First Broadcast of Doctor Who on BBC TV in 1963. Many years ago in the early sixties. Not yet everybody had a television, so television was very super special. Most television was in black and white. The BBC decided to fill the gap between the block of children tv to grown ups tv with a … Read more First Broadcast of Doctor Who (1963)
Celebrated every year on November 18. Mickey Mouse Day is the anniversary of who first saw the silver screen on this day in 1928 in the cartoon . He actually appeared first on “Plane Crazy” but Disney decided that Steamboat Willy was the real debut where he got Mickey the way he wanted to portray … Read more Mickey Mouse Day
Author’s Day is celebrated every year on November 1. Author’s Day was created in 1928 by Nellie Verne Burn McPherson who was then president of the Bement Women’s Club. She made this day in honor of one of her favorite writers of fiction Irving Bacheller. McPherson had written him a letter telling him how much … Read more Author’s Day
Magic Day is every year on October 31. Magic Day was created 1938 when a Chicago member of the Society of American Magicians got official permission for a Houdini Day from Mrs. Houdini. On October 311:26 p.m. on October 31, 1926, in Room 401 at Detroit’s Grace Hospital died from the complications of a at … Read more Magic day
Punk for a Day Day is celebrated every year on October 25. When people talk about punk they talk about . The way began was probably in short: It was the 1970-something…or something alike. Youth facing economic and political crisis’s and older generations they could not identify with. They had a lot of reasons to be … Read more Punk for a Day Day
iPod Day is celebrated every year on the anniversary of the first release of the on October 23 2001. Back in 2001, portable music players were still mostly cassette s and portable . Having music on was quite a novelty back then. Also the iPods were pretty and in Apple tradition advertised religiously. The first … Read more iPod Day
World Smile Day® is celebrated on the first Friday in October. World Smile Day® was created by Harvey Ball who claimed to be the creator of the Smiley Face®. Harvey was concerned about commercialization of his Smiley Face®, so he created World Smile Day® to be celebrated from 1999 on. The Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation was created to continue World … Read more World Smile Day®
Celebrated every year on September 30 #InternationalPodcastDay A podcast is an audio file or stream that is released in episodes for people to listen to like a pre-recorded radio broadcast. The word “podcast” is a portmanteau (which is a fancy word for two words smashed together into one new word) of “iPod” (in the 00-ties … Read more International Podcast Day
Currently in the time we are writing this, Summer 2019, the widespread superstition in the Western pop culture about black cats is that they are unlucky and/or the only cat fit for witches. Once upon a time, things were quite different… And even that changed for quite different times and quite different places. The culture … Read more Black cat appreciation through time
Celebrated every year on January 2 The date for Science Fiction Day was chosen because it is also the birthday of the legendary science fiction author whose influenced many other fictional creations concerning robots. Science fiction stories have been made ever since we have stories. Because we always dreamed of a future where we could … Read more Science Fiction Day
Celebrated every year on December 23 Festivus was created by author Daniel O’Keefe and was first celebrated by his whole family in 1966. The Latin word “festus”, means “joyous; holiday, feast day”. The date of Festivus was chosen to celebrate the anniversary of Daniel O’Keefe’s first date with his future wife, Deborah. In 1982, Daniel … Read more Festivus
Celebrated very year on December 9. World Techno Day was probably celebrated for the first time in 2003. The date was chosen as it was the birth date of Juan Atkins, who is widely credited with being the originator of the term “”. World Techno Day was created by the Belleville Three, who were then composed … Read more World Techno Day
Celebrated every year on December 8. Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day was created by the Koala Wallop online community in 2007.
Square Dancing Day is celebrated every year on November 29. Square dancing is easy to confuse with line dancing. The difference is that square dancing happens…..in a square! The way that works is that 8 dancers form 4 couples and each couple is positioned on the corner of a visual or imaginary square. Square dances … Read more Square Dancing Day
Celebrated every year on December 1rst. Day Without Art was first held on December 1, 1989 as the national day of action and mourning in response to the AIDS crisis and to make the public aware that AIDS can touch everyone. On this day 800 U.S. art and AIDS groups participated in the first Day Without Art, … Read more Day Without Art Day