Events
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Act Happy Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Act Happy Day is an annual event celebrated on the third Monday of March. Act Happy Day was created by Dr. Dale Anderson who believed that simply acting happy, even when one did not feel so, could bring a positive change in life.
Tags: Happiness · Happier Life · Dr. Dale Anderson · Emotions · Good Laugh · Positive Change in Life · Getting Together · Lighten Up the Mood · Close Friends · Comedy Specials
Alexander Graham Bell Day
Alexander Graham Bell Day is celebrated on March 7 every year. It was on this day that Bell was granted a patent for "transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically". In honor, people around the world celebrate as a day of innovation and invention.
Tags: Alexander Graham Bell · Celebrate · Celebration · Phone Calls · Invention · Innovation · Thomas Watson · Transmitter · Iconic Statement · Nova Scotia, Canada
American Painters Day
February 4, 2024 Arts & Entertainment
American Painters Day is celebrated every year on February 3 to bring attention to American painters and some of the great works they have created in the past few decades. American painters have made some great contributions to the world of art.
Tags: Painters · Art · Painting · Contributions · American · Social Movements · Canvas · Art Form · Evolution · History
American Red Cross Giving Day
March 24, 2024 Special Interest
American Red Cross Giving Day is observed every fourth Wednesday in March and this year. American Red Cross Giving Day is an opportunity for people to come together and support and help the urgent humanitarian needs of the American Red Cross.
Tags: Support System · American Red Cross · Support · Discrimination · Humanitarian Needs · Humanity · Blood Donor · Donations · War · Wounded on the Battlefield
As Young As You Feel Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Celebrate As Young As You Feel Day on March 22. It doesn't matter how old you are. Feeling young is a state of mind. No matter your age, no one can stop you from feeling young and alive. It is all about believing that you are as young as you feel.
Tags: Actual Age · State of Mind · Numbers · Younger · Agism · Older · Life · Celebrate the Journey · Celebration · Celebrate
Better Business Communication Day
Better Business Communication Day is celebrated annually on the 4th Monday of January. The point has been to acknowledge the efforts of those people who communicate effectively. The aim of celebrating this day is to focus on improving communication.
Tags: Improvement · Communication · Communication Gap · Communicate · Business · Business Owner · Concise · Clear · To-the-Point · Betterment
Black History Month
Black History Month is an annual observance. It began as a way of remembering people and events in the history of the African diaspora. It is celebrated in February in the United States and Canada. In Ireland and United Kingdom, it is observed in October.
Tags: Observance · United States · Remember · Remembrance · Important People · African Diaspora · History · Historic · Black People · Culture
Black Lives Matter Day
February 25, 2024 Special Interest
Black Lives Matter Day is observed on February 26 in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teen who was killed by a white American out of hatred. Black Lives Matter is a chant against racial discrimination and violence toward Black people.
Tags: Trayvon Martin · African-American · Black Lives Matter · Acquittal · George Zimmerman · Black People · Racial Discrimination · Violence · Hatred · Remembrance
Black Press Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Black Press Day is observed on March 16. It commemorates when the first Black newspaper, Freedom's Journal, hit the stands in New York City in 1827. For nearly 200 years, Black publishers, writers, photographers, and editors have spoken truth to power.
Tags: News Channels · Breaking News · News · Narratives · Notions · Freedom's Journal · Black People · Black Experience · Civil Rights Movement · Enduring Legacy
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Show your bubble love on Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day — which United States proudly celebrates on the last Monday in January. A radio station once inadvertently unwrapped microphones on the air and listeners loved it! The rest is (bubble) history.
Tags: History · Radio Station · Bubble Wrap · Wrappings · Inadvertently · Unwrapped · Microphones · Celebration · Broadcast · Appreciation
Card Reading Day
February 24, 2024 Special Interest
Card Reading Day on February 21 is a sentimental holiday on which people savor the greeting cards sent to them. There is nothing better than going through aisles of greeting cards and selecting one that will best express our feelings for another.
Tags: Sentimental · Greeting Cards · People · Feelings · Emotions · Messages · Communicate · Communications · Cards · Sending Messages
Change a Pet's Life Day
Change a Pet's Life Day is celebrated annually on January 24. This day isn't only life-changing for your pets, it changes your life for the better too. This day enables you to provide a new home for one or more of the millions of animals in shelters.
