Taken from TIMELINE on FREE-NET, The Freedom Shrine, Historical Timeline 30 Nov 1991. Prepared by Gerald Murphy (The Cleveland Free-Net - aa300). Distributed by the Cybercasting Services division of the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN). 00 00 0000 ------ ?? 01 ???? Mo [3] Lee-Jackson Day (VA) ?? 01 ???? Mo [3] Martin Luther King Jr. Day ?? 01 ???? Mo [3] Robert E. Lee's Birthday (AL & MS) 01 01 All registered thoroughbred and quarter horses are "born" on this day 01 01 Anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba) 01 01 Feast of the Circumcision of Christ 01 01 Independence Day (Haiti, Sudan) 01 01 Neujahr (Germany) 01 01 New Year's Day 01 01 Shi ho hai, Worhsip of the Four Directions (Japan) 01 01 Universal Fraternity Day (Mozambique) 02 01 Ancestry Day (Haiti) 02 01 St. Berchtold's Day (Switzerland) 03 01 Genshi sai, Second Offical New yeare Holiday (Japan) 03 01 New Year's Holiday (Scotland) 03 01 Revolution Day (Upper Volta) 03 01 Senators and Representatives end their terms on this day 04 01 Independence Day (Burma) 04 01 Martyrs Day (Zaire) 04 01 National Trivia Day 04 01 Quadrantid meteor shower (look north) 05 01 Fellowship enters Moria (LOTR) 05 01 Shinnen Enkai, Third Official New yeare Holiday (Japan) 05 01 Twelfth-night 06 01 Arizona becomes the 47th state 06 01 Children's Day (Uruguay) 06 01 Epiphany (Twelfth-day) 06 01 Heilige drei Koenige (Germany) 06 01 Millard Fillmore's birthday 06 01 Three Kings' Day (PR) 07 01 Christmas (Ethiopia) 07 01 Nanakusa, Seven Grasses Festival ("Five Festivals", Japan) 07 01 Pioneer's Day (Liberia) 08 01 Battle of New Orleans 09 01 Day of the Martyrs (Panama) 09 01 Fellowship reaches Lorien (LOTR) 10 01 Donald Knuth, Author of the Art Of Computer Programming 11 01 Anniversary of Peoples Republic of Albania 11 01 Armed Forces Day (Liberia) 11 01 De Hostos' Birthday (PR) 11 01 Prithvi Jayanti (Nepal) 11 01 Prithvi Jayanti in Nepal 12 01 Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) 13 01 National Liberation Day (Togo) 15 01 Adults Day (Japan) 15 01 Arbor Day (Jordan) 16 01 Martyrs Day (Benin) 16 01 National Nothing Day 17 01 Benediction of anis 17 01 Passing of Gandalf (LOTR) 18 01 Revolution Day (Tunisia) 18 01 Southward Grey whale migration (CA) 19 01 Confederate Heroes Day (TX) 19 01 Ethopian Epiphany (Ethiopia) 19 01 Nameday of Archbishop Makarios (Cyprus) 20 01 Army Day (i) 20 01 Grandmother's day, young girls and boys are dunked in water for good health (Bulgaria) 20 01 National Heroes Day (Guinea-Bissau) 20 01 Presidential Inauguration Day 20 01 Reindeer Day 20 01 St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...) 21 01 Our Lady of Altagracia (Dominican Republic) 23 01 Feast of St. Ildefonsus 23 01 National Handwriting Day 24 01 Economic Liberation Day (Togo) 25 01 Burns Night (Scotland) 26 01 Australia Day; observed on nearest Monday (Australia) 26 01 Republic Day (India) ?? 02 ???? Mo [3] Presidents Day 01 02 National Freedom Day 01 02 Oimelc (Winter purification & approach of spring) 02 02 Candlemas 02 02 Fred Flintstone's birthday 02 02 Ground Hog Day 03 02 Setsubun, Change of Season or "Bean Throwing Night" (Japan) 04 02 Independence Commemoration Day (Sri Lanka) 05 02 Constitution Day (Mexico) 06 02 New Zealand Day 07 02 Fellowship leaves Lorien (LOTR) 07 02 Independence Day (ada) 08 02 Anniversary, 1963 Revolution (Iraq) 09 02 St. Maron's Day (Lebanon) 10 02 Chinese New yeare Holiday (3 days) 10 02 Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck 11 02 Kigen Setsu, National Foundation Day (Japan) 11 02 National Inventor's Day 12 02 Georgia Day (GA) 12 02 Laura and James go on a picnic (TP) 12 02 Lincoln's Birthday 12 02 Pyidaungsa Day (Burma) 14 02 St. Valentine's day 15 02 Susan B. Anthony Day 15 02 The Roman Feast of Lupercalia to honor Faunus (Gk. Pan) and Juno (Gk. Hera) was celebrated. This later became St. Valentine's day. 16 02 Makha Bucha Day (Thailand) 17 02 Death of Boromir (LOTR) 18 02 Democracy Day (Nepal) 18 02 Independence Day (The Gambia) 18 02 National Bun Day (Iceland) 20 02 Meriadoc & Pippin meet Treebeard (LOTR) 22 02 Passing of King Ellesar (LOTR) 23 02 Laura's last day (TP) 23 02 Republic Day (Guyana) 24 02 Cooper comes to town to track down Laura's killer (TP) 24 02 Ents destroy Isengard (LOTR) 24 02 Gregorian Calendar Day 25 02 National Day (Kuwait) 25 02 Sarah sees Killer Bob in vision (TP) 26 02 Albert arrives in Twin Peaks and Cooper dreams (TP) 26 02 Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (LOTR) 27 02 Independence Day (Dominican Republic) 27 02 Maddie arrives and everyone goes to Laura's funeral (TP) 28 02 1972 "French Connection" drug bust occurs (Marseilles) 28 02 Hawk tracks down Phillip Gerard and Bernard was killed by Leo (TP) ?? 