Holidays and Observances
US Observances
Official / Sponsored / Traditional Holidays
National Speak Up and Succeed Day
Unofficial / Unsponsored / Urban Legend Holidays
National Irish Coffee Day
International Observances
Burns Night - Scotland
Day of Russian Students – Russia
Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Ste Dwynwen’s Day celebration of love) - Wales
Tatiana Day - Russia
Up Helly Aa - Scotland
Trivia
1755 Moscow University was established on Tatiana Day
1787 Shay’s Rebellion
1881 Oriental Telephone Company formed
1890 Around the World in 72 Days
1915 First US transcontinental phone call
1919 League of Nations founded
1921 “Robot” Enters World Lexicon
1949 First Emmy Awards presented
1959 First Scheduled Transcontinental Flight
1961 First Televised Presidential News Conference
1984 Apple’s Macintosh computer went on sale
