Category: Career and Workplace

Professional Sports Wives Day: February 11

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Professional Sports Wives Day is set aside each year since 2006 to focus on the unique responsibilities, challenges and roles of the families and friends behind our favorite athletes. Like everyone, the...

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White T-Shirt Day (1937): February 11

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White T-shirt Day commemorates the first contract signed between the American Auto Worker’s Union and General Motors Corporation on February 11, 1937. “After a six-week sit-down strike by General Motors...

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Women & Girls in Science, Intl. Day of: Fe...

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Celebrating the contributions of women and girls to the sciences, the UN's International Day for Women and Girls in Science highlights gender bias in the sciences (less than 30% of professionals worldwide...

January

Break with your Wireless Carrier Day: Febr...

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Created by global wireless provider T-Mobile, Break with your Wireless Carrier Day is a promotion designed to encourage people to review their cellular contracts. If you're paying too much or not getting...

January

Employee Legal Awareness Day (AU): Februar...

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Australian law firm Brennans Solicitors hosts this event each year to assist managers and business owners in understanding employment related laws. The firm promotes tactics designed to assist each in res...

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Pseudonym Day, (Get a Different Name): Feb...

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Get a Different Name Day, also called Pseudonym Day, is one of the more colorful events of the year. It is an excellent opportunity for teachers to explore pen names and theatrical names used by people....

January

Heart Research Day (AU): February 14

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Heart Research Day and Heart Research Month in Australia seek to raise awareness of the devastating impact of heart disease on families and individuals, and the need for ongoing research. Heart Research...

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Viticulturist's Day (BG): February 14

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Wine lovers will love this day, celebrated annually in Bulgaria. Viticulturist's Day honors the men and women involved in the study, science and production of grapes and the products created from them....

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Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Founders...

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February 17, 1897 The Parent Teachers Association was founded under the name National Congress of Mothers chaired by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst. National PTA is a strong advocate f...

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Vet Girls Rise, Ntl.: February 19

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Created in 2019 to honor female veterans of the US military, Vet Girls Rise highlights the accomplishments and contributions of women to military service.

January

Single-tasking Day: February 23

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Forget multitasking. Go for single-tasking. National Single-tasking Day will be much easier for right handed men. Why? Women and left handed men have larger corpus callosum than right handed men. This...

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Bartender Day, World: February 24

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Bartending originated in Rome, Greece and Asia. It is a profession that in its infancy required the bar keeper know how to brew their own spirits, ales and wines. Beginning in the 20th Century, cocktails...

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Hug Your Real Estate Agent Day: February 2...

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Robert Swetz, a real estate agent in Las Vegas, Nevada, created Hug Your Real Estate Agent Day in 2015 to honor the men and women of the Real Estate Industry.   He encourages participants to hug their est...

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Levi Strauss Day (1829): February 26

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On February 26, 1829 Levi Strauss was born in Buttenheim Germany (then Bavaria). Around 1835 the family left Germany for the United States to avoid religious discrimination and eventually settled in San...

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NGO, World Non-Government Organization Day...

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An NGO is any organization that it is citizen based, independent from government influence and is not-for-profit. Doctors without Borders is one well known example. An NGO can be large or a small grassroo...

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No Brainer Day: February 27

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National No Brainer Day is an unofficial event in the United States, and in LEEP’s opinion, should be a salute to technical writers and their profession. Perhaps the best way to celebrate it is to look a...

January

Floral Design Day (1914): February 28

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The original idea behind Floral Design Day marked the celebration of Carl Rittner's birthday, the founder of Rittners School of Floral Design Mr. "R" as his students affectionately called him, founded T...

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Tailor Day, World: February 28

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World Tailor Day is rumored to mark the birthday of Elias Howe, Jr., the man who invented the first sewing machine. At least that is what our competitors say. There's a problem with that. Mr. Howe was...

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Author's Day, Ntl: November 1

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Created by the General Federation of Women's Clubs in 1929, National Author's Day became a part of the official US Department of Commerce's annual observation days in 1949. It is a celebration of the auth...

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DECA Month, Ntl.: November

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National DECA Month was created in 1946. DECA, the International Association of Marketing Students, is a non-profit student organization with over 215,000 members in the U.S., Columbia, Canada, China, Ger...

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