Days of Celebration
There are months missing because
obviously Elise, like myself, does not attend a year round school.
January
January 1
New Year's Day, Betsy Ross's birthday (1752), Paul Revere's birthday(1735)
January 3
J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday (1892), Festival of Sleep Day
January 4
Louis Braille's birthday (1809), Jakob Grimm's birthday (1785), Trivia Day
January 5
National Bird Day
January 6
Bean Day, Sherlocke Holmes' birthday
January 7
Moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo 1610
January 8
Elvis Presley's birthday (1935)
January 10
First Meeting of United Nations in London 1946
January 11
National Thank-You Day, Milk Day (milk delivered in bottles forthe first time in 1878
January 12
First Xray machine made - 1896
January 13
Poetry Day, Make Your Dreams Come True Day, Rubber Duckie's birthday
January 14
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
January 15
Martin Luther King's birthday (1929)
January 17
Benjamin Franklin's birthday (1706), Shari Lewis' birthday (1934)
January 18
Winnie the Pooh Day - author A.A. Milne's birthday (1882)
January 19
Popcorn Day
January 20
Cheese Day, National Buttercrunch Day
January 21
National Hugging Day
January 22
National Popcorn Day, National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23
National Handwriting Day, National Pie Day, Measure Your Feet Day
January 24
Eskimo Pie Patented by Christian Nelson 1922, Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill 1848.
January 25
Opposite Day
January 26
Australia Day (the day Sydney Australia was settled in 1778)
January 28
Ernie's birthday, National Kazoo Day
January 29
National Puzzle Day, National Cornchip Day
January 30
Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday (1882)
January 31
Backwards Day
Superbowl Sunday
January - National Hobby Month
January - Thank You Month
January - Oatmeal Month
January - National Stsying Health Month
January - National Eye Care Month
January - Hat Day (third Friday in January)
January - Backwards Day (last Friday)
January - February - Chinese New Year
Groundhog Day
February 3
Elmo's birthday
Sale of the first Wiffle Ball
February 7
Laura Ingalls Wilder's birthday (1867), Charles Dickens' birthday (1812)
February 8
Boy Scouts Day (founded 1910), Kite Flying Day
February 9
Hershey's Chocolate founded 1894, Toothache Day
February 10
Umbrella Day
February 11
Thomas Edison's birthday (1847), Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
February 12
Abraham Lincoln's birthday (1809), First Barbie dolls for sale, National Plum Pudding Day
February 13
First public school established 1635
February 14
Valentine's Day, Read To Your Child Day, Ferris Wheel Day
February 15
National Gum Drop Day
February 18
Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh 1930
February 19
International Friendship Day, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood debuted 1968, National Chocolate Mint Day
February 20
Toothpick patented 1872
First bathtub installed in White House 1851, International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 24
National Tortilla Chip Day
February 26
Levi Strauss' birthday, National Pistachio Day
February 27
International Polar Bear Day
February 29
Leap Day (every four years)
January-February - Chinese New Year
February - American Heart Month
February - National Hero Week (second week)
February - American History Month
February - National Cherry Month
February - Black History Month
February - National Wildlife Week (begins 3rd Sunday)
February - National Dental Health Month
February - last week - International Friendship Week
February - 100th Day (and 101Day Dalmation Celebration)
Pig Day, Peanut Butter Lover's Day, Share A Smile Day
March 2
Dr. Seuss' birthday (1904)
March 3
National Anthem Day (Star Spangled Banner adopted by Congress as the national anthem in 1931), Peach Blossom Day
March 6
Oreo Cookies Day (On Sale for the first time in 1912)
March 7
Telephone Patented (1876)
March 8
Aunt's Day
March 9
Barbie's birthday (1959)
March 10
National Telephone Day
