March 7th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

Christian feast day:

• Blessed Leonid Feodorov (Russian Greek Catholic Church)
• Perpetua and Felicity
• Siméon-François Berneux (part of The Korean Martyrs)
• March 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

National Be Heard Day

National Cereal Day

Dolyatra

Erev Purim

Holi Guyana

Holika Dahana

Jose Abad Santos Day

Lailatul Barat Starts

National Ben Day

National Carol Day

National Cooper Day

National Crown Roast of Pork Day

National Flapjack Day

National Library Workers Day

National Sharon Day

National Sportsmanship Day

National Teresa Day

National Town Meeting Day

Plant Power Day

Sock Monkey Day

Suriname Phagwah

Unique Names Day

 

Fun Observances

 Alexander Graham Bell Day

Alexander Graham Bell Day is celebrated every year on March 7.

The unofficial holiday recognizes the day in 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for the technology that would later become the telephone and changed the world of communications.

Patent Date

On March 7, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for “transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically.” Three days later, on March 10, Bell uttered the famous words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" into a transmitter. His assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in the next room, heard the words clearly and thus, the first telephone was created.

In commemoration of the day he was granted the patent, Bell’s fans around the world celebrate March 7 as Alexander Graham Bell Day. It is a day recognized by an official act of the legislature in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Prolific Inventor

In addition to the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell is also credited with being the inventor of the metal detector and he is known for developing the Hydrodrome, a watercraft that set a world marine speed record in 1919.

How to Celebrate?

• Learn more about the science and technology behind the telephone and the cell phone.
• Visit your local telecommunications museum.
• Every time you call a friend or text someone send a silent thank you to Bell. Without him, we would still be using pigeons to send messages.

Did You Know…

…that Bell was one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society?

 

 

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Carol was pregnant with her first child, and her husband was about to leave on a two-week business trip. When Carol went to her doctor appointment, she had some questions.

"My husband wants me to ask you something—" Carol began.

The doctor interrupted her. "I get asked that question all the time," he said in a reassuring tone. "Sex is fine until late in the pregnancy."

"No, that's not it!" an embarrassed Carol confessed. "My husband wants to know if I can still mow the lawn."

 

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Needing to shed a few pounds, my husband and I went on a diet that had specific recipes for each meal of the day. I followed the instructions closely, dividing the finished recipe in half for our individual plates. We felt terrific and thought the diet was wonderful—we never felt hungry!

But when we realized we were gaining weight, not losing it, I checked the recipes again. There, in fine print, was "Serves 6."

 

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I worked at a boarding kennel where people leave their dogs and cats while on vacation. One morning I had taken a cat out of his cage, and after playing with him and replenishing his food and water, I put him back in. A few minutes later, I was surprised to see the feline at my feet, since the cage doors lock automatically when they’re shut.

I couldn’t figure out how the cat escaped, until I bent down to pick him up and spied his nametag: “Houdini.”

 

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Thinking no one could hear me as I loaded a UPS tractor trailer, I began to whistle. I was really getting into it when a coworker in the next trailer poked his head in.

“You know, I always used to wish I could whistle,” he said.

“Now I just wish you could.”

 

 

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