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August 2016
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
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First Scout Camp
Opened, 1934
Michael Jackson
born, 1958
Thurgood Marshall
took a seat on the
Supreme Court,
1967
World War II began,
Hitler invaded
Poland, 1939
First Continental
Congress Convened
(1774)
Read a Book Day
Pilgrims set sail from
Plymouth, England
(1620)
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Labor Day
National Chocolate
Milk Shake Day
Jesse Owens
Olympian, born
1913
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International Talk
Like a Pirate Day
Poet John Keats
Wrote ‘To Autumn’
in 1819
National Peanut Day
Positive Thinking
Day
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
September 2016
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
National Trail Mix
Day
Educator Maria
Montessori’s birth-
day, 1870
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Grandma Moses
born, 1860
(painter)
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Francis Scott
Key wrote ‘Star
Spangled Banner’
in 1814
FRIDAY SATURDAY
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3
National Blueberry
Popsicle Day
U.S. Treasury Dept.
Established, 1789
8
International
Literacy Day
King Richard the
Lion-Hearted born,
1157
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Make A Hat Day
National Hispanic
Heritage Month
Begins
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First Railroad
Station Opened
Magellan started his
search for the Spice
Islands In 1519
World Gratitude Day
International Peace
Day
H.G. Wells born,
1866
First Day of Autumn
Elephant
Appreciation Day
U.S. Post Office
Opened In 1789
9
Teddy Bear Day
California became
the 31st state in
1850
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Collect Rocks Day
National Play-Doh
Day
Mayflower Day
23
California Native
American Day
Nintendo founded
in 1889 - made
playing cards
Barkley the Dog’s
Birthday (Sesame
Street)
Treaty of Paris
Signed, 1783
SUNDAY
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Newspaper Carrier
Day
Google First
Incoporated (1998)
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Swap Ideas Day
Elias Howe patented
the sewing
machine, 1846
National
Grandparents Day
Make Your Bed Day
World Trade Center
attack in 2001
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Citizenship Day
Constitution Day;
In 1787 U.S.
Constitution signed
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First Toy Store Opened
National Bluebird of
Happiness Day
Supreme Court
established, 1789
The New York Times
was first published
in 1851
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Good Neighbor Day
(4th Sunday)
Mary Poppins
Debuted in 1964