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Calendarfor Special Days on the Beacon Deacon Web Site |
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The Beacon Deacon Web Site designates special dates on the Home Page. This is a listing of the special dates commemorated along with their pictures and messages. Take note that during some years, some special days do not show if they are trumped by a holiday. To see all possible days displayed, turn scripting off and reload this page. Otherwise, you will see what will show up for the year. If you change the year in your date/time settings, you will see what will show up for the year you choose on this page (if you turn scripting back on). Also, on the Home Page, if you click on the date, it will take you to This Day in History, just as it does with the current date above.
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| January |  |
Happy January! |
| January 1 |  |
Happy New Year |
| January 6 |  |
Epiphany |
| January 7 |  |
The Beacon Deacon Web Site is years old today! |
| January 11 |  |
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day End Slavery: Stop Human Trafficking! |
| January 13 |  |
Batman debuts on TV January 13, 1966 |
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 |
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| January 24 |  |
Gold discovered! Sutter's Mill, CA, 1848 |
| January 28 |  |
Remembering the Challenger Disaster January 28, 1986 |
| February |  |
Happy February! |
| February 1 |  |
Remembering the Columbia Disaster February 1, 2003 |
| February 2 |  |
Groundhog Day! |
| February 4 |  |
Facebook launched in 2004 |
| February 6 |  |
In memory of "Bow-Wow" February 6, 1914 - February 21, 1992 |
| February 8 |  |
Happy Birthday Jules Verne February 8, 1828 |
| February 11 |  |
Happy Birthday Thomas Edison February 11, 1847 |
February 12 |  |
Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 |
| February 14 | |
Happy Valentines Day! |
| February 16 |  |
Nylon patented 1937 |
| February 19 |  |
U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima 1945 |
| February 20 |  |
John Glenn orbits earth February 20, 1962 |
| February 21 | |
In memory of "Bow-Wow" February 6, 1914 - February 21, 1992 |
| February 22 |  |
Happy Birthday George Washington February 22, 1732 |
| February 29 |  |
Another Leap Year! |
| March |  |
Happy March! |
| March 2 |  |
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! (1904) |
| March 3 |  |
Happy Birthday, Alexander Graham Bell (1847) |
| March 6 |  |
Happy Birthday, Michelangelo (1475) |
| March 14 |  |
Happy Birthday Albert Einstein March 14, 1879 |
| March 15 |  |
The first .com registration: Symbolics.com March 15, 1985. |
| March 16 |  |
Happy Birthday James Madison March 16, 1751 |
| March 17 |  |
Happy St. Patricks Day! |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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March Easter |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
March 30 |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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| April |  |
Happy April! |
April Easter |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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| April 4 |  |
NATO established April 4, 1949 |
| April 6 |  |
Happy Tartan Day! |
| April 12 |  |
First Shots of the Civil War Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 |
| April 14 |  |
The sinking of the Titanic April 14, 1912 |
| April 15 |  |
Ray Kroc opens first McDonald's in Des Plaines, IL April 15, 1955 |
| April 16 |  |
Orange & Maroon: Remembering Virginia Tech\'s 2007 Tragedy |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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| April 20 |  |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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| April 22 |  |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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| April 23 |  |
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Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
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| April 29 |  |
Zipper patented by Gideon Sindback April 29, 1913 |
| May |  |
Happy May! |
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National Day of Prayer | |
| May 11 |  |
In memory of Pop August 17, 1929 - May 11, 2010 |
| May 14 |  |
Nation of Israel proclaimed May 14, 1948 |
| May 21 |  |
Pacman made his debut May 21, 1980 |
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| May 25 |  |
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| June |  |
Happy June! |
| June 4 |  |
This day in 1989: Tiananmen Square |
| June 6 | |
D-Day years ago. |
| June 9 |  |
Donald Duck made his debut this day in 1934. |
| June 12 |  |
Remembering Anne Frank: June 12, 1929 - March 1945. Received her diary June 12, 1942. |
| June 14 | |
Happy Flag Day! Happy Birthday U.S. Army (1775)! |
| June 15 |  |
Magna Carta 1215 |
| June 17 |  |
Happy Birthday, M.C. Escher (1898) |
| June 19 |  |
Garfield made his debut June 19, 1978. |
| June 26 |  |
Toothbrush invented June 26, 1498 |
| July | |
Happy July! |
| July 2 |  |
W.W. Brazel finds strange, shiny material near Roswell, N.M. July 2, 1947 |
| July 3 |  |
In memory of "Ma-Ma" September 24, 1911 - July 3, 2008 |
| July 4 | |
Happy Independence Day! |
| July 6 |  |
Congress adopts the "dollar" as the monetary unit of the U.S. July 6, 1785 |
| July 20 |  |
The Apollo 11 Crew landed on the moon July 20, 1969 |
| July 29 |  |
Birth of NASA, 1958 |
| July 30 |  |
"In God We Trust" adopted as U.S. motto July 30, 1956 |
| August |  |
Happy August! |
| August 4 |  |
U.S. Coast Guard started as Revenue Cutter Service August 4, 1790 |
| August 7 |  |
National Lighthouse Day (U.S.) |
| August 12 |  |
Green Eggs and Ham August 12, 1960 |
| August 17 | |
In memory of Pop August 17, 1929 - May 11, 2010 |
| September |  |
Happy September! |
| September 8 |  |
Star Trek aired for the first time September 8, 1966 |
| September 11 |  |
Remember the fallen. |
| September 17 |  |
Constitution Day |
| September 19 |  |
Smiley Emoticon born this day in 1982 Thanks to Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott E. Fahlman |
| September 24 | |
In memory of "Ma-Ma" September 24, 1911 - July 3, 2008 |
| October |  |
Happy October! |
| October 3 |  |
Germany reunited this day in 1990. |
| October 4 |  |
Sputnik launches the Space Age October 4, 1957 |
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| October 12 |  |
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| October 14 |  |
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| October 17 |  |
Texas Rangers October 17, 1835 |
| October 28 |  |
Happy Birthday to the Statue of Liberty! October 28, 1886 |
| October 31 |  |
Happy Halloween! |
| November |  |
Happy November! |
| November 9 |  |
The Berlin Wall fell this day in 1989. |
| November 10 |  |
Happy Birthday Marines! |
| November 11 |  |
Remember our veterans this Veterans Day. |
| November 18 |  |
Mickey Mouse made his debut as "Steamboat Willie" this day in 1928. |
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Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| December |  |
Happy December! |
| December 7 | |
Remember the sacrifice at Pearl Harbor. |
| December 9 |  |
The computer mouse made its debut today in 1968. |
| December 16 |  |
The Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773 |
| December 17 |  |
years of flight! December 17, 1903 |
| December 25 |   |
Merry CHRISTmas! |
| December 28 |  |
Congress recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance December 28, 1945 |
