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Writing Calendar
January
1
Internet Created
4
National Trivia Day
5
George Washington Carver Day
15
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday
19
Edgar Allen Poe's Birthday
February
1
First Meeting of Supreme Court
6
Babe Ruth’s Birthday
11
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
11
Thomas Edison's Birthday
22
Be Humble Day
March
1
Peace Corps Anniversary
7
Apple® Patented the iPod®
14
Scientist Albert Einstein Born
15
- 44 B.C. Julius Caesar is stabbed!
April
3
First Pony Express Service
14
Webster’s Dictionary printed in 1818
18
Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride, 1775
21
First Day of TV- Turn Off Week
25
Hubble Telescope Launched, 1990
May
4
Teacher Appreciation Week
10
National School Nurse Day
16
Biographers’ Day
20
Armed Forces Day
21
American Red Cross Founded
June
12
Anne Frank’s Birthday
14
Flag Day
15
Fly a Kite Day
19
Garfield’s Birthday
30
Superman’s Birthday
July
1
Twenty-Sixty Amendment Ratified
4
Paint the Fence Day
14
Bastille Day
21
Ernest Hemingway’s Birthday
30
National Motto Established
31
America’s First Patent
August
6
Andy Warhol’s Birthday
18
Bad Poetry Day
18
Wizard of Oz Movie Premiere
19
Orville Wright’s Birthday
22
National Punctuation Day
27
Mother Teresa’s Birthday
28
First Radio Commercial Broadcasted
28
M.L.King, Jr. "I have a dream"
September
1/M
- Labor Day
2
Famous Quote by Teddy Roosevelt
11
Patriot Day
13
Artist Robert Indiana’s Birthday
18
The NY Times
First Published
21
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”
October
3
SOS Established
9
First Two-Way Telephone Conversation
17
President Monroe Writes Jefferson
19
Star Spangled Banner First Sung
25
Pablo Picasso ‘s Birthday
27
Emily Post's Birthday
November
16
National "Fast Food" Day
22
Stop the Violence Day
4/TH
Thanksgiving Day
December
1
Rosa Parks Day
6
13th Amendment Ratified
11
Unicef Established
21
Humbug Day
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