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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND BLESSED NEW YEAR TO YOU !
Blywyddyn Newydd Dda, Xin nian yu kuai, Godt Nytår, Gelukkig nieuwjaar , Bonne année, Aith-bhliain Fe Nhaise Dhui, Gutes Neues Jahr, Hauoli Makahiki Hou, Shanah tovah , Buon Capo d'Anno, Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu, Godt Nyttår, Maligayang Bagong Tao , Szczesliwego Nowego roku, Feliz ano novo, La Multi Ani, S Novym Godom , Feliz Año Nuevo

JANUARY is brought to you by the Spike, Saints Coordination Committee,the Birthday Lady and thanks to Brownielocks.com.

January is Apple, Apricot, Artichoke, Asparagus, Bath Safety, Be on Purpose, Celebration of Life, Creativity, Cervical Cancer Screening, Financial Wellness, Family Fitness, get Organized, Lose Weight and Feel Great, Be on Purpose, Creativity, New Years Resolutions Month fro Business, Quality of Life, Cleanup your Computer, Glaucoma awareness, Thyroid Awareness, High Tech, Hot Tea, Learn to Ski and Snowboard, Mail Order Gardening, Oatmeal, Personal Self Defense, Shape up US, Soup, Radon Action, Reach your potential, Walk your Pet, Oatmeal, Returns, Monitoring and Self Defense Month

1 Commemoration of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus

 UNIVERSAL HOUR OF PRAYER FOR PEACE 

*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY. FREELANCE MONOTHEIST*****
Feast of St. Basil the Great, Patron of Russia and Hospital admins. A learned man with great personal holiness.
Asarah B’Tevet - Jewish Holiday of fasting and mourning when Nebuchadnezzar lay siege to Jerusalem and destruction of the Temple.
Hogmany (UK)
“First Footing” in the UK (Are you a dark haired person who will carry a lump of coal, bread, money or greenery to someone for good luck?)
Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
New Years Day Parade, Parliament Square, London
Mummer’s Parade, Philadelphia
Euro Day
Ellis Island Day
Polar Bear Plunge Day/Swim Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear_plunge
BBC began programming in 1927
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) formed in 1832 in Lexington, KY
Bad Hangover Day
2 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR KEVIN *****
Commemoration of Gregory Nazianzen, 389
Happy MEW Year for Cats Day
3 "Momento Mori" Day – "remember you die"
Start your 'New Years Resolutions" Day
J.R.R. TOLKEIN Day
4 Earth at Perilhelion
Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, founder of the American congregation of the Sisters of Charity, who established the Sisters of Charity, who established St. Vincent Hospital and Orphanage in the 19th century.
Feast of Simon Stylites
Trivia Day
5 Eve of the Theophany (Epiphany) Orthodox
6 Feast of Three Kings / Epiphany / Twelfth Nigh
Conversion of Charles H. Spurgeon, 1850

7 A BLESSED CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR ORTHODOX SHIPMATES

Plough Monday
Straw Bear festival
St Distaff’s Day
7-10 Elvis’ Birthday Celebration Week
8 Happy Birthday to Elvis Presley
National English Toffee Day
8-31 London International Mime Festival
9 Stephen Foster Day
World Nerd Day
National Clean Off your Desk Day
10 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADRIENNE *****
Cut your energy costs day
Organize your home day
The London Underground began operating, 1863
11 CIGARETTES ARE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH DAY !!
Learn your name in Morse Code Day
12 Feast of Alfred of Rievaulx, abbot
13 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEDIJUDY, Jedi Sister! *****
Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, 367
Commemoration of George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends
Public Broadcasting Day
14 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BALAAM *****
Happy New Year to our Orthodox shipmates !
Feast of the Ass (France) celebrating the flight into Egypt
ORGANIZE YOUR HOME DAY
Dress up your pet day
15 Feast of Wulstan, bishop
16 Feast of Antony of Egypt, 356
Appreciate a DRAGON Day (Just for you, oh, Welsh one!)
World NOTHING Day (?)
Religious Freedom Day
17 Scott reaches the South Pole, 1912
Polar Bear/Jump off Festival and Swim, Seward, Alaska (Cancer Fundraiser)
18 A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US !
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROSSWEISSE *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FIRENZE *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TO YE OLDE MOTHERBOARDE *****

National Sanctity of Human Life Day / Pro Life Day

Rid the world of Fad diets and Gimmicks Day
18-24 Week of Christian Unity
19 Commemoration of Canute, King of Denmark
Feast of St. Fabian, martyr
NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE (find some volunteer work you can do today and DO IT!
World Day of Migrants and Refugees
World Religion Day
19-23 NO NAME CALLING week
20 Feast of St. Sebastian. Patron of archers, athletes, doctors, hardware, police and soldiers, invoked against plague. Born in Italy, a soldier in the Roman army where he converted others to Christianity, but after discovered was shot with arrows and martyred.
World Religion Day
21 Feast of St. Agnes, martyr, 304 when unmarried girls who wished to dream of their future husbands would perform certain tasks
National HUGGING Day
Martin Luther King Day
22 Feast of Vincent of Zaragosa, patron of charitable societies, hospital workers, prisoners and vintners. Tortured and died in prison when he refused to surrender the sacred books of the church
Celebration of Life Day
23 Feast of Saint Ildefonso. Archbishop, and Doctor of the church
Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
Women's Healthy Weight Day
24 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALWYN *****
Feast of St. Frances de Sales, patron of Catholic press, editors, journalists and writers. Invoked against deafness. Founded schools and along with St Frances de Chantal, founded the order of the Visitation.
25 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMANDA B RECKONDWYTHE *****
Commemoration of the Conversion of St. Paul
Burn's Night, Edinburgh, Scotland
St. Dwynwen’s Day, the Welsh Saint of Lovers
Macintosh Computer Day (first Mac sold 30 years ago)
Speak up and succeed day
National Compliment Day
25-31 CLEAN OUT YOUR INBOX WEEK!
26 Feast of Timothy and Titus, disciples of Paul
100th Anniversary of the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Australia Day (AUS)
Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement
27 Mozart born in 1756
Holocaust Memorial Day
Auschwitz Liberation and Holocaust Memorial Day for the Commemoration of Holocaust Victims
Thomas Crapper Day
28 Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, patron of scholars, theologians. His teachings have become the basis of modern Catholic theology.
29 Curmudgeon’s Day
30 Festival of King Charles, 1649
Inane Telephone Answering Machine Messages day
Feast of St. Aidan
Feast of St. John Bosco
Bubblewrap Appreciation Day
yaD sdrawkcaB
Hell is Freezing Over Day
(You always wondered when this would happen, didn't you?)
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Two threads for this? Two birthdays a year? Great! Or perhaps not. I can't afford to age so quickly.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I've put the other one down, Loth, so only one now. Thanks for spotting it.
 

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Posted by Huia (# 3473) on :
 
Yay for bath safety month. Maybe I should take an unbreakable mug of tea to drink in my bath instead of the glass of wine I was planning.

Huia
 

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Posted by Arabella Purity Winterbottom (# 3434) on :
 
Or put the wine in the unbreakable mug.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
...or just get a long straw.


 

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Posted by Polly Plummer (# 13354) on :
 
Glad to see that we don't have to start New Year's resolutions until the 3rd: another chance at the ones I didn't manage today!
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Happy Birthday to all my Birthday Sisters!

Firenze and Rossweisse, have a great birthday.


 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Many happy returns, ladies!
 

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Posted by welsh dragon (# 3249) on :
 
7 facts about St Dwynwen - feast Jan 25th
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
FEBRUARY is brought to you by the Spike, Saints Coordination Committee, Dolphy, the Birthday Lady and thanks to Brownielocks.com.

