Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Obscure Holidays 4/1/13- 4/3/13 (Part 2)

Here's the stuff I put at the beginning of a month:

Month

  • National Humor Month
  • International Guitar Month
  • Keep America Beautiful Month
  • Lawn and Garden Month
  • National Poetry Month
  • National Pecan Month
  • National Welding Month
  • Records and Information Management Month
  • Stress Awareness Month
  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Weekly Celebrations
  • Week 1 Library Week
  • Week 1 Read a Road Map Week.
  • Week 2 Garden Week
  • Week 3 Organize Your Files Week
  • Week 3 Medical Labs Week
  • Week 4 Administrative Assistants Week
  • Week 4 National Karaoke Week


April 1
It's April Fool's Day, Dyngus Day (a day for boys to chase girls with squirt guns or hoses or anything to get them wet. It's a Polish tradition, don't worry girls, on Tuesday we get to throw dishes or crockery at the boys), International Fun at Work Day (who goes to work the day after Easter??) and International Tatting Day (Tatting is the skill of making delicate, elegant tatted lace)!

Today's Famous Birthdays:

April 1, 1815- Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor, statesman
April 1, 1928- Jane Powell, actress/singer
April 1, 1932- Debbie Reynolds, actress
April 1, 1938- Ali MacGraw, actress
April 1, 1947- David Eisenhower, author, grandson of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower
April 1, 19-- Fred and George Weasley 


April 2
It's Children's Book Day, National PB&J Day and Reconcilliation Day!

Today's Famous Birthdays:

April 2, 1805- Hans Christian Anderson, children's author
April 2, 1834- Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, sculpted the Statue of Liberty
April 2, 1908- Buddy Ebsen, actor
April 2, 1914- Sir Alec Guinness, actor
April 2, 1920- Jack Webb, actor, "Joe Friday "on Tv series "Dragnet"
April 2, 1939- Marvin Gaye, singer
April 2, 1955- Dana Carvey, actor, comedian


April 3
It's Don't Go to Work Unless it's Fun Day and Tweed Day!

Today's Famous Birthdays:

April 3, 1783- Washington Irving, author
April 3, 1924- Marlon Brando, actor
April 3, 1924- Doris Day, actress, singer
April 3, 1926- Virgil "Gus" Grissom, astronaut , died in a fire during a simulation aboard Apollo 1
April 3, 1942- Wayne Newton, singer
April 3, 1944- Tony Orlando, singer
April 3, 1958- Alec Baldwin, actor
April 3, 1961- Eddie Murphy, actor, comedian
April 3, 1970 -Rick Schroder, actor
April 3, 1971- Picabo Street, Olympic champion skier

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