Make personalized calendars even more personal with the addition of peculiar dates. Think about how smart and well-informed you'll be appear when you casually flaunt your knowledge of such esoteric dates as National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, or Jayne Mansfield's birthday.
FEBRUARY
1
Serpent Day
2
Purification Day
3
Carrot Cake Day
Cordova Ice Worm Day
I don't even want to know about his one
4
Rosa Parks, b. 1913
Thank A Mailman Day
Create A Vacuum Day
I've heard Dysons are really good
5
National Weatherman's Day
Disaster Day
Could these two be related?
6
Lame Duck Day
Babe Ruth, b. 1895
7
Charles Dickens Day
8
Kite Flying Day
Shouldn't this be in April?
9
Toothache Day
Think I'll pass on this one
10
Umbrella Day
11
White Tee-Shirt Day
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Thomas Edison, b. 1847
12
National Plum Pudding Day
13
Get A Different Name Day
Dream Your Sweet Day
Read To Your Child Day
14
Ferris Wheel Day
National Heart to Heart Day
15
National Gum Drop Day
But please, don't drop your gum on the sidewalk
16
Do A Grouch A Favor Day
But only if he asks nicely
17
Champion Crab Races Day
18
Pluto Day
National Battery Day
Umm -- is there a National Assault Day?
19
National Chocolate Mint Day
You got my attention with this one
20
Hoodie Hoo Day
Woo hoo -- it's Hoodie Hoo Day!
21
Card Reading Day
22
Be Humble Day
The rest of the year, be as conceited as you like
23
Banana Bread Day
International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
Miss Puppy likes this one
24
National Tortilla Chip Day
25
Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt)
26
National Pistachio Day
I like pistachios better than pistols
27
International Polar Bear Day
I like polar bears
28
Public Sleeping Day
I like sleeping
29
National Surf and Turf Day
Do you commemorate Beethoven's Birthday? And what is an "Ides" anyway?
MARCH
1
National Pig Day
Peanut Butter Lover's Day
2
Old Stuff Day
Dr. Seuss, b. 1904
3
I Want You To Be Happy Day
Peach Blossom Day
National Anthem Day
Alexander Graham Bell, b. 1847
4
Holy Experiment Day
Knute Rockne, b. 1888
Antonio Vivaldi, b. 1678
5
Multiple Personalities Day
Shouldn't multiple personalities be entitled to more than one day?
6
National Frozen Food Day
Lou Costello, b. 1906
7
National Crown Roast Of Pork Day
Defrost your crown roast on the 6th; see above
8
Be Nasty Day
9
Panic Day
10
Festival Of Life In The Cracks Day
11
Johnny Appleseed Day
Worship Of Tools Day
Ralph Abernathy, b. 1926
12
Alfred Hitchcock Day
13
Jewel Day
14
Can you guess why?
Albert Einstein, b. 1879
Big hint...
National Potato Chip Day
Has nothing to do with the two previous dates
See also National Tortilla Chip Day
15
Ides Of March
Everything You Think Is Wrong Day
Buzzards Day
This one makes complete sense:
- On the Ides of March Julius Caesar thought he was safe.
- He was wrong.
- Consequently, he was consumed by buzzards.
