September 1st 2013 Calendar Adjustment

Day

Following the British Calendar Act of 1751, Britain adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752. However, the current Julian calendar system required them to drop eleven days in order to sync themselves

with the proposed Gregorian Calendar. So, on the evening of 2nd September 1752, the population of Britain and its American colonies went to sleep and awoke the next morning to 14th September 1752.The changeover is also responsible for New Year’s Day being celebrated on 1st January, as before then

it had been celebrated on 26th March.As a result of Calendar Adjustment Day, there was rioting on the streets by those who felt cheated,

and demanded the eleven days back!

September 2nd 2013 Labor Day

To avoid further conflict following the Pullman Strikes of 1894 where many worker’s deaths occurred at the hands of the U.S. military and marshals, legislation making Labor Day a national holiday was rushed through Congress.In America, Labor Day is seen as a day of rest and parties, and is also marked by the start of the NFL and college football seasons. It can also be seen as the symbolic end of summer.

September 4th 2013Newspaper Carrier Day

Newspaper Carrier Day celebrates the life

and hiring date of Barney Flaherty, who was the first newspaper

carrier (or paperboy), hired in 1833 by

Benjamin Day, who was the publisher of the New York Sun newspaper at

the time.

September 5th 2013Be Late For Something

Day

Modern living and society puts incredible pressures on us to meet challenging deadlines, observe rules and regulations, and to regulate our lives by tight schedules. Wouldn’t it be

nice if you could just stop for a little bit and see what happens?Be Late For Something Day encourages you to take a step back from your schedule and intentionally be late for something – remember that things can go on without you, and

maybe it’s not all quite as important as you thought; after all, you need some ‘me time’!

September 7th 2013Salami Day

Salami is cured, fermented and air-dried sausage, popular in Italy and the Mediterranean. Salami Day encourages you to explore the world of salami by trying new and adventurous types of salami, and enjoying salami with friends at salami-

themed parties.

September 8th 2013Hug Your Hound Day

Hug Your Hound Day is about more than just loving your dog (like Dog Day) – it’s about understanding and getting involved in your dog’s environment, and experiencing the ‘wild’ of urban nature. Explore your local park with your dog, and get involved in local

ecological activities to help maintain healthy, diverse environments for humans and their doggy friends.

September 10th 2013Swap Ideas Day

The exact origins of Swap Ideas Day are unknown. However, it is believed that the creator of this day is Robert Birch. This was not his only unusual idea

as he is also thought to have invented several other strange celebrations including Lumpy Rug Day, Trivia Day and the bizarrely named Nothing

Day.The idea behind Swap Ideas Day is that everybody gets together to exchange ideas. People celebrate this occasion by connecting with other people to share thoughts and concepts. There are no rules outlining the nature of the ideas to be shared,

thus making Swap Ideas Day an ideal opportunity for people to be as creative and wacky as they like with their ideas as well as learning from the ideas

of others.

Stopped hereSeptember 11th 2013

Patriot DayPatriot Day falls on 11th September (also commonly known as ‘Nine-Eleven’) and is remembered globally as the anniversary of the

catastrophic terrorist attacks on the USA of 11th September 2001.Embedded in the memories of everyone who lived through it, this was the day four jet planes were hijacked and crashed into the

New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing the deaths of 2,977 people. The fourth plane (United Airlines Flight 93) was directed at Washington DC, but its passengers bravely attempted to take back control and it crashed into a field

near Shanksville Pennsylvania.The large majority of those lost after the attacks on the Twin Towers were working at or above the points of collision; thousands of

people who had gone to work that morning like every other day, found themselves suddenly stranded at the top of a burning skyscraper. A number made the choice to jump from the flaming buildings rather than wait to be caught by the flames or for the building to collapse. No one could forget the terrifying and heartbreaking stories and images captured by the news footage of the

day.In the wake of the World Trade Center collisions, many brave men and women from the emergency services risked their lives to try to

help rescue victims of the attacks, and of them 411 lost their own lives attempting to fight fires and rescue people.Patriot Day is recognized by US law as the official day of remembrance for these tragic events, and has been observed every year

since. Each year on this day, American flags are flown at half-staff to honor and commemorate those lives lost. The US President asks fellow Americans to observe a moment of silence at 8.46am (Eastern Daylight Time), the time of the first plane collision into the

North Tower of the World Trade Center.While the events took place within the USA, the shock and grief experienced in response to the attacks was shared across the globe,

and for this reason Patriot Day will be observed not only in America, but all over the world.

