April Fool’s Day

April Fools' Day (sometimes called April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day) is celebrated every year on the first day of April. Popular since the 19th century, the day is not a national holiday in any country, but it is well known in Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States, and it is celebrated as a day when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. The jokes and their victims are known as ""April fools"". Hoax stories may be reported by the press and other media on this day and explained on subsequent days.

In the Middle Ages, New Year's Day was celebrated on Lady Day, the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, in most of Europe. The feast's octave was 1 April. The holiday may have originated in France as part of the shift to celebrating New Year's on 1 January, a move formalized as part of the 1564 Edict of Roussillon. It may have appeared earlier in Chaucer, but this is now generally discounted.

More Details...
All details taken directly from provider content at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day

Area Code Day

Whilst area codes certainly aren’t as important today as they used to be – primarily due to the proliferation of mobile phones – area codes used to be a point of prestige. Area Code Day remembers a bygone era when the evolution of telephone networks meant changing numbers, changing boundary definitions, and how much your […]

Rapture Party Day

Predictions over recent decades suggested that May 21st 2011 would mark the end of the world, in the form of the Christian Rapture. As far as we can tell, this event didn’t happen as Harold Camping predicted, and now the date is celebrated with ‘rapture parties’ and ‘end of the world parties’.More Details...All details taken […]

brown wooden blocks on white table

Be an Angel Day

On August 22nd, people around the world celebrate "Be an Angel Day" - a day dedicated to spreading kindness and compassion. This unofficial holiday encourages individuals to perform acts of goodwill, big or small, that can make a positive difference in someone else's life. Whether it's helping a neighbor, volunteering at a local charity, or simply offering a kind word to a stranger, the day reminds us that we all have the power to be "angels" in our communities. By embodying the spirit of generosity and empathy, participants aim to create a ripple effect of positivity that extends far beyond just one day of the year.

Repeal Day

Date When Celebrated : Always December 5th Repeal Day is today. It commemorates the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Once more, Americans were free to buy, sell, and consume alcoholic beverages. I'll drink to that! In the early 1900's, many of the good people of America believed that alcohol was the root cause of many […]