03 ???? Mo [L] Seward's Day (AK) 01 03 Cooper finds Jacques cabin (TP) 01 03 1969 Jim Morrison busted for obscenity (Miami) 01 03 Samil Independence Movement Day (South Korea) 01 03 St. David's day (Patron saint of Wales) 02 03 1949 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher born (Ballyshannon, Ireland) 02 03 Peasants Day (Burma) 02 03 Texas Independence day (TX) 02 03 The cataclysm - Waldo was killed, Cooper and Leo are shot, Catherine and Shelley are in the fire and we wait till next season (TP) 02 03 Victory of Adowa (Ethiopia) 03 03 1966 Buffalo Springfield formed (Los Angeles) 03 03 Cooper meets a giant, Leo, Cooper and Nadine are fine (TP) 03 03 Hinamatsuri, Girl's Doll Festival ("Five Festivals", Japan) 03 03 Throne Day (Morocco) 04 03 1791 Vermont Admission Day (14th state) 05 03 Frodo & Samwise encounter Shelob (LOTR) 05 03 Independence Day (Equatorial Guinea) 05 03 1982 John Belushi, actor, died (Los Angeles) 06 03 Chikyu Setsu, Empress's Birthday (Japan) 06 03 1944 David Gilmour born (Cambridge, England) 06 03 Independence Day (Ghana) 08 03 Deaths of Denethor & Theoden (LOTR) 08 03 International Women's Day (U.S.S.R.) 08 03 Syrian National Day (Libyan Arab Republic) 08 03 Women's Day (Guinea-Bissau, Taiwan, Yemen Democratic Republic) 08 03 Youth Day (Zambia) 09 03 Decoration Day (Liberia) 09 03 Falgun Purnima Day (Nepal) 10 03 Labor Day (South Korea) 10 03 Riku gun Kenenbi, Japanese Army Commemoration Day (Japan) 11 03 Johnny Appleseed Day 12 03 Commonwealth Day (Swaziland) 12 03 Independence Day (Mauritius) 12 03 Moshoeshoe's Birthday (Lesotho) 12 03 Renovation Day (Gabon) 13 03 1971 Allman Brothers record live album (Fillmore East) 13 03 National Day (ada) 15 03 Buzzards return to Hinckley, Ohio (OH) 15 03 J.J. Robert's Birthday (Liberia) 16 03 Black Press Day 17 03 Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, MA) 17 03 1942 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) born (San Francisco) 17 03 St. Patrick's Day 17 03 World Maritime Day 18 03 Destruction of Ring (LOTR) 19 03 St. Joseph's Day (Colombia, Costa Rica, Holy See, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Spain, Venezuela) 19 03 The day the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano (CA) 19 03 Tree Planting Day (Lestho) 20 03 Independence Day (Tunisia) 20 03 Youth Day (OK) 21 03 Afghan New yeare (Afghanistan) 21 03 Juarez' Birthday (Mexico) 21 03 Shunki Korei Sai, Spring Equinox Festival for Imperial Ancestors (Japan) 22 03 Abolition Day (PR) 23 03 Pakistan Day (Pakistan) 25 03 1943 Aretha Franklin born (Detroit) 25 03 Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, aka Our Lady's Day or Lady Day and in England as Quarter Day 25 03 Greek Independence Day (Cyprus) 25 03 Maryland Day (MD) 25 03 National Holiday (Greece) 25 03 New Year's Day in England from the C12 until 1752 26 03 Independence Day (Bangladesh) 26 03 Kuhio Day in Hawaii, honoring beloved Prince Kuhio of Kauai, the last member of Hawaiian royalty to wield political power 26 03 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (HI) 27 03 Armed Forces Day (Burma) 27 03 Tony Banks born (England, 1950) 29 03 Flowering of the lorn 29 03 Flowering of the lorn (LOTR) 29 03 Memorial Day (Madagascar) 29 03 President Barthelemy Boganda died (Central African Republic) 30 03 Eric Clapton, rock musician, born (Surrey, England, 1945) 31 03 National Day (ta) ?? 04 ???? Fr [L] Arbor Day ?? 04 ???? Mo [3] Patriot's Day (ME & MA) ?? 04 ???? Mo [L] Arbor Day (WY) ?? 04 ???? Mo [L] Confederate Memorial Day (AL & MS) ?? 04 ???? Su [1] <4> Daylight Savings Time Begins (set clocks forward 1 h) ?? 04 ???? We [4] National Secretary Day 01 04 April Fool's Day 01 04 Beginning of the financial yeare (Britain) 01 04 Saint Stupid's Day (a San Francisco tradition since 1980) 01 04 Youth Day (Benin) 02 04 Emperor Charlemagne ( 742) 02 04 International Children's Book Day 02 04 vinas Day (Argentina) 02 04 Pascua Florida Day (FL) 03 04 Doris Day, actress, was born (Ohio, 1924) 03 04 Jimmu Tenno Sai, Demise of the First Emperor (Japan) 04 04 Ching Ming Festival (Hong Kong) 04 04 Gandalf visits Bilbo (LOTR) 04 04 Golden Gate Park established by City Order 04 04 Liberation Day (Hungary) 04 04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) born (Rolling Fork, MS, 1915) 04 04 National Day (Senegal) 04 04 Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores) 05 04 Arbor Day (South Korea) 05 04 British income tax is due 05 04 Tomb Sweeping Day (Taiwan) 06 04 Bob Marley born Rhoden Hall (Jamaica, 1945) 06 04 Chakri Memorial Day (Thailand) 06 04 Victory Day (Ethiopia) 07 04 Albert Hofmann synthesizes LSD (Switzerland, 1943) 07 04 Alewives run (Cape Cod, MA) 07 04 Bill Kreutzmann born (Palo Alto, 1946) 07 04 Verrazano Day (NY) 08 04 Fast & Prayer Day (Liberia) 08 04 Kambutsue, celebration of Buddha's birthday (Japan) 09 04 Martyrs Day (Tunisia) 10 04 Bunny Wailer born Neville O'Reilly Livingston (Kingston, 1947) 11 04 Barber Shop Quartet Day 11 04 National Heroes Day (Costa Rica) 12 04 Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (AL) 13 04 Laotian New