Educators Calendar 2009, Donnette E Davis, ST Aiden's Homeschool

2009 Educator’s Calendar
Compiled by Donnette E Davis
© 2009 Donnette E Davis www.staidenshomeschool.com All Rights Reserved -1-

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Blessings on your educational journey

Donnette E Davis
St Aiden’s Homeschool

• National Book Month

• National Eye Care Month
• National Oatmeal Month
• National Thank-You Month
• Hot Tea Month
• Blood Donor Month
• Stamp Collector’s Month
1
• New Year’s Day
• Paul Revere's Birthday (1735)
• Betsy Ross's Birthday (1752)
• Ellis Island Opened for Immigration (1892)
2
• National Science Fiction Day
• Georgia Ratification Day (1788)
• Moon First Photographed (1839)
3
• J.R.R. Tolkien's Birthday (1892)
• Alaska Named 49th State (1959)
4
• National Trivia Day
• Jakob Grimm's Birthday (1785)
• Louis Braille's Birthday (1809)
• Utah Admission Day (1896)
• Jan. 4-11 Letter Writing Week
5
• Nat'l Bird Day
• X-Ray Discovered (1896)

• George Washington Carver's Birthday
(1864)

Educator’s Calendar – January 2009
6
• Telegraph First Demonstrated (1838)
• New Mexico Ratified (1912)
• Apple Tree Day
7
• Jupiter's Moons Discovered by Galileo (1610)
• U.S. Hydrogen Bomb Revealed (1953)
8
• Last Battle of War of 1812 (1815)
• Elvis Presley's Birthday (1935)
9
• National Static Electricity Day
• Connecticut Ratification Day (1788)
• Richard Nixon's Birthday (1913)
10
• Oil Discovered in Texas (1901)
• Volunteer Fireman's Day
11
• Amelia Earhart Day - EH Flew Solo Across Pacific (1935)
• Secret Pal Day
12
• John Hancock's Birthday (1737)
• First Public Museum Opened in SC (1773)
• First Woman Elected to Senate (1932)
13
• James Joyce Died (1941)
• Stephen Foster Memorial Day
• First Radio Broadcast (1910)
• Frisbee Introduced (1957)

14
• Revolutionary War Ended (1784)
• Clean off your desk day
15
• Hat Day
• Martin Luther King's Birthday (1929)
16
• World Religions Day
17
• Ben Franklin's Birthday (1706)
18
• A.A. Milne's Birthday (1882)
• Robert Scott Reaches South Pole (1912)
19
• International Sing-Out Day
• Robert E. Lee's Birthday
• National Penguin Awareness Day
• Archery Day
• Edgar Allan Poe's Birthday (1809)
20
• Inauguration Day
• Basketball Day
• Reagan Became Oldest President (1981)
• MLK Jr. Day Celebrated as Federal Holiday (1986)
21
• Squirrel Appreciation Day
• First Atomic Submarine Launched (1954)
22
• National Popcorn Day
• 500 Russians Killed on "Bloody Sunday" (1905)
• Abortion Legalized in Roe v. Wade (1973)

23
• National Handwriting Day
24
• California Gold Rush (1848)
• Just Do It Day
• Earthquake Killed 830,000 in China (1556)
• First Female Physician in the U.S. (1849)
• Edith Wharton's Birthday (1862)
• Thurgood Marshall Died (1993)
25
• First Winter Olympics (1924)
• First Transcontinental Phone Call (1915)
26
• Chinese New Year
• Australia Day
• Michigan Admission Day (1837)
• Earthquake in India Killed 20,000 (2001)
27
• Mozart's Birthday (1756)
• Lewis Carroll's Birthday (1832)
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp Liberated (1945)
• Vietnam War Peace Accords Signed (1973)
28
• Challenger Shuttle Explosion (1986)
• Jackson Pollock's Birthday (1912)
• First Jewish Associate Justice Appointed to Supreme Court (1916)
• Challenger Shuttle Exploded (1986)
29
• National Puzzle Day
• Kansas Admission Day
• Seeing Eye, Inc. founded (1929)
• Poe's "The Raven" Published (1845)
• Robert Frost Died (1963)


30
• Adolf Hitler Named German Chancellor (1933)
31
• Jackie Robinson's Birthday (1919)
• Thirteenth Amendment Abolished Slavery (1865)

• Black History Month

• Library Lovers' Month
• American Heart Month
• Children's Dental Care Month
• National Bird Feeding Month
• National Cherry Month
1
• Robinson Crusoe Day (1708)
• National Freedom Day (USA)
• Super Bowl Sunday
2
• Signing of the 15th Amendment(1868)
• Groundhog Day
• Mexican War Ended (1848)
• Feb. 2-7 National School Counselling Week
3
• Johann Gutenberg Died (1468)
• 15th Amendment Signed (1868)
4
• National Girls & Women in Sports Day
• First U.S. Presidential Election (1789)
• Confederacy Formed (1861)
• Rosa Parks's Birthday (1913)
5
• National Weatherperson's Day
• Hank Aaron's Birthday (1934)

