Category: celebrations
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Kev’s Daily Take On 12/03/2024
Detroit Free Press This tagic event occured at a Who concert in Cincinnati on this day in 1979 Religious Holidays FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS OF XAVIER celebrates the man who co-founded the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits. He led several missions through Portugal, India and the far East. He died of a fever on…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 12/02/2024
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Awareness Spotlight shines on… CYBER MONDAY continues the holiday savings with on-line sales and deals. Admittedly, the savings from Black Friday and Cyber Monday have kinda…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 12/01/2024
Orange County Register Rosa Parks being arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus – 1955 Religious Holidays FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT marks the beginning of the Advent season which is set aside to prepare for the coming of Christ – both as a babe in a manger and also to await His…
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Kevs Daily Take On 11/30/2024
blogspot.com Pink Floyd releases The Wall on this day in 1979 Religious Holidays ST. ANDREW’S DAY celebrates the apostle Andrew who is the patron saint for Scotland. He was the first disciple that Christ called, introduced his brother, Peter, to Jesus and was present at most of the momentous events that took place in the…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 11/29/2024
Pinterest The video game insdustry gets it’s start when Atari breaks out Pong in 1972 Awareness Spotlight shines on… NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY celebrate and honors all Native American peoples and their cultures. I have been told that I have some Cherokee blood running through my veins, and yet, I know next to nothing about that…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 11/28/2024
Wallpaper Cave HAPPY THANKSGIVING! THANKSGIVING is upon us. Friends and family get together for fellowship and feast. May both your heart and your table overflow with bounty, warmth and charity. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Awareness Spotlight shines on… Today, at Noon on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth Mass., the NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING will take place. Native Americans…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 11/27/2024
The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – 1924 For Fun NATIONAL JUKEBOX DAY happens on the anniversary of the first one being installed and is brought to us by Touch Tones – a company who digitized this musical marvel. Jukeboxes have changed over the years and so have the songs that go into them, but…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 11/26/2024
Etsy Casablanca premieres in the theater on this day in 1942 Awareness Spotlight shines on… NATIONAL ANTI-OBESITY DAY falls right in the middle of some major food holidays. The national rate of obesity has steadily risen with the year 2000 being the first year for there to be more people who are obese than are…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 11/25/2024
The Hour The family of President John F. Kennedy mourns as his funeral procession passes by on this day in 1963 Awareness Spotlight shines on… INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN cries for these vile attacks to stop. When the Mirabel sisters were executed in the Dominican Republic in 1960 for their political activism,…
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Kev’s Daily Take On 11/24/2024
allocine.fr Mrs. Doubtfire warms the theaters and our hearts on this day in 1993 Religious Holidays CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY is celebrated on the last Sunday of the Catholic liturgical calendar. This reminds us that while our earthly governments and kingdoms come and go, Christ reigns now and forever and exemplifies the traits of a good King…
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