March 11
Ezra Jack Keats' birthday, Johnny Appleseed Day (anniversary of his death)
March 12
First library opened, Girl Scout Day (founded in 1912), Alfred Hitchcock Day
March 13
Uranus discovered (1781), Jewel Day
March 14
Albert Einstein's birthday (1879), National Potato Chip Day
March 15
Ides of March
March 16
Vitamin C discovered 1932
March 17
St. Patrick's Day, Rubber Band Invented (1845)
March 18
First walk in space (1965), Sparky the Fire Dog's birthday
March 19
Poultry Day
March 20
Bill Martin Jr.'s birthday, Big Bird's birthday
March 21
1st day of Spring, Children's Poetry Day
March 22
National Goof-Off Day
March 23
National Chip and Dip Day
March 24
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March 25
Pancakes first made in NYC in 1882, Pecan Day, Waffle Day
March 26
Spinach Festival Day
March 28
Washing machine invented 1797
March 29
Coca Cola invented (1886)
March 30
Pencil with eraser patented (1858)
March - Bubble Gum Week (2nd week)
March - Purim
March - National Peanut Month
March - American Red Cross Month
March - Music In Our Schools Month
March - National Noodle Month
March-April - Passover, Easter
April Fool's Day, One Cent Day
April 2
Hans Christian Anderson's birthday, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 2
International Children's Book Day
April 5
Dandelion Day, National Read-A-Road-Map Month
April 6
North Pole discovered (1898)
April 7
No Housework Day, World Health Day
April 9
Winston Churchill Day
April 10
the 100th day of the year (unless leap year!), Golfer's Day
April 11
Eight-Track Tape Day
April 13
Thomas Jefferson's birthday (1743)
April 14
Titanic struck iceberg (1912?), National Pecan day
April 15
First McDonald's opened in Illinois by Ray Kroc (1955), Leonardo DaVinci's birthday (1452), Rubber Eraser Day
April 18
First laundromat opens in Ft. Worth, Texas (1934), International Jugglers Day
April 19
National Garlic Day
April 20
Make-A-Quilt Day
April 21 - Kindergarten Day (The first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837)
April 22
Jelly Bean Day
April 23
Earth Day, Home Run Day (Hank Aaron hits his first home run in 1954), William Shakespeare's birthday (1564)
April 24
Arbor Day, Ocean Day, Pigs In A Blanket Day
April 25
National Zucchini Bread Day
April 26
Hug A Friend Day, National Pretzel Day
April 27
Apple Blossom Festival, Tell A Story Day
April 29
Zipper Day (patented by Gideon Sindback in 1913), National Shrimp Scampi Day
April 30 - Kite Fest, National Honesty Day (George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789)
March-April - Passover, Easter
April - National Humor Month
April - Take Your Daughter To Work Day
April - Keep America Beautiful Month
April - National Frog Month
April - National Garden Month
April - National Humor Month
April - National Poetry Month
Mother Goose Day, Save the Rhinoceros Day, Hawaii Lei Day
May 2
Backwards Day
No Socks Day, Have A Coke Day
May 9
Cartoon Day, 1st newspaper cartoon (1754), National Teacher's Day, Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 10
Clean Up Your Room Day, Peace Day
May 12
Kite Day, Limerick Day
May 13
Astronomy Day, Tulip Day, Leprechaun Day
May 14
Marshmallow Fluff Birthday, National Dance-Like-A-Chicken Day
Mount Saint Helen's erupted (1980)
May 19
Circus Day (Ringling Brothers opened 1884), Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
May 20
Blue Jeans Birthday, Good Neighbor Day
May 24
Mary Had A Little Lamb Birthday
May 25
Pickle Day, National Tap Dance Day, Africa Day
May 27
Three Little Pigs Birthday
May 28
National Hamburger Day, Amnesty International Day
May 31
First bicycle race 1868, World No-Tobacco Day
May - National Music Week (starts first Sunday)
May - Postcard Week (first full week in May)
May - Memorial Day
May - Mother's Day
May - National Strawberry Month
May - National Family Month
May - Flower Month
May - National Hamburger Month
Donut Day, Oscar the Grouch's birthday
June 2
National Rocky Road Day
June 3
Repeat Day
June 4
Old Maid's Day, Aesop's birthday, Cheese Day, 1st Ford made
