C
Checkiday
@checkiday
PublisherThe World's Leading Holiday Resource
The world's most-trusted holiday resource since 2011.
2,043 Posts
It's Babe Ruth Day | April 27th, 2024
George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. A baseball star who played as both a pitcher and an outfielder, he is most remembered for his hitting abilities. He was usually called Babe Ruth, but he was also known as "The Bambino," "The Sultan of Sw It's Matanzas Mule Day | April 27th, 2024
Whereas National Mule Day celebrates all mules, today we remember just one, the Matanzas Mule. On April 27, 1898, during the beginning stages of the Spanish-American War, the United States Navy fired on Matanzas, a city on the North shore of Cuba. One casualty of the bombardment It's National Devil Dog Day | April 27th, 2024
Today we celebrate Devil Dogs , treats that consist of two layers of devil's food cake with cream sandwiched between them. Drake Bakeries, now known as Drake's Cakes, began making Devil Dogs in 1926. National Devil Dog Day was started by Sean Alexander Sobel, who as a child ate De It's National Tell a Story Day | April 27th, 2024
Stories can be read from a book or other written material, be told from memory, or be created as they are being told. They can be true or make-believe; they can be newer accounts or pieces of folklore. All these types of storytelling and more are celebrated with National Tell a S It's Alien Day | April 26th, 2024
The Alien film franchise is celebrated today. The original film in the series, Alien , was released in 1979. Ridley Scott directed it and it starred Sigourney Weaver. Sequels and prequels followed. Alien Day is organized and promoted by 20th Century Studios. It was first held in 2 It's Audubon Day | April 26th, 2024
John James Audubon, born on today's date in 1785, was the foremost wildlife illustrator in the United States for half a century, mainly focusing on ornithological paintings. He was born in Saint Domingue, a French colony that is now Haiti. His parents were a French naval officer It's Get Organized Day | April 26th, 2024
Being organized increases productivity and reduces stress. On Get Organized Day, homes and workspaces are put into order. Desks, filing cabinets, closets, and drawers are gone through. Yards and garages are tidied up. Email inboxes are cleaned out. Schedules and agendas are put t It's Hug a Friend Day | April 26th, 2024
Today is for hugging friends! Hugging has been around for millennia and is practiced by almost all cultures as a way to connect with others without using language. Hugs have traditionally been given in may scenarios: as a greeting or goodbye, for sympathy or congratulations, and It's National Arbor Day | April 26th, 2024
Many holidays commemorate some event from the past, but National Arbor Day is about investing in the future. It focuses on the care and preservation of existing trees, as well as on the planting of new ones. Appropriately, it takes place during a time of the year when it is favor It's National Hairball Awareness Day | April 26th, 2024
Observed by cat owners and all those who care about cats, National Hairball Awareness Day is a day when people learn about and become more aware of hairballs and their effects on felines, and when they check up on the health of cats and take steps to eliminate hairballs. A trichob It's National Pretzel Day | April 26th, 2024
Soft or hard, twisted into a knot or straight, large or small, salted or plain, served with mustard or cheese—there are many types of pretzels and ways to eat them. National Pretzel Day was first proclaimed in 1983 after being thought up by Representative Robert Walker of Lancast It's Love Your Thighs Day | April 25th, 2024
Love Your Thighs Day is for celebrating body positivity and learning to love one's thighs no matter what they look like. It celebrates women of all shapes and sizes and kicks off "high chafing season so women everywhere can feel confident and be ready to take on the hot spring an It's National Crayola Day | April 25th, 2024
Crayola crayons were invented by cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith, who had formed Binney & Smith in 1885 (interestingly, National Crayon Day , which took place last month, is held on the anniversary of the founding of their company). The cousins made shoe polish and printi It's National Plumber's Day | April 25th, 2024
We once had no indoor plumbing—no bathtubs , toilets , or hot water—and had to use outhouses and carry water for long distances. Thanks to the work that plumbers do, we now take indoor plumbing for granted and don't think much about it. But on National Plumber's Day—commonly also k It's National Teach Children to Save Day | April 25th, 2024
Taking place during Financial Literacy Month , National Teach Children to Save Day focuses the media's attention around the importance of financial education and teaches children financial literacy and the importance of saving, which may set them on the course to a life of financi It's Parental Alienation Awareness Day | April 25th, 2024
Parental alienation, sometimes called hostile aggressive parenting, is a behavior by a parent or another adult that a child trusts—such as a grandparent, uncle, or aunt—that may cause alienation between the child and another parent. This alienating behavior, which is unwarranted It's Red Hat Society Day | April 25th, 2024
Red Hat Society Day commemorates the anniversary of the date in 1998 when a group of women gathered for a tea party in Fullerton, California, to wear purple clothing and red hats. They called themselves the Red Hat Society, and thus, April 25 became the founding date of the Red H It's World Penguin Day | April 25th, 2024
World Penguin Day celebrates and raises awareness for penguins. Observed by many conservation groups, it takes place on April 25 because it is around this time each year that the Adelie penguins of Antarctica begin migrating north. It appears the day stemmed from an earlier "Nati It's Administrative Professionals Day | April 24th, 2024
Administrative Professionals Day, also known as Secretaries' Day or Admin Day, recognizes the work of secretaries, receptionists, administrative assistants, and other administrative support professionals. Employers and supervisors organize events for these workers on the day, and It's Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day | April 24th, 2024
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is a time for reflecting on the Armenian genocide and remembering those who lost their lives during it. The day of commemoration has been held since the 1920s, and April 24 was chosen because it was on that date in 1915 when the genocide began. O