It is CHOCOLATE Month! (And can we ever get enough chocolate??) and Spunky Old Broads Month.
It is also, American Heart, International Friendship, American History, Avocado and Banana, Bake for family Fun, Beans, Black History, National Cherry Pie, Bake for Family Fun, Fabulous Florida Strawberry, Grapefruit, Hot Breakfast, Mend a broken heart, Pet Dental Health, Wise Health Care Consumer, Potato Lovers Month, National Crime Prevention, Women's Heart Health, National World Understanding, Parent Leadership, Boost your Self Esteem, Expect Success, Library Lover's, National Hobby, Marfan Syndrome Awareness, Marijuana Awareness, National Wild Bird Feeding, Pull your sofa off the wall, Cat Health Awareness, Responsible Pet Owner's, National Snack Food Month, Wedding, Youth Leadership and SPUNKY OLD BROADS Month!

1 NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY
Shipmates, THANK GOD for the freedom
we have in our own countries,
and the freedom we have in CHRIST
Feast of St. Brighid. Patroness of milkmaids, fugitives, newborns and nuns. Her parents were baptized by St. Patrick and she was a good friend of his. Founded a monastery at Kildare, Ireland.
Imbolic
Death of Edgar Allan Poe
SPUNKY OLD BROADS DAY
Working Naked Day
Superbowl XLIX in Glendale, AZ

********** CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD DAY! ***********
(after all these break-ins by hackers, PLEASE, PLEASE keep safe!)

1-7 Boy Scout Anniversary Week
2 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSEPHINE*****
Presentation of the Lord, Candlemas
If Candlemas be fair and bright, come,
Winter, have another flight.
If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,
go Winter, and come not again.
Crepe Day, La Chandeleur and Fete de Lumiere (France)
Groundhog Day http://www.groundhog.org
Marmot Day
No talk day
Dia de la Constiticion (Mexico)
3 Feast of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr
Feast of St. Ansgar, bishop
“The Day the Music Died Day” (plane crash of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Big Bopper)
National Carrot Cake Day
Bubble Gum Day
Dump your Significant Jerk Week
4 Tu B’Shavat - Jewish ‘New Year of Trees’ an ecological awareness day, in which trees are planted in celebration.
Facebook’s Birthday
World Cancer Day
USO Day
Give Kids a Smile Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Homemade Soup Day
Liberace Day
Thank a Mailman or Mailwoman Day
5 Feast of St. Agatha, virgin and martyr
Chocolate Fondue Day
Diabetes Sunday
6 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOO*****
Girl Scout Cookie Day
Pay a Compliment Day
Feast of Felipe de Jesus, patron of Mexico and youth.
Feast of Sts. Paul Miki and companions, martyrs
7 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONYK*****
Gambit Meet, the Jugged Hare, Vauxhall Bridge Rd. London
Man Day
Feast of St. Jerome Emiliani
Send a card to a friend day
7-13 Dump your Significant Other Week
8 Boy Scout Anniversary Day
Laugh and Grow Rich day
9 National STOP BULLYING! Day
Royal Hobart Regatta, Tasmania
9-15 Random Acts of Kindness Week http://www.amnesty.ie/friendshipweek
10 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGLET ******
Feast of St. Scholastica
National Plimsoll Day / Umbrella Day
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day/Extraterrestrial Culture Day
11 Clean Out your Computer Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
World Day of the Sick
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
12 Lincoln's Birthday (US)
Chocolate Day !!
Darwin Day http://darwinday.org/about/
13-29 March Cricket World Cup begins

14 HAPPY ST. VALENTINE'S DAY ! Shipmates!

Feast of St Valentine, patron of lovers, the martyrdom of 3 saints called Valentine are celebrated on this day.
World Marriage Day
Library Lovers Day
Hug Day
Have a Heart Day
National Organ Donor Day
15 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BARREA!*****
Kissing Friday, also Nippy Hug Day
(when men can kiss the woman of their choice)
Feast of St. Cyril, monk
Feast of St. Methodius, bishop, patron of Europe
Canadian Flag Day
Burger Lovers Day
Susan B. Anthony Day
Lupercalia
16 President’s Day (US)
Clean Monday (Orthodox)
Collop Day/Peasen Monday which is the day before Shrove Tuesday, the consumption of eggs (or Peas) in the form of pancakes (to use them up before the fasting period of Lent), meat was eaten on Collop Monday as collops are chunks of meat
17 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY,GRACIOUS REBEL!*****
MARDIS GRAS!
Shrove Tuesday
International Pancake Day / Paczki Day
"My Way" Day
17-18 Westminster Dog Show, New York City

18 ASH WEDNESDAY Beginning of Lent

TRIPLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOPHS *****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMPBELLITE*****
***** HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, NORTH EAST QUINE *****
Feast of St. Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome
Death of MARTIN LUTHER, Monk and Reformer of the Church
Pluto Day (for people in New Mexico, it is STILL a planet! And here I was, thinking Pluto was a Disney character!)
Battery Day (Volta’s Birthday)
National DRINK WINE Day! (on the first day of Lent?)
19 CHINESE NEW YEAR of the Goat
Temporary Insanity Day
Mint Chocolate Day
20 Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
Love your pet Day
World Day for Social Justice
21 Feast of St. Peter Damien, bishop and Doctor of the Church
22 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARRIETTY*****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CARYS *****
George Washington's Birthday (US)
The DAYTONA 500 RACE, Daytona, Florida
The 87th Academy Awards, Los Angeles, CA
Walking the Dog Day
23 Feast of St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr
The flag was raised at Iwo Jima Day
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
24 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DYFRIG *****
Feast of St. Matthias, disciple chosen to replace Judas
Spay Day USA
Flag Day/Dia de la Bandera (Mexico)
National Cupcake Day (Canada)
National Tortilla Chip Day
Obnoxious Day
Cuddle Day
25 BRIT AWARDS, O2, London www.brits.co.uk
Inconvenience yourself Day
26 National Chili Day
Levi Strauss Day
27 National Day of Action (Peace Corps) http://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/advocacy/dayofaction/
27-2 March US Snow Shoe Days
28 National Tooth Fairy Day

[ 31. January 2015, 02:38: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
References to Boy Scouts are USA specific. We don't have "Boy Scouts" here in the UK. They're known simply as "Scouts.

We've never had "Girl Scouts" in this country either.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
In fact the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scout movement has a World Thinking Day on 22nd February annually.
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
"5 Diabetes Sunday" - on a Thursday?
 

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Posted by Polly Plummer (# 13354) on :
 
When I was a Guide I used to think it was a shame there was only one day a year for thinking!
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Let the good times roll!
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Motherboarde! You must have spotted me posting about my 25th wedding anniversary on the Praise board last year, and you've included my wedding anniversary in this thread this year.

That is so kind! Thank you!


 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
Hmmm. I thought we had a policy of not including wedding anniversaries on this thread.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
I love you Spike, yes, I slipped up, again.....(.I'm obviously still a poster in training).

It was my 11th anniversary on the 21st and I didn't mention that.


 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
March is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, Brownielocks.com and the Birthday Lady

March is American Red Cross Month, Deaf History, Irish-American Heritage, Music in our Schools, Colo-rectal Cancer Awareness, Caffeine, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Berry and Cherry, Craft, Eye Donor, Irish American Heritage, Multiple Sclerosis Awareness, Kidney, Nutrition, Social Work, Women's History, Sing with your child, Spring break, Optimism, Play the recorder, Poison Prevention, Save your vision, Social Work, Eye Health Month.

March Sayings:
“When March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb”
“A dry March and a wet May, fill barns with corn and hay”
“As it rains in March, so it rains in June”
“March winds and April showers, bring forth May flowers”

Happy Feast of St. David, patron saint of Wales
Gwyl Dewi Happus abendithion dros benichigyd.
Dewi Sant, gweddia drosom!
to Simon, Gill H, Hugal, Rosemary, Carys, Dyfrig, Welsh Dragon, Seasick, Trisagion, Rev Per Minute, Manda, Psyduck, Pants, Birdie, and other WELSH shipmates.