16
Everything You Do Is Right Day
17
Submarine Day
18
Supreme Sacrifice Day
19
Wyatt Earp, b. 1848
Poultry Day
In honor of Poultry Day we all do the Chicken Dance
20
Proposal Day
Festival Of Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
21
Fragrance Day
Johann Sebastian Bach, b. 1685
22
National Goof-off Day
23
National Organize Your Home Office Day
National Chip And Dip Day
24
National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
Harry Houdini, b. 1874
25
Pecan Day
Waffle Day
26
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Spinach Festival Day
27
National "Joe" Day
28
Something On A Stick Day
29
Festival Of Smoke and Mirrors Day
30
I Am In Control Day
Vincent Van Gogh, b. 1853
Definitely wasn't in control
31
Bunsen Burner Day
National Clams On The Half Shell Day
APRIL
1
One Cent Day
Sergei Rachmaninoff, b. 1873
2
National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
3
Tweed Day
Don't Go To Work Unless It's Fun Day
Washington Irving, b. 1783
4
Tell-A-Lie Day
5
Go For Broke Day
Booker T. Washington, b. 1856
6
Sorry Charlie Day
7
No Housework Day
8
All Is Ours Day
Sonja Henie, b. 1912
9
Winston Churchill Day
Name Yourself Day
10
Golfers Day
11
Eight-Track Tape Day
12
Look Up At The Sky Day
Tiny Tim, b. 1912
13
Blame Somebody Else Day
Thomas Jefferson, b. 1743
Go ahead -- blame Jefferson if you must.
14
National Pecan Day
15
Rubber Eraser Day
Leonardo Da Vinci, b. 1452
16
National Stress Awareness Day
National Eggs Benedict Day
17
National Cheeseball Day
18
International Jugglers Day
Paul Revere's Ride, 1775
19
Garlic Day
Jayne Mansfield, b. 1933
20
Look Alike Day
21
Kindergarten Day
22
National Jelly Bean Day
Earth Day
23
Read Me Day
World Laboratory Animal Day
William Shakespeare, b. 1564
24
National Pigs In A Blanket Day
25
National Zucchini Bread Day
Ella Fitzgerald, b. 1918
26
Richter Scale Day
National Pretzel Day
27
Tell A Story Day
28
Great Poetry Reading Day
Kiss-Your-Mate Day
29
National Shrimp Scampi Day
Duke Ellington, b. 1899
30
National Honesty Day
MAY
Mother Goose Day
Save The Rhino Day
Kate Smith, b. 1909
2
Fire Day
Baron Von Richthofen, b. 1892
3
Lumpy Rutherford Rug Day
4
National Candied Orange Peel Day
Audrey Hepburn, b. 1929
5
National Hoagie Day
6
Beverage Day
Sigmund Freud, b. 1856
7
International Tuba Day
Paste Up Day
National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, b. 1840
8
No Socks Day
Have A Coke Day
How does this differ from Beverage Day?
9
Lost Sock Memorial Day
10
Clean Up Your Room Day
Fred Astaire, b. 1899
11
Eat What You Want Day
Twilight Zone Day
Salvador Dali, b. 1904
12
Limerick Day
13
Leprechaun Day
Joe Louis, b. 1914
14
National Dance Like A Chicken Day
15
National Chocolate Chip Day
16
Wear Purple For Peace Day
Liberace, b. 1919
Is there some connection here?
17
Pack Rat Day
No, not Rat Pack -- Pack Rat!
18
International Museum Day
Visit Your Relatives Day
Frank Capra, b. 1897
19
Frog Jumping Jubilee Day
20
Eliza Doolittle Day
21
National Memo Day
National Waitresses/Waiters Day
Fats Waller, b. 1904
22
Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
Richard Wagner, b. 1813
You can't play Wagner without musical instruments
23
Penny Day
Because that's all you'll have left after spending a few grand on a piano
24
National Escargot Day
25
National Tap Dance Day
Ralph Waldo Emerson, b. 1803
26
Grey Day
Jay Silverheels, b. 1919
27
Body Painting Arts Festival
Wild Bill Hickock, b. 1837
28
National Hamburger Day
Ian Fleming, b. 1908
29
End Of The Middle Ages Day
How can they be so sure the Middle Ages ended exactly on May 29th?
30
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day
31
National Macaroon Day
Walt Whitman, b. 1819
See more Strange Holidays.
Please visit Save The Rhino and save some rhinos.
