SPECIAL DAYS TO CELEBRATE!

HERE IS THE PLACE to post days other than birthdays that need celebraing–traditional or original–on our calendar of perfectly possible parties , because UN-BIRTHDAYS are every bit as fun to celebrate as the real deal!

June 1st

• Donut Day
• Oscar the Grouch's Birthday
  Sesame Street Character
• Stand For Children Day
  Celebrated on this day in most places.

June 2nd

• Radio Was Patented
  In 1896.

June 3rd

• Egg Day
• First U.S. Spacewalk
  By Ed White in 1965.

June 4th

• Aesop's Birthday
• Cheese Day
• First Ford Made
  Henry Ford made his first operational car in 1896.

June 5th

• First Hot Air Balloon Flight
  By the Montgolfier brothers in 1783.
• National Gingerbread Day
• Richard Scarry's Birthday
  Author of children's books, born in 1919.
• World Environment Day

June 6th

• First Drive-in Movie Theater Opens
  In New Jersey in 1933.
• National Applesauce Cake Day

June 7th

• The Amazing Mumford's Birthday
  Sesame Street Character.

June 8th

• Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday
  In 1867.
• Race Unity Day
  Second Sunday in June.

June 9th

• Donald Duck's Birthday
  In 1934. Check out my page for this special day!

June 10th

• National Yo-Yo Day

June 11th

• E.T. Movie Premiered
  In 1982.

June 12th

• Anne Frank's Birthday
  Born in 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• The Baseball was Invented
  In 1839. Check out my page for this special day!
• Magic Day

June 13th

• Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's Birthday

June 14th

• Caldecott Medal First Awarded
  In 1937.
• Flag Day
  Check out my page for this special day!
• “Pop Goes the Weasel” Day
• Sand Paper Invented
  Invented by I. Fischer Jr. in 1834.
• World Juggling Day

June 15th

• Father's Day
  Third Sunday of June. Check out my page for this special day!
• Fly A Kite Day
  Ben Franklin's Kite Experiment in 1752. Check out my page for this special day!
• Power of a Smile Day
  Check out my page for this special day!

June 16th

• National Fudge Day

June 17th

• Eat Your Vegetables Day

June 18th

• International Picnic Day

June 19th

• Garfield's Birthday
  Debuted in 1978.
• Juneteenth
• Tasmanian Devil's Birthday
  Debuted in 1954.

June 20th

• Bald Eagle Day
• Ice Cream Soda Day

June 21st - Lithia, Summer Solstice

• First Day of Summer
  Check out my page for this special day!

June 22nd

• US Department of Justice Established

June 23rd

• Typewriter Patented
  In 1868.

June 24th

• U.F.O. Day
  First documented UFO sighting on this day.

June 25th

• Eric Carle's Birthday
  Author of several children's books.
• LEON Day
  Shared by Cindy - LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It means six months until Christmas.

June 26th

• Bicycle Patented
  In 1819.
• National Chocolate Pudding Day
• Toothbrush Invented
  In 1498. Check out my page for this special day!

June 27th

• Captain Kangaroo's Birthday
  Bob Keeshan.
• Helen Keller's Birthday
  Born in 1880.
• Melody for Happy Birthday Song
  Written in 1859.

June 28th

• Paul Bunyan Day

June 29th

• Camera Day

June 30th

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October 1st is World Vegetarian Day, if I recall.

According to the guy running around on campus with a big sign, free hugs day is sometime in mid-September.

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my birthday 14 April
5 March for my son Milind
11 November for my husband Megh
26 June our wedding anniversary

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This is what I get for not thinking…

Mine: July 7
My husband, Nicor's: October 30
Kristina (my oldest daughter): July 8, 1992
Sebrena (my second daughter): September 23, 1993
Tabitha (My third daughter): February 28, 1995
Rhiannon (My fourth daughter): October 18, 1997
Donnegal (My fifth daughter): May 16, 1999
Liam (My first son): March 1, 2001 - May 4, 2001
Caileigh (My sixth daughter): May 8, 2002
Moira (My seventh daughter): December 5, 2003
Feyde (My eighth daughter): November 15, 2005
Malachi (My second son): June 13, 2007

Nicor aka Scott and my anniversary: May 30

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My half birthday is January 16th and the anniversary of my 29th birthday is June 16th but the truth is I still feel 25, it's just that it took me 5 years to remember my anniversary. Actually I'm more 25 now then when I was 25 and my wife, February 21, thinks I'm 15 when I'm acting older then 2, my daughter, July 31, is totally perplexed because I keep changing the story and my son January 21 doesn't care unless the present looks like a dvd.
And what I really want to know is:
 Did you buy your lunch or walk to school?
You know I think she is right, acting your age is so overrated.

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Mine and my daughter K's birthday are both April 7
other daughter E is Jan 15
son is March 5

K celebrates her half birthday as i pout severely for having to share my day and we always fight and burst out into tears otherwise
lol
how's that for acting aged

:D

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My glorious birthday is September 19.

I made up a holiday when I was young-er call International Scarf Day and it is August 17.  I encourage everyone to wear or play with scarves on that day.

That's all, thank you very much.  Do send greetings on my birthday, please.

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I am marking all of these dates in my “date book”! Very very very honorable days to celebrate, give gifts, blow out candles, blow up balloons, do math, (add, subtract and multiply) and play with scarves!!!!

Did you all remember that tomorrow is LEAP DAY??? yes, it is a day to do all of the above …. and also to do a lot of LEAPING!!!

Friday, February 29th
Happy LEAP DAY!!!