Educator’s Calendar – February 2009

6
• New Zealand's Independence Day
• Babe Ruth's Birthday (1895)
• 100 Billionth Crayola® Crayon Produced (1996)
7
• Love Your Robot Day
• Charles Dickens's Birthday (1812)
• Tattooing Machine Introduced (1875)
8
• Boy Scouts of America Day
• Jules Verne's Birthday (1828)
• Russo-Japanese War Began (1904)
9
• Toothache Day
• National Weather Service Established (1870)
• Hershey's® Chocolate Founded (1894)
10
• Umbrella Day
• Treaty of Paris Signed Ending French and Indian War (1763)
11
• Steamboat Patented (1809)
• Thomas Edison's Birthday (1847)
• First Weekly Weather Report (1878)
12
• Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (1809)
• Charles Darwin's Birthday (1809)
• NAACP Founded (1909)
• National Lost Penny Day
13
• First Public School Founded in U.S. (1635)
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• Valentine's Day
• Arizona + Oregon Admission Day
• Ferris Wheel Day (1859)
• Read to Your Child Day
15
• Susan B. Anthony Day
• Galileo Galilei's Birthday (1564)
• Muhammad Ali Lost Boxing Title (1978)
16
• Presidents' Day USA
• King Tutankhamen's Tomb Opened (1923)
• Nylon Patented (1937)
• Fidel Castro Became Leader of Cuba (1959)
• Who Shall I Be? Day
17
• National PTA Founders Day
18
• Pluto Discovery (1930)
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Published (1885)
19
• Nicolaus Copernicus's Birthday (1473)
• Phonograph Patented (1878)
20
• Family Day
• "Batman & Robin" Debuted (1944)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Opened in NYC (1872
21
• National Sticky Bun Day USA
• First Phone Book Issued (1878)
• Malcolm X Assassinated (1965)
• First U.S. Brain Operation (1902)


22
• George Washington's Birthday (1732)
• Spain Ceded Florida to the U.S (1819)
• Woolworth Opened the First "Five Cent Store" (1879)
23
• First Animal Cloning (1997)
• The Tootsie Roll Debuted (1896)
24
• Mardi Gras
• Flag Day in Mexico
• Wilhelm Carl Grimm's Birthday (1786)
• First Uranus "Flyby" (1986)
• Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)
25
• First African-American Elected to U.S. Senate (1870)
• Glacier Bay Proclaimed a National Monument (1925)
26
• Tell a Fairy Tale Day
• Levi Strauss's Birthday (1829)
27
• Polar Bear Day
• 15th Recorded Passage of Halley's Comet (837)
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Birthday (1807)
28
• DNA Discovered (1953)
• Computer Core Memory Patented (1956)
• Congress Authorised Lewis and Clark's Trip (1803)

• National Nutrition Month

• Save Your Vision Month
• Women's History Month
• Youth Art Month
• Deaf History Month (3/13 - 4/15)
• Irish-American Heritage Month
• Music in Our Schools Month
• National Craft Month
1
• National Pig Day
• First Census Authorized (1790)
• Silly Putty® Debuts (1950)
World Books Day
2
• Texas Declared Independence from Mexico (1836)
• Dr. Seuss's Birthday (1904)
3
• Read Across America Day
• Star-Spangled Banner Became Nat'l Anthem (1931)
4
• U.S. Constitution became effective Effect (1789)
5
• Stop the Clocks Day
• Boston Massacre (1770)
• Stapler Invented (1868)
6
• Michelangelo Buonarroti's Birthday (1475)

• "Cyclops" Disappeared in Bermuda Triangle (1918)
Educator’s Calendar – March 2009
7
• Hitler Broke Treaty of Versailles (1936)
• Civil Rights Protest Dubbed "Bloody Sunday" (1965)
• Apple Patented the iPod (2006)
• Monopoly Invented (1933)
8
• International Woman's Day
• Daylight Savings Time Begins
• Mar. 8-15 Girl Scout Week
• Farmer’s Day
9
• Amistad Slaves Freed (1841)
• Jumbo Arrived in U.S. (1882)
• Barbie Debuted (1959)
10
• Harriet Tubman Day
• Invention of Telephone (1876)
11
• Johnny Appleseed Day
• U.S. Blizzard Killed Over 400 (1888)
12
• Ballet Tutu First Used (1832)
• Jack Kerouac's Birthday (1922)
• Truman Doctrine Enacted (1947)
• Girl Scouts Birthday (1912)
13
• Uranus Discovered (1781)
14
• Eli Whitney Patented Cotton Gin (1793)
• Albert Einstein's Birthday (1879)


15
• Julius Caesar Murdered - "Ides of March" (44 BC)
• Maine Admission Day (1820)
• First Blood Bank Opened (1937)
• Pi Day
• Mar. 15-22 Poison Prevention Week
16
• James Madison's Birthday (1751)
• Barnum & Bailey Circus Debuted (1919)
• Freedom of Information Day
17
• Submarine Day
• St. Patrick's Day & Ireland Day
18
• First Space Walk (1965)
• Britain Repealed the Stamp Act (1766)
• Tri-State Tornado Killed 700 (1925)
19
• Swallows Return to Capistrano
• Academy Awards First Televised (1953)
• Iraq War Began (2003)
20
• Spring Begins
• National Agriculture Day
• International Earth Day
21
• International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• Johann Bach's Birthday (1685)
• Human Rights Day (SA)

