October 23rd 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer
  • James the Just (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA), Eastern Orthodox)
  • Allucio of Campugliano
  • Amon of Toul (Diocese of Toul)
  • Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
  • Ignatios of Constantinople
  • John of Capistrano
  • Joséphine Leroux
  • Peter Pascual
  • Romain (Romanus) of Rouen
  • Servandus and Cermanus
  • Severin of Cologne
  • October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the Child Jesus) in the Apostolic Catholic Church
• Aviator's Day (Brazil)
• Chulalongkorn Day (Thailand)
• Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle (Republic of North Macedonia)
• Liberation Day (Libya)
• Mole Day (International observance)
• National Day (Hungary)
• Paris Peace Agreement Day (Cambodia)

 

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

Geelong Cup Day

Lung Health Day

Medical Assistant Day

National Boston Cream Pie Day

National Croc Day

National iPod Day

National Paralegal Day

National Slap Your Coworker Day

Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day

T.V. Talk Show Host Day

Event Organizers Day

International Snow Leopard Day

 

Ur Mom Ashley’s Birthday

Ryan Reynolds’s Birthday

Sam Andrews’s Birthday

Nathalie Paris’s Birthday

Pelé’s Birthday

Miguel’s Birthday

Weird Al Yankovic’s Birthday

Masiela Lusha’s Birthday

Meghan McCain’s Birthday

Johnny Carson’s Birthday

LaVar Ball’s Birthday

Dwight Yoakam’s Birthday

Carter Sharer’s Birthday

Asahd Khaled’s Birthday

Arii’s Birthday

Amandla Stenberg’s Birthday

Mina Sundwall’s Birthday

Margaret Qualley

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Red Ribbon Week

 

 

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While driving on the highway, my daughter noticed a child in the window of a car in the next lane, holding up a handwritten sign that read "Help."

A few minutes later, the car passed her and she again glanced at it. The little boy held up the same sign and this time followed it with another, which read "My mother is singing!"

 

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FYI: By the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas song, your home is crammed with 23 flying Birds and 50 hyperactive Humans.

 

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My sister was busy getting ready to host our entire family for Easter. On her to-do list was a hair appointment for her daughter. "So, Katie," said the stylist as the little girl got up in the chair, "who's coming to your house this weekend with big ears and floppy feet?"

Katie replied, "I think it's my uncle Brian."

 

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Students are great about 
sending our troops letters, and the troops love ’em. You can see why:

“Dear Soldier, If you’re having 
a rough day, remember the most 
important thing in life is to be 
yourself. Unless you can be Batman.”

“Dear Veterans, You rock more than AC/DC or Metallica or Red 
Hot Chili Peppers.”

“I am so happy you are risking your life for the USA! My grandpa Bob was in the Navy. Now he likes peanuts.”

 

 

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The picture was taken in 1988. The ship is not the Stennis, it’s the USS America. The pilot is Dale Snodgrass, a Navy demonstration pilot. The flyby was planned in advance. The man on deck with his hands behind his back is Admiral Jay Johnson. The pilot was not grounded. Other than that, spot on.

 

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