Good morning, welcome back to our series featuring Unique Holidays: March 10th, 2022. I would like to ask you to check out the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which one you most want to celebrate and why.
International Day of Awesomeness
International Day of Awesomeness is celebrated on March 10th every year. Which is a Holiday where anybody, no matter who they are, may celebrate their awesomeness. Yes, we all possess awesomeness in some way. Today, let go of any insecurities and prepare to give yourself the praise you deserve. No one is perfect, to be sure. Everyone, on the other hand, is amazing in their own way. All you have to do is spotlight one of your qualities and concentrate on what makes it so special.
HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWESOMENESS
The word ‘awesomeness’ has many positive meanings. For example, awesomeness may refer to a remarkable quality in a person’s personality. At the same time, awesomeness denotes a quality that inspires others’ awe. As a result, it’s no surprise that awesomeness is overused nowadays.
International Day of Awesomeness is a fun event that manages to spread positivity because it is held at a time of year that focuses on celebrating awesome people. You might wonder how someone becomes awesome. Well, an awesome person is someone who is impressive, or inspiring.
The International Day of Awesomeness was first observed in 2008 by Kevin Lawver, the day’s creator. Lawver came up with the idea for this celebration while working with an intern named Freddie Maneiro. The intern had suggested that “Lawver’s awesomeness needs to be celebrated,” so the Holiday was announced on Twitter. Since then, the trend has gained traction and is now celebrated on a global scale. Furthermore, Dan Lurie polished the concept by coming up with the catchy tagline, “Because everyone needs an excuse to be awesome.” Later on, Lawver’s daughter also came up with an inspirational new tagline, “No one’s perfect, but everyone can be awesome.”
The date was also chosen because it falls on Chuck Norris’s birthday. Chuck Norris is a man who is renowned for his awesomeness! Regardless of who you are or what you do, use this Holiday to pat yourself on the back for simply being awesome!
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWESOMENESS ACTIVITIES
- Today is the day to do something that you think is awesome to celebrate the day in its spirit. This could be anything from cooking to traveling.
- Spread awareness of the Holiday and its message of celebrating one’s awesomeness.
- On this day, be fearless and do something you’ve always been afraid of. The rush of adrenaline you’ll experience will keep you going for days.
5 FACTS ABOUT BEING AWESOME
- People with attractive smiles are widely regarded as awesome.
- Awesome people rarely express their anger.
- Awesome people know a little bit about everything.
- Because of their appearance and energy, active people are considered awesome.
- Those who listen and guide are awesome individuals.
WHY PEOPLE LOVE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWESOMENESS
- The Holiday is dedicated to reminding people of the various awesome qualities they possess and why they must believe in themselves.
- The day serves as a motivator to help one accomplish goals that they may have left pending for years.
- Since the Holiday reminds everyone of how awesome they are, it also aids in building everyone’s confidence.
International Day of Awesomeness
No doubt about it. Today is an absolutely awesome day! As we move towards spring, the weather is turning awesome. We feel awesome and we hope that you’re feeling awesome, too.
It’s no coincidence that March 10th was selected to celebrate awesomeness because Actor Chuck Norris was born on this day and Chuck Norris Norris is considered the epitome of awesomeness.
How to Celebrate International Day of Awesomeness
This Holiday is a celebration of awesomeness. Take some time today, to identify things in your life that are awesome. Strive to make things in your life awesome or do things that are awesome. Are you in a relationship? Is the relationship awesome? If not, do something to make an awesome relationship.
History and Origin of International Day of Awesomeness
Kevin Lawver, a web application developer, and a bunch of his co-workers conceived this Holiday. Fred Maneiro, an intern at Lawver’s company suggested that there should be a celebration for awesomeness. Lawver picked up on the idea, created the details around it, coined the day as National Day of Awesomeness, and promoted it on Twitter. The day quickly became global, and the name was appropriately changed to International Day of Awesomeness. Other co-workers, most notably Dan Lurie, also contributed to the development of this Holiday.
International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day– always held on March 10.