22
• World Water Day
• Hale-Bopp Comet Approached Earth (1997)
23
• World Meteorological Day
• Ponce de Leon Sights and names Florida (1513)
• Lewis & Clark Began Expedition (1806)
24
• Harry Houdini's Birthday (1874)
25
• Meteorite Explodes in Wisconsin (1865)
26
• Robert Frost's Birthday (1874)
• Tennessee Williams's Birthday (1911)
27
• Cale Yarborough's Birthday (1939)
• Two-Plane Runway Collision on Canary Islands Killed 560 (1977)
28
• First Washing Machine Patented (1930)
• Spanish Civil War Ended (1939)
29
• Ice Jam Stopped Niagara Falls (1848)
• Coca-Cola Invented (1886)
• Rosenbergs Found Guilty of Treason (1951)
• Last U.S. Troops Left South Vietnam (1973)
30
• Vincent Van Gogh's Birthday (1853)
• Treaty to Purchase Alaska Submitted (1867)
• Pencil Patented (1858)
International Doctors' Day
31

• Eiffel Tower Completed (1889)

• National Poetry Month

• National Youth Sports Safety Month
• School Library Media Month
• World Habitat Awareness Month
• Alcohol & Drug Awareness Month
• Animal Cruelty Prevention Month
• Keep America Beautiful Month
• Mathematics Education Month
• National Autism Awareness
• National Kite Month
• Zoo & Aquarium Month
1
April Fool's Day
Cigarette Ads Banned from Radio & TV (1970)
Apple Computer Founded (1976)
2
International Children's Book Day
Ponce de Leon Landed in Fla. (1513)
Philadelphia Mint Authorized (1792)
Hans Christian Andersen's Birthday (1805)
3
First Pony Express Service (1860)
Jane Goodall's Birthday (1934)
4
Martin L. King Jr. Assassinated (1968)
5
Pocahontas Married John Rolfe (1614)
Booker T. Washington's Birthday (1856)
Helen Keller First Learned Sign Language (1887)
6
First Modern Olympics (1896)
North Pole First Reached (1909)
7
U.N. World Health Day
Oleomargarine Patented (1873)
8
Passover Begins at Sundown
17th Amendment Ratified (1913)
Pablo Picasso Died (1973)
9
National D.A.R.E. Day USA
Civil War Ended (1865)
First Full-Color Film Shown (1914)
10
Encourage a Young Writer Day
Joseph Pulitzer's Birthday (1847)
11
1968 Civil Rights Act Signed (1968)
Persian Gulf War Cease-Fire (1991)
Dandelion Day
12
Easter
Civil War Began (1861)
First Man in Space (1961)
Apr. 12-19 - Nat'l Library Week
13
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (1743)
14
Moment of Laughter Day
Webster's First Dictionary Copyrighted (1828)

Abraham Lincoln Assassinated (1865)
The Titanic Hit Iceberg (1912)
Pan American Day
15
Jackie Robinson Day
Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday (1452)
First McDonald's Opens (1955)
16
Wilbur Wright's Birthday (1867)
17
Ben Franklin Died (1790)
Daffy Duck Debuted (1937)
Ford Mustang Debuted (1964)
18
Paul Revere Day
San Francisco Earthquake Killed 500 (1906)
First Game Played in Yankee Stadium (1923)
19
American Revolution Began (1775)
First Boston Marathon (1897)
Apr. 19-26 - Nat Volunteer Week
20
First Game Played at Fenway Park (1912)
Columbine High School Shooting Killed 15 (1999)
National Pineapple Upside-Down Cake Day
Apr. 20-27 - Nat'l Playground Safety Week

TV-Turnoff Week
21
Astronomy Day
Kindergarten Day
City of Rome Founded (753 BC)
22

Earth Day
Nat'l Jelly Bean Day
First Earth Day Observed (1970)
23
World Book & Copyright Day
Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day
Shakespeare's Birthday (1564)
24
Library of Congress Established (1800)
Mailbox Inventor Born (1815)
Spain Declared War on U.S. (1898)
25
First Use of Name "America" (1507)
First License Plates Required (1901)
Ella Fitzgerald's Birthday (1917)
Cuckoo Day
26
John Wilkes Booth Killed (1865)
Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Disaster (1986)
27
U.S. Steamship Explosion Killed 1,400 (1865)
Coretta Scott King's Birthday (1927)
Administrative Professionals Day
Freedom Day South Africa
28
Arbour Day
29
Zipper Patented (1842)
30
Vietnam War Ended (1975)
Cyclone Killed 131,000 in Bangladesh (1991)
National Honesty Day (USA)

• Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month

• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Clean Air Month
• Get Caught Reading Month
• National Asthma & Allergy Awareness Month
• National Mental Health Month
• National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
• National Transportation Month
• Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• National Bike Month (USA)
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
1
Sudoku First Published as Number Place in Dell Puzzle Magazine 1979
Space Day
May Day
Mother Goose Day
Empire State Building Opened (1931)
Worker’s Day, South Africa
2
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Astronomy Day
Leonardo da Vinci Died (1579)
Soviet Union Announced Fall of Berlin (1945)
Nelson Mandela Elected President of South Africa (1994)
3
Whale Awareness Day (in Massachusetts)
National Scrapbooking Day (USA)
World Press Freedom Day
May 3-10
National Music Week

National Postcard Week
Teacher Appreciation Week
4
Fire-fighters Day
5
Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
National Teacher Day
First American in Space (1961)
Elizabeth Jane Cochran's, Known as Nellie Bly, Birthday 1864
Cartoonist Day
6
National School Nurse Day
Robert Peary's Birthday (1856)
Sigmund Freud's Birthday (1856)
Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
World Asthma Day
7
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Premiere 1824
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Birthday (1840)
American Medical Association Formed (1847)
Lusitania Sunk (1915)
Germany Surrendered to Allies (1945)
8
World Red Cross Day
9
National Bake Sale Day
John Brown's Birthday (1800)
10
Central and Union Pacific Railroads Meet 1869
Mother's Day
Giant Squid Attack (1847)
May 10-17
National Police Week
11

May 11-18
National Transportation Week
Children’s Book Week
12
Kite Day
Florence Nightingale's Birthday (1820)
Start of California Gold Rush 1848
International Migratory Bird Day
National Windmill Day (Holland)
Edward Lear's Birthday (Celebrated as Limerick Day) 1812
13
Tulip Day
U.S. Declared War on Mexico (1846)
"When the Saints Go Marching In" Recorded (1938)
14
First permanent British colony Established in Jamestown, Virginia 1607
Lewis and Clark Expedition Began (1803)
First Olympic Games Held in U.S. (1904)
First U.S. Space Station
15
L. Discovery of Largest Prime Number Known to Man
Frank Baum's Birthday 1856 – Download the Scarecrow of oz
16
International Day of Families
Armed Forces Day
Biographers Day
First U.S. Nickel Minted (1866)
Jerusalem Day
17
New York Stock Exchange Established (1792)
18
Karol Wojtyla Birthday (Pope John Paul II) 1920
Mount St. Helens Erupted (1980)
May 18-25
Nat Backyard Games Week

19
Lawrence of Arabia Died (1935)
Circus Day, Anniversary of First Ringling Brothers Performance 1884
Frog Jump Day
20
20-21 Charles Lindbergh Flies Historic Solo Nonstop Transatlantic Flight 1927
Christopher Columbus Died (1506)
Dolley Madison's Birthday (1768)
Weights and Measures Day
Good Neighbour Day
21
American Red Cross Established (1881)
Amelia Earhart Flew Solo Across the Atlantic (1932)
22
Buy a Musical Instrument Day
Earthquake in China Claimed 20,000 Victims (1927)
Most Powerful Earthquake of the 20th Century Struck Chile 1960
23
World Turtle Day
International Jazz Day
Wright Brothers Patented the Aircraft (1906)
24
Africa Day
First Telegraph Message Transmitted (1844)
Brooklyn Bridge Opened (1883)
25
Memorial Day
Fork Debuted in U.S. (1630)
Babe Ruth Hit 714th Home Run (1935)
Jesse Owens Broke Three World Records (1935)
Amnesty International Day
26
Dorothea Lange's Birthday (1895)
Sally Ride's Birthday (1951)

27
First Recorded Witch Execution (1647)
Rachel Carson's Birthday (1907)
Golden Gate Bridge Opened (1937)
Cellophane Tape Patented 1930
28
Jim Thorpe's Birthday (1888)
Linda Finch Completed Earhart's Flight Around the World (1997)
29
Hillary and Tenzing Reached Mt. Everest Summit (1953)
John F. Kennedy's Birthday 1917
30
Earthquake in Afghanistan Killed 5,000 (1998)
First Daily American Newspaper Published 1783
Walt Whitman's Birthday 1819
31
World No Tobacco Day
First U.S. Copyright Law Enacted (1790)
Earthquake in Peru Killed 50,000 (1970)

• National Safety Month

• National Dairy Month
• Child Vision Awareness Month
• Fireworks Safety Month
• National Rivers Month
• National Rose Month
• National Fishing Week (1st Week)
National Safe Boating Week (1st Week)
Teacher Thank You Week (1st Week)
National Clay Week (2nd Week)
National Little League Baseball Week (2nd Week)
National Camping Week (4th Week)
Black Music Month
National Adopt-a-Cat Month
National Drive Safe Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Tennis Month
Turkey Lovers Month
Zoo and Aquarium Month
1
Stand for Children Day
– Kentucky and Tennessee Admission Day
– Helen Keller Died (1968)
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2
Radio Patented (1896)
– National Trails Day
- National Rocky Road Ice Cream Day
American Indians Granted U.S. Citizenship (1924)