JUNE
1
Dare Day
Marilyn Monroe, b. 1926
2
National Rocky Road Day
Johnny Weissmuller, b. 1904
3
Repeat Day
Jefferson Davis, b. 1808
4
Old Maid's Day
Remember, June 3 is Repeat Day
5
Festival Of Popular Delusions Day
Don't forget, June 3 is Repeat Day
6
Teacher's Day
National Applesauce Cake Day
It's a lot easier just to bring an apple for the teacher
7
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
Dean Martin, b. 1917
8
Name Your Poison Day
Note to self: June 3 is Repeat Day
9
Donald Duck Day
Cole Porter, b. 1891
10
National Yo-Yo Day
11
National Hug Holiday
King Kamehameha Day
Vince Lombardi, b. 1913
12
Machine Day
I repeat, June 3 is Repeat Day
13
National Juggling Day
Kitchen Klutzes Of America Day
14
Pop Goes The Weasel Day
Harriet Beecher Stowe, b. 1811
15
Smile Power Day
June 3 is, guess what? Repeat Day
16
National Hollerin' Contest Day
Stan Laurel, b. 1890
17
Watergate Day
Eat Your Vegetables Day
Igor Stravinsky, b. 1882
All three at times difficult to swallow
18
International Panic Day
I reiterate, June 3 is Repeat Day
19
World Sauntering Day
Lou Gehrig, b. 1903
20
Ice Cream Soda Day
21
Cuckoo Warning Day
Jean-Paul Sartre, b. 1905
22
National Chocolate Éclair Day
John Dillinger, b. 1903
23
National Pink Day
Johannes Gutenberg, b. 1400
24
Museum Comes To Life Day
Remember, June 3 is Repeat Day
25
Log Cabin Day
26
National Chocolate Pudding Day
Abner Doubleday, b. 1819
27
National Columnists Day
Helen Keller, b. 1880
28
Paul Bunyan Day
Henry VIII, b. 1491
29
Camera Day
30
Meteor Day
One more time: June 3 is Repeat Day
JULY
1
Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day
Build A Scarecrow Day
Let's count how many times ice cream's mentioned in July, shall we? That's one ...
2
Visitation Of The Virgin Mary Day
Thurgood Marshall, b. 1908
3
Stay Out Of The Sun Day
Compliment Your Mirror Day
George M. Cohan, b. 1878
4
National Country Music Day
Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Day
Rube Goldberg, b. 1883
You'll need that napkin to wipe the melting ice cream off your face and hands.
5
Workaholics Day
P.T. Barnum, b. 1810
6
National Fried Chicken Day
John Paul Jones, b. 1747
Fried chicken goes well with ice cream.
7
National Strawberry Sundae Day
That's two ...
8
Video Games Day
9
National Sugar Cookie Day
Nicola Tesla, b. 1856
Sugar cookies go well with ice cream.
10
Clerihew Day
11
National Cheer Up The Lonely Day
E.B. White, b. 1899
12
National Pecan Pie Day
Pecan pie goes well with ice cream.
13
Fool's Paradise Day
14
National Nude Day
15
Blame Respect Canada Day
Rembrandt Van Rijn, b. 1606
16
International Juggling Day
17
National Peach Ice Cream Day
That's three ...
18
National Ice Cream Day
National Caviar Day
Red Skelton, b. 1913
And four ...
19
Flitch Day
20
Ugly Truck Contest Day
21
National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day
Isaac Stern, b. 1920
22
Ratcatcher's Day
23
National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, b. 1918
Here's five ...
24
Amelia Earhart Day
I've always wondered who'd be brave enough to use an Amelia Earhart postage stamp. Wouldn't you worry that your letter would be lost?
25
Threading The Needle Day
26
All Or Nothing Day
Vivian Vance, b. 1912
27
Take Your Pants For A Walk Day (graphic from the BBC)
28
National Milk Chocolate Day
Beatrix Potter, b. 1866
29
Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day
30
National Cheesecake Day
Cheesecake goes well with ice cream too.
