July 1st 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Aaron (Syriac Christianity)
  • Blessed Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
  • Felix of Como
  • Junípero Serra
  • Julius and Aaron
  • Leontius of Autun
  • Servanus
  • Veep
  • July 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ (removed from official Roman Catholic calendar since 1969)
• Armed Forces Day (Singapore)
• Bobby Bonilla Day (United States)
• Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day (Canada)
• Children's Day (Pakistan)
• Chinese Communist Party Founding Day (China)
• Day of Officials and Civil Servants (Hungary)
• Doctors' Day (India)
• Emancipation Day (Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius)
• Engineer's Day (Bahrain, Mexico)
• Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Hong Kong, China)
• Independence Day (Burundi), celebrates the independence of Burundi from Belgium in 1962.
• Independence Day (Rwanda)
• Independence Day (Somalia)
• International Tartan Day
• July Morning (Bulgaria)
• Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) (Suriname)
• Madeira Day (Madeira, Portugal)
• Moving Day (Quebec) (Canada)
• Newfoundland and Labrador Memorial Day
• Republic Day (Ghana)
• RONPhos Handover Day (Nauru)
• Sir Seretse Khama Day (Botswana)
• Territory Day (British Virgin Islands)
• Territory Day (Northern Territory, Australia)
• The first day of Van Mahotsav, celebrated until July 7. (India)

 

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

American Zoo Day

Bank Employee Day (Guatemala)

Caribbean Community Day

CPC Founding Day

Dog House Repair Month

Early Bird Day

Heroes' Day of Zambia

International Chicken Wing Day

International Reggae Day

Ketikoti

Mother's Day South Sudan

National Baby-Led Weaning Day

National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day

National Financial Freedom Day

National Gingersnap Day

National Postal Workers Day

National Television Heritage Day

National U.S. Postage Stamp Day

Second Second Half of the Year Day

Smart Irrigation Month

The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

Wrong Trousers Day

ZIP Code Day

 

Pamela Anderson’s Birthday

Chris (Kris) the Meme God’s Birthday

Tate McRae’s Birthday

Nick Austin’s Birthday

Missy Elliott’s Birthday

Liv Tyler’s Birthday

Jack Avery’s Birthday

Olivia de Havilland

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Fun Observances

International Joke Day

Not only does July 1 mark the middle of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, it is also International Joke Day. The unofficial holiday encourages participants to share their funniest and sidesplitting jokes with the world.

While the origins of this rib-tickling holiday are unknown, one can assume that its creators wanted people to spread cheer, laughter, and happiness by telling jokes to everyone they meet.

A joke is a written or spoken narrative that entertains, amuses, or generates laughter among readers or listeners.

Creating Ties

Humans have been telling jokes for a large part of their history. According to historians, the oldest recorded joke can be traced back to the ancient Sumerians in 1900 BC.

Anthropological studies have shown that laughter evolved as a way for humans to signal friendship and as a way to create and strengthen ties with a group.

How to Celebrate?

• They say laughter is the best medicine, so make people around you laugh out loud by telling them jokes.
• Organize a joke contest at work – the best joke wins a gag prize.
• Read joke books today and share your favorite ones with family and friends.
• What about playing a harmless practical joke on a friend or a colleague?

Did You Know...

...that it is believed on average children between the ages of 0 to 4 laugh 200-300 times a day, while adults only laugh about 4-20 times a day?

 

 

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Take heed, scientists: Not every scientific advancement is Nobel Prize worthy. Some must lay claim to an Ig Nobel Prize, awarded by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine:

The Prize for Physiology went to the report "No Evidence of Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise."

The Prize for Medicine went to a study that demonstrates that people make better decisions about some kinds of things — but worse decisions about other kinds of things — when they have a strong urge to urinate.

The Prize for Biology went to the discovery that a particular kind of beetle mates with a particular kind of Australian beer bottle.

 

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The topic for my third-grade class was genetics. Smiling broadly, I pointed to my dimples and asked, "What trait do you think I passed on to my children?"

One student called out, "Wrinkles!"

 

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Needing to escape her hectic office, my friend fled to the mall, bought a candy bar, and then relaxed on a bench next to a businessman. Soon, she heard the sound of a crumpling wrapper and realized that he was eating her candy bar.

When he went to work on an ice cream cone, she leaned over and took a huge lick. "There!" she declared.

She then stormed off to her car, reached into her purse for her keys, and pulled out the candy bar she thought he'd eaten.

 

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Overheard at my garden-club meeting:

"I never knew what compost was until I met my husband."

 

 

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