yeare (3 days, Laos) 13 04 National Day (Chad) 13 04 Roman feast of the Goddess Liberty 13 04 Samuel Beckett born (outside Dublin, 1906) 13 04 Songkron Day (Thailand) 14 04 Day of the Americas (Honduras) 14 04 Pan American Day 15 04 Bengali New yeare (Bangladesh) 15 04 Federal Income Tax is Due 15 04 Swallow Day, the day swallows are said to return (England) 16 04 Charles (Charlie) Chaplin, actor, born (London, 1889) 16 04 Holy Week (5 days) (Venezuela) 16 04 Jose de Diego's Birthday (PR) 16 04 Tourist Week (5 days) (Uruguay) 17 04 An unexpected party (LOTR) 17 04 Burmese New yeare (Burma) 18 04 Independence Day (Chile, Zimbabwe) 19 04 Declaration of Independence (Venezuela) 19 04 Landing of the "33" (Uruguay) 19 04 Patriot's Day 19 04 Republic Day (Sierra Leone) 21 04 Lyrid meteor shower 21 04 San Jacinto Day (TX) 21 04 Tiradentes (Brazil) 22 04 Arbor Day (NE & DE) 22 04 Earth Day 22 04 Oklahoma Day (OK) 22 04 Sniff the breeze day, celebrated by picnicking near the Nile and inhaling breaths of the departing spring air (Egypt) 23 04 Crowning of King Ellesar (LOTR) 23 04 Independence Day (Turkey) 23 04 St. George's Day - patron saint of England 24 04 Victory Day (Togo) 25 04 Anniversary of the Revolution (Portugal) 25 04 Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Western Samoa) 25 04 Liberation Day (Italy) 25 04 National Flag Day (Swaziland) 26 04 Carol Burnett, comedian, born (San Antonio, TX, 1933) 26 04 Confederate Memorial Day (FL & GA) 26 04 Union Day (Tanzania) 26 04 William Shakespeare baptized (Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1564) 27 04 Independence Day (Togo) 27 04 Magellan killed (Philippines, 1521) 28 04 Zilog Z-80 introduced 29 04 Beginning of the festival of the goddess Flora in ancient Rome which is thought to be the origin of May Day 29 04 Tencho Setsu, Emperor's Birthday (Japan) 29 04 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher (SF Examiner) (San Francisco 1863) 30 04 Queen's Birthday (Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles) 30 04 Sho Konsai, Commemoration for the Departed (Japan) 30 04 The Workers Day (Uruguay) 30 04 Walpurgisnacht, Witch's sabbath is held in the Harz mountains of Germany, a time of great evil ?? 05 ???? Mo [1] Bank Holiday (UK) ?? 05 ???? Mo [3] Memorial Day (MI) ?? 05 ???? Mo [L] Memorial Day ?? 05 ???? Sa [3] Armed Force's Day ?? 05 ???? Su [2] Mother's Day 01 05 Beltane (Great fertility festival) 01 05 Labor Day (many places) 01 05 Law Day (declared by Eisenhower) 01 05 Loyalty Day 01 05 May Day 02 05 Constitution Day (Japan) 02 05 King's Birthday (Lesotho) 02 05 Memorial Day for the Emperor Shomu (Japan) 03 05 Bob Seger born (Ann Arbor, MI, 1945) 04 05 Last day of the Roman Floralia festival 04 05 Rhode Island Independence Day 05 05 Children's Day (South Korea) 05 05 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta (Mexico) 05 05 Coronation Day (Thailand) 05 05 Independence Day/Battle of Puebla (Mexico) 05 05 Liberation Day (Netherlands) 05 05 Tango-no-sekku, Boy's Festival ("Five Festivals", Japan) 06 05 Bataan Day (Philippines) 06 05 Daniel Gerber, beloved by babies at mealtime 08 05 Buddha's Birthday (South Korea) 08 05 Elections for National Assembly (Philippines) 08 05 Harry S. Truman's Birthday (MO) 08 05 V-E Day (Victory in Europe day) 09 05 Liberation Day (Czechoslovakia) 09 05 Victory Day (Poland, U.S.S.R.) 10 05 Confederate Memorial Day (SC) 10 05 Dave Mason born (Worcester, England, 1945) 10 05 Mothers Day (Guataa) 10 05 Native American Day 11 05 Minnesota Day (MN) 13 05 Leprechaun Day 14 05 Anniversary of Founding of Guinean Democratic Party (Guinea) 14 05 Buddhist Holiday (Waisak 2528) (Indonesia) 14 05 Independence Day (2 days) (Paraguay) 14 05 Unification Day (Liberia) 15 05 Brian Peter George St. John de Baptiste de la Salle Eno born (Woodbridge, England, 1948) 15 05 Kamuzu Day (awi) 15 05 Mike Oldfield born (Essex, England, 1953) 15 05 Vesak Day (Singapore, aysia) 15 05 Visakha Bucha Day (Thailand) 16 05 Discovery Day (Cayman Islands) 17 05 Constitution Day (Nauru, Norway) 18 05 Battle of Las Piedras (Uruguay) 18 05 Flag Day (Haiti) 18 05 Prayer Day (Denmark) 18 05 Rick Wakeman, composer/musician, born (West London, England, 1949) 19 05 Arwen leaves Lorian to wed King Ellesar (LOTR) 19 05 Pete Townshend born (London, 1945) 19 05 Youth & Sports Day (Turkey) 20 05 Mecklenburg Independence Day (NC) 20 05 National Day (Cameroon) 21 05 Battle of Iquique (Chile) 22 05 Alexander the Great defeats Darius at Granicus (334 0) 22 05 National Heroes Day (Sri Lanka) 22 05 National Maritime Day 23 05 Commonwealth Day (Jamaica, Belize) 23 05 National Labor Day (Jamaica) 24 05 Battle of Pinchincha (Ecuador) 24 05 Bermuda Day (Bermuda) 24 05 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman), folk singer, born (Duluth, 1941) 24 05 British Empire Day 24 05 Day of Slav Letters (Bulgaria) 25 05 African Freedom Day (Zimbabwe) 25 05 African Liberation Day (Chad, Mauritania, Zambia) 25 05 Anniversary of Revolution of 1810 (Argentina) 25 05 Independence Day (Jordan) 25 05 Memorial Day (NM & PR) 25 05 Revolution in Sudan (Libyan Arab Republic) 27 05 Feast of Saint Bede the Venerable 27 05 Kaigun Kinenbi, Navy Commemoration Day (Japan) 28 05 Mothers Day (Central African Republic) 29 05 Jefferson Davis's Birthday (MS) 30 05 Decoration Day 31 05 Pya Martyrs Day (Togo) 31 05 Republic Day (South Africa) ?? 