As I’ve mentioned before, our library likes to display a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations, as well as the birthdays of famous people and authors/illustrators. I know many of you are on summer break but I also know that some of you may be in year-round schools.
Feel free to adapt the list below to meet your needs. If you want to look at other lists, I have used Holiday Insights and National Day Calendar as well as calendars I receive from publishers.
It is always fun to plan special events around some of the crazy/wacky days. I’d love to hear how you celebrate some of these days.
Month:
Dog Days of Summer – July 3 – August 11
National Blueberry Month
National Anti-Boredom Month
Unlucky Month for weddings
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
National Hot Dog Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Picnic Month
Week Event:
Be Nice to Jersey Week – July 3- 9
National Farriers Week – July 16 – 22, 2017
Everybody Deserves a Massage Week – July 10 – 16
National Zoo Keeper Week – 3rd week in July
National Parenting Gifted Children Week – 3rd week in July
Capture the Sunset Week – Week 3
National Moth Week – Last week in July
July 2019 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
1 National U.S. Postage Stamp Day
1 Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day
1 International Chicken Wing Day
2 Jack Gantos, author
2 Jean Craighead George, author
2 Cynthia Kadohata, author
3 National Chocolate Wafer Day
3 Kate Messner, author
4 National Barbecued Spareribs Day
5 Work-a-holics Day – even though everyone is on holiday
6 International Cherry Pit Spitting Day – first Saturday of month
7 National Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day
7 National Strawberry Sundae Day
7 Build A Scarecrow Day – first Sunday in month
7 Nate Aaseng, author
8 National Chocolate with Almonds Day
10 Nikola Tesla, inventor
11 National Rainier Cherry Day
11 National Blueberry Muffins Day
11 E.B. White, author
11 Patricia Polacco, author
11 James Stevenson, author
12 Collector Car Appreciation Day
12 Joan Bauer, author
12 Johanna Spyri, author
12 George Eastman, inventor
13 National Beans ‘N’ Franks Day
13 Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
13 Marcia Brown, author
14 Bastille Day
14 Aaron Becker, author
14 Laura Numeroff, author
14 Peggy Parish, author
14 Brian Selznick, author
15 National Give Something Away Day
15 National Pet Fire Safety Day
15 National Get Out of the Dog House Day
15 Cow Appreciation Day– Go out and give a cow a hug
15 Clement C Moor, author
16 National Personal Chef’s Day
18 Get to Know Your Customers Day
18 Felicia Bond, illustrator
19 National Raspberry Cake Day
19 John Newbery
20 National Ice Cream Soda Day
20 Moon Day
20 Gregor Mendel, scientist
22 Hammock Day
22 S. E. Hinton, author
23 Robert Quackenbush, author
24 Cousins Day
24 National Thermal Engineer Day
25 National Merry-Go-Round Day
25 National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
25 National Hire a Veteran Day
26 System Administrator Appreciation Day
26 National Coffee Milkshake Day
26 National All or Nothing Day
26 National Talk in an Elevator Day
26 National System Administrator Appreciation Day
26 Jan Berenstain, author
26 Stephen Cosgrove, author
27 National Day of the Cowboy –
27 Take Your Houseplants for a Walk
28 National Milk Chocolate Day
28 Parent’s Day
28 Beatrix Potter, author
30 International Day of Friendship
30 Henry Ford, inventor
31 National Raspberry Cake Day
31 Mutt’s Day