1 143rd Anniversary of America’s First Park - Yellowstone Park
Beer Day
Pig Day
Peace Corps Birthday
Stop the Bad Service Day!
Professional Salesperson's Day
Employee Appreciation Day
1-7 National Procrastination Week
2 Feast of St. Chad (Cedde), Bishop of Lichfield
Commemoration of John and Charles Wesley
Labour Day, Western Australia
Dr. Seuss's birthday
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
3 Feast of St. Non (Nonnita)
National Anthem Singing Day-(the Star Spangled Banner becomes the US National Anthem)
I want to be happy day
4 Feast of St. Casimir
TA’NIT Esther - three-day fast observed by the Jewish people before Purim - celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.
Vivaldi's Birthday
Birthday of Cadbury’s Chocolates (1824)
March Forth and Do Something Day
Hug a GI Day
Pet Sitters Day
5 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LORD PONTIVILLIAN *****
Feast of PURIM-celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia
Feast of St. Piran, Cornwall
Mother in Law day (I’m one, are you?)
5-8 Crufts Dog Show, NEC, Birmingham
6 ****** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ST. EVERILD *****
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
Feast of Saint Collette of Corbie
Michaelangelo’s Birthday
Casmimir Pulaski Day in Illinois (for Mamacita!)
Oreo Cookie’s Birthday (1912)
Dentist's Day
Return all those “borrowed books” week
7 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUGAL *****
Commemoration of Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church
Feast of St. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs
Peace Corps Day
Middle Name Pride Day/Unique Names Day
Monopoly Day
7-15 IDITAROD RACE begins
8 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS SPRING AHEAD!
Commemoration of Edward King, Bishop
International Working Woman's Day
Feast of St. John of God
Uppity Women Day
Learn what your name means day
9 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOAN RASCH *****
Feast of Francis of Rome
Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius
Commemoration of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa
Labour Day, Victoria, Australia and Victoria
Get over it Day
10 Commemoration of Balthaser Hubmaier, reformer
Simnel Sunday, (4th Sunday in Lent when Simnel Cakes are eaten), UK
Salvation Army Day
11 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WELEASE WODERICK *****
Commonwealth Day, Westminster Abbey
Organize your home office day
12 Feast of St Gregory, Pope
Girl Scout Birthday Day
13 Pluto is a Planet Day in New Mexico
World Kidney Day
14 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUGUSTINE THE ALEUT *****
Check your batteries Day
PI Day Pi Day is a holiday commemorating the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is celebrated on March 14 (or 3/14 in month/day date format), since 3, 1 and 4 are the three most significant digits of π in the decimal form.
15 THE IDES OF MARCH assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC
Buzzards Day - Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio
16 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMA LOUISE*****
Goddard Day (of course named for Ancient Mariner!)
Mothering Sunday UK
The Feast of St. Urho, patron of Finland
Lips Appreciation Day
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day
16-22 Shakespeare Week
17 The Feast of St. Patrick
Campfire Girls Day
18 **** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EIGON *****
Sun-Earth Day
Feast of Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor
Commemoration of St. Edward, King of the West Saxons
Commemoration of Anselm
Forgive your Mother and Dad Day
19 The Feast of St. Joseph, carpenter
The Swallows return to Capistrano Day
National Quilting Day
20 Vernal Equinox - WELCOME SPRING!
Proposal Day / Kiss your fiance’ day
Feast of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindsfarne, 687
International Astrology Day
Alien Abduction Day (started in Toronto at the Toronto Alien Festival)
20-22 Sherlock Holmes Weekend
21 Feast of Thomas Cramner, Archbishop of Canterbury, martyr, 1556
Feast of St. Benedict, abbot
International Day of Forest and the Tree
National Common Courtesy Day
Single Parents Day
Flower Day
Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination
22 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEROFF *****
Feast of Johnathan Edwards
International Goof Off Day!
World Day for Water
22-28 Consider Christianity Week
23 World Meteorological Day
24 Feast of Gabriel, Archangel, patron of postal and telephone workers
Harry Houdini Day
25 Feast of the Annunciation
The TICHBORNE DOLE day is one of the eccentric British traditions and dates back to the thirteenth century given to the poor by the family.
Heathrow Airport opened in 1948
International Day for the remembrance of Victims of Slavery
J. R. Tolkein Reading Day
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland
26 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICOLEMR *****
Richard the Lionhearted fatally wounded in France
Legal Assistants Day
Quirky Country Music Song Title Day
Make up your own holiday day
27 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, REV PER MINUTE *****
KICK BUTTS DAY - Stop Smoking!
28 Weed Appreciation Day ???
Earth Hour Day www.earthhour.org
29 BRITISH SUMMER TIME BEGINS - Spring Ahead 1 hour!

***** PALM SUNDAY *****
Beginning of Holy Week
Coca-Cola was introduced in 1886
30 Death of the Queen Mum (2002)
Honesty Day
31 Commemoration of John Donne
Eiffel Tower is officially opened in 1889
Commemoration of Francis Asbury, Bishop
Orange’s and Lemon’s Children’s Service at St Clements Dane

Here's The Old Nursery Rhyme:
Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St Clement’s
 You owe me five farthings, Say the bells of St Martin’s
 When will you pay me? Say the bells of Old Bailey
 When I grow rich, Say the bells of Shoreditch
 When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney
I’m sure I don’t know, Says the great bell at Bow
Here comes a candle to light you to bed
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head
Chop, chop, chop, chop, the last man’s head!
 

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Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
A slight hiccough has occurred, the 10th March is a Tuesday and therefore cannot be the 4th Sunday in Lent. Having checked with The Independent and the more customary BBC page, I think you are five days early.

I know most inconsiderate of these Christians to have festivals that are set by the moon and the day of the week rather than being strictly calendrical.


Jengie

[ 28. February 2015, 17:22: Message edited by: Jengie jon ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
16 March would make it Mothering Monday
11 March is UK National No Smoking Day

(We also have World Book Day on 5 March and Red Nose Day on 13 March)
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
16th March is indeed a Monday. Mothering Sunday is on the 15th. I would also point out that Mothering Sunday isn't just in the UK as stated. It's a worldwide festival in the church calendar.

March the 8th may well be the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in the USA, but not necessarily in other parts of the world

[ 01. March 2015, 16:09: Message edited by: Spike ]
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
QuakerCub's birthday is March 30!
 

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Posted by Joan Rasch (# 49) on :
 
The Ides of March also mark my 40th wedding anniversary.
/Joan in snowy Boston
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
Today used to be St Non's Day.

The Church in Wales now mark it this Thursday 5th March

(St Non, mother of St David)
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
I need to start screaming....
I look at Time and date on multiple UK sites and they mess me up every time.
Spike, would you change some things for me?

I'm going to go out and scream now.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
QuakerCub's birthday is March 30!
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Chastmastr,

I've asked my darling Spike to change it, so if will be on the list.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
Aha! Since he's not posted in so long (which he is eager to change once he gets his password sent to his current e-mail address) he is not eligible for a birthday mention this time. But next year!
 

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Posted by Doublethink. (# 1984) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
I need to start screaming....
I look at Time and date on multiple UK sites and they mess me up every time.
Spike, would you change some things for me?

I'm going to go out and scream now.

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Originally posted by Doublethink.:

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
I need to start screaming....
I look at Time and date on multiple UK sites and they mess me up every time.
Spike, would you change some things for me?

I'm going to go out and scream now.

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Why not just link to an online almanac (or small set of almanacs) and have shipmates post their own birthdays as they come up ?

It looks like this thread must be quite onerous for you to maintain.

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• UK & Major Religious Holidays
• US & Major Religious Holidays
• The Old Farmer's Almanac
• Chinese Almanac
• Panchangam
• Nautical Almanac (US)
• On This Day in History
• Awareness Day Calendar

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Originally posted by Ariel:

A Happy St Patrick's Day to all, btw.

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Originally posted by Ariel:
It isn't the day he was enslaved. It's supposed to be the day he died.

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It's also the day I was confirmed (in Ireland). Have a good one, everybody!
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
APRIL is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, Brownielocks.com, and the Birthday Lady. 

April is Autism Awareness, ASPCA, Cancer Control, Couple Appreciation, Car Care, Card and Letter writing, Child Abuse, Defeat Diabetes, Frog, Fair Housing, Financial Literacy, Grilled Cheese, Holy Humor, Home Improvement, I.B.S., Jazz Appreciation, Decorating, DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education, Donate Life, National Garden, Kite, Occupational Therapy, Parkinson’s Awareness, Poetry, Pet, Poetry, Soy Foods, Prevent Animal Cruelty, Rosacea Awareness, Stress Awareness, Straw Hat, Women’s Eye Health, Workplace Conflict Awareness and School Spirit, Worldwide bereaved spouse awareness Month.