Teacher's Day, National Applesauce Cake Day
June 7
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
June 9
Donald Duck's Birthday (1934)
June 10
National Yo-yo Day
June 11
National Hug Holiday
National Juggling Day, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's birthday
Smile Power Day, Fly A Kite Day, Family History Day
June 17
Eat Your Vegetables Day, Disneyland opened (1955)
June 18
International Picnic Day
June 19
Tasmanian Devil's birthday (1954)
National Chocolate Eclair Day
June 23
National Pink Day
June 25
Eric Carle's birthday, Log Cabin Day
June 26
National Chocolate Pudding Day, Toothbrush invented (1948)
June 27
Captain Kangaroo's birthday, Helen Keller's birthday (1880), Melody for "Happy Birthday" song written (1859)
June 28
Paul Bunyan Day
June 29
Camera Day
June 30
Superman's birthday, Meteor Day
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3
Newspaper Carrier Day (First newsboy hired in US - 1883), Skyscraper Day
September 4
Newspaper Carrier Day
September 5
Jesse James born 1847, National Cheese Pizza Day
International Literacy Day
September 9
Teddy Bear Day, California became 31st state 1850
September 10
Elias Howe patented 1st sewing machine 1846, Hot Dog Day
Russians launched 1st rocket to moon 1959, National Chocolate Milkshake Day, National Grandparents' Day
September 14
National Anthem Day (Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled Banner in 1814), National Cream-filled Donut Day
September 15
Author Tomie dePaola's birthday, Felt Hat Day
September 16
Collect Rocks Day, Mayflower Day
September 17
Citizenship Day - US Constitution signed 1787, National Apple Dumpling Day
September 18
National Play-Doh Day
September 19
Walt Disney produced 1st "talking cartoon" Steamboat Willie 1928, World Peace Day, National Butterscotch Pudding Day, International Talk Like a Pirate DAy
September 20
National Punch Day
First Day of Autumn ? , Planet Neptune discovered 1846
September 24
First toy store opened
September 25
National Comic Book Day
September 26
Johnny Appleseed's birthday (John Chapman born in 1774)
September 27
Native American Day
September 28
First Airport Opened
September 30
Ask A Stupid Question Day, Safety Pin Invented
Rosh Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot (Jewish Thanksgiving)
September - American Heritage Month
September - Baby Safety Month
September - Better Breakfast Month
September - Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
September - Classical Music Month
September - Library Card Sign-Up Month
September - National Chicken Month
September - National Courtesy Month
September - Children's Good Manners Month
September - National Honey Month
September - National Piano Month
September - National Rice Month
September - Pickle Day (any of the last 10 days of September)
Homemade Cookies Day, World Vegetarian Day
October 2
Charlie Brown/Snoopy birthday (Peanuts comic strip first published (1950)
October 4
National Golf Day
October 5
Pablo Picasso's birthday (1881), Ray Kroc's (founder of McDonalds) birthday (1902)
October 9
Alphabet Day, First two-way telephone conversation (1876), Moldy Cheese Day, The Count's birthday
October 10
National Angel Food Cake Day
October 12
Farmer's Day, National Children's Day
October 13
National Peanut Festival
October 14
Grover's Birthday
October 15
Poetry Day
October 16
Dictionary Day, World Food Day
October 22
Rainmaking Day, National Nut Day
October 24
United Nation's Day, National Bologna Day, International Forgiveness Day
October 25
National Denim Day
October 26
First motion picture with sound shown 1927
October 27
Teddy Bear Day (Teddy Roosevelt's birthday)
October 28
Pie Day, Plush Animal Lover's Day, Statue of Liberty's birthday, National Chocolate Day
October 30
National Candy Corn Day
October 31
Halloween, National Magic Day, Juliette Gordon Low's birthday (born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the US 1912)
Rosh Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot (Jewish Thanksgiving)
Child Health Day - First Monday in October
Columbus Day - Second Monday in October