06 ???? Mo [1] Jefferson Davis's Birthday (AL & MS) ?? 06 ???? Su [2] Children's Day ?? 06 ???? Su [3] Father's Day 01 06 Independence Days (3 days) (Western Samoa) 01 06 Madaraka Day (Kenya) 01 06 Victory Day (Tunisia) 02 06 Corpus Christi (Paraguay) 02 06 Republic (Constitution) Day (Italy) 03 06 Bank Holiday (Rep. of Ireland) 03 06 Confederate Memorial Day (KY & LA) 03 06 Egg Day 03 06 Jefferson Davis's Birthday (FL, GA, KY, & SC) 03 06 Labor Day (Bahamas) 04 06 Dragon Boat Festival (Hong Kong, Taiwan) 04 06 Emancipation Day (Tonga) 04 06 Old Maid's Day 04 06 Queen's Birthday (New Zealand) 05 06 Constitution Day (Denmark) 05 06 Liberation Day (Seychelles) 06 06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's 06 06 His Majesty, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong's Birthday (aysia) 06 06 Memorial Day (South Korea) 07 06 Blind Faith debuts in concert (London's Hyde Park, 1969) 09 06 Les Paul (Lester Polfus), guitarist, born (Waukesha, WI, 1923) 09 06 Senior Citizen's Day (OK) 09 06 Vestalia, ancient Roman feast to the goddess Vesta, the virgin goddess of hearth and home 10 06 Camoes Day (Portugal) 10 06 Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull & 2000 fans (Red Rocks, 1971) 10 06 Egyptian Day, considered unlucky in the Middle Ages 10 06 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) born (West Point, MS, 1910) 11 06 King Kamehameha I Day (HI) 11 06 Queen's Birthday (celebrated) (UK) 11 06 Sauron attacks Osgilliath (LOTR) 12 06 Independence Day (Philippines) 12 06 Peace with Bolivia (Paraguay) 13 06 Bilbo returns to Bag End (LOTR) 13 06 Corrective Movement (Yemen Arab Republic) 13 06 Kitchen Klutzs of America Day 13 06 The National Asparagus Festival 14 06 Flag Day 15 06 Harry Nilsson, singer-songwriter, born (Brooklyn, 1941) 15 06 USAF launches first "Big Bird" reconnaissance satellites 16 06 "The Blues Brothers" premieres (Chicago, 1980) 16 06 Bloomsday - Anniversary of Dublin events, 1904 (Ireland) 17 06 Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, MA) 17 06 Independence Day (Iceland) 17 06 National Day (Tag der deutschen Einheit) (Federal Republic of Germany) 18 06 Evacuation Day (Egypt) 18 06 Queen's Birthday (Fiji) 19 06 Artigas Birthday (Uruguay) 19 06 Emancipation Day (TX) 19 06 Labor Day (Trinidad, Tobago) 19 06 Revolution Day (Algeria) 20 06 Flag Day (Argentina) 20 06 National Bald Eagle Day 20 06 West Virginia Day (WV) 22 06 Antiochus III, the Great, was defeated by Ptolemy the IV, King of Egypt (217 0) 22 06 Corrective Movement (Yemen Democratic Republic) 22 06 Midsummer Eve (Finland, Sweden) 22 06 National Sovereignty Day (Haiti) 22 06 Todd Rund born (Upper Darby, PA, 1948) 23 06 National Holiday (Luxembourg) 23 06 Wedding of Ellesar & Arwen (LOTR) 24 06 Battle of Carabobob (Venezuela) 24 06 Fisherman's Day (Madagascar, Mozambique, Soia) 24 06 Jeff Beck born (Surrey, England, 1944) 24 06 Kings Day (Spain) 24 06 Midsummer Day (Europe) 24 06 Peasants Day (Peru) 24 06 St. Jean-Baptiste Day (Québec) 27 06 National Fink Day 28 06 Mothers Day (Central African Republic) 29 06 Independence Day (Seychelles) 29 06 Last Day of Ramadan (Algeria, Oman) 29 06 St. Peter's Day 30 06 Day of the Army (Guatea) 30 06 First advanced degree on computer related topic to H. Karamanian, for symbolic differentiation on ENIAC (Temple University, Philadelphia, 1948) 30 06 Independence Day (Zaire) 30 06 St. Paul's Day 01 07 "Wolfman Jack", a howling success in radio 01 07 Canada Day 01 07 Eid-Ul-Fitr (2 days) (Pakistan) 01 07 Freedom Day (Suriname) 01 07 Independence Day (Burundi) 01 07 National Day (Rwamda) 01 07 Republic Day (Ghana) 01 07 Union of the Soia Republic (Soia) 02 07 National Day (Kiribati) 03 07 Dog days begin 04 07 Caribbean Day (Guyana) 04 07 Constitution Day (Cayman Islands) 04 07 Family Day (Lesotho) 04 07 Gandalf imprisoned by Suruman (LOTR) 04 07 Heroes Day (Zambia) 04 07 Independence Day 04 07 Kadooment Day (Barbados) 04 07 Philippine-American Friendship Day (Philippines) 04 07 Warriors Day (2 days) (Yugoslavia) 05 07 Day of Peace & Unity (Rwanda) 05 07 Independence Day (Algeria, Venezuela) 05 07 Mariner 5 flies by Mars (1967?) 