1 *****THE SHIP OF FOOLS FOUNDED 1998 *****
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIP OF FOOLS!

April Fool’s Day / All Fools Day
Huntingwowk Day (Scotland)
April Noddy Day (UK)
Feast of Fools (France)
St. Stupid Day http://www.saintstupid.com/event.html#newz
Atheist Day
Poetry and Creative Mind Day
Tongue Twister Day
National Fun at Work day
2 MAUNDY THURSDAY
****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAHLOVE *****
Feast of St. Francis of Paola, Hermit
Death of John Paul II (2005)
World Autism Day
PB & J Day
3 GOOD FRIDAY
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MIFFY *****
Hot Cross Bun service at St Batholomew the Great, Smithfield, London at 11:30
Midgeley Egg Play at Calder Valley, West Yorks
Commemoration of Richard of Chichester, Bishop of Chichester
Tweed Day
Walk to work Day
4 HOLY SATURDAY
Feast of St. Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, Patron of Librarians and of the Internet.
National Love our Children Day
Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King (1968)
School Librarian Day
Vitamin C Day
4-11 PASSOVER - celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt

5 HAPPY EASTER
Bona Pasqua, Pask Lowen, Vesele’ Velikonoce, God paske, Joyeuses paques, Frohe Ostern, Chag Pascha same’ach, Buona Pasqua, Fukkatsu-sai omedeto gozaimasu, Prospera Pascha sit, Wesolych swiat wielkanocynych, Wesolego Alleluja!, Xristos voskres, voistinu voskres, A’Chaisg sona, Felices Pascuas!, Pasq Hapus

Daffodil Sunday
Daylight Savings Time ends (Australia)
National Deep Dish Pizza Day 
6 EASTER MONDAY
***** DOUBLE BIRTHDAY! *****
****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRITS*****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INGOB *****
Egg Rolling across the country
Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking, Leicestershire
London Harness Parade, London
World Coal Carrying Festival, Gawthorpe, Yorks
New Beers Eve Day (end of prohibition)
Tartan Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Day
Hostess Twinkie Day
Army Day
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martyr, Lutheran pastor, theologian, Anti-Nazi
Feast of St. John Baptist de la Salle, patron of school teachers 
World Day of Prayer for Vocation
Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting for the Addicted
Dyngus Day
7 Hocktide Festival, Hungerford, Berks
Dick Turpin is hanged at Tyburn
National Beer Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Beer's_Eve
8 Pablo Picasso died
9 Winston Churchill Day
Be Kind to Lawyers Day
National Cherish an Antique Day
9-12 The Masters Golf Tournament (US)
10 GOOD FRIDAY (Orthodox)
Salvation Army Founders Day
Golfers Day
National Sibling Day
ASPCA DAY
11 HOLY SATURDAY (Orthodox)
Cheese Fondue Day 
Birth of George Augustus Selwyn, First Bishop of New Zealand (1878)
Barbershop Quartet Day
National Pet Day

12 ORTHODOX EASTER Kaló Páscha, Christos Anesti

D.E.A.R. (Drop everything and READ) Day
Walk on your Wild side
Tax Freedom Day
Licorice Day
13 Blame Someone Else Day
Scrabble Day
Vote Lawyers out of office Day
Feast of St. Martin, Pope and Martyr
14 St. Tiburtius Day, martyr
National Dolphin Day (Here’s to you, Dolphy!)
International Moment of Laughter Day
15 Income Tax Deadline Day (US)
World Art Day
Birthday of Leonardo Da Vinci
16 Feast of St. Bernadette, patron saint of shepherds, witness of miracle of Fatima
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
World Grits Day (Is it FAIR that she gets TWO DAYS for herself this month?!) 
National Library Day
Teach your daughter to volunteer
17 Ellis Island Family History Day/Family History Day
National Stress Awareness Day
Bat Appreciation Day (Emergence from hibernation)
Haiku Poetry Day
18 HUSBAND APPRECIATION DAY
International Amateur Radio Day
Wear your P.J.s to work day
Stress Awareness Day
Rekindle your romance day
Adult Autism Day
18-26 American National Park Week
19 Primrose Day - A Commemoration of Disraeli by Queen Victoria
Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr (1012)
Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day
20 London Harness Horse Parade, Ardingly, West Sussex
Hare Pie Scramble and Bottle Kicking, (an unruly rugby game between Hallaton and Medbourne) in Hallaton
World Coal Carrying Championship, Gawthorpe
Husband Appreciation Day
21 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QLIB*****
Real Birthday of Queen Elizabeth 2
Feast of St. Anselm, Bishop and Doctor
Secretary’s Day
Clergy Day
22 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THURIBLE*****
Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day)
Mother Earth Day
“In God We Trust” Day
National Jelly Bean day
23 Feast of St. George, Martyr, and Patron Saint of England, patron of horses, equestrians, farmers, Boy Scouts, invoked against plague and leprosy
TALK LIKE SHAKESPEARE DAY! FORSOOTH!
Shakespeare’s Birth and Death
451st ANNIVERSARY OF SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY
23-25 The Gathering of the Nations, PowWow and Dance Contest in Albuquerque, New Mexico
24 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WESLEY J*****
Feast of St. Adalbert, Bishop and Martyr,
Feast of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Priest and Martyr
Class 2 Day for the Seven Martyred Melanesian Brothers (2003)
25 ANZAC DAY
Spring Astronomy Day
Arbor Day
Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist
DNA was discovered
Red Hat Society Day
National Hairball Awareness Day
26 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY !
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SNOWGOOSE*****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMORYA *****
HUG AN AUSTRALIAN DAY
Do Dah Day (Pasadena, California) http://pasadenadoodahparade.info
Pretzel Day
National Herb Day
25-26 Just Pray NO! Worldwide Weekend Of Prayer
27 Eeyore’s birthday
National teach your children to save day
Feast of St. Zita, patroness of servants, housemaids, invoked to find lost keys
28 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WELSH DRAGON *****
Biological Clock Day
Kiss Day / Kiss your Mate Day
Feast of Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Patron of Europe
Puppetry Day (bring your sock puppets?)
29 National Dance Day
30 Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
International Guide Dogs Day
National Animal Advocacy Day
Dia de los Ninos / Dia de los Libros Day
Walpurgis Night-Celebration of Spring in (Europe add Scandanavia) with bonfires and carnivals
Beltane
National Honesty Day (aka Honest Abe Day)
Bugs Bunny Day
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
Don't forget, QuakerCub's birthday is Monday.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:

1 *****THE SHIP OF FOOLS FOUNDED 1998 *****
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHIP OF FOOLS!

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That's the date the website started. Ship of Fools had been around for a long time before that.

I should also point out that the correct title is simply "Ship of Fools" - there's no "The" in the title.
 

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Posted by North East Quine (# 13049) on :
 
Apparently today, April 14, is International Be Kind to Lawyers Day.

I'm a non-practising lawyer, but am still willing to receive gifts of chocolate.

Don't all rush.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I used to work for a firm of lawyers, and I think it would have been more appropriate for them to have a "be kind to your typist" day".


 

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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 
[url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Professionals%27_Day]Administrative Professionals Day[/url] is coming up soon.

ETA: Stupid Wikipedia link. Ugh.

[ 14. April 2015, 19:48: Message edited by: RuthW ]
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Is this the observance you were referring to, Ruth?

Sadly, our URL links don't like apostrophes.

Piglet, AS host

PS I think Administrative Professionals' Day is an excellent idea.
 

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Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :
 
Today (the 14th) is National Library Workers Day. My evil lords and masters gave us all tee shirts to celebrate.

National Library Workers Day
 

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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
Ten years on board today. I have learned, laughed and evened teared a bit. Thank you.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Motherboard has been a little bit busy........sorry!

