July 27th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Arethas (Western Christianity)
  • Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba.
  • Maurus, Pantalemon, and Sergius
  • Pantaleon
  • Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology)
    • National Sleepy Head Day (Finland)
  • Theobald of Marly
  • Titus Brandsma, O.Carm.
  • July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea)
• Iglesia ni Cristo Day (the Philippines)
• José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico)
• Medical Workers Day (Ukraine)
• Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day (Vietnam)

 

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

Bagpipe Appreciation Day

Barbie-in-a-Blender Day

Cross Atlantic Communication Day

Gary Gygax Day

National Black Women's Equal Pay Day

International Decora Day

National Chicken Finger Day

National Creme Brûlée Day

National Day of the Cowboy

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day

National Love is Kind Day

National New Jersey Day

National Roanoke Community Beautification Day

National Scotch Day

National Sleepy Head Day

Norfolk Day

Paddle for Perthes Disease Awareness Day

Take Your Houseplant For A Walk Day

Walk On Stilts Day

 

Robin Thede’s Birthday

iDubbbzTV’s Birthday

Jacqueline Walters’s Birthday

Elvis the Alien’s Birthday

Danny Duncan’s Birthday

Baby Goth’s Birthday

Sarah Miller’s Birthday

Tory Lanez’s Birthday

Abby Roberts’s Birthday

Alex Rodriguez’s Birthday

Triple H’s Birthday

Maya Rudolph

 

Fun Observances

Take Your Pants for a Walk Day

July 27 is Take Your Pants For A Walk Day. Because the purpose or the origins of the day are unknown, we can only surmise that the unofficial holiday encourages people (in pants) to go out for a walk and enjoy the many benefits that walking provides.

Studies have shown that walking at a medium to fast pace regularly can have tremendous mental and physical health benefits. Walking not only helps burn calories, but can also boost a person's mood and can help treat depression. It also reduces the risk of a variety of health problems including obesity, diabetes, and heart diseases.

How to Celebrate?

• Get up early in the morning, wear your pants, and go for a walk!
• Walking with weights is known to increase the effectiveness of the exercise. So why not fill a bag with all your pants and literally take them for a walk?

Did You Know…

… that the oldest historical records of pants date back to 10th BCE China?

 

 

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You can measure distance by time. "How far away is it?" "Oh, about 20 minutes."

But it doesn't work the other way.

"When do you get off work?" "Around three miles."

—Jerry Seinfeld

 

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I gave my cat a bath the other day ... they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, and it was fun for me.

The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that ...

—Steve Martin

 

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First you forget names, then you forget faces.

Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally,

you forget to pull it down.

—George Burns

 

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Every ten years, the monks in the monastery are allowed to break their vow of silence to speak two words.

Ten years go by and it’s one monk’s first chance. He thinks for a second before saying, “Food bad.”

Ten years later, he says, “Bed hard.”

A decade later, it’s the big day. He gives the head monk a long stare and says, “I quit.”

“I’m not surprised,” the head monk says. “You’ve been complaining ever since you got here.”

 

 

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