Events and Celebrations

TACKLE KIDS CANCER DAY is our awareness spotlight of the day.  Volunteers, research, donations and caring are what’s needed to help our children against this disease.

We give a tip of the hat to NATIONAL NEONATAL NURSES DAY.  These amazing men and women take care of the youngest of the young.  Thank you for your caring and commitment.

NATIONAL D.A.R.E. DAY has one goal – keep kids away from drugs. Drug Abuse Resistance Education is a solid program that needs to be taught in all of the schools.

ONLINE LEARNING DAY literally puts education at your fingertips.  What are you waiting for? Take that class you always wanted to or go for that degree you’ve been putting off.

NATIONAL FELT HAT DAY has us reaching for that fedora, Stetson or turban as summer gives way to fall and the cooler temps.

The American Public Health Association organized GET READY DAY in 2015.  Are you ready in case disaster strikes?  Check your emergency supplies, plan your escape routes and know what to do – just in case.

INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY started with a story by Peter H. Reynolds about a little girl named Vashti. She was supposed to draw a picture for class but felt she couldn’t.  Her teacher told her to just make a mark and start there – so she drew a dot.  The teacher hung Vashti’s dot on the wall along with the other kid’s drawings.  Vashti was so proud of her dot that she started drawing more and more.  If something seems overwhelming – start with a small solution and grow from there – you got this.

Next, we give a tip of our thinking caps to WORLD ENGINEERS DAY.  Where would we be without these folks tackling the problems and providing solutions we need in life.

WORLD AFRO DAY celebrates the African American heritage and shouts out – Be proud of who you are!

Van Gogh stated, “A picture without a frame is like a body without a soul”.  NATIONAL CUSTOM FRAMING DAY personifies that statement and recognizes the people who enhance our lovely works of art and photographs. 

Welcome to Kev’s Diner – I hope you are hungry.  For our main course we can choose from CHEESE TOAST DAY, NATIONAL LINGUINE DAY, or DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER DAY. I think I will opt for the cheeseburger with mustard, onions and pickles.  For a succulent side there is NATIONAL PAWPAW DAY.  This fruit is native to the U.S. and has a taste somewhere between a mango and a banana. For our dessert of the day, BUTTERSCOTCH CINAMMON PIE DAY will take care of that sweet tooth. And, for that evening topper, CRÈME DE MENTHE DAY will provide a nice, cool, minty, after dinner drink that is sure to relax you after a long day.

On this day…

1853 – Antoinette Blackwell becomes the first woman to be ordained in an organized denomination – she was a minister at the Congregational Church of South Butler in New York

1885 – Constantin Fahlberg receives the patent for making saccharine

1928 – Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1949 – “Hi-Ho Silver and Away” is heard for the first time as the Lone Ranger and Tonto come riding into our living rooms

1963 – The KKK bombs the 16^th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls

1971 – 17 activists set sail on the Phyllis Cormack to protest nuclear testing and start the organization known as Green Peace

1997 – Larry Page and Sergey Brin register the domain – Google.com

2021 – SpaceX sends the first all civilian team into space

Happy Birthday to…

The first African American on the faculty of Harvard and the inventor of the golf tee

The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in America

Our 27^th president who also came up with the idea for a chamber of commerce

She has us asking the question – “Whodunnit?’

Nobel Prize winning economist who figured that the economic decisions of individuals can have an impact on the results of national fiscal policies

No matter his role – he always gives a riveting performance

Academy Award winning director

Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dolphins who threw for over 55,000 yards and 385 touchdowns

The Duke of Sussex is fifth in the royal line of succession

 Enjoy the day and make it your own

Most awesome God, thank you for who you are.  We ask for healing for those young patients with cancer, that they would feel your loving presence and that you would give the skill and talents to the medical staff to heal them.  I ask this in your name, Jesus, Amen.

Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com

Happy birthday to Agatha Christie and Tommy Lee Jones #TackleKidsCancerDay, #NationalNeoNatalNursesDay, #NationalDAREDay, #DoubleCheeseburgerDay, #ButterscotchCinammonPieDay, #WorldEngineersDay #Enjoythedayandmakeityourown