October - National Apple Month
October - National Clock Month
October - National Pizza Month (celebrate a Pizza Day)
October - National Popcorn Popping Month (celebrate a Popcorn Week)
October - National Roller Skating Month
October - National Stamp Collecting Month
October - National Dessert Month
October - Fire Prevention Week (week of the 8th)
National Author's Day
November 2
Cookie Monster's birthday, Daniel Boone's birthday (1734)
November 3
Sandwich Day (1762) (Birthday of John Montague, the creator of the sandwich)
November 4
King Tut's tomb discovered 1922
November 6
Basketball Day
November 7
Hug-a-Bear Day
November 8
X-Ray Day (the day the X-ray was discovered)
November 11
Veteran's Day
November 14
Favorite Author's Day
November 15
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16
Button Day
November 17
Homemade Bread Day
November 18
Mickey Mouse's Birthday (1928)
November 23
National Cashew Day
November 25
Author Marc Brown's birthday, National Parfait Day
November 26
Charles Schulz's birthday (1922)
November 29
King Tut's Tomb opened (1922)
November 30
Mark Twain born 1835 (his real name is Samuel Clemmens)
Election Day
Thanksgiving
November - National Children's Book Week (3rd week)
November - Peanut Butter Lover's Month
November-December - Hanukkah
November - Cat Week
November - National Game and Puzzle Week (last week)
Eat A Red Apple Day, National Pie Day
December 2
National Fritters Day
December 4
National Cookie Day, Wear Brown Shoes Day
December 5
Walter Elia (Walt) Disney's birthday, born in Chicago in 1901
December 7
National Cotton Candy Day, Pearl Harbor Day
December 9
National Pastry Day
December 11
UNICEF created 1946
December 12
Poinsettia Day, National Ding-A-Ling Day
December 14
South Pole discovered 1911, First Miniature Golf Course opened 1929
December 15
Phonograph patented by Thomas Edison in 1877, National Lemon Cupcake Day
December 16
Boston Tea Party Anniversary, Ludwig Von Beethoven's birthday (1770), National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17
National Maple Syrup Day, Wright Brother's Day (first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903)
December 18
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19
Oatmeal Muffin Day
December 20
Games Day
December 21
First Day of Winter, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day, Hamburger Day
December 22
Thermometer Was Invented, National Date-Nut Bread Day
December 25
Christmas, National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26
Kwanzaa begins, National Whiners Day
December 27
National Fruitcake Day
December 28
Chewing Gum invented in 1869, National Chocolate Day, Card Playing Day
December 31
New Year's Eve, Make Up Your Mind Day
January
January 1
New Year's Day, Betsy Ross's birthday (1752), Paul Revere's birthday(1735)
January 3
J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday (1892), Festival of Sleep Day
January 4
Louis Braille's birthday (1809), Jakob Grimm's birthday (1785), Trivia Day
January 5
National Bird Day
January 6
Bean Day, Sherlocke Holmes' birthday
January 7
Moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo 1610
January 8
Elvis Presley's birthday (1935)
January 10
First Meeting of United Nations in London 1946
January 11
National Thank-You Day, Milk Day (milk delivered in bottles forthe first time in 1878
January 12
First Xray machine made - 1896
January 13
Poetry Day, Make Your Dreams Come True Day, Rubber Duckie's birthday
January 14
National Dress Up Your Pet Day
January 15
Martin Luther King's birthday (1929)
January 17
Benjamin Franklin's birthday (1706), Shari Lewis' birthday (1934)
January 18
Winnie the Pooh Day - author A.A. Milne's birthday (1882)
January 19
Popcorn Day
January 20
Cheese Day, National Buttercrunch Day
January 21
National Hugging Day
January 22
National Popcorn Day, National Blonde Brownie Day
January 23
National Handwriting Day, National Pie Day, Measure Your Feet Day
January 24
Eskimo Pie Patented by Christian Nelson 1922, Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill 1848.
