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Calendarfor Special Days on the Beacon Deacon Web Site |
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. Also, on the Home Page, if you click on the date, it will take you to This Day in History.
| Date | Picture | Message |
|---|---|---|
| January |  |
Happy January! |
| January 1 |  |
Happy New Year [year] |
| January 7 |  |
The Beacon Deacon Web Site is [age] years old today! |
| January 15-21 on a Monday |
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 |
| January 28 |  |
Remembering the Challenger Disaster January 28, 1986 |
| February |  |
Happy February! |
| February 1 |  |
Remembering the Columbia Disaster February 1, 2003 |
| February 12 |  |
Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 |
| February 14 | |
Happy Valentines Day! |
| 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 16 |  |
Happy Birthday James Madison March 16, 1751 |
| March 17 |  |
Happy St. Patricks Day! |
| March Easter | |
Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
| April | |
Happy April! |
| April Easter | |
Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen! |
| April 16 |  |
Orange & Maroon: Remembering Virginia Tech's 2007 Tragedy |
| April 20 |  |
Remembering Columbine April 20, 1999 |
| April 22 |  |
Earth Day! Be a good steward of the earth God made. |
| April 23 |  |
St. George's Day | May |  |
Happy May! |
| May 1-7 First Thursday |
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National Day of Prayer |
| May 24-31 Last Monday |
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Remember our fallen heroes this Memorial Day. |
| May 25 |  |
Happy Birthday Star Wars May 25, 1977 |
| June |  |
Happy June! |
| June 4 |  |
This day in 1989: Tiananmen Square |
| June 6 | |
D-Day [years] years ago. |
| June 12 |  |
Remembering Anne Frank: June 12, 1929 - March 1945. Received her diary June 12, 1942. |
| June 14 | |
Happy Flag Day! |
| June 17 |  |
Happy Birthday, M.C. Escher (1898) |
| June 19 |  |
Garfield made his debut June 19, 1978. |
| July | |
Happy July! |
| July 3 |  |
In memory of "Ma-Ma" September 24, 1911 - July 3, 2008 |
| July 4 | |
Happy Independence Day! |
| July 20 |  |
The Apollo 11 Crew landed on the moon July 20, 1969 |
| July 29 |  |
Birth of NASA, 1958 |
| August |  |
Happy August! |
| September |  |
Happy September! |
| 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 |
| October |  |
Happy October! |
| October 3 |  |
Germany reunited this day in 1990. |
| October 4 |  |
Sputnik launches the Space Age October 4, 1957 |
| October 8-14 on a Monday |
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Happy Columbus Day! |
| October 12 |  |
Arrival of Columbus in America October 12, 1492 |
| October 14 |  |
Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier October 14, 1947 |
| 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 22-28 Fourth Thursday |
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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 17 |  |
[Number] years of flight! December 17, 1903 |
| December 25 |   |
Merry CHRISTmas! |