May is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, Brownielocks and the Birthday Lady

MAY is ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Arthritis Awareness, Borderline Personality, Better Hearing and Speech, Brain Tumor Awareness, Celiac awareness, Carrots and Cauliflower, Clean Air, Cystic Fibrosis, Family Wellness, Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness, Heal the Children, Healthy Vision, Huntington’s Disease Awareness, International Civility Awareness, Lupus Awareness, Allergy and Asthma Awareness, Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention, Bike, Egg, Foster Care, Gifts of the garden, Good Car Keeping, Hamburger, Hepatitis Awareness, Homeschooling, Jewish-American Heritage, Neurofibromatosis Awareness, Mental Health, Microchip your pet month, Military Appreciation, Moving, Osteoporosis Prevention, Pet, Photo, Physiotherapy, Smile, Salad, Salsa, Stroke Awareness, Spiritual Literacy, Tennis, Vinegar, Older Americans, Potatoes, Revise your work schedule, Skin Cancer, Stuttering Awareness, Tay-Sachs, Tourette Syndrome, Ultra Violet Awareness, Women’s Health Care Month

Interesting May Superstitions and Traditions:
“Marry in May and you’ll rue the day”
“Wash a blanket in May, wash a dear one away”
“A wet May makes a load of hay, a cold May fills the barn with hay”
“Mis in May, heat in June, makes harvest come right soon”


May to September Well Dressing in Derbyshire
1 MAY DAY!
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
Feast Day of St. Joseph (1st Century), revered as the patron saint of all workers. (If you live in New Mexico it is customary to plant hollyhocks outside the kitchen door)
Stepmothers Day (for all of US who are!)
Feast of Saints Philip and James
Feast of San Peregrino patron of those suffering from cancer.
Beltaine/Beltane. the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on 1 May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Rituals were performed to protect the cattle, crops and people, and to encourage growth. Special bonfires were kindled,
2 Feast of St. Athanasius
Sibling Appreciation Day
Robert’s Rules of Order Day
2-4 Rochester Sweeps Day, Kent, England
3 SECOND PASSOVER. Thirty days ago we cleaned our homes and souls of leaven, and matzahed our way through the week-long festival of Passover. And now, Pesach Sheni—a Second Passover!Stilton Cheese Rolling, Stilton, England
Hug your cat Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
3-9 BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WEEK
4 STAR WARS DAY ----And May the Fourth be with You!
Feast of Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation
National Labyrinth Day
Naked Gardening Day
Feast of St. Florian, patron of brewers, chimney sweeps and firemen, invoked against drowning, he was an officer in Roman army,and drowned for his faith.
National Homebrew Day
Motorcycle Mass and Blessing of the Bikes Day
National Family Week
National Hospital Week
4-8 PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
5 HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO! (Erin’s favorite!)
Happy Cartoonist Day to Simon and Dave Walker
International Midwives Day
World Laughter Day
Update your references week
6-7 LAG B’OMER - reminds us of the link between Passover, which commemorates the Exodus, and Shavu'ot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah. It reminds us that the redemption from slavery.
Jewish holiday that (begins at sunset on the 9th) celebrates life of Rabbi Simons, a Kabbalah scholar, with an imperative theme of love and respect for one another.
National Teacher Day
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses Day/RN Recognition Day
7 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MSHB *****
National Train Day (Anniversary of US transcontinental railway)
The New Jerusalem Church (commonly known as Swedenborgianism) formally established in London 1787
8 Feast of St. Michael
Furry (Cornish for Fair) Day, Furry (Cornish Floral Dance) Day Dance, Helston, England
Fete de Victoire, (France)
Donate a Day’s wages to Charity day
National Teacher Day
VE Day
World Red Cross Day
Feast of St Julian of Norwich -
whose famous quote is (“all will be well, and all will be well and all matters of things will be well”)
Care Provider Day
9 Bereaved Mother’s Day and Birthmother’s Day
10 Mother’s Day (US)
Dia de la Madre
Feast of the Blessed Damien of Molokai
Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa
Lupus Day
11 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEREN HAPPUCH *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARABELLA PURITY WINTERBOTTOM *****
Child Care Provider Day
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day
12 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TORTUF *****
Babysitters Day
Hug your cat today
Limerick Day
World Belly Dance Day (just for you, Janine)
13 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGLET *****
First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, 1917
14 Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle
Stars and Stripes forever Day
15 Feast of St Dymphna, patron of asylums and mental health workers, invoked against epilepsy, insanity and sleepwalking
Feast of San Isidro, patron of farmers, workers and ranchers, invoked for rain.
National Chocolate Chip Day
International Day of Families
16 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAMACITA *****
Feast of San Juan Nepomuceno, patron of bridges, bridge builders, Bohemia and confessors, invoked against slander.
O Henry “Pun-Off” Day
Bike to Work Day
Learn how to swim Day
17 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY YANGTZE *****
Feast of San Pasqual the patron of cooks and the kitchen, invoked against sad spirits
World Neurofibromatosis Day
18 Feast of Erik, King of Sweden, Martyr, 1160
I Love “Reese’s Peanut Butter Candy” day
Visit your relatives Day
Armed Forces Day
International Museum Day
19 Feast of St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988
National Museum Day
Armed Forces Day
20 Feast of Alcuin of York, Deacon and Abbott
21 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY! JAMES THE CONFIDENT *****
Feast of Our Lady of Light, prayed to by soldiers requesting guidance as they go into battle.
END OF THE WORLD / RAPTURE PARTY DAY 
(Harold Camping prediction) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping

21-31 Hay Philosophy and Music Festival “How the light gets in”, Hay-on-Wye, England
22 Feast of St Rita, patron of desperate causes, abused women, invoked against infertility, loneliness, unhappy marriage and spousal infidelity.
Victoria Day (Canada)
World Goth Day
23 National Crohn’s and Colitis Day
23-25 SHAVOUT, Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues
24 Feast of John and Charles Wesley, 1791 and 1788, Evangelists and Hymn Writers
Feast of St. Cyril and Methodius
Empire Day/Commonwealth Day (UK)
Brother’s Day
25 Memorial Day (US) observed
Feast of the Venerable Bede
Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling, Coopers Hill, UK
TOWEL DAY -a tribute to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Nerd and Geek Pride Day
Cookie Monster’s Birthday
National Tap Dance Day
26 Pray for Peace Memorial Day
Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury
27 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUIA *****
Feast of St. Melangeli
Prayer for Peace Memorial Day
Honor your Ancestors Day
28 Feast of San Bernardo, patron of skiers and mountain climbers
Ian Fleming born in 1908
29 Feast of John Calvin
Oak/Apple Day (Pinch Bum Day) in remembrance of return of the monarch, King Charles in 1660
30 Feast of Joan of Arc, patroness France and the military.
Death of King Arthur in 542
Feast of St. Eusebius, early church father
31 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HILDA OF WHITBY *****
Holy Pentecost (Orthodox)
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Elizabeth
World "NO TOBACCO" Day
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:
13 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGLET *****
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It's very kind of you, Motherboarde, but my birthday's actually on 10th February, and I haven't quite reached the social status of having more than one ...


 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde:

1 MAY DAY!
Feast Day of St. Joseph (1st Century), revered as the patron saint of all workers.

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14 Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle

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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
March 19 is the feast of St Joseph, spouse of the BVM, or summat like that. May 1st is indeed the Feast of St Joseph the Worker (in another avatar of a working man/carpenter)

Same Joe though.

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Ah OK. So he gets two feast days, just like Piglet gets two birthdays!
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I must remember to tell D. about that - more presents ...
 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 
May 8 is also the birthday of Blessed Erin.

Moo
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
June is brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee, and the Birthday Lady.

June is National Dairy, Adopt a shelter Cat, Audio Book, Black Music, Camping, Cancer from the Sun, Celibacy Awareness, Child Vision Awareness, Dairy Alternative, Declare WAR on Alcoholism!,Effective Communication, Fireworks Safety, Fragile-X Awareness, Fruit and Veggies, GLBT Pride, Great Outdoors, Childhood Cancer, Lane Courtesy, Lemon and Mango, Perennial Garden, Turkey Lovers, Bathroom Reading, Iced Tea, Rivers, Rose, Safety, Scoliosis, Smile, Soul Food, Potty Training Awareness, Rebuild Your Life, Student safety, Turkey Lovers, Vision Research, World Naked Bike Ride, Women's Infertility, Zoo and Aquarium Month.