January 25
Opposite Day
January 26
Australia Day (the day Sydney Australia was settled in 1778)
January 28
Ernie's birthday, National Kazoo Day
January 29
National Puzzle Day, National Cornchip Day
January 30
Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday (1882)
January 31
Backwards Day
Superbowl Sunday
January - National Hobby Month
January - Thank You Month
January - Oatmeal Month
January - National Stsying Health Month
January - National Eye Care Month
January - Hat Day (third Friday in January)
January - Backwards Day (last Friday)
January - February - Chinese New Year
February
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 3
Elmo's birthday
February 4
Rosa Parks' birthday (1913)
Hank Aaron's birthday (1934)
February 5 Hank Aaron's birthday (1934)
Sale of the first Wiffle Ball
February 7
Laura Ingalls Wilder's birthday (1867), Charles Dickens' birthday (1812)
February 8
Boy Scouts Day (founded 1910), Kite Flying Day
February 9
Hershey's Chocolate founded 1894, Toothache Day
February 10
Umbrella Day
February 11
Thomas Edison's birthday (1847), Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
February 12
Abraham Lincoln's birthday (1809), First Barbie dolls for sale, National Plum Pudding Day
February 13
First public school established 1635
February 14
Valentine's Day, Read To Your Child Day, Ferris Wheel Day
February 15
National Gum Drop Day
February 18
Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh 1930
February 19
International Friendship Day, Mr. Roger's Neighborhood debuted 1968, National Chocolate Mint Day
February 20
Toothpick patented 1872
February 22
George Washington's birthday (1732)
George Washington's birthday (1732)
Robert Baden Powell's birthday (founder of Scouting for
Boys in 1910)
February 23 First bathtub installed in White House 1851, International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 24
National Tortilla Chip Day
February 26
Levi Strauss' birthday, National Pistachio Day
February 27
International Polar Bear Day
February 29
Leap Day (every four years)
January-February - Chinese New Year
February - American Heart Month
February - National Hero Week (second week)
February - American History Month
February - National Cherry Month
February - Black History Month
February - National Wildlife Week (begins 3rd Sunday)
February - National Dental Health Month
February - last week - International Friendship Week
February - 100th Day (and 101Day Dalmation Celebration)
March
March 1 Pig Day, Peanut Butter Lover's Day, Share A Smile Day
March 2
Dr. Seuss' birthday (1904)
March 3
National Anthem Day (Star Spangled Banner adopted by Congress as the national anthem in 1931), Peach Blossom Day
March 6
Oreo Cookies Day (On Sale for the first time in 1912)
March 7
Telephone Patented (1876)
March 8
Aunt's Day
March 9
Barbie's birthday (1959)
March 10
National Telephone Day
March 11
Ezra Jack Keats' birthday, Johnny Appleseed Day (anniversary of his death)
March 12
First library opened, Girl Scout Day (founded in 1912), Alfred Hitchcock Day
March 13
Uranus discovered (1781), Jewel Day
March 14
Albert Einstein's birthday (1879), National Potato Chip Day
March 15
Ides of March
March 16
Vitamin C discovered 1932
March 17
St. Patrick's Day, Rubber Band Invented (1845)
March 18
First walk in space (1965), Sparky the Fire Dog's birthday
March 19
Poultry Day
March 20
Bill Martin Jr.'s birthday, Big Bird's birthday
March 21
1st day of Spring, Children's Poetry Day
March 22
National Goof-Off Day
March 23
National Chip and Dip Day
March 24
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
March 25
Pancakes first made in NYC in 1882, Pecan Day, Waffle Day
March 26
Spinach Festival Day
March 28
Washing machine invented 1797
March 29
Coca Cola invented (1886)
March 30
Pencil with eraser patented (1858)
March - Bubble Gum Week (2nd week)
March - Purim
March - National Peanut Month
March - American Red Cross Month
March - Music In Our Schools Month
March - National Noodle Month