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real birthday January 25th (same as Mamakat! yipeeeeeeeee)
but my birthday was suppossed to be April 19th– a special day between my mom and me

Oh! and you better bet we'll be leaping like monkeys and kangaroos and grasshoppers and even like pre-schoolers at our house tomorrow! Heehee! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Just to say about Feb 2nd (1st/2nd) being a bit like the awesome convergence of Hopi/Tibetan prophesies… Feb 2nd is Imbolc, Feast of Pan, Festival of Snowdrops, besides of course Candlemas/Brigits Day

Also February 13th is St Wanda's Day (since 1995, and I was initimately privy to its conception!): In Britt's own words:

“So, on February 13, 1995 I created St. Wanda’s Day. Basically, it’s a day to do a little something nice for yourself so that when Valentine’s rolls around, and its not the incredibly romantic, meaningful, love-filled day that we know it can’t be, but secretly hope it will be, we don’t feel so badly, ‘cause we had a kick-ass time the day before.

So do a little something special for yourself on the 13th, or send your pal who is having the pre-Valentine’s Day blues a St. Wanda’s Day card and have fun!”
http://havefundogood.blogspot.com/2006/02/st-wandas-day-is-february-13th.html

May I add:
Corrina & Ryan did their Dec 21st winter solstice longest night wedding ceremony in the sole/soul presence of their officient/witness person (1990)

And completed with their June 21st  zenith of year full tribal gathering public wedding ceremony  in medieval castle (Featherstone) on Scottish/English border (1991)
http://www.featherstone-society.com/sites-history/featherstone_castle.htm

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My birthday is September 2nd, my partner Steve is also a virgo his is the 11th sept

My elderly mother, who I am full time carer for, will be 90 years old on March 15th

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OK… I her Ya.
May 24th is the day of infamy
My dear Friend Kay is May 28th.

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Oh; how could I not say this, especially since I am posting it on February 28th, 2008, Eleanor Wasson's 100th birthday!

November 11, my birthday, yes, it's Veteran's Day, in England it's Remembrance Sunday, also known as Poppy Day. But really, originally, 1918 to be exact, it was declared Armistice Day; war to end all wars, declaration of the end of all wars. Of course we know that they all tripped up and scraped their knees again again but the the point is Eleanor Wasson danced in the streets all night as a 10 year old, celebrating what they wholly believed to be true: No More War.. Ever.. Period.

To sit with Eleanor in circle now is to know that all is not lost. That night she danced is as vivid now as if it was last week ,and has inspired her, her whole life to challenge people to be the best they can be. She is, for instance, the most named woman in the US Senate who is not a politician because she has written a constant stream of letters to Senators, to praise their courage or to poke them should they seem to need reminding of their oath! Eleanor convened the circle of women (of which I am one, and Hamsa Johanna is another..) which morphed in WomenRise for Global Peace http://www.womenrise.org/aboutUs.html ~

Since I was always told by my family that I was their “Armistice baby”, you can imagine my great joy to find myself swirled into Eleanor's universe. This week I was called upon and privileged to re-enact, in her presence and for her 100th birthday celebration, her 10 year old self ecstatic Armistice dance of celebration. I am complete!

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Oh whoops, last one, maybe….!

September 10 is Matriot Day (Declared by City of  Santa Cruz ' Mayor's Proclamation, 2003; Mayor Emily Reilly, another WomenRiser)

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Oh geeeeez. Where has all the time gone??

3/12/60 yes, 1960, when the dinasaurs roamed the earth. Heh..
9/15/70 is the Jeffy, the hubby
My son Joshua is 11/3/84  
My youngest son, Aaron is on 11/13/91 yes, I am quite fertile in February. Truly.
My husband and my 18th birthday is 1/9/91

Probably wayyyyy too much info there, but there it is.


Hugs, and peace and good energy from the big bad wolf. ;)

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Mamakat…You may find it fun to add National Grouch Day to your list! It is October 15th! What is sooo much fun is the more you try to be a grouch, the less of a grouch you are and the funnier it gets. At the residence where I work, I went around with the camera asking each person to make a grouchy face. You’ll be surprised how hard that is when your really trying to do it! Every single person broke out in laughter! It might be fun to post photos of ourselves or web-finds of funny grouch faces that day. I posted a whole wall of them and it was one of our favorite fun days of the year. PE

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OMG, National Grouch Day would be a riot to celebrate!!!  Thanks for sharing this one.  I can't even begin to imagine what SOME people might come up with!

I will add it post haste! 

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Just got this from World Wildlife Fund, that March 29th is Earth Hour.  I am including the e-mail below in case anybody wants more info:-

On March 29, 2008, we're asking you–and millions of others–to switch off the lights for one hour during Earth Hour.

What is Earth Hour?
Earth Hour is a global event created to symbolize that each of us, working together, can make a positive impact on climate change–no matter who we are or where we live. Starting at 8 pm local time on March 29, 2008, individuals, communities and businesses will “turn off the lights” in cities around the world for one hour. This simple act will not only heighten awareness of the impacts of climate change on our world, but also inspire individuals and businesses to take practical action to reduce their own carbon footprint.


San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge will be going dark for Earth Hour

Where will the lights go off?
Everyone around the world is encouraged to be involved and shut the lights off in their homes and businesses. Major participation is planned in 25 cities around the world, on six continents. Four Earth Hour flagship cities in the U.S.–Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix and San Francisco–are leading the way. Other participating U.S. cities include Denver, Miami and Charlotte.

What can I do?
1. Sign up to participate in Earth Hour.
Pledge to turn off your lights from 8 - 9 pm on Saturday, March 29, 2008. During that hour, replace old light bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) and commit to reducing energy consumption in the year ahead.

2. Tell your friends about Earth Hour.
Share this message with your friends and family to encourage them to join with you (and millions of others) in support of Earth Hour.

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Here's your reminder!  Tonight, from 8 - 9 pm (eastern standard time) is earth hour.   See my post before this for all of the details.