Calendar Adjustment Day commemorates the British Calendar Act of 1751, correcting the Gregorian calendar. The previously used Julian calendar was eleven days ahead of the earth's actual position, because it did not include leap years. The British Calendar Act decreed that the day after Wednesday, September 2nd, 1752 would be Thursday, September 14th. The act also decreed that the new year would begin on January 1st instead of March 25th.
The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance invites everyone to participate in Wear Teal Day, to promote ovarian cancer awareness.
Bison-Ten-Yell Day honors the bicentennial birth date of a fictional person. Get it? Bison-Ten-Yell. Bicentennial. Supposedly, Bison-Ten-Yell invented a set of ten battle yells. Get it? Bison-Ten-Yell. Ten battle yells. The yells were based on a memory aid system.
On September 2nd, 1945, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies. V-J Day, also known as Victory over Japan Day, is remembered by some on August 14th or August 15th, when the surrender was originally announced in different time zones.
Dust off your guillotine - today is National Beheading Day. Nobody seems to know who, what, why, or when, but somehow this event has spread across the Internet. Remember that literal celebrations are illegal in most places!
Spalding Baseball Day commemorates the birth date of Albert Goodwill Spalding, the first man to publish the rules of baseball and the first to wear a glove to protect his hand during a game.
Blueberry Popsicle Day sounds like a yummy way to say goodbye to summer. Just don't wear a white shirt while enjoying your blueberry treat.
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