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Join 175,000 of your closest friends for the Sea Witch Halloween and Fiddlers' Festival in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It's the biggest Halloween hoedown on the East Coast and features everything from peopl...
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Each October, directly following Food & Drug Interaction Week, Pharmacists Planning Service, Inc. sponsors Prescription Errors Education Week. The FDA defines a medication error as "any preventable event...
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Saving the World One Thermostat at a Time – the hows and whys of thermostat recycling by Ryan L. Kiscaden (Edited for grammar and clarity by LEEP Calendar) A Brief Background Honeywell, White-Rogers, a...
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Take Back Your Time Day in the United States and Canada promotes rest, vacation, and free time. It raises awareness of the dangers of overworking and speaks to the importance of rest. A rested person is m...
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Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic and why it was great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine...
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High Point Market is the world's largest furnishings industry trade show, with more than 2,000 manufacturers in 11.5 million square feet of showroom and exhibit space in multiple buildings in downtown Hig...
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The last Saturday of October is Make a Difference Day when millions of people unite and work to improve each other's lives. Created in 1992, Make A Difference Day is made possible by you and the people...
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Created in 2007, National Pit Bull Appreciation Day (last Saturday of October unless Halloween)seeks to educate the population about the fantastic qualities of the oft-maligned category of dogs referred t...
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Be a Punk for a Day celebrates the music form known as Punk Rock. Punk rock was popularized in the late 1970s and 1980s by bands including the Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, and MC5. It greatly impact...
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Sourest Day is a silly holiday, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have meaning and logic. The idea behind Sourest Day is that sometimes there are just reasons for us to be sour. Life does give us lemons...
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The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word(SM) is a festival celebrated annually. It is free and open to the public, and no advance registration or tickets are required. All seating...
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National Day of the Deployed acknowledges and honors the millions of people on active service in the United States Armed Forces. This event first ran in 2006.
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Howl at the Moon Night is a nationwide bar and Happy Hour celebration that occurs a few days before Halloween each year. Contact Howl at the Moon to set up a Happy Hour Party in your city.
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National Mincemeat Day celebrates mincemeat, a mixture of finely chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits, spices, and sometimes suet (hard fat from beef, lamb, or venison). Alcohol and spices preserve the...
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National Mother-in-Law Day is a tradition with no specific origin, occurring on the 4th Sunday of October. A mother-in-law is the mother of your spouse.
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Today marks the anniversary of the arrival of Spain's King Charles III's unusual gift to America's first President—three donkeys, one of which initiated the adoption of mules in America. Mules are hybri...
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National Pumpkin Day is set aside annually as an unofficial event leading up to Halloween. The largest pumpkin on record is 2,749 pounds (1,246.9 kilograms)—that's more than most small cars weigh! As a...
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Today marks the anniversary of the Nobel Prize-winning book "Waiting for the Barbarians" by John M. Coetzee, released on October 27, 1980. This work of fiction is a political thriller set in South Afric...
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We all have them, that co-worker who always seems to be in a bad mood. Today honors them by calling them out, reflecting on their mood, and banishing the beast. It is brought to you by the king of cra...
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National Etiquette Day focuses on civility within society and revisits the customs and traditions that define us. The day honors the first official etiquette maven's birth, Emily Post, on October 27, 1872...