Well-Dressing, Derbyshire
1 DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CATRINE *****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PEARL B-4 SWINE *****
Feast of St. Justin, martyr
Atlantic Hurricane Season begins in the US!
Stand for Children Day
Heimlich Maneuver Day
Say Something Nice Day
2 Western Australia Day
Feast of St. Erasmus
Bubba Day
National Running Day
Yell "Fudge" at Cobras Day
3 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JACK THE LASS *****
National Running Day
3-14 Sydney Film Festival (NSW)
5 Feast of St. Boniface, Archbishop of Canterbury
Hot Air Balloon Day
National Cancer Survivor’s Day
Headache Awareness Week
Scandanavian Evangelical Lutheran Augsburg Synod in North America founded
World Environment Day
5-7 America’s Cup Yacht Race (first event)
6 D-DAY, Normandy!
Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension (Orthodox)
Queen’s Birthday (AUS)
Belmont Stakes Horse Race, US
St. Norbert
National Day (Sweden)
Cake Day
7 Feast of Corpus Christi
Charles Spurgeon preached his last sermon in 1891
Cancer Survivor's Day
Cairns Airport IRONMAN Contest (QLND)
7-13 Jim Thorpe Native American Games
Headache Awareness Week
8 Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Best Friends Day
World Ocean's Day
9 TRIPLE BIRTHDAY!
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PANTS*****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BASSO*****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNY ANN*****
Feast of St. Columba, missionary to Scotland and Northern England, founder of Iona
10 United Church of Canada formed in 1925
Presbyterian Church formed in US, 1893
National Iced Tea Day
11 Feast of Barnabas the Apostle
National Cotton Candy Day
12 Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Superman Day http://www.newsarama.com/17874-june-12-is-man-of-steel-day-free-superman-comics.html
LOVING DAY www.lovingday.org
12-22 Dark Mofo (TAS) www.darkmofo.net.au
13 Feast of St. Antony of Padua, Patron of Portugal, the harvest, poor, spinsters invoked against infertility and those looking for lost objects
Abused Women and Children Awareness Day
Trooping of the Color, Queen’s Birthday http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk
World GIN DAY! (for shipmates who love it)
World BIKE NAKED! Day ???
World against Child Labor Day
13-21 Worldwide Knit and Crochet in Public Week
14 TRIPLE BIRTHDAY!
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMAZING GRACE*****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCROEDINGER'S CAT *****
*****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARISTON *****
Flag Day (US)
US Army's Birthday
World Blood Donor Day
Family History Day
15 Magna Carta Day
WORLDWIDE DAY OF GIVING www.yearofgiving.org
National Day of prayer for Law Enforcement Officers
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
15-21 US Open Golf Championship
16 Feast of Richard of Chichester, bishop
17 Birth of John Wesley in 1703
TAMMUZ - The 17th Day of Tammuz, Jewish feast of mourning for the destruction of Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
EAT YOUR VEGETABLES Day!
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
18 International Sushi Day
19 Council of Nicea closes in 325
Work @ Home Father’s Day
World Sauntering Day
‘Juneteenth’ (US) (Liberation of slaves day)
19-21 V8 Supercars (NT) Darwin,
20 National Flip Flop Day
21 THE SUMMER SOLSTICE Welcome, Summer! at 6:51 AM
Father’s Day (US and UK)
Dia del Padre (Mexico)
National Daylight Appreciation Day
World Music Day
Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Patron of Youth
22 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TREE BEE *****
Feast of St. Alban, first British martyr in 209
Feast of John Fisher, bishop
Feast of Thomas More, martyr
Feast of San Acacio, invoked against headaches
"It's a Stupid Guy Thing" Day
23 Feast of Etheldreda, abbess
Feast of San Juan Bautista, patron of auto routes, candlemakers, farriers, health spas, workers in leather and wool.
First Methodist conference begins, 1744
United Church of Christ formed in 1865
Commemoration of the Augsburg Confession 479 years ago
International Widow’s Day
Pink Flamingos Day (as lawn ornaments) day
24 St. Jean-Baptiste Day (CA and Quebec)
International Fairy Day or Faerie Day http://www.faemagazine.com/international-faerie-day/
25 Global Beatles Day http://globalbeatlesday.com/globalbeatlesday/Global_Beatles_Day.html
Take your PET to work day
26 UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Take your dog to work Day
27 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TALIESIN *****
National HIV Testing Day
Birthday of Helen Keller
Great American Camp Out Day
28 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NANNY OGG *****
Lutheran Church in US is formed, 1962
Feast of St. Ireaneus, bishop
Great American Backyard Campout Day
Take your CHILD to work day
Paul Bunyan Day
29 Feast of San Pedro, patron of boat builders, clockmakers, fisherman, invoked against fever, foot trouble and wolves. Gatekeeper of heaven
Feast of St. Peter and Paul
Please take MY children to work day!
Library Advocacy Day
30 Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
Meteor Day
National Ice Cream Soda Day
 

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Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on :
 
Regiments troop the Colour; Trooping of the Colour is a refusal to consider that troop is also a verb.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
There's no such thing as Trooping of the Colour. The correct name is Trooping the Colour. There's no "of" in the name. I'm sure I've pointed this out before.

[ 01. June 2015, 23:03: Message edited by: Spike ]
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Today's the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day...


 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
Happy birthday to my fellow celebrants today. Hope you both had a beautiful one.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
JULY is brought to you by the Birthday Lady, Spike, the Saints Coordinating Committee and Brownielocks.com

JULY is Air Conditioning Appreciation, Bioterrorism/Disaster Education and Awareness, Blueberries, Cell Phone Courtesy, Cord Blood Awareness, Dog Days, Freedom from Fear of Speaking, Family Reunion, Garlic, Hotdog, Herbal and Prescription Awareness, Juvenile Arthritis, Women with Alopecia, Child-Centered Divorce, Grilling, ICE CREAM!!!, Horseradish, Hot Dog, Mango and Melon, Make a Difference to Children, National Park and Recreation, Social Wellness, Share a Sunset with your Lover, Tour de France, Worldwide bereaved parents, Women’s Motorcycle Month.
Well-Dressing Continues in Britain until September

July Weather Lore
“If the first of July it be rainy weather
“Twill rain more or less for four weeks together”

1 Canada Day
Feast of John and Henry Venn, priests
Second Half of the Year Day
Feast of Oliver Plunkett, bishop and martyr
Princess Diana's birthday
Postal Worker Day
999 Emergency service introduced in Britain in 1937
Registration of births, marriages and deaths begin in Britain 1837
2 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CURIOUS *****
Robe of the Theotokos, (Orthodox)
World UFO Day
I forgot Day
International Chicken Wing Day
3 Feast of Thomas the Apostle, Patron of Architects, builders, construction workers, carpenters, geometricians, masons. Invoked against blindness and doubt.
Stay out of the sun day!
3-5 UFO Festival, Roswell, New Mexico http://www.ufofestivalroswell.com
4 Independence Day, Fourth of July (US)

Collect for Independence Day and Prayer for the Nation
Lord God Almighty, in whose Name the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us, and lit the torch of freedom for nations then unborn: Grant that we and all the people of this land may have grace to maintain our liberties in righteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
Lord God Almighty, you have made all the peoples of the earth for your glory, to serve you in freedom and in peace: Give to the people of our country a zeal for justice and the strength of forbearance, that we may use our liberty in accordance with your gracious will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. AMEN

