Arbor Day National Steak Day Zucchini Bread Day Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1719 – ‘Robinson Crusoe’ is published – Defoe’s novel about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a deserted island1859
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Thursday – April 24, 2025
Mike Opelka · Thursday's headlines and Gerald Posner on the Pope, The Vatican and more National Pigs In A Blanket Day Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day Meme Du
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National Picnic Day (Are we allowed to say picnic???) National English Muffin Day Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1564 – Happy Birthday William Shakespeare1789 – President-Elect Washington moved into Franklin House in NYC1851 – Canada
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Earth Day National Jellybean Day Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1792 – Washington declares America is neutral in the war in Europe1876 – The first National League baseball game is played1878 – The first
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Egg Salad Monday Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1689 – William & Mary are crowned joint King & Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1838 – General Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna in the battle
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Good Friday National Animal Crackers Day Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1906 – Massive earthquake killed thousands, toppled buildings in San Francisco 1921 – Canada votes for Prohibition to take effect on July
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National Cheeseball Day (Make your nominations) National Malbec Day National Crawfish Day Meme Du Jour We asked “What’s his prison nickname?” (Van Hollen Tunnel was the winner.) THIS DAY IN HISTORY1790 – Ben Franklin passed away (he was
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National Eggs Benedict Day National Banana Day Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1862 – Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia1917 – Lenin returns to Russia to start the Bolshevik Revolution1922 – Annie Oakley
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April 15, 2025 – Tax Day (Tax Freedom Day is June 19th) Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1452 – Happy Birthday da Vinci1865 – President Lincoln dies from gunshot wound 1912 – 2 1/2 hours after
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Mike Opelka · Space Tourist Update, plus Tony Shaffer, Joe di Genova April 14, 2025 – National Gardening Day National Pecan Day Meme Du Jour THIS DAY IN HISTORY1775 – The first abolitionist society in
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