Happy Queen Victoria Day! Queen Victoria (the first Queen of Canada) was born in 1819 and became a Canadian holiday in 1845 (and a legal day off in 1901). This is primarily a Canadian Holiday (although we have heard that it is celebrated in parts of Scotland). The young Queen Victoria was known as “Drina” as a child (and spoke German until she was 3).
It’s international Firefighter’s Day!
The First proposal for such a day was made in 1999 after a tragic fire in 1998 in Australia in which 5 firefighter’s lost their lives.
May 4th was chosen as it is the Birthday of St. Florian (the patron saint of firefighters). St Florian was a firefighter during the time of the Roman Empire.
Many Fire Stations observe the “Sound Off” which is 30 seconds of Sirens followed by 1 minute of Silence at noon on the first Sunday of May.
Paddy the Pirate Piñata (along with a Deluxe Pirate Party for 12) will be at the St. George’s School Fair tomorrow May 3, 2014.
He will be at the Silent Auction Table. Check out the fair and make a bid … you can take Paddy Home and make him “Walk the Plank”! (His head is full of Swag).
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Happy International Workers’ Day!
Happy International Dance Day! This day falls on April 29th of every year and was initiated in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the UNESCO InternationalTheatre Institute.
This day was chosen on account of the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre, a distinguished choreographer.
It’s DNA Day! April 25th is the Day in 1953 that James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, Rosalind Franklin and others published papers on the structure of DNA in the Journal “Nature”. It was 50 years later in 2003 that the Human Genome Project was almost complete!
It’s National Librarian’s Day! Librarians are Awesome. There are lots of great things happening at your local Library!
It’s Big Wind Day! On April 12th 1934 (80 Years ago today) on New Hampshire’s Mt Washington some Weather Researchers recorded the biggest wind ever measured on Earth- 231 miles per hour! Is it windy where you are? We have great Kites at partyfunbox.com More Information here: Big Wind Day