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Instructions Please click the date in history for events that happened that day. Most people choose their birthday or a special event from their own history. Calendar [two_first] January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 May 1 2 3 4 5…
A Brief History On October 11, 2018, the United States of America stands united in celebrating National Sausage Pizza Day, one of this author’s favorite holidays! Although the origins of this “National Day” are unclear, what is clear is that Sausage Pizza is the single greatest way to enjoy our favorite Italian themed food. (You pepperoni people that are responsible for the vast majority of pizza sales are not necessarily wrong, just not completely right.) We have previously talked about pizza in depth (May 19, 2017: “Today is National Pizza Party Day”), but today we extol the virtues of the…
A Brief History On September 1, 2018, men across the world get revenge on women for living longer and getting better car insurance deals, by celebrating World Beard Day! Next time some woman tells you, “I can do anything better than you!” you tell that feisty female, “Oh yeah? Let’s have a beard growing contest.” (Unfortunately, some women can actually grow a beard, especially with hormone treatment, so be careful who you challenge.) Although we have not had a bearded President for many years, and the fact that Russia once instituted a tax on beards in order to discourage their…
A Brief History On March 14, 1988, the earliest known reference to Pi Day was declared by physicist Larry Shaw at the San Francisco Exploratorium (a science museum along the lines of the Ontario Science Center in Toronto or the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland). Unlike many of the so called “National” or “International” days of the year listed as dedicated to a particular thing or activity, we at least have some of the origin story for this one. Digging Deeper Celebrating the numerical ratio of “Pi,” a mathematical constant, the relationship between the diameter/radius of a circle and…
