Category: United States

Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend (US-MN): J...

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Take-A-Kid Ice Fishing Weekend by the state of Minnesota provides free ice fishing for a whole weekend to residents. It generally occurs during the Martin Luther King Weekend in January. PLEASE NOTE: Tre...

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Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day (1848...

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Tax Identity Theft Prevention Week, Nation...

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Beginning in 2014, the Federal Trade Commission launched an awareness campaign under National Tax Identity Theft Prevention Week. Tax identity theft happens when someone uses your Social Security number...

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Technology Day, Ntl: January 6

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People rarely change, but how we live our lives does due to technology. Technology can be simple, such as the humble beer can (first put on sale on this day in 1935) or as complex as a computer. Technolog...

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Teen Cancer Awareness Week, Ntl.: January...

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In January, the United States hosts National Teen Cancer Awareness Week, a fundraiser to raise awareness about teen cancer and treatments. Cancer is a leading cause of death for children between 15 and 19...

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Tempura Day: January 7

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Tempura Day in the United States is an unofficial food holiday. Tempura Day celebrates the light deep fried Japanese-style cuisine of tasty batter-wrapped seafood, vegetables, and snacks.

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Thank a Plugin Developer Day: January 28

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Thank a Plugin Developer Day was created by WordPress developer and techie Matt Mullenweg in 2009. Plugin Developers, by that year, had already produced over 4000 plugins that make building websites fo...

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Thank God It Is Monday, Day: January 6

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Monday is about new starts, a day to celebrate beginnings. So much starts on a Monday that Dorothy Zjawin decided it needed a celebration.

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Thank Your Mentor Day, Ntl.: January 25

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Every January, the mentoring movement unites in celebration of National Mentoring Month. Within the month are several awareness days, including today's Thank Your Mentor Day event. We all have mentors, w...

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The American Express (US-CA): January 13-...

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The largest annual sporting event dedicated to charity, The American Express, formerly The Desert Classic and Bob Hope Classic, is a PGA golf tournament open to professionals, celebrities, and amateurs. T...

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The Tournament of Roses Parade (US-CA): J...

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A FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS AND ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT: THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE The Tournament of Roses Parade, or simply Rose Parade, is a beloved New Year's Day tradition, dazzles spectators with its vi...

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Thesaurus Day (1779): January 18

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Thyroid Awareness Month: January

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Thyroid Awareness Month seeks to educate the public about thyroid disease and help raise money for research. More than 12 percent of the U.S. population will develop a thyroid condition during their life...

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Tin Can Day (1810): January 19

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Tin Can Day celebrates the invention of the tin can on January 19, 1810, by British merchant Peter Durand. A major game-changer in food preservation, tin cans revolutionized the food industry. The first c...

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Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: January...

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Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement is a day for people to reach out and make a sincere, heartfelt connection with someone else. The holiday's name comes from 'Toad Hollow Country School,' a story written...

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Tom Thumb Day (1838): January 4

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Tom Thumb Day commemorates Charles Sherwood Stratton, a boy from Bridgeport, Connecticut, born January 4, 1838. The son of a carpenter, at the age of four, Charles was only 25 inches tall and weighed a...

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Train Your Dog Month, Ntl.: January

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Travel Day, Ntl., Shop for: January 14

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There is something about a new year that causes travel queries to spike in mid-January. Obviously, people are thinking about someplace other than enduring the winter doldrums. Capitalizing on this trend a...

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Trivia Day: January 4

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Robert I Birch of Pun Corps created Trivia Day using numerology. For instance, Trivia Day is January 4 annually. The T and R of trivia correspond to the numbers 1 and 4. The day is a testament to the in...

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Unchain a Dog Month: January

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With temperatures dropping, animals are vulnerable to frostbite and worse. PETA created National Unchain a Dog Month to alert pet owners to the dangers of leaving their pets chained outside during winter....

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