September 23rd, 2008
September 23 is National Day in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The day commemorates the unification of the country on this day in 1932. Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, is governed using the principles of the Koran. Eating pork, alcoholic beverages, and even cinemas are prohibited. The country occupies around 80 percent of the […]
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September 2nd, 2008
National Flamingo Month
September is National Flamingo Month. In celebration of this event, here are a few flamingo facts for you:
Flamingos can grow to be more than four feet tall and weight more than seven pounds.
Flamingos eat brine shrimp
Their pink color is due to the Beta Carotene in their diet.
Flamingos live an average of 20 years in […]
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September 1st, 2008
September 3 is Good Neighbor Day at FTD florists around the United States and Canada. In celebration, participating outlets are giving away free bouquets of fresh flowers. The idea is to keep one stem and pass the others out to friends, neighbors, and passers-by. What a great plan.
To see if there’s an FTD […]
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July 21st, 2008
Okay, so they aren’t holidays in the traditional sense like Christmas or Halloween, but many US states offer sales tax holidays this time of year, days that consumers don’t have to pay sales tax on purchases. Below are the tax holidays coming in August, just in time for back-to-school shopping (courtesy of tax accounting […]
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July 16th, 2008
July 17 is the World Day for International Justice. This day commemorates the formation of the International Criminal Court in 1988. This body, which began operation in 2002, is often referred to as the “court of last resort.” It rules on the most heinous of crimes–those of a nation against its people. Recent […]
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July 8th, 2008
Soapy Smith Wake Festival in Skagway
Lots of holidays celebrate the brith of an individual; not so many celebrate a death. One exception is the annual Soapy Smith Wake celebrated each year on July 8 in Skagway, Alaska.
Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith II ran the gold rush town of Skagway with a totalitarian–and larcenous–rule from 1897 to 1898. Seeing opportunity to […]
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