Independence day from MEAT day?
Feast of Our Lady of Refuge
National Barbeque Day
5 First Day of NAIDOC Week (Australia)
6 INTERNATIONAL KISSING DAY !
Earth at Aphelion at 8 PM
Feast of Thomas More, Scholar
Feast of John Fisher, bishop, martyr
Tynwald Day, Isle of Man
Take your Webmaster to lunch day
7 Global Forgiveness Day http://www.ceca.cc/global_forgiveness_day/
Chocolate Day
Father-Daughter take a walk together day
Tell the Truth Day!
8 International Town Criers Day
10 Pina Colada Day
Don't step on a bee day
Teddy Bear’s Picnic Day
10-12 TAOS Pueblo Pow-Wow and Dances, Taos, New Mexico
11 Feast of St. Benedict of Mercia, Abbot and patron of Europe, Architects, the dying, farm workers, monks and servants.Invoked against gallstones, poison and witchcraft.
Swimming Pool Day
Cheer up the Lonely Day
“Slurpee” Day/7-11’s Birthday http://freebies.about.com/od/freefood/p/free-slurpee-day.htm
12 Feast of Saint Veronica, patroness of launderesses
Battle of the Boyne, Northern Ireland
13 Embrace your GEEKINESS Day!
Orange Men’s Day, Northern Ireland
National French Fries Day
Gruntled Workers Day (as opposed to DIS-gruntled?)
First Live Aid Concert, 1985
14 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VIOLA*****
Feast of Camio de Lelis. Patron of hospitals, nurses and the sick, invoked against gambling.
Fête de la Bastille (France)
Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Lily of the Mohawks, first Native American saint
Chick-fil-A’s Cow Appreciation Day ( dress like a cow and get a free sandwich)
14-18 Swan-Upping, Thames River
15 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHIVE*****
Feast of St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester
"St. Swithun’s Day, if thou dost rain, for 40 days it will remain,
St. Swithun’s Day, is thou be fair, for 40 days ‘twill rain nae mair”
National ICE CREAM! day
Don't be a Dork Day
Global Hug your Kid Day
16 Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, patroness of the souls in Purgatory
Feast of St. Osmund, bishop
17 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALUTE TO ANCIENT MARINER*****
18 Feast of Elizabeth, First Deaconess of the Church of England, founder of the Community of St. Andrew, 1883
International Nelson Mandela Day
National Hot Dog Day
19 Sunday of the Holy Fathers (Orthodox)
Feast of St, Gregory of Nyssa, bishop
Feast of St. Macrina, deaconess
19-20 Celebration of the Horse Day
20 Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4 Century
Feast of Batholome de las Casas, missionary
Moon Day
21 THE FEAST OF THE BELOVED ST. SIMEON! the Patron Saint of the Ship of Fools
Feast of St. Librada, Patroness of liberated women, invoked against men. Crucified by her father for not marrying his choice of suitors
Euston Railway Station opened in 1837
22 Feast of Mary Magdalene, Patroness of contemplatives, fallen women, glovers, hairdressers and perfumers. Much maligned women, but defended by Christ and witnessed to his resurrection
Casual PI Day (22/7)
Spooners or Spoonerism Day
Gorgeous Grandmothers Day (like me, of course!)
Hot enough for you ? Day
23 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAN CRESSWELL ******
Feast of St. Bridget, Patroness of Europe
Batman Day http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2014/04/29/dc-entertainment-declares-july-23-batman-day
24 Cousins Day
25 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ST. GWLADYS *****
Feast of St. Christopher’s, Patron Saint of Travelers
Feast of James the Apostle. St. James’ Day/Grotto Day
”Please remember the Grotto - it’s only once a year
Father’s gone to sea, Mother’s gone to bring him back, so please remember me”
Feast of San Cristobal, Patron of bachelors, bus drivers, ferry pilots, horsemen, police officers, truck drivers and especially travelers. Invoked against nightmares, water perils, plague, sudden death and tempests.
Feast of Santiago de Compostela. Patron of Guatemala, Spain, Nicaragua, veterinarians, horsemen laborers, furriers, soldiers. Invoked against arthritis, rheumatism
Whitstable Oyster Festival, Whitstable, Kent
China Inland Missionary (OMF) founded by J. Hudson Taylor in 1865
26 PARENT’S DAY!
Tish B’Av A day commemorating the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people.
Feast of Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Combined with this feast is the Feast of Santa Ana, Patroness of housewives, grandmothers and cabinetmakers, Grandmother of Jesus
National Day of the Cowboy http://nationaldayofthecowboy.com/wordpress/
27 Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
Take your houseplants for a walk day
28 Aunties Day
World Hepatitis Day
29 Feast of Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of the Lord
Lasagna Day
National Chicken Wing Day
30 *****HAPPY "FOREVER 21" BIRTHDAY, SEASICK*****
Feast of William Wilberforce, social reformer, 1833
International Friendship Day
FATHER-IN-LAW DAY
Cheesecake Day
31 Forefeast of the Holy Cross (Orthodox)
Feast of Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, society of Jesus, Patron of the military and of religious retreats. Invoked against being overly conscientious.
Feast of San Juan Diego, an Aztec native who saw 4 apparitions of Mary on Tepeyac Hill, Mexico
National Chili Dog Day
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
I see it is Debbie Harry's 70th birthday. That's just wrong (and I suppose we should really call her Deborah now) and while she has aged, she has done so very well.

If people are fortunate and look after themselves, seventy must be the new fifty. My s-i-l is similar, which must bring some joy to my brother who has Parkinson's.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
I so agree with you, Sioni Sans.
70 is the new fifty!


 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Eid mubarak!
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
AUGUST is brought to you by brought to you by Spike, the Saints Coordination Committee and the Birthday Lady. 

August is American Adventures, American Indian Heritage, Cataract Awareness, Catfish, Children’s Eye Health, Goat Cheese, Golf, Get Ready for Kindergarden, Immunization Awareness, Panini, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness, Panini, Read a Romance Novel, Truancy Prevention, National truancy, Water Quality, Orange, Papaya, What will be your legacy Month, Win with Civility Month

August - Reading Festival
August-Glenn Miller Festival
August and September-Edinburgh International Festival

