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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 3 |  |
January 3, 1957: In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Hamilton announces the world's first electric watch. |
| January 6 |  |
Epiphany |
| January 7 |  |
The Beacon Deacon Web Site is years old today! |
| January 9 |  |
The Apple iPhone made its debut January 9, 2007. |
| January 11 |  |
National Human Trafficking Awareness Day End Slavery: Stop Human Trafficking! |
| January 12 |  |
The 1966 Batman series made its debut this day in 1966. |
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 |
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| January 18 |  |
Happy birthday, A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh, born January 18, 1882. |
| January 24 |  |
Gold discovered! Sutter's Mill, CA, 1848 |
| January 27 |  |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 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 | 
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Nylon patented 1937. Archaeologist Howard Carter opened the tomb of King Tut in 1923. |
| February 19 |  |
U.S. Marines land on Iwo Jima 1945 |
| February 20 |  |
John Glenn orbits earth February 20, 1962 |
| February 21 |  |
In memory of two great men: My grandfather "Bow-Wow" (February 6, 1914 - February 21, 1992) and Billy Graham (November 7, 1918-February 21, 2018) |
| February 22 |  |
Happy Birthday George Washington February 22, 1732 |
| February 23 |  |
Disney's Pinocchio is released February 23, 1940 |
| February 24 |  |
David Kennison, reportedly a Boston Tea Party survivor, died this day in 1851 at age 115. |
| February 28 |  |
Cambridge University scientists discovered DNA's double helix February 28, 1953. |
| February 29 |  |
Leap Day! |
| March |  |
Happy March! |
| March 2 |   |
G.I. Joe comic (by Marvel) first published March 2, 1982 |
| 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! History Tidbit |
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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 27 |
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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 |  |
Lincoln assassinated April 14, 1865 |
| April 15 |   |
The sinking of the Titanic April 15, 1912 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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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 invented by Gideon Sundback April 29, 1913 |
| May |  |
Happy May! |
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National Day of Prayer | |
| May 8 |
 May 8, 1541 Hernando de Soto discovers the Mississippi  VE Day - May 8, 1945  Transformers comic (by Marvel) first published May 8, 1984  Remembering Maurice Sendak June 10, 1928 - May 8, 2012 |
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| May 11 |  |
In memory of Pop August 17, 1929 - May 11, 2010 |
| May 14 |  |
Nation of Israel proclaimed May 14, 1948 |
| May 18 |  |
Legislation of "In God We Trust" enacted to show on some coins May 18, 1908 |
| May 21 |  |
Clara Barton founded the Red Cross May 21, 1881 |
| May 22 |  |
Pacman made his debut May 22, 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 |
| June 28 |  |
Remembering Haven August 26, 2003 - June 28, 2017 |
| June 30 |  |
Happy Anniversary Jamie & Louise! |
| 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! Some history trivia |
| July 6 |  |
Congress adopts the "dollar" as the monetary unit of the U.S. July 6, 1785 |
| July 19 |  |
Rosetta Stone discovered July 19, 1799 |
| July 20 |  |
The Apollo 11 Crew landed on the moon July 20, 1969 |
| July 21 |  |
Remembering the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado July 21, 2012 |
| July 26 |  |
In Memory of French Priest Pére Jacques Hamel who was martyred July 26, 2016 |
| July 27 |  |
Bugs Bunny debuts in A Wild Hare July 27, 1940 |
| 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 |
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National Lighthouse Day (U.S.)
George Washington
creates Purple Heart (1782) |
| 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 7 |  |
"Uncle Sam" is born in a newspaper in Troy, N.Y. September 7, 1913 |
| September 8 |  |
Star Trek aired for the first time September 8, 1966 |
| September 11 |  |
Remember the fallen. |
| September 12 |  |
September 12, 1940: Paintings in Lascaux cave discovered near Montignac, France. |
| September 17 |
  Constitution Day |
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| September 18 |  |
United States Air Force born this day in 1947 |
| September 19 |  |
Smiley Emoticon born this day in 1982 Thanks to Carnegie Mellon University Professor Scott E. Fahlman |
| September 23 |  |
September 23, 1889: Japanese businessman Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a small trading card company. He named it Nintendo. |
| September 24 | |
In memory of "Ma-Ma" September 24, 1911 - July 3, 2008 |
| September 26 |  |
Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed! September 26, 1774 |
| September 29 |  |
Coffee Day! |
| September 30 |  |
The Flintstones premiered September 30, 1960. |
| October |  |
Happy October! |
| October 3 |  |
Germany reunited this day in 1990. |
| October 4 |  |
Sputnik launches the Space Age October 4, 1957 |
| October 6 |  |
Thank God for William Tyndale, who translated the Bible into English. He was martyred October 6, 1536 |
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| October 12 |  |
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| October 13 | |
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| October 14 |   |
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| October 17 |  |
Texas Rangers October 17, 1835 |
| October 23 |  |
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis October 23, 1952 |
| 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. |
| November 19 |  |
Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address this day in 1863. |
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Happy Thanksgiving! | |
| December |  |
Happy December! |
| December 3 |  |
First text sent over Vodafone's network in the U.K. December 3, 1992, from a computer to this phone, an Orbitel 901 handset: "Happy Christmas." |
| December 7 | |
Remember the sacrifice at Pearl Harbor. |
| December 9 |  |
The computer mouse made its debut today in 1968. |
| December 14 |  |
Remembering the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School December 14, 2012 |
| December 15 |  |
December 15, 1791: The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly. |
| December 16 |  |
The Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773 |
| December 17 |  |
years of flight! December 17, 1903 |
| December 21 |  |
First Crossword, made by Arthur Wynne, published in the New York World December 21, 1913 |
| December 25 |   |
Merry CHRISTmas! |
| December 28 |  |
Congress recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance December 28, 1945 |
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