National Day Calendar

Some Foods Feed Your Body And Others Feed Your Soul. Welcome to May 11, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate comfort food and scary television. We give you permission today to skip the calorie counting and serve up your favorite comfort food. Chips, cookies, pizza, or maybe some cake. Just enjoy yourself. In fact I would go so far as to recommend that you celebrate National Eat Wh...

These Eggs Come All Ready For Easter! Welcome to May 10, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate nutty bridges and colorful eggs. The Lewis and Clark Bridge spans the Columbia River, serving as an important link between Oregon and Washington. But just a few miles away in Longview, is a lesser known bridge called the Nutty Narrows. In 1963, Longview resident Amos Peters was distressed...

What Happens At Sleepovers Stays At Sleepovers! Welcome to May 9, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate fun in your PJs and losing your socks. Hey do guys remember sleepovers as a kid? On National Sleepover Day remember that what happens at sleepovers stays at sleepovers. Some mysteries may never be solved.  Who built Stonehenge?  What goes on in Area 51? And perhaps the greatest o...

People Used To Scratch Their Heads Over How To Ship This Tropical Ingredient. Welcome to May 8, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate finding your groove and tropical dreams. The human voice may be the oldest musical instrument. But drums have to be a close second. The act of banging a stick against an object is a simple yet effective way to create sound. No one knows exactly who i...

Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery. Welcome to May 7, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate thinking outside the package and sweet success. It’s been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And while that may be true, it wasn’t for Coca-Cola in the early 1900s. Its product was so popular that dozens of knockoff beverages had hit the market and were cutting i...

Don't Forget To Pick Up Your Free Comic Book Today! Welcome to May 6, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate good stuff for free and dedicated nurses. If you haven’t been paying attention to the exploits of your favorite masked heroes, today is the day to get caught up. Each year on the first Saturday of May, comic book stores around the country give away free issues of their most i...

Today We Celebrate The Heroes Who Were Willing To Go First! Welcome to May 5, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate Mexican independence and reaching for the stars. In 1862, France tried to take over Mexico. The country had defaulted on loan payments to France, and the European nation was so angry that it sent troops to Mexico to resolve things with force. Normally, the United Stat...

May The Fourth Be With You! Welcome to May 4, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate epic movies and fancy birds. Male birds tend to be more beautiful than their female companions. And there’s a reason. In the bird world, the female chooses her mate based on how he woos her—and this involves catching her eye. Take, the Costa’s Hummingbird, who puts on an elaborate aerial show in fro...

Everyone Should Have Something In Their Closet From The Camelid Family, Right? Welcome to May 3, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate the big sky state and fancy fabric. Today we’re celebrating Big Skies, Yellowstone, Glaciers and grizzlies. It's National Montana Day and we’re celebrating the Treasure State, from Missoula to Miles City and everywhere in between. Montana became our...

This Smelly Food Is Worth More Than Its Weight In Gold. Welcome to May 2, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate a month of pedaling and smelly fungus. Anna: John! Check out my new bike! John: Wow Anna, that’s pretty cool! It reminds me of the bikes when I was a kid, I had one with  a sissy bar and those chopper handlebars, man, I went everywhere on that bike! Anna: That’s so cool!...

All You Need Is Love And Mother Goose. Welcome to May 1, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate more to the story and a day of love. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn’t know what to do. We’re all familiar with this Mother Goose rhyme but…who is this old woman and why does she live in a shoe? Well, like most fairy tales and rhymes there is...

This Wascally Wabbit Is One Of The Most Famous Cartoon Characters. Welcome to April 30, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate special pets and rare hares. Audrey Hepburn was one of the first celebrities to go everywhere in public with her dog. Mr. Famous, her Yorkshire Terrier, was along for photo shoots and Hollywood events. This wasn’t common practice at the time and it helped ma...

Did You Ever Let A Movie Make You Scared To Go Swim? Welcome to April 29, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate staying cool under water and cool inventions. Anna: Do you remember the summer that the movie Jaws premiered? On National Pool Opening Day, be grateful that Steven Spielberg is releasing any new blockbusters! Zippers are something that we use almost daily but probably don...

