Showing posts with label Cool Dates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cool Dates. Show all posts

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Forget Email, Send Something By Snail Mail For Fun This Week!



January 9th-16th is National Letter Writing Week!
Get out some pens and paper and write someone you love a hand written letter!(Make sure you actually send it to them!)

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Fun With Dates



More Interesting Dates in November...
14th: Claude Monet's Birthday(1840) Go look at some art!

14th-20th: Geography Awareness Week!

15th: America Recycles Day!

17th: Homemade Bread Day! Smells delicious!

19th: Lincoln Gave His Gettysburg Address (1863)

20th: Edwin Hubble's Birthday (1889) Check out space through a telescope!

21st: 1st Hot-Air Balloon Flight (1763)

22nd: Mount St. Helens Erupted (1842) and JFK Assassinated (1963)

23rd: National Cashew Day! Go nuts!

25th: Happy Thanksgiving!!!

30th: Mark Twain's Birthday (1835)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

On This Date....


On November...

4th: King Tut's Tomb Discovered in 1922

5th:The First Automobile Patented in 1885

7th:Day Light Savings Time Ends!

8th-14th:Be Nice It's World Kindness Week!

10th: Sesame Street Premiered in 1969, The Great Wall of China Opened for World Tourism in 1970, and The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Opened in D.C. in 1982

11th: Happy Veterans Day!The First Super Nova Discovered in 1572!

Check Back For More Cool Dates In November!

Did you know that November is: American Indian Heritage Month, Aviation History Month, Child Safety Prevention Month, Diabetes Month, Family Story Month, International Drum Month, And Peanut Butter Lover's Month

Monday, October 4, 2010

Cool Days To Celebrate In October!
October 4-10 World Space Week
October 6th- Thomas Edison Showed The First Motion Picture in 1889
October 8th- The Chicago Fire Started On This Date In 1871

October 10th- King Tut's Treasures Discovered In 1924

October 11th- Columbus Day

October 16th-Dictionary Day

October 18th- Alaska Purchased From Russia In 1867

October 21st- Thomas Edison Invented The Light Bulb In 1879

October 22nd- National Nut Day

October 23rd- Make A Difference Day

October 27th- New York's First Subway Opened On 1904

October 28th- Statue Of Liberty Dedicated In 1886

October 29th- First Oscar Night In 1929

October 30th- War Of The Worlds First Radio Broadcast 1938
October 31st- Halloween Is Today And Mount Rushmore Was Completed Today In 1941


Plus Did You Know That October Is Also...
Computer Learning Month, Energy Awareness Month, Diversity Awareness Month, Fire Prevention Month, International Dinosaur Month, Plus Many Other Things!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

More Dates!



Did you know...
September 22 is the first day of Fall and Elephant Appreciation Day?
Neptune was discovered September 23, 1846?
September 24th is both Native American Day and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Birthday?
The Bill of Rights was created on September 25th 1789?
September 26th is Johnny Appleseed's Birthday?
September 27th is Samuel Adam's Birthday?
And last but not least....
September 30 is International Translation Day?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

On This Date....



Here are some interesting facts to start out the month of September!


September 8th: International Literacy Day!
September 9th:
In 1776 the name "United States of America" was adopted!
September 11th: Patriot Day!

September 12th: Grandparents Day!

September 13th: International Chocolate Day, Milton Hershey's Birthday(1857), and Roald Dohl's Birthday(1916)!

September 14th: The Star Spangled Banner was composed in 1814!

September 15th: Agatha Christie's Birthday(1890) and Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin in 1928!

September 16th: International day for the preservation of ozone layer, Mexican Independence Day, and General Motors founded in 1908!
September 17th: Yom Kippur begins at sundown and the U.S. constitution completed and signed in 1787!

September 18th: National Play-Doh Day!


Check back later in the month for more fun facts!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Cool Facts For August!

Impress your friends and family by showing off what you know about these dates in August!

August 25th: New Orleans Founded by the French
in 1718!

Earth First Photographed From the Moon in 1966!


August 26th: Women's Equality Day!

August 28th: First Radio Commercial Broadcasted
in 1922!


August 30th: Mary Shelley's Birthday!
Go read Frankenstein to Celebrate!


August 31st: International Blog Day and National Trail Mix Day!

Come back in September for more awesome days!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Looking for something to do?


August 12th is International Youth Day!
August 13th is International Left Handers Day!
Go out and find some awesome ways to celebrate these days with your friends
!