1963, when Zanzibar became independent under a sultan. It didn't last long. On January 12, 1964, the sultan was overthrown, and the areas of...
January
Roe-v-Wade Day (1973): January 22
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January 22, 1973, saw the landmark decision by the United States Court on Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. This ruling made abortion legal in the United States and gave women the choice of having a child if...
January
Rotating Earth Day (1851): January 8
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Physicist Jean Foucault had many theories he would go on to prove. But, on January 8, 1851, he tested one of those theories. He believed the earth, being spherical, rotated on an axis. This axis causes da...
January
Rubber Ducky Day (1970): January 13
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Peter Ganine patented his sculpture of what would become the 'rubber duck' in the 1940s and chose to reproduce it as a floating toy, resulting in over 50 million sales. Rubber Ducky day honors the charac...
January
Saint Anthony's Day (356 AD): January 17
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Saint Anthony's Day celebrates the hermit monk of Egypt, Anthony the Great (January 12, 251 - January 17, 356 AD). He helped create the monastery system in the Latin, Orthodox, and Coptic churches. His fe...
January
Saint Basil's Day (C) (379 AD): January 1
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January 1 is recognized as Saint Basil's Day by several Christian denominations. St. Basil is said to have been born in central Turkey and is famous for his intellectual brilliance, care for the poor, a...
January
Saint Gudula Day (712 AD): January 8
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The feast day of Saint Gudula celebrated the patron saint of Brussels. A daughter of a wealthy family, she is best known for her charity work.
January
Sanctity of Human Life Day (1973): January...
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Sanctity of Human Life Day in the United States symbolizes the sacredness of human life and is meant to fight for the lives of the unborn and against abortion. Today is the anniversary of the 1973 Supre...
January
Science Fiction Day (1920): January 2
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International Science Fiction Day is celebrated annually on January 2, the birthday of science fiction author Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992). Asimov was a Russian-American author and pro...
January
Seeing Eye Dog Day, Ntl. (1929): January 2...
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National Seeing-eye Dog Day celebrates seeing-eye dogs. This day marks the anniversary of the creation of The Seeing Eye on January 29, 1929, the organization that pioneered seeing-eye dogs. Usually see...
January
Smart Phone Day, Intl. (2007): January 9
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International Smart Phone Day marks the anniversary of the premiere of the iPhone by Steve Jobs of Apple Computer on January 9, 2007.
January
Social Security Check Day (1940): January...
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Social Security Check Day marks the anniversary of the first Social Security check issued in the United States on January 31, 1940, to Ida May Fuller for $22.54. Its number, 00-000-001, reflected this....
January
Stephen Foster Day (1864): January 13
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Stephen Foster Day is a historic anniversary marking his death on January 13, 1864. Born on July 4, 1826, Stephen Foster is an American songwriter known as 'the father of American music. Foster wrote ov...
January
Sticker Day, Ntl (1907): January 13
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Today is the birthday of Ray Stanton Avery, January 13, 1907. Avery invented the first self-adhesive labels for pricing, known as the Kum Kleen Pricer Stickers. This single invention grew into the company...
January
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