This Organization Believes That Doing Good Anywhere Does Good Everywhere Welcome to April 28, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate heroes both fictional and real-life. Marvel Comics debuted its first superhero in October 1939. His name was the Human Torch, an android with a design flaw. Any time he is exposed to oxygen, he bursts into flame. (Seems like something that should’ve be...

This Word That Means "Impossible" Came From The Sultan Of Swat. Welcome to April 27, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate amazing stories and the Sultan of Swat. It’s been said that we all have a story to tell. But none has ever been told in quite the way of Jean-Dominique Bauby. Jean-Do, as he was known, was a famous French writer and editor. In 1995, he suffered a stroke that le...

This Fossil Had A Big Impact On The Mount Rushmore State. Welcome to April 26, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate big discoveries and shaking things up. There are many one-named celebrities out there, but none as big as Sue. She’s a big deal. Literally. Sue the T. Rex is the largest and most intact fossil of the dinosaur species ever found. The discovery was made in the South Da...

Alexander Graham Bell Would Roll In His Grave Over This Phone Call! Welcome to April 25, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate hot guitars and catching up with old friends.. If you’re a fan of Blues music then you certainly know about BB King. And you may have even heard of his true love: Lucille. But she wasn’t a wife or a girlfriend. Lucille was his trademark black Gibson guitar....

What's On Your Bucket List? Welcome to April 24, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate bucket lists and disappearing pigs. Anna: Okay, guys on National Bucket List Day what is on your bucket list? If you’ve ever paid attention to the party food that disappears faster than any other snack on the buffet table, then you’ll know: it’s pigs in a blanket.  Why are these tiny hotdogs wrap...

Wouldst Thou Breaketh Bread With Me Anon? Welcome to April 23, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate dining outdoors and speaking like a bard. We’ve all heard the phrase that life is no picnic, but with Spring in the air, it’s time to rethink that. This meal hearkens back to the mid 18th century in France when all you needed to dine al fresco was a bottle of wine, a loaf of bread,...

This Earth Momma Celebrates Earth Day Her Way! Welcome to April 22, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate Mother Earth and an all American treat.  Earth Day was established in 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, CA. Today folks around the globe participate in festivals and outdoor activities, but I called a friend to see how she celebrates Mother Earth.  Jessica Acheson,...

This Garden Helps To Grown Our Kids! Welcome to April 21, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate the places that we grow.   The next time you’re out enjoying your backyard, you can thank your refrigerator. I know that sounds crazy, but if it weren’t for the popularity of refrigerators, the backyard would not have become the place to laugh, play, and barbecue. Yards used to be a plac...

This Symbol Of Hospitality Is Pretty Tasty Too! Welcome to April 20, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate notorious imposters and aloha in a cake.  Felix Dadaev may not be a name you know, but if you ever studied World War II history, you’ve probably seen him. And that was the point. When Felix was injured while serving in the Russian army, someone noticed that he looked a lot lik...

Even This North Dakota Native Didn't Know All The Facts! Welcome to April 19, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate keeping vampires at bay and the Peace Garden State.  For date nights, it’s best to avoid eating anything with garlic in it. Unless your date involves hunting vampires. Folktales and superstitions vary around the world, but one of the things most everyone agrees on is...

Here's Some Advice You Might Not Wanna Follow. Welcome to April 18, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate great advice and a box full of fun. Today is National Columnists' Day, a day to recognize those whose prose enlightens us, humors us or just plain advises us. In honor of these scriveners, we present marriage advice handed down over the years. In the 1800’s Harriet Stowe advise...

Which Kind Of Cheeseball Are You? Welcome to April 17, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate cheesy history and an inspired look into the past. Today we’re talking cheeseballs; ooey, gooey rounds of cheese served up on crackers as a snack…yummy! The origin of this cheeseball can be traced to 1801 when it was prepared for our first foodie president, Thomas Jefferson. Or we’re talkin...