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MDBCs 23 Sep 2024


September 23rd 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

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

Elvis Festival Porthcawl

Go With Your Gut Day

Innergize Day

International Day of Sign Languages

National AFM Day

National Apple Cider Vinegar Day

National Baker Day

National Dogs in Politics Day

National Family Day

National Field Marketer’s Day

National Great American Pot Pie Day

National Snack Stick Day

Redhead Appreciation Day

Restless Legs Awareness Day

Seed Gathering Season

Teal Talk Day

Za’atar Day

 

Kalani Hilliker’s Birthday

Jordyn Woods’s Birthday

John Coltrane’s Birthday

J.I.’s Birthday

Darcey Silva’s Birthday

Chris Sails’s Birthday

Ray Charles’s Birthday

LisaRaye McCoy’s Birthday

Key’s Birthday

Kimberly Woodruff’s Birthday

Anthony Mackie’s Birthday

Matt Hardy’s Birthday

Bruce Springsteen’s Birthday

Jermaine Dupri’s Birthday

Dani Daniels

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Mon Sep 23rd, 2024 - Fri Sep 27th, 2024
 
Mon Sep 23rd, 2024 - Sun Sep 29th, 2024
 
Mon Sep 23rd, 2024 - Mon Sep 30th, 2024
 
Mon Sep 23rd, 2024 - Wed Oct 2nd, 2024
 
Mon Sep 23rd, 2024 - Wed Oct 23rd, 2024
 

Fun Observances

Checkers Day

September 23 is Checkers Day. The unofficial holiday is not about the board game but has a political origin. The holiday commemorates a speech given by American President Richard Nixon on this day in 1952 as a Vice Presidential candidate.

Cocker Spaniel running in a meadow.

In the now-famous speech, Nixon denied taking political gifts. It is popularly called the Checkers Speech or the Fund Speech because during the address he announced his intention of keeping Checkers, a dog given to his kids as a gift.

In addition to helping boost Nixon's political position in the upcoming presidential elections, the 30 minute long Checkers speech marked the beginning of the involvement of the television in American politics. The address was aired live all around the country and was watched by an estimated 60 million people.

The holiday is also sometimes known as National Dogs in Politics Day.

How to Celebrate?

  • Wear checkered clothing.
  • Even though the holiday itself doesn't have anything to do with the game, no one will judge you if you decided to observe it by playing a game or two of checkers.
  • Read more about Nixon’s life and his Checkers Speech.
  • If you have children and young adults in your life, Checker's Day is a good day to introduce them to American politics and the role of television in politics around the world.

Did You Know…

…that Richard Nixon was the only president in the history of the United States to have resigned from office?

 

 

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Q: What happens if you play a county song backwards?

A: Your wife returns to you, your dog comes back to life, and you get out of prison.

 

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True Stories From Comic History

1940s "Once in Virginia," said a speaker who had received an introduction that promised more than he felt he could deliver, "I passed a small church displaying a large sign. It read 'Annual Strawberry Festival' and, below in small letters, 'On account of the Depression, prunes will be served.'" --Boston Transcript

1950s The best advice I ever received came to me from my ensign when I was a Wave at boot camp. She told me, "To stay out of trouble, say 'Yes, sir' all day and 'No, sir' all night." --Anonymous

1960s A friend and I were hitchhiking, but no one would stop. "Maybe it's our long hair," I joked. With that, my friend scrawled on a piece of cardboard: "Going to the barber's." Within seconds we had our ride. --Raymond Butkus

1970s A male friend of mine, an engineer at an aircraft company, works for a woman supervisor. An active member of women's lib groups, she often shows up at work wearing buttons featuring feminist slogans. One day, her latest button, "Adam was a rough draft," proved too much for my friend. The next day, he showed up at work sporting his own button: "Eve was no prime rib." --Phyllis Reely

1980s While I was shopping in a pharmacy, a couple of teenagers came in. They were dressed in leather, chains, and safety pins. The boy had blue and purple spiked hair and the girl's hair was bright yellow. Suddenly the boy picked up a pair of sunglasses and tried them on. "What do you think?" he asked his girlfriend. "Take them off!" she howled. "They make you look ridiculous."--Audrey Kelly

1990s My brother Jim was hired by a government agency and assigned to a small office cubicle in a large area. At the end of his first day, he realized he had no idea how to get out. He wandered around, lost in the maze of cubicles and corridors. Just as panic began to set in, he came upon another employee in a cubicle. "How do you get out of here?" Jim asked. The fellow smiled and said, "No cheese for you." --Christine Probasco

2000s I am five feet three inches tall and pleasingly plump. After I had a minor accident, my mother accompanied me to the emergency room. The triage nurse asked for my height and weight, and I blurted out, "Five-foot-eight and 125 pounds." "Sweetheart," my mother gently chided, "this is not the Internet."

 

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Can’t believe the National Spelling Bee ended in a tye.

 

 

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Info & Update on Stubbs The Mayor)

Since Talkeetna is only a census-designated place, it is unincorporated. Talkeetna has a Community Council and its mayor was a cat named Stubbs from 1997 until his death in 2017. It is located in Matanuska-Susitna Borough's District 7, which is represented by Assembly Member Vern Halter, who succeeded borough mayor Larry DeVilbiss.

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Stubbs, Honorary "Mayor", held office from 1997 to 2017

A popular rumor states Stubbs was elected following a successful write-in campaign by voters who opposed the human candidates. However, according to NPR, the cat could not have been elected as a write-in candidate because "The tiny town has no real mayor, so there was no election." Stubbs' position is honorary as the town is unincorporated. On August 31, 2013, Stubbs was attacked and mauled by a dog while roaming the streets and after treatment at the local veterinarian returned home on September 9. Stubbs died on July 21, 2017, at the age of 20 years and 3 months.

R.I.P.

Stubbs

 

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