Tuesday 1/2/24
Celebrate:
55 MPH Speed Limit Day
Happy Mew Year for Cats Day
National Buffet Day
National Cream Puff Day
National Motivation and Inspiration Day
National Personal Trainer Awareness Day
National Run It Up the Flagpole and See If Anybody Salutes It Day
National Science Fiction Day
Swiss Cheese Day
World Introvert Day
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Last year I couldn't find a calendar that I liked, so I checked to see what year in the past was the same. It was 2017, and I used an old calendar that I liked. (yes I saved them..it's a Doctor Who one so there.)
This year I found all I need..but what year calendar can you reuse??
Well, it's a bit trickier this year since it's a leap year. So nothing really current. You have to go back 28 years to 1996 for one that syncs up with the days this year.
Good luck with that one!
And if your calendar doesn't have a February 29th - you have a bad one.
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Celebrity deaths over the holiday
BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson has died at the age of 75.
Wilkinson was known for his roles in The Full Monty, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare in Love, The Importance of Being Earnest and In the Bedroom.
The actor reprised his role of Gerald in the Disney+ sequel series to The Full Monty earlier this year.
Renowned tap dancing star Maurice Hines Jr., who also enjoyed a long career as an actor and choreographer, has died at 80.
Hines, born in New York City on Dec. 13, 1943, and his younger brother Gregory, who died of cancer at age 53 in 2003, rose to fame as a uniquely talented tap dancing duo, starring on Broadway, in clubs, on television, and in films.
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Shecky Greene, Legendary Las Vegas Standup Comedian Who Worked With Sinatra and Elvis, Dies at 97.
Greene was a regular on the TV talk show and guest star circuit in his 1960s and ’70s heyday, when he often sported a comb-over haircut and wide-lapel suits. Earlier in his career, he came to represent the epitome of the Rat Pack-adjacent comedian in a tux, delivering lightly risque or edgy anecdotal stories and zingers on stage.
He played a recurring character on the World War II-set ABC drama “Combat.” His other TV appearances included “Love, American Style,” “The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “The Fall Guy,” “The A-Team,” “Trapper John, MD,” “Roseanne” and “Mad About You.” His prominent film roles include “Splash,” Mel Brooks’ “History of the World: Part I” and “Tony Rome.”
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - January is here, the Birthstone is garnet, thought to keep the wearer safe during travels.
The flower is carnation and snowdrop.
January is named for the Roman god Janus, known as the protector of gates and doorways, who symbolize beginnings and endings. Janus is depicted with two faces, one looking into the past, the other with the ability to see into the future.
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