March-April - Passover, Easter
April
April 1 April Fool's Day, One Cent Day
April 2
Hans Christian Anderson's birthday, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
April 2
International Children's Book Day
April 5
Dandelion Day, National Read-A-Road-Map Month
April 6
North Pole discovered (1898)
April 7
No Housework Day, World Health Day
April 9
Winston Churchill Day
April 10
the 100th day of the year (unless leap year!), Golfer's Day
April 11
Eight-Track Tape Day
April 13
Thomas Jefferson's birthday (1743)
April 14
Titanic struck iceberg (1912?), National Pecan day
April 15
First McDonald's opened in Illinois by Ray Kroc (1955), Leonardo DaVinci's birthday (1452), Rubber Eraser Day
April 18
First laundromat opens in Ft. Worth, Texas (1934), International Jugglers Day
April 19
National Garlic Day
April 20
Make-A-Quilt Day
April 21 - Kindergarten Day (The first kindergarten was founded by Friedrich Froebel in Germany in 1837)
April 22
Jelly Bean Day
April 23
Earth Day, Home Run Day (Hank Aaron hits his first home run in 1954), William Shakespeare's birthday (1564)
April 24
Arbor Day, Ocean Day, Pigs In A Blanket Day
April 25
National Zucchini Bread Day
April 26
Hug A Friend Day, National Pretzel Day
April 27
Apple Blossom Festival, Tell A Story Day
April 29
Zipper Day (patented by Gideon Sindback in 1913), National Shrimp Scampi Day
April 30 - Kite Fest, National Honesty Day (George Washington inaugurated as first US president in 1789)
March-April - Passover, Easter
April - National Humor Month
April - Take Your Daughter To Work Day
April - Keep America Beautiful Month
April - National Frog Month
April - National Garden Month
April - National Humor Month
April - National Poetry Month
May
May 1 Mother Goose Day, Save the Rhinoceros Day, Hawaii Lei Day
May 2
Backwards Day
May 3
May Day
May 5
National Hoagie Day
National Hoagie Day
Cinco de Mayo
May 6
National Teachers Day
May 8 No Socks Day, Have A Coke Day
May 9
Cartoon Day, 1st newspaper cartoon (1754), National Teacher's Day, Lost Sock Memorial Day
May 10
Clean Up Your Room Day, Peace Day
May 12
Kite Day, Limerick Day
May 13
Astronomy Day, Tulip Day, Leprechaun Day
May 14
Marshmallow Fluff Birthday, National Dance-Like-A-Chicken Day
May 15
National Chocolate Chip Day, L.F. Baum's (Wizard of Oz) birthday (1856), International Day of Families, Freedom From Self Awareness
May 18 National Chocolate Chip Day, L.F. Baum's (Wizard of Oz) birthday (1856), International Day of Families, Freedom From Self Awareness
Mount Saint Helen's erupted (1980)
May 19
Circus Day (Ringling Brothers opened 1884), Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
May 20
Blue Jeans Birthday, Good Neighbor Day
May 24
Mary Had A Little Lamb Birthday
May 25
Pickle Day, National Tap Dance Day, Africa Day
May 27
Three Little Pigs Birthday
May 28
National Hamburger Day, Amnesty International Day
May 31
First bicycle race 1868, World No-Tobacco Day
May - National Music Week (starts first Sunday)
May - Postcard Week (first full week in May)
May - Memorial Day
May - Mother's Day
May - National Strawberry Month
May - National Family Month
May - Flower Month
May - National Hamburger Month
June
June 1 Donut Day, Oscar the Grouch's birthday
June 2
National Rocky Road Day
June 3
Repeat Day
June 4
Old Maid's Day, Aesop's birthday, Cheese Day, 1st Ford made
June 5
1st hot air balloon flight (1783)
1st hot air balloon flight (1783)
National Family Day
World Environment Day
June 6 Teacher's Day, National Applesauce Cake Day
June 7
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
June 9
Donald Duck's Birthday (1934)
June 10
National Yo-yo Day
June 11
National Hug Holiday
June 12
Baseball invented (1839)
Baseball invented (1839)
World Against Child Labor Day
June 13 National Juggling Day, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's birthday
June 14
Pop Goes The Weasel Day
Pop Goes The Weasel Day
Flag Day
June 15 Smile Power Day, Fly A Kite Day, Family History Day
June 17
