MDBCs 07 Jan 2024

Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 889 January 7

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January 7th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

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Christian Feast Day:
- André Bessette (Canada)
- Canute Lavard
- Charles of Sezze
- Felix and Januarius
- Lucian of Antioch
- Raymond of Penyafort
- Synaxis of John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian Calendar)
- January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar, Rastafari)
- Christmas in Russia
- Christmas in Ukraine
- Ethiopian Christmas
- Remembrance Day of the Dead (Armenia)
Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
Nanakusa no sekku (Japan)
Pioneer's Day (Liberia)
Tricolour day or Festa del Tricolore (Italy)
Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)

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

I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day

Al Capone

Fun Observances

Old Rock Day

January 7 is Old Rock Day. The unofficial holiday encourages people to acknowledge, celebrate, and learn more about old rocks and fossils.

A rock is a solid mass made of minerals or mineral-like substances. Used for a variety of purposes throughout the history of humankind - as tools, musical instruments, weapons and for mining - rocks form the outermost layer of Earth.

A Peek Into Earth's History

While natural processes - volcanic eruptions and erosion - continually help create rocks on Earth, old rocks are especially important to those who study the Earth and its history. Old rocks hold many answers to the mysteries of Earth's formation - they can tell scientists about natural events that played a role in the formation of the rocks and the effects that event had on other life forms in the area.

Old rocks can also sometimes hold fossils - the preserved remains of animals, plants and other organisms. These fossils can help scientists find out the kind of flora and fauna that existed in the past and what may have caused them to evolve or go extinct.

Finding the Age of Old Rocks

Geologists date old rocks using a technique called radiometric dating or radioactive dating. The process involves looking at the decay of radioactive elements available in rocks. The oldest rock of terrestrial origin to be dated using this method is a zircon found in the Jack Hills of Australia. Scientists estimate that the rock could be as old as 4.4 billion years.

How to Celebrate?

Learn more about the types of old rocks.
Pick up a book about fossils and learn how fossils tell us more about the Earth’s past or visit your local natural history museum.
Take a walk in the park and collect interestingly shaped rocks.
Buy your loved ones some pretty looking rocks. And by rocks, we mean jewels. After all, diamonds are old rocks.
Looking for a new hobby? May we suggest collecting rocks?
Find rocks boring? Listen instead to music from old rock bands.

Did You Know…

...that Petrology is the scientific study of rocks?

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