July 14th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

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• Christian feast day:
  • Boniface of Savoy
  • Gaspar de Bono
  • Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)
  • Deusdedit of Canterbury
  • John Keble (Church of England)
  • Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States)
  • July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Bastille Day (France and dependencies)
• International Non-Binary People's Day
• Republic Day (Iraq)
• Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden.

 

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

Fun Observances

Pandemonium Day

July 14 is Pandemonium Day, an annual celebration of chaos and disorder. Pandemonium Day is a reminder of the chaos and uncertainty that marks most of our lives.

The unofficial holiday encourages people to take a different look at upheavals and changes in their lives. It also inspires celebrators to find ways to take a pause from the daily grunt and to bring order and equilibrium in their lives.

From Paradise Lost

The word pandemonium, meaning a place of confusion or turmoil, comes from English poet John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost. First published in 1667, the epic was a collection of 10 books. In the poem, Pandæmonium or Pandemonium is the capital of Hell. Pandemonium comes from the Greek word, pan meaning all, and daimonion, meaning inferior gods.

How to Celebrate?

• Acknowledge that chaos is part of your life. The first step for sanity to return is to accept that pandemonium will always be part of your life.
• Take measures to reduce the chaos and the stress that comes with it. Make a chore chart and stick to it, but don’t feel guilty if you are unable to accomplish a few chores once in a while.
• Don’t feel like you have to do everything yourself. If the chaos feels overwhelming, ask for help from your family and friends.

Did You Know...

...that Milton wrote another epic poem called Paradise Regained as a sequel to Paradise Lost? Paradise Regained was published in 1671.

 

 

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A man walks into a rooftop bar and takes a seat next to another guy. “What are you drinking?” he asks the guy.

“Magic beer,” he says.

“Oh, yeah? What’s so magical about it?”

The guy proceeds to show him: He drinks some beer, jumps off the roof, flies around the building, and returns to his seat.

“Amazing! Lemme try some of that,” the man says. He grabs the beer, downs it, leaps off the roof, 
and falls 30 feet to the ground.

The bartender shakes his head and says to the first guy, “You know, you’re a real jerk when you’re drunk, Superman.”

 

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Old lawyers never die; they just lose their appeal.

 

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Our minister announced that admission to a church social event would cost $6 per person.

“However,” he said, “if you’re over 65, the price will be $5.50.”

From the back of the congregation, a woman shouted,

“Do you really think I’d give you that information for only 50 cents?”

 

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Studying our wedding photos, my six-year-old asked,

“Did you marry Dad because he was good-looking?”

“Not really,” I replied.

“Did you marry him for his money?”

“Definitely not,” I laughed. “He didn’t have any.”

“So,” he said, “you just felt sorry for him.”

 

 

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