3
First U.S. Space Walk (1965)
- Repeat Day
4
Cheese Day
– First Supermarket Carts (1937)
– Aesop's Day
- Hug your cat day
5
U.N. World Environment Day
– First Hot-Air Balloon Flight (1783)
Doughnut Day
U.N. World Environment Day
Robert F. Kennedy Assassinated (1968)
First AIDS Report Published (1981)
6
National Hunger Awareness Day
First Drive-In Movie Theatre (1933)
National Yo-Yo Day - Birthday of yo-yo manufacturer Donald F. Duncan.
7
VCR Introduced (1975)
8
World Oceans Day
Frank Lloyd Wright's Birthday
Prophet Muhammad Died (632)
Andrew Jackson Died (1845)
Satchel Paige Died (1983)
9
Donald Duck's Birthday (1934)
London Symphony Gives First Performance (1904)
Charles Dickens Died (1870)
Hong Kong Leased to UK for 99 Years (1898)
10

Ballpoint Pen Patented (1943)
Alcoholics Anonymous Founded (1935)
11
Jacques Cousteau's Birthday (1910)
– Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)
Great Barrier Reef Discovered (1770)
12
Anne Frank's Birthday (1929)
Diary Day
Red Rose Day
Magic Day
George H. W. Bush's Birthday (1924)
Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers Killed (1963)
13
National Juggling Day
William Butler Yeats's Birthday (1865)
14
Flag Day
Army Day
Pop Goes the Weasel Day
National Children's Day USA
Official U.S. Flag Adopted (1777)
First Commercial Computer Introduced (1951)
15
Celluloid Discovered (1869)
Power of a Smile Day
Fly a Kite Day
16
Valentina Tereshkova Becomes First Woman in Space
- Youth Day (South Africa)
- National Fudge Day
17
M.C. Escher's Birthday (1898)
Eat Your Veggies Day

Republic of Iceland Established (1944)
18
Sally Ride Becomes First Woman on Space Shuttle
Go Fishing Day
International Picnic Day
Napoleon Defeated at Battle of Waterloo (1815)
19
First Official Game of Baseball (1846)
Juneteenth (Liberation of Slaves) (1865)
20
Summer begins (Solstice) (N Hemisphere)
Winter begins (S Hemisphere)
Bald Eagle Day
Ice Cream Soda Day
21
Father's Day
22
Pledge of Allegiance Recognised by Congress (1942)
Fred Astaire Died (1987)
23
First Typewriter Patented (1868)
United Nations Public Service Day
National Pink Day
24
U.F.O. Day (1947)
25
First Colour TV Broadcast (1951)
– Eric Carle's Birthday (1929)
- Log Cabin Day
Gen. Custer Died at Little Bighorn (1876)
George Orwell's Birthday (1903)
26

The Signing of the United Nations Charter (1945)
– Inventor of the Thermometer Born (1824)
- National Chocolate Pudding Day
Bicycle Patented (1819)
27
Happy Birthday to "Happy Birthday to You" (1859)
– Helen Keller's Birthday (1880)
28
Paul Bunyan Day
World War I Began (1914)
29
Remote Control Introduced (1964)
Shakespeare's Theatre Destroyed by Fire (1613)
Camera Day
30
Meteor Day
Superman's Birthday

Blueberries Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Recreation and Parks Month
National Tennis Month
Read an Almanac Month
1
Canada Day
First U.S. Zoo Opened (1874)
Build A Scarecrow Day
Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
2
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Halfway Point of the Year
Amelia Earhart Disappeared (1937)
3
Stay Out of the Sun Day
Compliment Your Mirror Day
Fry An Egg on a Sidewalk Day!
Did you ever hear the expression, "It's so hot outside you could fry an egg
on the sidewalk." Is that really true? Use these directions and see if it works.
4
USA Independence Day ~ Activities
Statue of Liberty Presented (1884)
5
Bikini First Worn (1883)
6
Republican Day (Republican Party Formed - 1854)
Fire at Ringling Brothers Circus Killed 160 (1944)

7
Pinocchio First Printed (1883)~ Activities
Cherry Pit Spitting Day ~ Activities
8
First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
9
Argentina's Independence Day
Nat Sugar Cookie Day
10
Teddy Bear Picnic Day
Don't Step on a Bee Day
11
World Population Day ~
Patricia Polacco's Birthday (1944)
12
Etch-a-Sketch Introduced (1960)
– Battle of the Boyne Day (Ireland)
13
Cow Appreciation Day
Puzzle Day
14
Bastille Day (France)
15
Howard Hughes Set New Speed Record (1938)
World's Tallest Man (8' 11.1") Died (1940)
First International Manned Spaceflight (1975)
16
District of Columbia Established (1790)
Russian Czar Executed (1918)
Umi No Hi (Marine Day, Japan)
National Farm Safety Week, Australia

17
Disneyland Opened (1955)
18
National Ice Cream Day
Nelson Mandela's Birthday
19
First East to West Rowing of the Atlantic (1969)
20
First Moon Landing (1969) Moon Day
First Special Olympics (1968)
21
Monkey Day
New Hampshire Admission Day
Ernest Hemingway's Birthday (1899)
22
Pied Piper Arrived in Hamelin (1264)
23
Pneumatic Tyre Invented (1888)
National Hot Dog Day (USA)
24
Amelia Earhart's Birthday (1897)
25
Puerto Rico Constitution Day
Thread the Needle Day
26
Parents Day
Liberia Became Africa's First Republic (1847)
27

