Welcome to Worldwide Weird Holidays, where you’ll find a new reason to celebrate every day of the year.
January 9 is Aviation in America Day
/0 Comments/in JanuaryToday is Aviation in America Day and commemorates the first balloon ride in the U.S. on January 9, 1793. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard, aeronaut extraordinaire, had previously ascended 44 times in cities around the world. He launched his balloon from the prison yard of Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, PA, and landed in Deptford Township, NJ, 46 […]
January 8 is Show and Tell at Work Day
/0 Comments/in JanuaryToday is Show and Tell at Work Day, created by Thomas & Ruth Roy of Wellcat Holidays & Herbs. Remember those halcyon days of youth when you’d take something to school and show it to the class, getting jeered at for being lame or reprimanded by the teacher for bringing something mucus-related? Relive the good old days […]
January 7 is National Pass Gas Day
/2 Comments/in JanuaryToday is National Pass Gas Day. Hot on the tail, if you will, of National Bean Day comes this celebration of all things flatulent. A 1995 study–yes, there have been studies–estimates that we pass gas 13.6 times a day. (Perhaps the remaining .4 refers to those that were smelt but not dealt.) Farts: What are they good for? […]
January 6 is National Bean Day
/1 Comment/in JanuaryToday is National Bean Day. With over forty thousand varieties, the hardworking bean deserves its own day. Why is it celebrated on January 6th? No one knows for sure, but we have a couple of ideas and a suggestion. Some claim it commemorates the death of renowned geneticist, Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk who experimented […]
Banished Words List Day 2016
/0 Comments/in DecemberBanished Words List Day 2016 If you’ve read our post about LSSU’s 2015 Banished Words List, you already know you’re in for a treat. Drumroll, please. (We realize that phrase should be banished, too.) The official Banished Words List for 2016 is: SO So the word that received the most nominations this year was already banished, but today […]
December 30 is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
/0 Comments/in DecemberIt’s National Bicarbonate of Soda Day! Yes, that’s right: baking soda has its own day. As we shall see, this hardworking substance earns at least one holiday’s worth of celebration. Sodium bicarbonate is a chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3. A component of the mineral natron, it is a white, odorless, water-soluble crystalline solid that […]
December 29 is National Pepper Pot Day
/2 Comments/in DecemberToday is National Pepper Pot Day. Pepper pot soup has been called the soup that won the Revolutionary War. By the time American troops reached Valley Forge on December 19, 1777, in the midst of a harsh winter, soldiers and the many wives, mothers and children who accompanied them were running desperately low on provisions. […]
December 28 is Pledge of Allegiance Day
/1 Comment/in DecemberToday is Pledge of Allegiance Day. We’re not sure why it is celebrated today since it doesn’t correspond to any date we can find regarding its origins, usage or changes. We do know this: the words many of us grew up saying have a fascinating history. The Pledge of Allegiance was written by minister and […]
December 27 is National Fruitcake Day
/0 Comments/in DecemberToday is National Fruitcake Day, a day that celebrates one of the most maligned cakes of all time. Love it or hate it, the fruitcake has a long, rich history. Ancient Egyptians buried loved ones with fruitcakes in the belief they were essential for the journey to the afterlife. An early Roman recipe combined barley […]
December 26 is National Whiner’s Day
/0 Comments/in DecemberToday is National Whiner’s Day, established in 1986 by Reverend Kevin Zaborney as a humorous reminder (on this day infamous for its volume of gift returns) to appreciate what we have. Each year, Zaborney crowns the Most Famous Whiner of the Year. Winning whiners in years past include Kanye West, Lindsay Lohan, Chris Brown and Rob Ford. […]