Tags: Dogs · Cats · Animal Shelters · Pets · Adoption · Changing · Changes · Pet Care · Life · Happier Life
Check Your Batteries Day
Check Your Batteries Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in March. It was created to raise awareness about testing your batteries in your various appliances and having working batteries. Check your batteries, and ensure they are working perfectly well.
Tags: Appliances · Working Batteries · Electronics · Proper Operation · Devices · Reminders · Raise Awareness · Testing Batteries · Alert · Batteries
Chinese New Year
If you feel the ground trembling beneath your feet on February 10 — don't fear! It's simply the beginning of the Chinese New Year. You'll find a full 20% of the Earth's population celebrating — using more fireworks than any other day of the year.
Tags: China · Earth · Blessings · Everyone · Red Envelopes · Celebration · Celebrate · Good Food · Food · Population
Chocolate Day
February 9, 2024 Food and Beverage
Chocolate Day is celebrated every year on February 9, as a part of Valentine's Week celebrations in India. Loved ones gift each other chocolates and hope that their relationship always remains sweet. Chocolates are some of the most well-loved delicacies.
Tags: Chocolate · Food · Comfort · Candy · Sweets · Delicacies · Gifts · Lovers · Relationships · Celebration
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries.
Tags: Jesus · Annual Festival · Church Services · Bethlehem · New Testament · Nativity · Christmastide · Christianity · Religious · Culture
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Christmas Day is observed around the world, and Christmas Eve is widely observed as a full or partial holiday in anticipation of Christmas Day.
Tags: Birth · Jesus · Christianity · Christmas · Christmastide · Christendom · Western World · Midnight Mass · Christmas Lights · Christmas Carols
Companies That Care Day
March 23, 2024 Special Interest
Companies That Care Day is celebrated on the 3rd Thursday in March to encourage employers to start caring for their employees, instead of overworking. To have a long-lasting workforce that can produce quality work, employers must show that they care.
Tags: Work · Working · Workplace · Corporations · Success · Meaningful Success · Productivity · Happiness · Companies · Human Resources
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day
February 16, 2024 Special Interest
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day is celebrated annually on February 18 to commemorate the day a cow named Nellie Jay, which later became Elm Farm Ollie, became the first cow to be flown and milked in an airplane. Part of a scientific effort.
Tags: Cows · Airplanes · Bismarck, Missouri · Nellie Jay · Milk · Spectators · Publicity · Elm Farm Ollie · Scientific · Science
Data Privacy Day
January 28, 2024 Special Interest
Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) is an international event that occurs every year on January 28. The purpose is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. The day was initiated by Council of Europe.
Tags: United States · Canada · Qatar · Nigeria · Israel · Raise Awareness · Promote Privacy · Data Protection · Best Practices · Cyber Security
Disaster Day
February 4, 2024 Special Interest
Disaster Day is observed on February 5, to raise awareness about the different types of disasters that can and have occurred and the implications they have on the world and its beings. Disaster Day also highlights the importance of disaster management.
Tags: Awareness · Disasters · Implications · Importance · Highlights · Disaster Management · Management · Disaster · Help · Observance
Epiphany
Epiphany is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana. It is sometimes called Three Kings' Day, and in some traditions celebrated as Little Christmas. The traditional date is January 6.
Tags: Jesus · Western Christianity · Christianity · Eastern Christianity · Biblical Magi · Wedding at Cana · Epiphanytide · Gentile · Three Kings' Day · Little Christmas
Festival of Sleep Day
Created to help you catch up on your sleep after a busy festive season, Festival of Sleep Day on January 3 reminds us to practice self-care for the coming year, and take advantage of the numerous benefits of a good night's sleep.
Tags: Sleep · Festive Season · Festivities · Busy · Plans · Healthy · Pillows · Catch Up · Rest · Dreams
Floating Lantern Festival
Floating Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese calendar. This year, it is on February 24. Floating lanterns are traditional Chinese lights made of paper or oiled silk designed to be released onto waterways or into the air.
Tags: Floating Lanterns · Lights · Waterways · Air · Paper · Lakes · Water Wells · Rivers · Seas · Chinese
Friday Fish Fry Day
February 16, 2024 Food and Beverage
Friday Fish Fry Day is celebrated on the first Friday of Lent every year. It is celebrated primarily in the Midwest, but anyone in the United States can celebrate this all-American tradition as they please. It is a time for friends and families to gather.
Tags: Fish · Eating · Frying · Lent · Midwest · Restaurants · Friends · Families · Bonding · Conversations
There are 100 total events in this view, with 25 items displayed per page.