Eat Your Vegetables Day, Disneyland opened (1955)
June 18
International Picnic Day
June 19
Tasmanian Devil's birthday (1954)
June 20
Ice Cream Soda Day
Ice Cream Soda Day
Refugee Day
June 22 National Chocolate Eclair Day
June 23
National Pink Day
June 25
Eric Carle's birthday, Log Cabin Day
June 26
National Chocolate Pudding Day, Toothbrush invented (1948)
June 27
Captain Kangaroo's birthday, Helen Keller's birthday (1880), Melody for "Happy Birthday" song written (1859)
June 28
Paul Bunyan Day
June 29
Camera Day
June 30
Superman's birthday, Meteor Day
June - Carnival and Circus Month
June - National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
June - National Dairy Month
June - Father's Day
June - National Iced Tea Month
June - National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
June - National Dairy Month
June - Father's Day
June - National Iced Tea Month
June - National Hugs Week
June - First Day of Summer
June - Student Safety Month
August
August 3
National Watermelon Day
August 7
Friendship Day
August 16
Roller Coaster Day
August 19
National Aviation Day
August 26
National Dog Day
August 31
National Trail Mix Day
September
September 1
Labor Day
Mary Had A Little Lamb published (1830)
September 2 Mary Had A Little Lamb published (1830)
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
September 3
Newspaper Carrier Day (First newsboy hired in US - 1883), Skyscraper Day
September 4
Newspaper Carrier Day
September 5
Jesse James born 1847, National Cheese Pizza Day
September 7
Grandparent's Day
First Automobile Race in US in 1896
September 8 First Automobile Race in US in 1896
International Literacy Day
September 9
Teddy Bear Day, California became 31st state 1850
September 10
Elias Howe patented 1st sewing machine 1846, Hot Dog Day
September 11
Patriot's Day
Make Your Bed Day
September 12 Make Your Bed Day
Russians launched 1st rocket to moon 1959, National Chocolate Milkshake Day, National Grandparents' Day
September 14
National Anthem Day (Francis Scott Key wrote Star Spangled Banner in 1814), National Cream-filled Donut Day
September 15
Author Tomie dePaola's birthday, Felt Hat Day
September 16
Collect Rocks Day, Mayflower Day
September 17
Citizenship Day - US Constitution signed 1787, National Apple Dumpling Day
September 18
National Play-Doh Day
September 19
Walt Disney produced 1st "talking cartoon" Steamboat Willie 1928, World Peace Day, National Butterscotch Pudding Day, International Talk Like a Pirate DAy
September 20
National Punch Day
September 22
First day of Autumn
Elephant Appreciation Day, Band-Aid invented in 1921, Anniversary of the Ice Cream cone (1903), U.S. Post Office opened in 1789, Abe Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation 1862
September 23 Elephant Appreciation Day, Band-Aid invented in 1921, Anniversary of the Ice Cream cone (1903), U.S. Post Office opened in 1789, Abe Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation 1862
First Day of Autumn ? , Planet Neptune discovered 1846
September 24
First toy store opened
September 25
National Comic Book Day
September 26
Johnny Appleseed's birthday (John Chapman born in 1774)
September 27
Native American Day
September 28
First Airport Opened
September 30
Ask A Stupid Question Day, Safety Pin Invented
Rosh Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot (Jewish Thanksgiving)
September - American Heritage Month
September - Baby Safety Month
September - Better Breakfast Month
September - Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
September - Classical Music Month
September - Library Card Sign-Up Month
September - National Chicken Month
September - National Courtesy Month
September - Children's Good Manners Month
September - National Honey Month
September - National Piano Month
September - National Rice Month
September - Pickle Day (any of the last 10 days of September)
October
October 1 Homemade Cookies Day, World Vegetarian Day
October 2
Charlie Brown/Snoopy birthday (Peanuts comic strip first published (1950)
