Today is Wednesday October 6, 2010
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Mad Hatter Day
Relive your childhood today and celebrate Mad Hatter Day! The Mad Hatter is a famous character in Lewis Caroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
The first Mad Hatter Day was celebrated in Boulder, Colorado by a group of computer technicians in 1986. The workers decided to initiate the first official Mad Hatter Day as a day of silliness. The date for this holiday was chosen because the Mad Hatter is always seen wearing a top hat labeled "In this style 10/6" in the book's illustrations.
Today, the nonsense we usually have to pretend is sane can finally be called madness, and silliness can be made sane. So go ahead, grab yourself a top hat and have yourself a very silly Mad Hatter's Day! Today is also National Noodle Day
October is National Pasta Month & National Dessert Month & National Chili Month & National Roller Skating Month & Adopt-a-Dog Month & National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This week is World Space Week & National Walk Your Dog Week & Fire Prevention Week
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On this day in History:
| 1847 - "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte was first published in London. 1889 - In Paris, the Moulin Rouge opened its doors to the public for the first time. 1927 - "The Jazz Singer" opened in New York starring Al Jolson. The film was based on the short story "The Day of Atonement" by Sampson Raphaelson. 1949 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino was sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000 for war crimes. The conviction was for being Japanese wartime broadcaster "Tokyo Rose." 1979 - Pope John Paul II became the first pontiff to visit the White House. |
Quote of the Day:
"Do not seek pleasure everywhere, but always be ready to find it."
--John Ruskin
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