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05/03/2011 (2:12 pm)

May Tid Bits

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May 30th 1848, The Ice Cream Freezer Was Patented

May 31st is World No Tobacco Day

May 8th is No Socks Day

Visit Your Relatives Day is May 18th

May 6th is International No Diet Day

May is Flower Month

Susan’s Birthday From Sesame Street is May 3rd

03/04/2011 (8:10 am)

March Tid Bits

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March is :

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
Feminine Empowerment Month
Craft Month
Women’s History Month
Peanut Month
Rosacea Awareness Month

The second week in March is Girl Scout Week

Chocolate Week is the  third week in March

The Fourth Week in March is Egg Salad Week

March 8, Daylight Saving Time Begins

International Women’s Day is celebrated annually on March 8th

March 9 is Cabin Fever Day

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is March 10

Organize Your Home Office Day is observed on the second Tuesday In March

Potato Chip Day is observed annually on March 14th

March 15th is St Patricks day

“Mary Tyler Moore Show” TV Series final episode aired March 19, 1977

Earth Day - the official Earth Day is March 21

March22nd is Goof-Off Day and National Sing Out Day

March 23rd is Easter Sunday

The first color TV was manufactured by RCA on March 25, 1954

The new $100 bill went into circulation, March 1996

02/04/2011 (12:32 pm)

February Tid Bits

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Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded Feb 8th, 1587

February is Friendship Month

The toothpick was patented Feb 20th 1872

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officially came into existence In Feb 1st 1920

Girls and Women in Sports Day - February 6th

February 16, 1937 - Nylon stockings patented

01/06/2011 (5:10 pm)

January Tid Bits

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Midwifes Day / Women’s Day is January 8th

Celebrate Women’s Self Empowerment Week January 5th-9th

Bubble Bath Day is January 8th

Dear Abby was published for the first time in Jan 9, 1956

Hugging Day is January 21st

Jan 11, 1935 was the start of Amelia Earhart’s two-day solo flight across the Pacific.

12/02/2010 (5:05 pm)

December Tid Bits

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December 28, 1984: The final episode of “The Edge of Night” aired.

December is Hi Neighbor Month

Winter Begins December 22

Human Rights Day is December 10th

December 9th 1884: Ball-Bearing Roller Skates Were Patented

December 22nd 1882, First Christmas Lights were for Sale

11/10/2010 (10:04 am)

November Tid Bits

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November 14th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

 November 13th isWorld Kindness Day

November 30th is Stay At Home Because You’re Well Day

Nov 13th 1849 - The capital of Canada was shifted to Toronto owing to riots in Montreal.

Nov 3rd 1957 - One of the most advanced atomic energy reactors in the world opened at Chalk River, Ontario
 

November 21st is World Hello Day

November 3rd is Housewife’s Day

10/03/2010 (4:23 pm)

October tid bits

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Observed on the fourth Saturday in October is Make A Difference Day

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Love Your Body Day is October 15
 

Third Week of October is Business Women’s Week

October 1, 1883: Canada’s first medical school for women opened. The Toronto Woman’s Medical College

Young Women’s Day of Action is Observed the fourth Thursday of October

08/02/2010 (3:35 pm)

August tid Bits

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Forgiveness Day is Observed the first Sunday in August

The Second Week of August is Smile Week

August is Romance Awareness Month
 

First Week of August is Breastfeeding Week

August 1st is Sister’s Day

Women’s Equality Day (a/k/a Susan B. Anthony Day) is August 26th

07/03/2010 (3:56 pm)

July Tid Bits

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The Sewing Machine Was Patented July 17th 1790

July 24th is Cousins Day. July 25th is Parents’ Day. July 26th is Aunt & Uncle Day

 

July 7th is Chocolate Day and Strawberry Sundae Day
 

Fingerprint was first used as a means of identification, July 17, 1858

Princess Diana’s birthday was July 1st 1961. Estee Lauder’s birthday was July 1st 1906

The first Woman’s Rights Convention in the United States met at Seneca Falls, N.Y. on July 19, 1848

06/02/2010 (1:40 pm)

June Tid Bits

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The typewriter was patented June 23rd 1868

The bicycle was patented June 26th 1819. The toothbrush was invented June 26th 1498.

The 2nd week in June is Hug Week
 

The shopping cart was introduced on June 4, 1937

Power of a Smile Day is observed on June 15.

The 4th week in June is Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week

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