Let’s Celebrate December 31st!
December 31, 2010 First Night – An alternative to the usual New Year’s Eve bash, put on by Arts and Cultural groups in many cities across the US and Canada. Make Up Your Mind Day – If you haven’t got...
View ArticleBlack Eyed Peas? Good Luck with that!
The following is an excerpt from, “Rascals & Rattlesnakes,” a book in progress about some of the characters in Texas history, to be published later this year: I almost feel guilty placing a...
View ArticleLet’s Celebrate January 3rd!
January 3, 2011 Drinking Straw Day 1888: 1st drinking straw is patented. Festival of Sleep Day Start your New Year’s Resolution Day 1521: Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic...
View ArticleLet’s Celebrate January 4th!
January 4, 2011 Ogoni Day - Observance of the struggle of the Ogoni people against Shell Oil, Chevron, and the corrupt government of Nigeria Independence Day – Myanmar Louis Braille Day – Inventor of a...
View ArticleLet’s Celebrate January 26th!
January 26, 2011 Australia Day – The anniversary of the first British settlement in Australia on January 26, 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip with a boatload of British convicts arrived at Botany Bay, then...
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