31
Parent's Day
AUGUST
1
Friendship Day
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Francis Scott Key, b. 1779
Francis Scott Key was whose ancestor? F. Scott Fitzgerald.
2
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
3
National Watermelon Day
4
Twins Day Festival
Louis Armstrong, b. 1901
Robespierre and I like to dance to "Wonderful World." It's our song.
5
National Mustard Day
6
Wiggle Your Toes Day
Lucille Ball, b. 1911
My kids and I all love Lucy.
Photo from Yahoo Movies
7
Sea Serpent Day
Billie Burke, b. 1884
8
Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night
9
National Polka Festival
10
Lazy Day
11
Presidential Joke Day
Alex Haley, b. 1921
12
Middle Child's Day
Cecile B. DeMille, b. 1881
Photo from PowerLineBlog
13
Blame Someone Else Day
Bert Lahr, b. 1895
Alfred Hitchcock, b. 1899
14
National Creamsicle Day
15
National Relaxation Day
National Failures Day
Napoleon Bonaparte, b. 1769
Napoleon was a complex man
16
Bratwurst Festival
17
National Thriftshop Day
Mae West, b. 1892
Davey Crockett, b. 1786
18
Bad Poetry Day
Shelley Winters, b. 1920
Meriwether Lewis, b. 1774
My mother tells me Shelley Winters was a distant cousin.
19
Potato Day
Did you know you could slap a stamp and a mailing label on a potato and the US Postal Service will deliver it? No fooling.
20
National Radio Day
21
National Spumoni Day
22
Be An Angel Day
Claude Debussy, b. 1862
23
National Spongecake Day
24
Knife Day
25
Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
Leonard Bernstein, b. 1918
26
National Cherry Popsicle Day
27
Petroleum Day
Mother Teresa, b. 1910
28
World Sauntering Day
29
More Herbs, Less Salt Day
30
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
Ted Williams, b. 1918
31
National Trail Mix Day
SEPTEMBER
September
1
Yvonne DeCarlo, b. 1922
Emma M. Nutt Day
Who was Emma M. Nutt? Hellooo...
2
National Beheading Da
Christa McAuliffe, b. 1948
3
Skyscraper Day
4
Newspaper Carrier Day
5
Jesse James, b. 1847
Be Late For Something Day
I'm already late -- this post should have been up three days ago
6
Fight Procrastination Day
Meh -- we'll get to that later
7
Neither Rain Nor Snow Day
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, b. 1533
How fitting that she lived during the Elizabethan era
8
National Date Nut Bread Day
Pardon Day
9
Teddy Bear Day
10
Swap Ideas Day
11
No News Is Good News Day
12
Jesse Owens, b. 1913
National Pet Memorial Day
National Chocolate Milkshake Day
13
Defy Superstition Day
Go ahead -- walk under that ladder
14
National Cream-filled Donut Day
15
Agatha Christie, b. 1890
Felt Hat Day
16
Stay Away From Seattle Day
Collect Rocks Day
17
National Apple Dumpling Day
18
National Play-Doh Day
Greta Garbo, b. 1905
19
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
20
National Punch Day
21
World Gratitude Day
International Banana Festival
I'm grateful for bananas. They make great smoothies.
22
Hobbit Day
Dear Diary Day
Dear Diary: I didn't like any of the Hobbit books. Please don't hate me.
23
Checkers Day
Dogs In Politics Day
Checkers? Is that you?
24
Festival Of Latest Novelties
F. Scott Fitzgerald, b. 1896
25
National Comic Book Day
Shel Silverstein, b. 1930
Christopher Reeve, b. 1952
26
National Good Neighbor Day
National Pancake Day
George Gershwin, b. 1898
27
Crush A Can Day
28
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Ed Sullivan, b. 1901
29
Poisoned Blackberries Day
30
National Mud Pack Day
October's much more than Halloween. In fact, we might refer to October as National Comedian Month; we have two Stooges and two Marx Brothers. Let's tabulate them, shall we?