October 4
National Golf Day
October 5
Pablo Picasso's birthday (1881), Ray Kroc's (founder of McDonalds) birthday (1902)
October 9
Alphabet Day, First two-way telephone conversation (1876), Moldy Cheese Day, The Count's birthday
October 10
National Angel Food Cake Day
October 12
Farmer's Day, National Children's Day
October 13
National Peanut Festival
October 14
Grover's Birthday
October 15
Poetry Day
October 16
Dictionary Day, World Food Day
October 22
Rainmaking Day, National Nut Day
October 24
United Nation's Day, National Bologna Day, International Forgiveness Day
October 25
National Denim Day
October 26
First motion picture with sound shown 1927
October 27
Teddy Bear Day (Teddy Roosevelt's birthday)
October 28
Pie Day, Plush Animal Lover's Day, Statue of Liberty's birthday, National Chocolate Day
October 30
National Candy Corn Day
October 31
Halloween, National Magic Day, Juliette Gordon Low's birthday (born in 1860, she was the woman who the started Girl Scouting in the US 1912)
Rosh Hashonah (Jewish New Year)
Sukkot (Jewish Thanksgiving)
Child Health Day - First Monday in October
Columbus Day - Second Monday in October
October - National Apple Month
October - National Clock Month
October - National Pizza Month (celebrate a Pizza Day)
October - National Popcorn Popping Month (celebrate a Popcorn Week)
October - National Roller Skating Month
October - National Stamp Collecting Month
October - National Dessert Month
October - Fire Prevention Week (week of the 8th)
November
November 1 National Author's Day
November 2
Cookie Monster's birthday, Daniel Boone's birthday (1734)
November 3
Sandwich Day (1762) (Birthday of John Montague, the creator of the sandwich)
November 4
King Tut's tomb discovered 1922
November 6
Basketball Day
November 7
Hug-a-Bear Day
November 8
X-Ray Day (the day the X-ray was discovered)
November 11
Veteran's Day
November 14
Favorite Author's Day
November 15
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16
Button Day
November 17
Homemade Bread Day
November 18
Mickey Mouse's Birthday (1928)
November 23
National Cashew Day
November 25
Author Marc Brown's birthday, National Parfait Day
November 26
Charles Schulz's birthday (1922)
November 29
King Tut's Tomb opened (1922)
November 30
Mark Twain born 1835 (his real name is Samuel Clemmens)
Election Day
Thanksgiving
November - National Children's Book Week (3rd week)
November - Peanut Butter Lover's Month
November-December - Hanukkah
November - Cat Week
November - National Game and Puzzle Week (last week)
December
December 1 Eat A Red Apple Day, National Pie Day
December 2
National Fritters Day
December 4
National Cookie Day, Wear Brown Shoes Day
December 5
Walter Elia (Walt) Disney's birthday, born in Chicago in 1901
December 7
National Cotton Candy Day, Pearl Harbor Day
December 9
National Pastry Day
December 11
UNICEF created 1946
December 12
Poinsettia Day, National Ding-A-Ling Day
December 14
South Pole discovered 1911, First Miniature Golf Course opened 1929
December 15
Phonograph patented by Thomas Edison in 1877, National Lemon Cupcake Day
December 16
Boston Tea Party Anniversary, Ludwig Von Beethoven's birthday (1770), National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17
National Maple Syrup Day, Wright Brother's Day (first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903)
December 18
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19
Oatmeal Muffin Day
December 20
Games Day
December 21
First Day of Winter, National Flashlight Day, National French Fried Shrimp Day, Hamburger Day
December 22
Thermometer Was Invented, National Date-Nut Bread Day
December 25
Christmas, National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26
Kwanzaa begins, National Whiners Day
December 27
National Fruitcake Day
December 28
Chewing Gum invented in 1869, National Chocolate Day, Card Playing Day
December 31
New Year's Eve, Make Up Your Mind Day
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