Korean War Veterans' Armistice Day
Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny
28
Beatrix Potter's Birthday (1866)
29
NASA Established (1958)
Prince Charles Married Lady Diana Spencer (1981)
30
Emily Bronte's Birthday (1818)
31
J.K. Rowling's Birthday (1965) (Harry Potter Activities)
Columbus Arrived in Trinidad (1498)

Back to School Month

Women's Month (South Africa)
Family Fun Month
Inventor's Month
Happiness Happens Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Kid's Vision and Learning Month
1
World Wide Web Anniversary
Photo Flashbulb Invented (1930)
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day
2
Signing of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day (USA)
3
Christopher Columbus Set Sail (1492)
Watermelon Day
4
Gestapo Arrest Anne Frank (1944)
Chocolate Chip Day
5
Neil Armstrong's Birthday (1930)
Friendship Day
Mustard Day - This special day was created by the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum in
Wisconsin. The festival began in 1991, and is usually celebrated on the first weekend in
August (so the actual day of the celebration varies from year to year).

National Kids Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day
Alfred Tennyson's Birthday (1809)
Alexander Fleming's Birthday (1881)
Hiroshima Day Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima (1945)
7
First Pictures of Earth Taken from Space (1959)
Lighthouse Day
8
National Waffle Day
First Canadian Turtle Derby (1972)
9
President Richard Nixon Resigned (1974)
National Women's Day (S Africa)
International Art Appreciation Day
Jean Piaget's Birthday (1896)
Jesse Owens Won Four Olympic Gold Medals (1936)
Aug. 9-16 Smile Week
10
Missouri Admission Day
Smithsonian Institution Founded (1846)
10-12 Kool Aid Days - A refreshing beverage that is this popular worldwide deserves
more than one day of celebration. Check the official Kool Aid Days website to find out
about events that are taking place.
11
Martian Moon Phobos Discovered (1677)
12
International Youth Day
Tyrannosaurus Sue Discovered (1990)
13
International Left-Hander's Day - visit the official Left Handers' Day website that
provides fascinating facts and good research info.
First Two-Way Satellite Conversation (1948)

14
V-J Day
Widescale Power Outage in the U.S. (2003)
15
Panama Canal Opened (1914)
Independence Day India
Woodstock Music & Art Fair Opened (1969)
New Solar System Discovered (2001)
16
Bathysphere Reached Record Depth (1934)
17
Davy Crockett's Birthday (1786)
Woodstock Festival Ended (1969)
18
King Kong Premiered (1933)
19
National Aviation Day
20
National Rodeo Day
Lemonade Day
21
Hawaii Statehood Day
Aloha Day
Mona Lisa Stolen (1911)
22
National Tooth Fairy Day
23
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
24

National Peach Pie Day
First Swimmer Crossed the English Channel (1875)
Mount Vesuvius Erupted (79)
Mexico Gained Independence from Spain (1821)
25
Earth Photographed from the Moon (1966)
New Orleans Founded by French (1718)
26
Women's Equality Day
National Dog Day (USA)
Charles Lindbergh Died (1974)
27
Volcanoes & Tsunamis on Krakatoa Island Killed 36,000 (1883)
Lyndon B. Johnson's Birthday (1908)
28
Dream Day
MLK Gave "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
Barack Obama Became First African-American Presidential Nominee (2008)n
29
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
30
Thurgood Marshall Confirmed
31
International Blog Day
National Trail Mix Day (USA)

• Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month

• Better Breakfast Month
• Classical Music Month
• Kids' Good Manners Month
• Library Card Sign-Up Month
• National Chicken Month
• National Piano Month
• National Sickle Cell Month
• Baby Safety Month
• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Kid's Eye Health and Safety Month
• National Literacy Month
• National School Success Month
• Organic Harvest
1
Great Kanto Earthquake, Japan (1923)
Germany Invaded Poland, Starting WWII (1939)
Titanic Wreckage Located (1985)
2
Great Fire of London (1666)
Theodore Roosevelt Said "Speak Softly & Carry a Big Stick" (1901)
Victory over Japan (V-J) Day (1945)
3
Wizard of Oz Published (1900)
First Pictures Taken of Mars's Surface (1976)
Labour Day
4
Henry Hudson Discovers Manhattan (1609)

5
National Be Late for Something Day
Mother Teresa Died (1997)
6
Yellow Star of David Required for All German Jews (1941)
Star Trek Debuted on TV (1966)
Sep. 6-13 Suicide Prevention Week
7
Babe Ruth Hits First Home Run (1915)
Buddy Holly's Birthday (1936)
8
International Literacy Day
Chrysanthemum Day (Japan)
10
Rickshaw Invented (1869)
11
Patriot Day
Massive Terrorist Attack on Three American Cities (2001)
12
Mae Jemison Becomes First African-American Woman in Space (1992)
Henry Hudson Began Exploration of Hudson River (1609)
13
Grandparents Day
International Chocolate Day
Milton Hershey's Birthday (1857)
Roald Dahl's Birthday (1916)
14