Oh, and by the way -- you may recall that I published a similar post once a long, long time ago -- but this is new and improved, with great dates like Cranky Co-Workers Day
1
World Vegetarian Day
Magic Circles Day
International Day of Older Persons
Vladimir Horowitz, v. 1903
2
National Diversity Day
World Smile Day
Name Your Car Day
In a fit of creativity while reading Paradise Lost in college, I named my first car "Beelzebub"
Bud Abbott, b. 1895
Groucho Marx, b. 1890
Two for one
3
Virus Appreciation Day
Alternative Fuel Day
4
Ten-Four Day
Come on -- you saw this one coming, didn't you?
National Golf Day
Buster Keaton, b. 1895
Damon Runyon, b. 1884
I think Buster Keaton qualifies as a comedian
5
National Storytelling Festival
World Teachers Day
Larry Fine, b. 1902
Larry Fine? Definitely a comedian
6
German-American Day
Mad Hatter Day
Come and Take It Day
7
National Frappe Day
8
American Tag Day
9
John Lennon, b. 1940
Moldy Cheese Day
Leif Erickson Day
10
National Angel Food Cake Day
Ed Wood, b. 1924
Giuseppe Verdi, b. 1813
Ed Wood? Maybe an unintentional comedian
11
It's My Party Day
Eleanor Roosevelt, b. 1884
12
International Moment Of Frustration Scream Day
How should we express frustration the other 364 days of the year?
13
National Peanut Festival
L. L. Bean, b. 1872
Some of L.L. Bean's merchandise is kind of funny
14
Be Bald and Free Day
International Top Spinning Day
National Dessert Day
William Penn, b. 1644
15
White Cane Safety Day
National Grouch Day
Why is he so grouchy? I wouldn't be grouchy if I had my own day.
16
Dictionary Day
Oscar Wilde, b. 1854
Noah Webster, b. 1758
Oscar Wilde? Certainly a great wit.
17
Gaudy Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18
No Beard Day
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
19
Evaluate Your Life Day
20
National Brandied Fruit Day
Christopher Wren, b. 1632
21
Babbling Day
Alfred Nobel, b. 1833
22
National Nut Day
Curly Howard, b. 1903
Curley was a nut -- Nyuk nyuk nyuk
23
National Mole Day
Gummo Marx, b. 1893
Related to comedians -- that's Gummo on the bottom
24
National Bologna Day
25
Punk For A Day Day
Minnie Pearl, b. 1912
Country comedian
26
Mule Day
Mahalia Jackson, b. 1911
27
Cranky Co-workers Day
Wait -- cranky co-workers get their own day and Oscar the Grouch gets his own day? I must be doing something wrong...
Sylvia Plath Day
Theodore Roosevelt, b. 1858
Nothing funny about Sylvia Plath. Or Teddy Roosevelt for that matter.
28
Plush Animal Lover's Day
National Chocolate Day
Jonas Salk, b. 1914
29
Hermit Day
30
National Candy Corn Day
Haunted Refrigerator Night
Fyodor Dostoevsky, b. 1821
John Adams, b. 1735
Why isn't Candy Corn Day tomorrow?
31
National Knock-Knock Jokes Day
National Magic Day
Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
Jan Vermeer, b. 1632
November
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November seems to be a month to celebrate scads of creative innovators, including James Naismith, Madame Curie, Margaret Mitchell, Marie Antoinette, Aaron Copland, Georgia O'Keeffe and Voltaire. See if anyone notices if you add some of these kooky dates to your 2009 personalized photo calendars.
1
Plan Your Epitaph Day
National Authors Day
My Birthday!
2
National Deviled Egg Day
Cookie Monster Day
Marie Antoinette, b. 1755
Daniel Boone, b. 1734
3
Sandwich Day
Housewife's Day
4
Waiting For The Barbarians Day
National Chicken Lady Day
This one may be my new favorite.