06 07 Jefferson Airplane formed (San Francisco, 1965) 06 07 Premiere of first talking motion picture (New York City, 1928) 07 07 Anniversary of the P.U.N. (Equatorial Guinea) 07 07 National Day (awi) 07 07 Saba Saba Day (Tanzania) 07 07 Tanabata, Weaver's Festival ("Five Festivals", Japan) 09 07 Independence Day (Argentina) 10 07 Independence Day (Bahamas) 11 07 National Holiday (Mongolian People's Republic) 12 07 Battle of Boyne celebrated (North Ireland) 12 07 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" (Kamisky Park, 1979) 12 07 The Twelfth (North Ireland) 13 07 Buddhist Lent (Thailand) 13 07 Start of the Bon Festival (Japan) 14 07 Anniversary of the Revolution (Iraq) 14 07 Bastille Day (France) 14 07 National Holiday (Monaco) 15 07 National Ice Cream Day 15 07 St. Swithin's Day 16 07 Bennington Battle Day (VT) 16 07 Cream forms (U.K., 1966) 16 07 Harry Chapin died (Long Island Expressway, 1981) 16 07 National Blueberry Festival 16 07 Presidents Day (Botswanna) 16 07 Start of Spaceweek 17 07 "Yellow Submarine" premieres (London Pavilion, 1968) 17 07 Constitution Day (South Korea) 17 07 July Revolution (Iraq) 17 07 Munoz Rivera's Birthday (PR) 17 07 Munoz Rivera's Birthday (Puerto Rico) 17 07 Pioneer 7 launched 17 07 Public Holiday (Botswanna) 18 07 Constitution Day (Uruguay) 18 07 Liberation Day (Nicaragua) 18 07 National Day (Spain) 19 07 Martyrs Day (Burma) 20 07 Carlos Santana born (Autlan, Mexico, 1947) 20 07 Independence Day (Colombia) 21 07 National Holiday (Belgium) 22 07 King's Birthday (Swaziland) 22 07 National Day (Poland) 23 07 Anniversary of the Revolution (Egypt) 23 07 Eqyptian National Day (Syrian Arab Republic) 23 07 Remembrance Day (Papua, New Guinea) 24 07 First launch from Cape Canaveral: V-2/WAC Corporal combination 24 07 Pioneer Day (UT) 24 07 Simon Bolivar's Day (Ecuador, Venezuela) 24 07 The ring comes to Bilbo (LOTR) 25 07 Bob Dylan goes electric (Newport Folk Festival, 1965) 25 07 Constitution Day (PR) 25 07 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut (Fillmore East, 1969) 25 07 Feast of St. Christopher 25 07 Grotto Day (England) 25 07 National Rebellion Day (3 days) (Cuba) 25 07 Republic Day (Tunisia) 26 07 Bilbo rescued from Wargs by Eagles (LOTR) 26 07 Independence Day (Liberia) 26 07 Mick Jagger born (Kent, England, 1943) 26 07 National Day (dives) 26 07 the start of the Black-Eyed Peas Jamboree in Athens, Texas 27 07 Barbosa's Birthday (PR) 27 07 Barbosa's Birthday (Puerto Rico) 28 07 Independence Days (2 days) (Peru) 28 07 Richard Wright born (London, 1945) 28 07 festival of Neptune. In Roman times they sacrificed bulls and horses. 29 07 Hamburg feast of cherries (Germany) 29 07 Olsok Eve, commemorating Viking King St. Olav (Norway) 29 07 Rain Day (Waynesburg, PA) 30 07 Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks, 10-35 falls/hr (look south) 31 07 Revolution Day (Congo) ?? 08 ???? Fr [3] Admission Day (HI, 1984) ?? 08 ???? Mo [1] Bank Holiday (Scotland, North Ireland) ?? 08 ???? Mo [L] Bank Holiday (England, Wales) 01 08 Confederation Day (Switzerland) 01 08 Discovery Day (Trinidad, Tobogo) 01 08 Emancipation Day (Granada) 01 08 Founding of Asuncion (Paraguay) 01 08 Freedom Day (Guyana) 01 08 Lughnasadh (Festival of fruits; death of sacred king) 01 08 National Holidays (5 days) (El Salvador) 01 08 Parent's Day (Zaire) 02 08 Our Lady of Los Angeles (Costa Rica) 03 08 Ernie Pyle Day (NM) 03 08 Funeral of King Theoden (LOTR) 03 08 Independence Day (Jamaica, Niger) 03 08 Massacre du Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau) 03 08 Memorial Day of Archbishop Makarios (Cyprus) 04 08 Freedom Day (Guyana) 06 08 Bank Holiday (Australia, Fiji, Iceland) 06 08 Caricom (Barbados) 06 08 Emancipation Day (Bahamas) 06 08 Feast of the Transfiguration 06 08 Hiroshima Day (Japan) 06 08 Independence Day (Bolivia) 07 08 Battle of Boyaca (Colombia) 09 08 National Day (Singapore) 10 08 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) born (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947) 10 08 Independence Day (Ecuador) 11 08 Dog days end 11 08 Heroes Day (2 days) (Zimbabwe) 11 08 Independence Day (Chad) 11 08 King Hussein's Accession to Throne (Jordan) 11 08 Perseid meteor shower, 50-100 falls/hr (look north; three days) 12 08 Queen's Birthday (Thailand) 13 08 Dan Fogelberg, singer, was born (Peoria, IL, 1951) 13 08 Festival of Diana 13 08 International Left-handers Day 13 08 Proclamation of Independence (Central African Republic) 13 08 Women's Day (Tunisia) 14 08 Independence Day (Pakistan) 14 08 Victory Day (RI) 14 08 Waddi Dhahab (Morocco) 15 08 Beatles play Shea Stadium (New York City, 1965) 15 08 Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 15 08 Founding of Ascuncion (Paraguay) 15 08 Gandhi's movement obtains independence (Pakistan, India, 1947) 15 08 Independence Day (Congo, India) 15 08 Liberation Day (South Korea) 15 08 Santa Maria (ta) 16 08 Independence Days (3 days, Gabon) 16 08 Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) 17 08 Anniversary of Death of General San Martin (Argentina) 17 08 Independence Day (Indonesia) 19 08 Independence Day (Afghanistan) 19 08 National Aviation day 20 08 Constitution Day (Hungary) 20 08 Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) born (Worcestershire, England, 1948) 21 08 Admission Day (HI) 23 08 Keith Moon born (London, 1947) 23 08 Liberation Days (2 days) (Romania) 24 08 "Alice's Restaurant" premieres (New York City, Los Angeles, 1969) 24 08 -126.9 degrees F (Vostok, Antarctica, 1960) 24 08 National Flag Day (Liberia) 24 08 St. Bartholomew's Day 25 08 Constitution Day (Paragual) 25 08 Independence Day (Uruguay) 26 08 Jimi Hendrix gives last performance (Isle of Wight, 1970) 26 08 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens (New York City, 1970) 26 08 Susan B. Anthony Day (MA) 27 08 Liberation Day (Hong Kong) 27 08 Stevie Ray Vaughn died in helicopter crash (East Troy, WI, 1990) 28 08 Heroes Day (Philippines) 29 08 Suruman enters Shire (LOTR) 30 08 Huey P. Long Day (LA) 30 08 St. Rose of Lima (Peru) 30 08 Victory Day (Turkey) 31 08 Independence Day (Trinidad, Tobago) 31 08 National Day (aysia) 31 08 Pashtoonian Day (Afghanistan) ?? 09 ???? Mo [1] Labor Day ?? 09 ???? Su [2] Grandparent's Day (1st Sun after Labor Day) 01 09 Army Day (Chile) 03 09 Anniversary of Founding of the Republic (San Marino) 03 09 Independence Day (Qatar) 03 09 Memorial Day (Tunisia) 04 09 Kid's Day 04 09 Los Angeles Day 05 09 First Continental Congress convened (Philadelphia, 1774) 06 09 Defense of Pakistan Day (Pakistan) 06 09 Roger Waters born (Surrey, England, 1944) 06 09 Settlers Day (South Africa) 06 09 Somhlolo (Swaziland) 07 09 Independence Day (Brazil) 07 09 Keith Moon (The Who) died of drug overdose (London, 1978) 08 09 Howard The Duck was blasted into a universe he never made (according to the Lucas movie) 08 09 International Literacy Day 08 09 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (GD) born (San Bruno, CA, 1945) 09 09 Admission Day (CA) 09 09 Anniversary of Socialist Revolution (2 days, Bulgaria) 09 09 Choyo, Chrysanthemum Festival ("Five Festivals", Japan) 09 09 National Day (North Korea) 10 09 Gandalf escapes from Orthanc (LOTR) 10 09 Korean Thanksgiving Day (Chusuk) (South Korea) 10 09 Moon Festival (Taiwan) 10 09 National Day (Belize) 11 09 Ethiopian New yeare (Ethiopia) 11 09 National Holiday (Chile) 12 09 Amilcar Cabral's Birthday (Guinea-Bissau) 12 09 Defender's Day (MD) 12 09 Revolution Day (Ethiopia) 13 09 Barry Day (commemorates death of Commodore John Barry) 14 09 Battle of San Jacinto (Nicaragua) 14 09 Constitution Day 14 09 Feast of the Exhaltation of the Cross 14 09 Frodo & Bilbo's birthday (LOTR) 15 09 Black riders enter Shire (LOTR) 15 09 Foundation of Panama (Panama) 15 09 Independence Day (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guataa, Honduras and Nicaragua) 15 09 Respect for the Aged Day (Japan) 16 09 B. B. King, blues singer, born (Itta Bena, MS, 1925) 16 09 Cherokee Strip Day (OK) 16 09 Independence Day (Mexico, Papua, New Guinea) 16 09 Independence Day, celebrated in Mexico 17 09 Citizenship Day 17 09 National Heroes Day (Angola) 18 09 Frodo & company rescued by Bombadil (LOTR) 18 09 Independence Day (Chile) 18 09 Victory of Uprona (Burundi) 19 09 Army Day (Chile) 19 09 James Garfield, 20th president, finally died of wounds from an assassination attempt (Baltimore, 1881) 19 09 Simon & Garfunkel reunite (Central Park, New York City, 1981) 20 09 Roxy Theater opens (Hollywood, 1973) 21 09 Independence Day (Belize) 21 09 Leonard Cohen born (Montréal, 1934) 22 09 Autumn Harvest Festival (Wheaton, IL) 22 09 Independence Day (i) 22 09 National Sovereignty Day (Haiti) 23 09 Grito de Lares (PR) 23 09 Shuki Korei Sai, Autumnal Equinox Festival for Imperial Ancestors (Japan) 23 09 The flower Audrey II was first placed on display by Seymour in Muschnik's Flower Shop (from the film, "Little Shop of Horrors") 24 09 Anniversary of Third Republic (Ghana) 24 09 Independence Day (Guinea-Bissau) 24 09 National Day (Saudi Arabia) 24 09 Our Lady of Mercedes (Dominican Republic) 24 09 Republic Day (Trinidad, Tobago) 25 09 Army Day (Mozambique) 25 09 Referendum Day (Rwanda) 26 09 National Day (dives, Yemen Democratic Republic) 26 09 Revolution Anniversary Day (Yemen Arab Republic) 27 09 Feast of Finding the True Cross (Ethiopia) 27 09 First passenger conveyed by locomotive (England, 1825) 28 09 Cabrillo discovers California (1542 ) 28 09 Confucious' Day (Taiwan) 28 09 Frodo wounded at Weathertop (LOTR) 28 09 Michaelmas Eve 28 09 Michelangelo Buanarroti born (Caprese, Italy, 1573) 29 09 Battle of Boqueron (Paraquay) 29 09 Feast of St. Michael (Michaelmas Day) 29 09 First U.S. shuttle launch following Challenger disaster (Discovery, 8:37 PDT, 1988) 30 09 Botswanna Day (Botswanna) ?? 10 ???? Mo [1] Child Health Day ?? 10 ???? Mo [1] Labor Day (Australia) ?? 10 ???? Mo [2] Columbus Day observed ?? 10 ???? Mo [2] Thanksgiving Day (Canada) ?? 