Category: Books and Literature

I Love to Write Day: November 15

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Today is I Love to Write Day. This event was created by John Riddle to introduce children to writing and encourage adults to go back to reading. On this day, people attend poetry readings, join writing...

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Guinness World Records Day: November 17

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Guinness World Records Day celebrates the organization that celebrates the extraordinary! The Guinness Book of Records was first created back in 1955, and has been cataloging the astonishing people and e...

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Mickey Mouse Day (1928): November 18

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Mickey Mouse Day commemorates the first official premier of Mickey Mouse on November 18, 1928 in the short film Steamboat Willie. You can view this below. Basically, this is the official beginning of th...

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Bible Week, Ntl: November 21-27

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National Bible Week has occurred in the United States since 1941. It is a time to share the bible with the interfaith community, attend bible focused events, plays and concerts. Annually in November.

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Bible, Intl. Day of: November 21

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International Day of the Bible is a time to share the bible with the interfaith community, attend bible focused events, plays and concerts. Across the world, Christian communities pause at noon local time...

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Comic-con, San Diego, Intl. (US-CA): Novem...

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Rescheduled from July due to COVID-19. Comic-Con International is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primar...

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Rounds Resounding Day: August 1

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Read-a-Romance Month: August

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Coloring Book Day, Nt.: August 2

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Book Lovers Day, Intl.: August 9

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Calligraphy Day, World: August 14

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First run in 2017, World Calligraphy Day is a promotional, fundraising and educational initiative of The Pen Museum and Manuscript Pen Company in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Calligraphy is the ornate styl...

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Tell a Joke Day (1738): August 16

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Feet, I Love My Feet Day: August 17

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Created by author Carolyn D Jenkins to promote her children's book on foot care "My Feet: An Ode", I Love My Feet Day is about paying attention to the foundation of your life and what everything you do, s...

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Poet's Day, Ntl.: August 21

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Visible Women Day, Global: August 23

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The Duchess Who Wasn't Day, (1850): August...

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Created by the late Peggy Shirley, The Duchess Who Wasn't Day honors Irish novelist Margaret Wolfe Hungerford who wrote under the pen name of 'The Duchess'. The Duchess is also the title of her most popul...

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According to Hoyle Day (1769): August 29

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If you play card games, you've been influenced by Edward Hoyle, who died on this day in 1769. Hoyle wrote and published the defining book on rules for various games, 'A Short Treatise on the Game of Whis...

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Frankenstein Day, Ntl. (1797): August 30

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Crankshaft (1987): August 31

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Crankshaft celebrates the initial publishing of the nationally syndicated comic strip on August 31, 1987.

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Mother Tongue Day, (MD)(1991): August 31

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Mother Tongue Day in Moldova marks the anniversary of August 31, 1991, the day the nation officially exchanged the Cyrillic alphabet with the Latin alphabet. This is a national holiday. This is a nation...

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