1 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROWEN*****
Feast of St. Alphonsus
Commemoration of Mary de Liquori
Feast of St Oswald, King of Northumbria, martyr, 64
Lammas Day / Loaf Mass
Yorkshire Day
Lughnasadh/Lughnasa, beginning of Harvest Season, one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals; along with Samhain, Imbolc and Beltane
Creation Festival-US, Agape Farm, Mt. Union, PA, Tri-Cities, WA (USA)
India Pale Ale Beer Day www.craftbeer.com
Air Force Day
In 1774, Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen
1-2 “Testy Festival” Montana Testicle Festival, Clinton, Montana
1-7 Creation Fest UK, Royal Cornwall Showground in Wadebridge, Cornwall
1-8 EISTEDDFOD! Denbighshire and District, Wales
Simplify your life week
2 Feast of St Eusebius of Vermicelli
Sister’s Day
Friendship Day http://www.friendship.com.au/friendday.html
3 New South Wales Bank Holiday (NSW, AUS)
Northern Territory Picnic Day (AUS)
Heritage Day in Alberta, Canada (CAN)
Civic/Provincial Day (MB, NT, ON, SK, CAN)
New Brunswick Day (New Brunswick, CAN)
British Columbia Day (British Columbia, CAN)
Natal Day (Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, CAN)
Clown Day
3-9 Sturgis, ND Motorcycle Rally
4 Feast of St. John Vianney
The First World War began-1914-1918
National Night out
Single Working Woman’s Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
Coast Guard Day
Social Security Day
Feast of St. Oswald, martyr
5 The Royal St. John’s Regatta (Newfoundland,Labrador, CAN)
Friendship Day
5-8 Gallup, NM. International Tribal Pow-Wow
6 Feast of the Transfiguration (Orthodox)
Hiroshima Day
Pamper Yourself Day
7 Feast of St Sixtus, Pope
Feast of St Cajetan, Patron of gamblers
Commemoration of John Mason Neale, hymn writer
INTERNATIONAL BEER DAY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Beer_Day
7-9 Twins Day twinsday.org in Twinsburg, Ohio
7-31 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
8 Feast of St Dominic, priest and friar, founder of the order of preachers, Patron of astronomers.
Feast of St Denys
Feast of Teresa Benedict of the Cross (Edith Stein), virgin, martyr, patron of Europe
Death of Thomas a Kempis, Dutch mystic and author, 1471
DALEK DAY - (Terry Nation’s birthday, who invented the Daleks) On Dalek Day, we will talk like Daleks, quote Daleks and reference them whenever we get the chance our of respect for Terry Nation, who created the Daleks and died today.
www.sliceofscifi.com/2013/07/09Dalek-day-2013
Feast of Mary Sumner, founder of the Mother's Union, 1921
Happiness Happens Day :smiley:
National CAT DAY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cat_Day
International Hangover Day (always follows International Beer Day)
8-16 Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival info@kettlewellscarecrowfestival.co.uk
9 International Day of the World’s Indigineous People
10 Feast of St Laurence (Lorenzo), Patron of Cooks. librarians and the poor. Martyred because he disobeyed an order to collect treasures for church, then instead gave it to the poor, saying “these are the church’s treasures”.
S’Mores Day www.candyusa.com
Skyscraper Appreciation Day
Smithsonian Day, Smithsonian Museums, Washington, DC
National DURANDURAN Appreciation Day (just for you, PataLeBon) 
International Day of World’s Indigenous People
11 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURATG****
Feast of St Clare, virgin, friend of St Francis of Assisi, Patroness of television, embroiderers and media employees, invoked against sore eyes. 
Commemoration of John Henry Newman, priest, 1890
10-16 ELVIS WEEK! Memphis, Tennessee www.elvis.com
12   DOUBLE BIRTHDAY!
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUGASAW *****
***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PataLeBon *****
Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, nurse and social reformer, 1910
Royal National Agricultural Show Day, Queensland (AUS)
Thank You Day
Formation of the first Moravian community, 1727
IBM PC Day
13 International Left Handers Day www.left-handersday.com
14 Feast of Maxmilian Kolbe, Patron of drug addicts, invoked against drug addiction 
National Navajo Code Talkers Day, US
15 ASSUMPTION THE VIRGIN MARY
VJ Day - World War II ends in 1945
Feast of St Stephen of Hungary
Best Friends Day
16 Feast of the Holy Mandylion of Christ Not Made by Hand (Orthodox) Feast of St Ethelred
National Rollercoaster Day
17 Feast of San Roque, Patron of cattle, doctors, dog lovers and prisoners, invoked against cholera, contagious diseases, skin disease and the plague
Formation of the Christian Association of Washington (Pennsylvania), which later became the Disciples of Christ, the Christian Churches and the Churches of Christ
Discovery Day, (Yukon, CAN)
18 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DJ_ORDINAIRE *****
Feast of St. Helen, patroness of archeologists 
John Bunyan, Puritan preacher, 69, preached his first sermon in 1688
Bad Poetry Day
Mail Order Catalog Day
19 Feast of St Eudes
Feast of Bernard of Clairvaux
Feast of St Bernard, abbot and doctor
Formation of the Christian Union, which later became the Church of God, 1886
Aviation Day
Cupcake Day
20 *****HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOTHLORIEN*****
21 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NUNC DIMITTIS *****
SENIOR CITIZEN’S DAY http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/081988b.htm
Poets Day
Gold Cup Parade (Prince Edward Island, CAN)
22 Red Cross founded in Geneva
Battle of Bosworth, Henry VII defeated Richard III
Take your cat to the vet today!
National Punctuation Day
Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
Be an Angel Day
22-24 Reading Festival, Richfield Avenue
23 Feast of St Rose Of Lima,Patroness of Central and South America, florists, gardeners.
Feast of St Bartholemew, apostle
Feast of St Ebba
Feast of St Louis, King
Feast of St Joseph of Calasanz
Protestantism was formally adopted a the First General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1560
General Council of Nicea ended, 325
Formation of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa, which became the American Lutheran Church, 1854
International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition
Children's Day
24 St Bartholemew’s Bun Race (UK)
Bog Snorkelling Festival, Waen Rhydd Peat Bog, Wales
Wayzgoose Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayzgoose
Vesuvius Day (It erupted today)
Waffle Day
Pluto was Demoted as a Planet Day
25 ***** HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHASTMASTR *****
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DAY (US) Go to a Park and Enjoy our Parks!
25-26 Notting Hill Carnival, London
26  Late Summer Bank Holiday
National Toilet Paper Day http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110826005103/en/Charmin-Breaks-GUINNESS-WORLD-RECORD®-National-Toilet#.VbkRbXjBFFJ
Woman's Equality Day
National Dog Day http://www.nationaldogday.com
27  Feast of St Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
The Gipsy Moth IV with Frances Chichester leaves Plymouth in 1966
28 Feast of St Augustine of Hippo, Patron of brewers and printers. 
National Race your Mouse across the Icon's Day
29 Eat more herbs, USE LESS SALT day!
Commemoration of John Bunyan, teacher, 1688
29-31 England’s Medieval Festival at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex
29-30 International Bat Night
30 Beheading of St John the Baptist (Orthodox)
Forefeast of the Holy Cross (Orthodox)
Feast of Margaret Clitherow, Anne Link and Margaret Ward, virgins and martyrs
Bog Snorkelling Championships, Llanwrtyd Wells, mid Wales
International Whale Shark Day http://cancun.travel/en/2010/08/23/cancun-celebrates-international-whale-shark-day-for-the-third-consecutive-year/
30-31 Faversham International Hop Festival, Faversham, Kent http://www.favershamhopfestival.org
NATIONAL GRIEF AWARENESS DAY
31 The untimely death of Diana, Princess of Wales in France, 1997 (18 years!!!)
Feast of San Ramon Nonato, Patron of Catalonia, childbirth, children, midwives, obstetricians and pregnant women invoked against false accusations.
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Motherboarde, the 3rd August has not been bank holiday in NSW for many years, nor any other date. We do not have official bank holiday here. Your source is out of date.

Many years ago, the Labor Premier of the state abolished bank holiday. There was a huge outcry from public servants who were about the only non bank employees to benefit from the holiday. Other employees in shops etc and other businesses did not get it. It was then surreptitiously added to the raft of public holidays around Christmas. They can still claim the day, but it is not bank holiday.
With advent of cards and ATMs, who needs to visit the bank? Very few cheques are written, cashed or deposited down here in comparison with card and machine use.

Your source is very much out of date.

[ 01. August 2015, 03:25: Message edited by: Lothlorien ]
 

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Posted by Rowen (# 1194) on :
 
Rowen is having a lovely day!
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
The Reading Festival takes place during the August Bank Holiday weekend, so this year is 28th - 30th. You seem to have last year's dates here.
 

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Posted by Kittyville (# 16106) on :
 
Well, I work for a bank in NSW and we have Monday off.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Ditto to Notting Hill Carnival which is August 30th and 31st 2015 - the Bank Holiday weekend

No Greenbelt either.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
It also says at the top, "AUGUST is brought to you by brought to you by..."
 

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Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on :
 
Who is LauraTG? Suspect she had a name change eons ago.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Actually the International Whale Shark Day link seems to refer to 2010. Sorry.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 

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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Who is LauraTG? Suspect she had a name change eons ago.

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Ditto to Notting Hill Carnival which is August 30th and 31st 2015 - the Bank Holiday weekend

No Greenbelt either.

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Originally posted by Kittyville:
Well, I work for a bank in NSW and we have Monday off.

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Kittyville, it used to be a big holiday here, not just bank employees. Civil service, many legal people and anyone else who could wangle it. That is what changed.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
I check Time and Date, Project Britain, and 4 other places for dates and times for every continent and country and I still get it wrong! DAMN, DAMN, DAMN.

Anyone want to volunteer for Australia and New Zealand dates, because obviously, I got it all wrong.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
The times are a'changing and we all have to move on.

This will be the last few days for this thread, but as I said, new things are coming, so watch All Saints for a new thread.

and hugs, Motherboard
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
Thanks for the work and time you have expended, Motherboarde.
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
Thanks, Sweetie,

and hugs,
Motherboarde
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'll second what Loth said - you've put in a heck of a lot of work over the years, MB!
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 

 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I agree wholeheartedly - thanks YOMB, you're a star!


[edited because I seem to have problems recently with three letter words!]

[ 28. August 2015, 03:25: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Thank you for all the work you've put in, Motherboarde.
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Amen to all that.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Yes, indeed!
 

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Posted by Ye Olde Motherboarde (# 54) on :
 
To dear Mamacita and JediJudy, ,Lamb Chopped, Welease and Piglet.
Thank you for all your kind words, I am so touched.

and hugs, MB
 

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