10 ???? Su [L] <4> Daylight Savings Time Ends (set clocks back 1 h) 01 10 Armed Forces Day (South Korea) 01 10 Independence Day (Nigeria) 01 10 National Liberation Day (2 days) (China) 01 10 Public Holiday (Botswanna) 02 10 Anniversary of Guinean Independence (Guinea) 02 10 National Day (People's Republic of China) 03 10 Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong) 03 10 Francisco Morazan's Birthday (Honduras) 03 10 National Foundation Day (South Korea) 03 10 U.N. Day (Barbados) 04 10 Independence Day (Lesotho) 04 10 Janis Joplin died of heroin overdose (Hollywood, 1970) 04 10 St. Francis of Assisi (even though he died the day before) 04 10 St. Francis of Assisi (even though he died the day before) (1182-1226) 05 10 Anniversary of Proclamation of the Republic (Portugal) 05 10 Frodo crosses bridge of Mitheithel (LOTR) 05 10 Pablo Picasso born (aga, Spain, 1881) 06 10 National Sports Day (Lesotho) 06 10 St. Faith, who was a virgin, and several of her companions were martyred (4C) 06 10 Universal Children's Day 07 10 National Heroes Day (Jamaica) 08 10 Battle of Agamos (Peru) 08 10 Constitution Day (U.S.S.R.) 08 10 Discoverer's Day (HI) 08 10 Fiji Day (Fiji) 09 10 Independence Day (Uganda) 09 10 Independence of Guayaquil (Ecuador) 09 10 John Alec Entwistle born (London, England, 1944) 09 10 Korean Alphabet Day (South Korea) 09 10 Leif Erikson Day (commemorates discovery of North America in AD 1000) 09 10 Peter Tosh born Winston Hubert MacIntosh (West Morland, Jamaica, 1944) 09 10 Republic Day (Khmer Republic) 10 10 Beginning of Wars for Independence (Cuba) 10 10 Fiji Day (Fiji) 10 10 Foundation of Workers Party (North Korea) 10 10 Health-Sports Day (Japan) 10 10 John Prine born (Maywood, IL, 1946) 10 10 National Day (Taiwan) 10 10 Oklahoma Historical Day (OK) 11 10 "Saturday Night Live" premiers (NBC-TV, 1975) 11 10 Day of the Revolution (Panama) 11 10 Doug McIlroy invents the pipe (or "hose," 1964) 11 10 Druger Day (South Africa) 11 10 General Pulaski Memorial Day 12 10 Columbus Day (actual day; celebration is 2nd Mon) 12 10 Day of the Race (Argentina) 12 10 Discovery Day (Gahamas) 12 10 National Day (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) 12 10 Our Lady Aparecida Day (Brazil) 12 10 Pan American Day (Belize) 12 10 The Jimi Hendrix Experience formed (London, 1966) 13 10 Lenny Bruce born (New York City, 1925) 14 10 National Day (Yemen Arab Republic) 14 10 Young People's Day (Zaire) 15 10 Evacuation Day (Tunisia) 15 10 First FORTRAN Programmer's Reference Manual published 15 10 Mushroom Day 15 10 National Grouch Day 15 10 World Poetry Day 16 10 Bob Weir born Robert Hall (San Francisco, 1947) 16 10 Boromir reaches Rivendell (LOTR) 16 10 National Boss Day 17 10 Anniversary of Dessaline's Death (Haiti) 17 10 Council of Elrond (LOTR) 17 10 Heroes Day (Jamaica) 17 10 Kanname Sai, God's Tasting Ceremony, a Harvest Festival (Japan) 17 10 Mother's Day (awi) 18 10 Alaska Day (AK) 18 10 Feast Day of St. Luke 20 10 Anniversary of 1944 Revolution (Guatea) 20 10 Kenyatta Day (Kenya) 20 10 Orionid meteor shower, 10-70 falls/hr (look south) 21 10 Armed Forces Day (Honduras) 21 10 Revolution Days (2 days) (Soia) 22 10 Mothers-in-Law Day 23 10 Chulalongkron's Day (Thailand) 23 10 United States Day 24 10 Independence Day (Zambia) 24 10 United Nations Day 25 10 DEC announces VAX-11/780 25 10 End of War of the Ring (LOTR) 25 10 Jon Anderson (Yes) born (Lancashire, England, 1944) 25 10 Labor Day (New Zealand) 25 10 Saint Crispin's Day 25 10 Taiwan Restoration Day (Taiwan) 26 10 Agam Day (Nauru) 26 10 Armed Forces Day (Benin, Rwanda) 26 10 National Day (Austria) 28 10 Bank Holiday (Republic of Ireland) 28 10 Eli Whitney gets a patent for the Cotton Gin 28 10 National Holiday (Greece) 28 10 OHI Day (Cyprus) 29 10 Duane Allman died in motorcycle crash (near Macon, GA, 1971) 29 10 Republic Day (Turkey) 30 10 Devil's Night (MI) 30 10 Grace Slick, rock singer, born (Chicago, 1939) 30 10 Venmera 13 launched toward Venus 31 10 Halloween 31 10 National Magic Day, commemorating Houdini's death 31 10 Nevada Day (NV) 31 10 Reformation Day 31 10 Samhain (Celtic religious new year) ?? 11 +Th Thanksgiving Day, USA (last Thursday in November) 01 11 All Saints Day 01 11 fiscal new yeare for Hewlett Packard Company 02 11 Admission Day (ND, SD) 02 11 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters U.S. charts at 02 11 Memorial Day (Ecuador) 03 11 Independence from Columbia (Panama) 03 11 Independence of Cuenca (Ecuador) 03 11 James Taylor & Carly Simon married (Manhattan, 1972) 03 11 Meiji Setsu, Birthday of Meiji Tenno, 1864, "Unifier of the Nation" (Japan) 03 11 Thanksgiving Day (Liberia) 04 11 Flag Day (Panama) 04 11 Will Rogers Day 05 11 Guy Fawke's Day (U.K., commemorates the Gunpowder Plot of 1605) 06 11 Anniversary of October Socialist Revolution (2 days, U.S.S.R.) 06 11 Green March Day (Morocco) 06 11 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday (aysia) 07 11 Anniversary of Great October Revolution (Bulgaria) 07 11 October Revolution Day (Hungary) 08 11 Her Majesty, the Queen's Birthday (Nepal) 10 11 Greg Lake born (Bournemouth, England, 1948) 10 11 King's Birthday (Bhutan) 