Will Rogers, b. 1879
5
Gunpowder Day
Roy Rogers, b. 1911
Vivien Leigh, b. 1913
Were Roy Rogers and Will Rogers twins separated at birth? Story at 11.
6
Saxophone Day
Marooned Without A Compass Day
James Naismith, b. 1861
7
National Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day
Madame Curie, b. 1867
8
Dunce Day
Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Margaret Mitchell, b. 1900
9
Chaos Never Dies Day
That's for sure, especially around my house
10
Forget-Me-Not Day
Martin Luther, b. 1483
11
Air Day
12
National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day
Grace Kelly, b. 1929
13
National Indian Pudding Day
World Kindness Day
I think we might need more than a day to cover this issue.
Louis Brandeis, b. 1856
14
Operation Room Nurse Day
National American Teddy Bear Day
Aaron Copland, b. 1900
15
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
National Bundt Pan Day
Georgia O'Keeffe, b. 1887
16
Button Day
International Day for Tolerance
17
Take A Hike Day
Homemade Bread Day
18
Occult Day
19
Have A Bad Day Day
20
Absurdity Day
Robert F. Kennedy, b. 1925
21
World Hello Day and False Confessions Day
Voltaire, b. 1694
22
Start Your Own Country Day
23
National Cashew Day
Boris Karloff, b. 1887
24
Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day
Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day
25
National Parfait Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Joe DiMaggio, b. 1914
26
Shopping Reminder Day
27
Pins And Needles Day
28
Make Your Own Head Day
29
Square Dance Day
Thanks to Shorpy.com
30
Stay At Home Because You're Well Day
Gordon Parks, b. 1912
December
1
Eat a Read Apple Day
National Pie Day
Mary Martin, b. 1913
I thought Pi Day was in March.
2
National Fritters Day
Charles Ringling, b. 1863
Georges Seurat, b. 1859
3
National Roof Over Your Head Day
4
Wear Brown Shoes Day
Francisco Franco, b. 1892
It's my understanding that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.
5
National Sacher Torte Day
George Armstrong Custer, b. 1839
6
Gazpacho Day
National Mitten Tree Day
Ira Gerswhin, b. 1896
Agnes Moorehead, b. 1906
7
Cotton Candy Day
Harry Chapin, b. 1942
8
Take It In The Ear Day
Mary Queen of Scots, b. 1542
9
National Pastry Day
Margaret Hamilton, b. 1902
We seem to have a witch theme in December...
10
Festival for the Souls of Dead Whales
11
National Noodle Ring Day
Fiorello LaGuardia, b. 1882
A bit odd of his parents to name him after an airport, don't you agree?
12
National Ding-A-Ling Day
13
Ice Cream Day
Violins Day
14
National Bouillabaisse Day
Nostradamus, b. 1503
Kind of witchy, no?
15
National Lemon Cupcake Day
16
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Ludwig van Beethoven, b. 1770
17
National Maple Syrup Day
Underdog Day
18
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
19
Oatmeal Muffin Day
20
Games Day
Harvey Firestone, b. 1868
21
Look at the Bright Side Day
National Flashlight Day
Hamburger Day
Frank Zappa, b. 1940
22
National Date-Nut Bread Day
Connie Mack, b. 1862
23
Roots Day
24
National Egg Nog Day
Ava Gardner, b. 1922
25
National Pumpkin Pie Day
Sir Isaac Newton, b. 1642
Conrad Hilton, b. 1887
Cab Calloway, b. 1907
26
National Whiners Day
27
National Fruitcake Day
Louis Pasteur, b. 1822
28
Card Playing Day
National Chocolate Day
29
Pepper Pot Day
Charles Goodyear, b. 1800
I prefer Michelins
30
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Rudyard Kipling, b. 1865
31
Unlucky Day
Henri Matisse, b. 1869
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