September 14th 2013Eat a Hoagie Day

We’re all familiar with the sub sandwich or ‘Hoagie‘, and Eat a Hoagie Day is an excuse to enjoy a mouth-watering, giant

sandwich crammed with all your favorites.

September 19th 2013Talk Like A Pirate Day

Yarr! One of our favorite days, Talk Like A Pirate Day encourages you to

inject pirate-themed words and noises into everything you say. Talk like a pirate at home, at work, with

friends, on the phone and to everybody you meet; top it off by

dressing like a pirate, too!

September 22nd 2013White Chocolate Day

White chocolate is a relatively new arrival to the chocolate market, having only been invented and introduced (in Switzerland) in the

1930s. White Chocolate Day celebrates this tasty treat – and although initially considered not to be ‘true’ chocolate in a definitive sense,

regulations were eventually relaxed to allow for white chocolate which contains sufficient cocoa to be considered to be ‘real’ chocolate.

September 25th 2013One-Hit Wonder Day

It’s what we’ve all been waiting for, a day to celebrate every artist who has conspired to give us one massively successful song….and the grand total of nothing since. One-Hit Wonder Day was established by music journalist Steve Rosen back in 1990 to pay tribute to those who have had their five minutes (or less) of fame and subsequently

vanished, leaving us only a catchy (hopefully!) tune to remember them by.From bizarre, middle-aged Spaniards Los Del Rio doing the ‘Macarena’, to beanie-

hatted Daniel Powter singing about his ‘Bad Day’, via Lou Bega’s Mambo #5, the list of one-hit wonders is a long and varied one, so dig out your old record collection and

see how many of these unfortunate souls are lurking there.Then join us in sitting back, listening to their tunes and wondering what the heck

these artists are doing now (apart from spending their massive royalty cheque).

September 26th 2013Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed is a famous historical American figure, who’s most notable for his spread of apple

trees throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He was a prominent conversationalist, business man and religious figure, and well known and liked for his

kindness and generosity – Johnny Appleseed Day commemorates his birth on September 26,

1774.

September 28th 2013 Good Neighbor Day

Not so long ago, the world felt like a smaller place, and everybody knew everybody else in their neighborhood. Now, many of us aren’t

familiar with our neighbors, and only speak to them in passing. Why not use Good Neighbor Day as an opportunity to lend a proverbial cup of sugar, and get to know the people who live

nearby?

September 29th 2013Coffee Day

Coffee in the morning; coffee and a catch up with old friends; going for coffee with your new hot date – we drink coffee morning, day and night with friends, business associates and lovers. You have only to walk down the

nearest high street and note the number of coffee chains to realize the extent of our love affair with our favorite caffeinated beverage.

Whether you favor espresso, Americanos, lattes or cappuccinos; iced, decaf, instant or filter – Coffee Day is the day to savor and appreciate your beverage, and maybe even pick one up for free at certain chains in the USA.

Coffee Day also marks the long history of the drink: the properties of coffee beans are thought to have first been discovered in Ethiopia. The beans are actually the pits found in the coffee berry or cherry. The story goes that a

9th century goat herder noticed their stimulating effects on his goats and began experimenting.Coffee drinking was originally popularized in the Arab world from around the 15th century spreading across Asia

then to Italy and across Europe and to the Americas – and finally to your coffee cup.Today, coffee is one of the world’s biggest crops so buying ethically grown coffee is all the more important – be

sure to be selective in buying your cup of coffee and supporting ethical trade.So when you drink your cup of coffee today, inhale its aroma, taste its dark and full-bodied flavor, think about its

story – but most of all enjoy.