Holidays and Observances

US Observances

Official / Sponsored / Traditional Holidays

Data Privacy Day
National Kazoo Day
National Seed Swap Day
Thank A Plugin Developer Day
National Preschool Fitness Day

Unofficial / Unsponsored / Urban Legend Holidays

National Blueberry Pancake Day

International Observances

Army Day – Armenia

Trivia

1624 First British colony in the Caribbean founded
1724 The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded
1754 The word serendipity coined
1782 Great Seal of the US Authorization
1813 Pride and Prejudice first published
1820 Antarctic continent discovered
1851 First chartered university in Illinois.
1855 The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway
1878 First daily college newspaper in the United States
1887 World’s largest snowflakes
1896 First speeding ticket
1902 The Carnegie Institution was founded
1915 United States Coast Guard created
1917 San Francisco streetcars began operation
1934 The first ski tow in the United States
1935 First Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion
1938 The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken
1956 Elvis Presley’s  first US television appearance
1958 The Lego company patented its Lego bricks
1965 The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament
1985 Supergroup USA for Africa recorded the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
1986 Challenger Space Shuttle Explosion