11 11 -Sa Sadie Hawkin's Day (1st Sat after Nov 11) 11 11 Armistice Day 11 11 Independence Day (Angola) 11 11 Independence of Cartagena (Colombia) 11 11 Republic Day (dives) 11 11 St. Martin's day or Martinmas 11 11 Veterans' Day 12 11 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday (Taiwan) 12 11 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day 12 11 Prince Charles' Birthday (Fiji) 14 11 King Hussein's Birthday (Jordan) 15 11 Dynasty Day (Belgium) 15 11 Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil) 15 11 Thatlouang Festival (Laos) 16 11 Bilbo reaches Lonely Mountain (LOTR) 16 11 Oklahoma Heritage Week (OK) 17 11 Army Day (Zaire) 17 11 Corrective Movement (Syrian Arab Republic) 17 11 Great American Smoke Out Day 18 11 Battle of Viertieres (Haiti) 18 11 Independence Day (Morocco) 18 11 National Days (4 days) (Oman) 19 11 Anniversary of 1968 Coup by Army (i) 19 11 Discovery Day (PR) 19 11 Feast Day of S.A.S. Prince Rainier (Monaco) 19 11 Garifuna Settlement (Belize) 19 11 Prince of Wales Birthday (Fiji) 20 11 Duane Allman born (Nashville, TN, 1946) 20 11 Joe Walsh born (Cleveland, 1947) 20 11 Revolution Day (Mexico) 21 11 Day of Prayer & Repentance (Federal Republic of Germany) 22 11 Anniversary of Portuguese Aggression (Guinea) 22 11 Independence Day (Lebanon) 23 11 Niiname Sai, Tasting New Rice Ceremony, a Thanksgiving Day (Japan) 24 11 Anniversary of the New Regime (Zaire) 24 11 Lee Harvey Oswald killed by Jack Ruby (Dallas, 1963) 25 11 Independence Day (Suriname) 28 11 Independence Day (Albania, Mauritania) 28 11 Independence from Spain (Panama) 28 11 Proclamation of the Republic (Chad) 29 11 Day of the Republic (2 days, Yugoslavia) 29 11 Goodwill Day (Liberia) 29 11 John Mayall born (Cheshire, England, 1933) 29 11 Liberation Day (Albania) 29 11 National Day (Burma) 30 11 Independence Day (Barbados, Yemen Democratic Republic) 30 11 National Day (Benin) 30 11 National Heroes Day (Philippines) 30 11 St. Andrew's Day 01 12 Anniversary of Restoration of Independence (Portugal) 01 12 Independence Day (Central African Republic) 02 12 National Holiday (United Arab Emirates) 03 12 First successful human heart transplant by Dr. Christian Barnard (South Africa, 1967) 03 12 National Holiday (Laos) 04 12 Tommy Bolin died of heroin overdose (Miami, 1976) 05 12 Death of Sm8 (LOTR) 05 12 Nikolaustag (Germany) 05 12 St. Nicholas' Day 06 12 Independence Day (Finland) 06 12 Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway (near San Francisco, 1969) 07 12 Delaware Day (DE) 07 12 Harry Chapin born (New York City, 1942) 07 12 Independence Day (Ivory Coast, Panama) 07 12 Prophet Mohammed's Birthday (Fiji) 08 12 Blessing of the Water (Uruguay) 08 12 Jim Morrison born (Melbourne, FL, 1943) 08 12 Mother's Day (Panama) 08 12 Our Lady of the Cacupe (Paraguay) 09 12 Independence Day (Tanzania) 09 12 The Who's "Tommy" premieres (London, 1973) 10 12 Foundation of Worker's Party (Angola) 10 12 Human Rights Day 10 12 Human Rights Day (United Nations) 10 12 Thai Constitution Day (Thailand) 10 12 Wyoming Day (WY) 11 12 Independence Day (Upper Volta) 12 12 Fiesta of anniversary of the Miracle of Guadalupe (Guadalupe) 12 12 Independence Day (Kenya) 12 12 National Ding-a-ling Day 13 12 Geminid meteor shower, 50-80 falls/hr, (look south) 13 12 Republic Day (ta) 13 12 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born (Detroit, 1949) 15 12 Bill of Rights Day 15 12 Statue Day (Netherlands Antilles) 16 12 Constitution Day (Nepal) 16 12 Day of the Covenant (South Africa) 16 12 Fellowship begins Quest (LOTR) 16 12 National Day (Bahrain) 16 12 Victory Day (Bangladesh) 17 12 Arthur Fiedler (1894-1979) 17 12 Feast of Saint Lazarus 17 12 National Day (Bhutan) 17 12 Saturnalia revel 17 12 Wright Brothers Day 18 12 Republic Day (Niger) 19 12 Underdog Day 21 12 Forefathers' Day 21 12 Phineas Fogg completes trip around world in under 80 days 23 12 Victory Day (Egypt) 24 12 Christmas Eve 25 12 Birthday of Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistan) 25 12 Children's Day (Congo) 25 12 Christmas Day 25 12 Constitution Day (Taiwan) 25 12 Taisho Tenno Sai, Commemoration of the Demise of the Late Emperor (Japan) 26 12 Boxing Day (U.K.) 26 12 Family Day (South Africa) 26 12 Feast of Our Theotokos (Greece) 26 12 St. Stephen's Day 26 12 St. Stephens' Day 27 12 Bank Holiday (Cayman Islands) 27 12 Constitution Day (North Korea) 27 12 Public Holiday (Lesotho, Zimbabwe) 28 12 Edgar Winter born (Beaumont, TX, 1946) 28 12 Feast of Fools 29 12 Civic Holidays (3 days) (Costa Rica) 29 12 His Majesty, the King's Birthday (Nepal) 30 12 Anniversary of Democratic Republic of Madagascar (Madagascar) 31 12 Bank Holiday (El Salvador, Honduras, Pakistan) 31 12 Feed Yourself Day (Benin) 31 12 New Year's Eve 31 12 Proclamation of the Republic (Congo) 31 12 St. Sylvester (Switzerland) ~~ ~~ ~~~~ Local variables: ~~ ~~ ~~~~ compile-command: "sort +2n +1n +0n dates" ~~ ~~ ~~~~ End: