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Each year the American Red Cross sponsors National Blood Donor Month in an effort to restock the nation’s supply of blood. You don't need a special reason to give blood. You just need your own reason. S...
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The 18th Amendment and the Russian Revolution are responsible for the favorite hangover cocktail cure known as the Bloody Mary. The 18th Amendment forced Americans who enjoyed libations overseas to find...
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Blueberries are native to the United States, but they’ve only been part of the American diet for the past 100 years. Blueberries are packed with anti-oxidants, low in calorie and blend well with a number...
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First run in 2015, National Bobblehead Day is a celebration of this enduring German toy created in the 1700s based upon Asian (China and Japan) string dolls of the time. Their heads are extremely large an...
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January is National Book Blitz Month, a national campaign designed to promote reading and facilitate the relationship between authors and the media. Libraries often support the event by recommending the...
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Bootleggers are smugglers, sometimes distillers, who bring in alcoholic beverages where they are either taxed or prohibited. National Bootlegger's Day marks two distinct anniversaries on January 17th. T...
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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 January 4, 1809. Inventing the Braille code at the age of 15, Braille has changed th...
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Bubble Bath Day is an unofficial holiday that celebrates the sexy fun that are bubble baths. With a loved one or by yourself, with a glass of wine on the side and maybe even a good book, bubble baths are...
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Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day was created by Jim Webster over a decade ago to celebrate his affinity for the crackle and pop associated with the shipping material created by the Sealed Air Corporation, bub...
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National Buffet Day celebrates the Swedish dining invention of the 16th century originally referred to as a ‘smorgasbord’. A smorgasbord, or buffet, is meal designed to accompanying pre-dinner drinks li...
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National Buttercrunch Day in the U.S. celebrates the candy known as buttercrunch, (think of the center of a Butterfinger® bar). Like most food holidays, this day is properly celebrated by cooking and ea...
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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 in the U.S. in 1852. Once state...
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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...
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On the last week of each January and often into February, Catholics celebrate Catholic Schools Week. Organized by the National Catholic Educational Association, this week focuses on the positive impact...
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National CRNA Week is the AANA’s annual celebration of anesthesia patient safety and the nation’s 52,000+ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student registered nurse anesthetists who safely and c...
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Cervical Cancer Awareness Month seeks to raise the awareness about this highly treatable disease. Multiple different screening tests for cervical cancer and there vaccines against human papilloma virus (H...
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CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technology. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for almost 50 years—the globa...
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Cheese Lover's Day celebrates cheese. Cheese appears to be one of those foods that no one quite knows where it came from. All regions of the world have it. It can be made out of milk from any animal....
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Whimsical warm socks, cheesy popcorn, toiletries and a funny note of support and encouragement, this is what a Cheesy Sock Day care package includes. Its purpose is to raise awareness of the plight of hom...
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First run in 2000, Children Impacted by a Parent's Cancer Month seeks to support children and families where one or more parent is undergoing cancer treatment, living in remission or has died. The impact...