Holidays and Observances

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US Observances

Official / Sponsored / Traditional Holidays

Arbor Day - Florida
Bean Day
 National Hugging Day™

Unofficial / Unsponsored / Urban Legend Holidays

National Hot and Spicy Food International Day
New England Clam Chowder Day

International Observances

Errol Barrow Day – Barbados
Flag Day – Quebec, Canada
Lady of Altagracia Day- Dominican Republic

Trivia

1720 Treaty of Stockholm
1789 First American novel
1793 Louis XVI of France is executed
1899 First Opel automobile
1911 First Monte Carlo Rally
1915 First Kiwanis Club
1931 First Australian-born Governor-General of Australia
1948 The Flag of Quebec was adopted and flown for the first time
1954 First nuclear-powered submarine
1971 The tallest free-standing structure in the UK began transmitting UHF broadcasts
1976 First Concorde Flight
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders
1981 DeLorean DMC-12 sports car began production
1997 First leader of the United States House of Representatives internally disciplined for ethical misconduct.