Star Spangled Banner Written by Francis Scott Key (1814)
15
Agatha Christie's Birthday (1890)
Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin (1928)
The Nuremberg Law Enacted in Germany (1935)
16
Mexican Independence Day
Stepfamily Day
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17
Constitution Day
U.S. Constitution Completed & Signed (1787)
23,000 Killed at Battle of Antietam (1862)
First Deaf Miss America Crowned (1994)
Sep. 17-24 Constitution Week
18
National Play-Doh® Day
Tsunami in Hong Kong (1906)
Fugitive Slave Act Passed (1850)
First Issue of The New York Times Published (1851)
Jimi Hendrix Died (1970)
19
Mickey Mouse Cartoon Debuted (1928)
Rosh Hashanah
William Golding's Birthday (1911)
20
International Student Day
Chester A. Arthur Inaugurated (1881)
21
Yom Kippur
International Day of Peace
22

Elephant Appreciation Day
23
First Day of Autumn
Neptune Discovered (1846)
Sigmund Freud Died (1939)
24
Jim Henson's Birthday (1936)
Heritage Day (S Africa)
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Birthday (1896)
Dr. Seuss Died (1991)
25
Shel Silverstein's Birthday (1930)
Pacific Ocean Discovered (1513)
Native American Day
26
Johnny Appleseed's Birthday (1774)
Sep. 26-33 Banned Books Week
27
First Skyscraper Opened in NYC
Yom Kippur
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Samuel Adams's Birthday (1722)
28
Tomato Proven Safe (1820)
29
US Army Established (1789)
Louis Pasteur Died (1895)
30
International Translation Day

• Diversity Awareness Month

• Family Health Month
• Hunger Awareness Month
• Youth Against Tobacco Month
• Pet Wellness Month
• Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
• International Dinosaur Month
• Learning Disabilities Month
• School Safety Month
• Computer Learning Month
• Diversity Awareness Month
• Energy Awareness Month
• Family Health Month
• Filipino-American History Month
• Fire Prevention Month
1-7 Get Organized Week

Squirrel Appreciation Week
1
World Habitat Day
–World Vegetarian Day
–Chinese National Day
–Disney World Opened (1971)
2
Peanuts Comic Strip Debuted (1950)
3
Mickey Mouse Club Debuted (1955)
Sputnik I Launched into Orbit (1957)
Oct. 4-11 World Space Week
National 4-H Week USA
National Fire Prevention Week USA

National Metric Week USA
4
Buster Keaton's Birthday
5
World Teachers Day
Child Health Day
6
National Storytelling Festival
Thomas Edison Showed First Motion Picture (1889)
7
World Smile Day
– Carbon Paper Patented (1806)
8
Columbus Day
John Hancock Died (1793)
Pres. Franklin Pierce Died (1869)
Great Fire of Chicago Started (1871)
Earthquake in Kashmir Killed Over 80,000 (2005
9
Leif Erikson Day
10
King Tut's Treasures Photographed (1924)
11
Eleanor Roosevelt's Birthday
12
Farmers Day
Columbus Day
Columbus Landed in Bahamas (1492)
USS Cole Attacked (2000)
Oct. 12-17 Nat'l School Lunch Week

Teen Read Week
National Rainforest Week
13
Milton Hershey Died (1945)
Navy Day
14
Peace Corps Birthday
National Children's Day
Battle of Hastings Fought (1066)
Martin Luther King Jr. Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
15
White Cane Safety Day
Nelson Mandela Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1993)
16
Dictionary Day
World Food Day
17
Black Poetry Day
Mae Jemison's Birthday (1956)
Mother Teresa Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (1979)
18
Alaska Day
Black Olympians Suspended (1968)
Oct. 18-25 Nat School Bus Safety Week
Nat Chemistry Week
19
Largest Mass of Gold Discovered (1872)
Last Major Battle of American Revolution Ended (1781)
20
National Fruit Day
Sweetest Day

20-24 School Bus Safety Week
21
Light Bulb Invented (1879)
Apple Day
22
NatNut Day
First Parachute Jump from Balloon (1797)
23
Women's Suffrage March, NYC (1915)
24
United Nations Day
International School Library Day
First Transcontinental Telegraph Line Completed (1861)
Rosa Parks Died (2005)
International Make A Difference Day
25
Microwave Oven Debuted (1955)
26
Two Gray Whales Freed from Ice (1966)
27
James Cook's Birthday (Explorer)
Boston Red Sox Won World Series (2004)
28
Statue of Liberty Dedicated (1886)
29
Internet Created (1969)
First Oscar Night (1929)
Stock Market Crashed ("Black Tuesday")
30
War of the Worlds Broadcast (1938)
John Adams's Birthday (1735)

