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HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE everybody! May your new year be filled with joy, prosperity and love.
Celebrate You with…
WORLD PEACE MEDITATION DAY brings people of different races, backgrounds and religions together in an effort to promote peace through meditation. This relaxation technique gives us inner wellness while helping to focus on what is important – getting along with our neighbor.
Education and Information
UNIVERSAL HOUR OF PEACE hopes for 60 minutes of global relief from tensions, stress and battles. From 11:30 p.m. on December 31st to 12:30 a.m. on January 1st, prayer circles, candlelight vigils, and meditative gatherings will be held to hopefully herald in a new year of peace. It might be for just one hour, but it’s a start.
For Fun
UNLUCKY DAY is actually a good day. Think about all of your misfortune and unluckiness from this year and then forget about it. Toss it out the window and start the New Year off on the right rabbit’s foot.
Belly up to the Bar
Pop the cork, pour the bubbly and celebrate the New Year with NATIONAL CHAMPAGNE DAY! The genuine stuff comes from the Champagne region of France, but there is nothing wrong with toasting with a bottle of domestic bubbly either.
Sneak Peek at Tomorrow’s Events and Celebrations
New Years Day
World Day of Peace
Apple Gifting Day
Bloody Mary Day
Rose Bowl and Tournament of Roses Parade
National Hangover Day
Polar Bear Plunge Day
On this day…
1905 – The New York Times moved to its new location along Longacre Square in the previous year, and held the first New Year’s celebration in the newly renamed space – Time Square
1983 – Benjamin Ward becomes the first African American to hold the position of New York City Police Commissioner.
1991 – Russia and other former Soviet republics declare themselves independent from the U.S.S.R. -causing the Soviet Union to cease to exist
1999 – We turn control of the Panama Canal over to Panama
2019 – The World Health Organization first learns of “viral pneumonia” cases in Wuhan China – which would later be officially known as COVID-19
Happy Birthday to…
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
This French expressionist artist is known for his works Blue Nude, The Dance II and The Dinner Table
Elizabeth Arden (1878-1966)
This entrepreneurial lady would open her first cosmetics salon in 1910 on 5th Avenue in New York City.
Sir Anthony Hopkins (1937- )
This Welsh box office draw has played a cannibalistic serial killer in Silence of the Lambs (1991), a U.S. president in Nixon (1995) and a movie producer in Hitchcock (2012)
Rosalind Cash (1938-1995)
You can see this lovely actress in her standout roles in The Omega Man (1971), Klute (1971) and Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
John Denver (1943-1997)
His songs stand the test of time and are still sung today – sometimes just on a whim. We will never forget Take Me Home Country Roads, Thank God I’m a Country Boy and Rocky Mountain High
Ben Kingsley (1943- )
Sir Ben Kingsley wowed us in Ghandi (1982), moved us in Schindler’s List (1993) and gave us the chills in Shutter Island (2010)
Val Kilmer (1959- )
His career on the screen started with the spy spoof Top Secret (1984) and saw him playing the parts of Ice Man in Top Gun (1986), Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991) and Doc Holiday in Tombstone (1993). He was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2015 and had surgery which permanently damaged his vocal chords. He was cancer-free by 2016 and has since returned to the big screen.
Gabby Douglas (1995- )
This amazing gymnast was the first American to win individual all-around events and team gold medals as well as the first African American to win the all-around title
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” Matthew 5:43-45
Enjoy the day and make it your own
Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com
#NewYearsEve #UniversalHourofPeace #NationalChampagneDay #WorldPeaceMeditationDay #UnluckyDay #Enjoythedayandmakeityourown
Happy Birthday to #HenriMatisse, #ElizabethArden, #AnthonyHopkins, #RosalindCash, #JohnDenver, #BenKingsley, #ValKilmer, #GabbyDouglas
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