Today is International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day and let me tell you this is not so easy to do because Phone Booths are on the “Endangered Species” list. While Phone Booths are few and far between, there are still some pay phone booths out there. You just have to look and today is a call to action. Your mission is to go out and find a working phone booth.
In the days before cell phones, you could find a phone booth almost anywhere you looked. You could find phone booths in any City or Town, and on almost every Street Corner in America. Phone booths were in every restaurant, store, mall, and public building. For a dime, then a quarter, you could place a phone call.
Over the several decades of phone booths use, there have been many variations of phone booth designs. The traditional phone booth was an enclosed, rectangular box. Original designs were wooden frames with glass walls, evolving to metal frames with glass or plexi-glass walls. Modern, indoor phone booths are an open booth, with a pay phone inside of it
The first pay phone booth was called a “telephone cabinet”.
The arrival of cell phones spelled the death knoll for millions of phone booths, yet there are still a few phone booths around and working.
If you find a phone booth today, place a quarter in the slot and call someone you know but be quick about it. The quarter pays for three minutes. If you want to talk longer, it will cost another quarter for three additional minutes.
The objective of International Find a Pay Phone Booth Day is to go out and find a working phone booth. Then, savor the nostalgia for a moment and take a picture, and by all means make a phone call.
Phone Booth Stuffing
As a prank, on March 20,1959, twenty-five students in Durbin, South Africa, succeeded in stuffing themselves together inside a phone booth. This record was recognized by Guinness Book of World Book of Records. This wild stunt quickly caught the attention of people, mostly students, across the world. Phone Booth Stuffing became a worldwide craze.
In England, it was called “Telephone Booth Squash”. A few other groups of students claimed to have broken the world record but were determined to have cheated. One of these groups used an extra large phone booth which resulted in a set of rules for Phone Booth Stuffing. The 25 person record stands to this day. As quickly as this craze began, it died out in late 1959.
Telephone Trivia
Alexander Graham Bell was granted the first official patent for his telephone on March 7th, 1876. Alexander Graham Bell fought years of legal challenges to his claim that he was its sole inventor.
After years of work, Alexander Graham Bell made the world’s first telephone call on March 10th, 1876.
Oddly, Alexander Graham Bell refused to have a telephone in his study because he feared it would distract him from his Scientific work.
In 1878, Thomas Doolittle created the first telephone booth which was originally called a “telephone cabinet”. Users could place calls between two towns for 15 cents. The telephone cabinet was patented in 1883.
In the United States, it took 44 years for the automobile to gain 25 % market share. The telephone reached 25% market share in 35 years. The Internet took just 7 years to reach this benchmark.
Several days after the famous “Mr. Watson come here ….” Bell was testing his instrument over a longer distance. Bell and Watson were upstairs with one instrument while Charles Williams was using the other instrument downstairs. Someone called for Bell from another telephone. As Bell went to the other room, he handed the instrument to Watson and Bell said “here, hold this”; thus, the term “putting someone on hold” was born.
The first telephone exchange opened on January 28th, 1878, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Phone service was established at the White House one year after its invention and President Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to have telephone phone service.
In the early days of telephone booths, some phone booth users did not like the telephone booths, as the doors often got stuck.
In the 70’s and before, all phone booths would take incoming calls. People could wait for a call, or call back. Sometime in the 80’s the phone company stopped this service, claiming it helped drug dealers.
In the 1990’s, before cell phones became popular, there were an estimated 3,000,000 pay phone booths in the United States alone.
Origin and History of International Find a Pay Telephone Booth Day
This Holiday was created in 2018 by Bob Matthews of Rochester, NY. Stumbling upon an increasingly rare pay phone booth in a local shopping mall, Matthews recognized the importance to recording this soon to be relic, before they completely disappeared.
This Holiday is defined as an “International” day and the importance and popularity of pay phone booths was truly global.
March 10th is designated “International Pay Telephone Booth Day” because this is the date Bell made his first telephone call to his assistant, Mr. Watson.