31
Halloween
Nevada Day

• Family Stories Month

• International Drum Month
• Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
• Stamp Collecting Month
• American Indian Heritage Month
• Aviation History Month
• Child Safety and Prevention Month
• Diabetes Month
• Epilepsy Awareness Month
• Healthy Skin Month
• International Drum Month
1
Family Literacy Day
Day of the Dead (Mexico)
Daylight Savings Time Ends
Stamp Act in Effect (1765)
2
North Dakota and South Dakota Admission Day
Harry Truman Elected President (1948)
2-8 World Kindness Week
3
National Sandwich Day
First Dog Orbited Earth (1957)
4
King Tut's Tomb Discovered (1922)
5
Young Reader's Day

Reagan Re-Elected by a Landslide (1984)
Abraham Lincoln Elected President (1860)
7
Canadian Pacific Railway Completed (1885)
Marie Curie's Birthday (1867)
FDR Won Fourth Presidential Term (1944)
Eleanor Roosevelt Died (1962)
8
Yeti Tracks Discovered (1951)
9
Berlin Wall Opened (1989)
Kristallnacht Began (1938)
Nov. 9-16 World Kindness Week
10
Great Wall of China Opens for World Tourism
Marine Corps Birthday
11
Veterans Day
Washington Admission Day
Supernova Discovered (1572)
Pilgrims Signed Mayflower Compact (1620)
12
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Birthday (1815)
13
International Day of Kindness
Robert Louis Stevenson's Birthday (1850)
14
American Teddy Bear Day
15
America Recycles Day
American Education Week
Geography Awareness Week

16
Oodaaq Island Discovered (1978)
International Day of Tolerance
17
Suez Canal Opened in Egypt (1869)
Homemade Bread Day
18
Mickey Mouse's Birthday (1928)
William Tell Shot the Apple (1307)
19
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
20
Edwin Hubble's Birthday (1889)
21
First Hot-Air Balloon Flight (1763)
22
JFK's Assassination
Mount St. Helens Erupted (1842)
JFK Assassinated (1963)
Nov. 22-29 Games & Puzzles Week
23
Zoom Lens Patented (1948)
Nat Cashew Day
24
Zachary Taylor's Birthday (1784)
Darwin's Origin of the Species Published (1859)
Jack Ruby Shot Lee Harvey Oswald (1963)
25
Wind-Up Car Patented (1881)
26

Thanksgiving
FDR Signs Thanksgiving Bill
First Thanksgiving Day (1789)
27
Anders Celsius' Birthday (1701)
Nobel Prize Established (1895)
28
Ka Lahui (Independence Day, Hawaii)
29
Louisa May Alcott's Birthday (1832)
Electronic Greetings Day
30
Mark Twain's Birthday (1835)
Winston Churchill's Birthday (1874)
Oscar Wilde Died (1930)

• Identity Theft Prevention and Awareness Month

• Safe Toys & Gifts Month
• Stress-Free Family Holiday Month
• Universal Human Rights Month
• World AIDS Month
• Write to a Friend Month
• Bingo's Birthday Month
1
AIDS Awareness Day
2
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Razor Blade Patented (1901)
3
International Day of Disabled Persons
4
National Cookie Day
Game of "Monopoly" Debuted (1935)
Santa's List Day! Print out a wish list, help your child write down the name of a gift or
toy they would like, and send the list to Santa. Or simply write a letter to Santa
5
International Volunteer Day
Walt Disney's Birthday (1901)
6
First Taxicabs in London (1897)
Dec. 6-13 Nat Handwashing Week

Delaware Day
Pearl Harbour Day
8
Eli Whitney's Birthday (1765)
9
Computer Mouse Invented (1968)
Roller Skates Patented (1884)
Christmas Card Day - The first commercial Christmas card was created by Sir Henry
Cole of England in 1843. Christmas Cards are fun and easy to make with paper and
crayons. Even in their simplest form they will help your child develop a foundation for
reading and writing skills.
10
Human Rights Day
Emily Dickinson's Birthday (1830)
Nobel Prize Day
11
National Noodle-Ring Day
Hanukkah Begins at Sundown
12
Poinsettia Day
13
South Pole Discovered (1911)
First Susan B. Anthony Dollar (1979)
New Zealand Discovered (1642)
14
First Miniature Golf Course (1929)
15
Bill of Rights Day
Basketball Created (1891)
Sitting Bull Died (1890)
16

Boston Tea Party Day
Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
17
Wright Brothers' Day
Pan American Aviation Day
Maple Syrup Day
18
International Migrants' Day
19
Saturnalia Festival
20
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
21
Pilgrims Landed (1620)
Crossword Puzzle Created (1913)
Winter Solstice
22
First Cloned Pet Born (2001)
Beatrix Potter Died (1943)
23
First Nonstop Flight Around the World (1986)
24
Christmas Eve
25
Christmas
26
Kwanzaa Begins
Boxing Day/Family Day
Day of Goodwill (S Africa)
27

Visit the Zoo Day
Louis Pasteur’s Birthday
28
National Chocolate Day
29
Andrew Johnson's Birthday (1808)
30
Rudyard Kipling's Birthday (1865)
31
New Year's Eve
–Make Up Your Mind Day

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