Middle Name Pride Day
HISTORY OF MIDDLE NAME PRIDE DAY
The origin of middle names has some interesting context, but Historians do not know the exact date middle names first appeared in English-speaking Countries, but records indicate that the practice may have first been used in upper classes. The earliest similarity to middle names can be found in Ancient Rome where men from aristocratic families had a personal name, a family name, and a sobriquet that was usually self-given or indicative of the person’s personality or family branch. However, this practice was lost long before the fall of the great Roman Empire.
Europeans of royal and noble birth used middle names in their real sense in the Middle Ages, usually having a given name, a Baptismal name, and a family name. Immigrants to America in the 16th to 18th Century took this trend to the new world, eventually losing the religious precept. It was still common by the 17th Century for those of high birth to have many names. The perfect example is the pretender to the British throne James Francis Edward Stuart — and it remains the practice in modern royal families. For example, Queen Elizabeth II of England’s full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.
The great thing is Middle Name Pride Day may reveal a lot more than just our middle names. Different Countries and cultures have varying traditions when it comes to naming children. This is also the day to discover the traditions surrounding middle names that are new and unique to us. In some Countries, middle names reflect the mother’s maiden name. In other Countries, they honor a close relative or friend. Other people choose middle names because they simply like the sound, meaning, or significance behind the name. Or even the acronym created with the full initials.
Middle Name Pride Day is all about being proud of the name that’s usually restricted to the first letter. The holiday organizers encourage revealing our middle names to at least three people today. As part of the Celebrate Your Name Week, it was established in 1997 by American Onomatologist Jerry Hill.
MIDDLE NAME PRIDE DAY ACTIVITIES
- If you have children of your own, Middle Name Pride Day is a great day to take the time to share important stories with them. Tell them the specific reason their names were chosen and what the History or the meaning of their middle name is.
- A person’s middle name is a result of love and affection. This is the ideal day to embrace that love and become proud of that name.
- Celebrate with delicious treats including Cookies that proclaim your middle name.
5 FACTS ABOUT MIDDLE NAMES
- Studies show that people with a middle initial are held in higher esteem.
- Now, I have a question for you. Did you know Donald Duck has a middle name? Fauntleroy.
- Tom Cruise is actually Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. Tom Cruise middle name was taken from an ancestral family matriarch. Angelina Jolie is Angelina Jolie Voight.
- Almost 4,746 people in America have the same first and last name.
- Matt Damon has a feminine middle name Paige.
WHY WE LOVE MIDDLE NAME PRIDE DAY
- Middle Name Pride Day is the perfect day to revisit our roots and Middle Name Pride Day reminds us to learn about the traditions in our family.
- Middle names should be a source of pride and Middle Name Pride Day celebrates middle names.
- Learning and telling children the reason behind their middle names brings families closer together.
Popcorn Lover’s Day – second Thursday
Many of us love popcorn so it only makes sense that there should be a Holiday just for popcorn lovers.
Popcorn is good for you, when eaten plain but Popcorn is not as healthy, when Popcorn is loaded with Salt and Butter. Although that Butter and Salt tastes so good.
This Holiday is intended to celebrate Popcorn and share Popcorn with others. Bring Popcorn to work. Or microwave Popcorn and put in in a basket on your desk.
You can have Popcorn in the traditional way, with Salt and Butter. Or, you can add different flavors to Popcorn. Popular flavors are Cheddar Cheese, Parmesan Garlic, and Ranch! There is no requirement to which seasoning to use today, as long as you eat Popcorn.
Popcorn Lover’s Day is the perfect Holiday to make a big bowl of Popcorn and cozy up on the sofa, as you watch a movie.
Learn how to grow and dry popcorn.
Related Holidays:
Caramel Popcorn Day is April 7.
History and Origin of Popcorn Lovers Day:
This Holiday was created on January 6th, 2012, by Bob Matthews of Rochester, NY. It is Bob’s favorite snack. He and his wife Debbie, enjoy Popcorn and they have Popcorn on most Thursdays, all year long. Bob is also an avid gardener. Bob has grown and dried Popcorn for popping, to,
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
