Beautician’s Day is a gorgeous day. This June 26 holiday is your chance to show your appreciation to those who make you look beautiful and stunning. Who are these magicians? Beauticians are anyone who works to make you more beautiful. Nowadays, they are trained and licensed to provide you with the absolutely best experience and results.

Beauticians are hair stylists, as well as manicurists. However, this group of professionals also includes make-up artists, cosmetologists, and anyone who strives to make the already beautiful you, even more beautiful. Their talents and training transform the everyday you into the beautiful woman you always knew was inside of you. They make you glow and feel great about yourself. The guys appreciate your Beautician, too. Proof positive is when they turn to watch as you go by.

Applesauce Cake Day is today. This June 4 holiday is a time to enjoy an old and often-forgotten goodie. This is a truly delicious day to have a delicious cake. It seems a little odd to celebrate this day in June. The harvest is in the Fall. But, we will enjoy a food holiday like this one whenever it comes along.

It doesn’t take much to enjoy Applesauce Cake Day. Just eat a piece of applesauce cake. The only problem is finding it. If you’re lucky, a bakery or a restaurant will pick up on this day, and offer it as a special today. Otherwise, you may have to make an applesauce cake from scratch.

There is literally thousands of holidays to celebrate and enjoy. Food holidays are some of the most popular holidays of all. See our complete list of Food Holidays.

American Bald Eagle Day is today, a June 20 holiday. Also called National Eagle Day, we celebrate the national bird of the United States of America. As our national bird, it symbolizes freedom, strength, honesty, wisdom, and power.

On this day in 1782, U.S. Congress declared the Bald Eagle our national bird. It is an important national symbol. On this day, it was added to the official seal of the United States. The bald eagle is portrayed holding 13 arrows in its left talon, symbolizing the original 13 colonies. In its right talon, it holds an olive branch, a symbol of peace.

Did You Know? Our national bird almost became the turkey. The virtues of the two birds were hotly debated by Congress, before selecting the Bald Eagle as our national bird. Can you imagine eating bald eagles instead of turkey on Thanksgiving!?

An important distinction: National Bald Eagle Day is defined as a national “observance”, rather than a holiday. As a result, government offices, banks, and businesses are open on this day.

Summer is here. Okay, it technically arrives in a couple of days. This is the perfect day to celebrate National Flip Flop Day. It’s time to bare our toes to the sun. Ditch those sweaty, hard leather shoes, and even your comfortable sneakers, and slip into your flip flops. Wearing them is as much a summer tradition, as baseball, hot dogs, and going to the beach.

Speaking of the beach, where would you be without your flip flops? Leather shoes and sneakers just won’t do when strolling on the beach, ankle-deep in the surf. Easy to slip on and off, flip flops protect your feet from the blazing hot sand, as you walk across the beach in search of the perfect sunbathing spot with the gentle breeze.

Flip flops are a form of sandals. Ancient Egyptians wore sandals as far back as 4,000 B.C. So, we’ve been wearing this comfortable footwear for quite a while. Flip flops are simple and inexpensive, so much so, that many of us have several pairs. This is also a term of speech. For example, politicians are often known to “flip flop” on the issues, swayed into voting yea or nay, depending upon the voice of their constituents.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe, the creator of this day, holds a fundraiser on today for Camp Sunshine. For many years, customers who come into their cafe received a free Sunshine Smoothie. Customers are encouraged to donate to Camp Sunshine. This popular promotion was canceled during COVID. The company informed us they are no longer doing this promotion.

Pedal power to the people. People have been riding bikes for hundreds of years. Bicyclists all over the world are taking to the roads and bike paths in urban and rural areas today, to celebrate and enjoy World Bicycle Day, a June 3 holiday. Millions, make that billions of people around the world ride bikes for healthy exercise, as a means of transportation, or both.

Bicycling is healthy and enjoyable. Depending upon how you participate, it is both a lifelong hobby and a sport. Cycling is a healthy activity. Aside from competitive racing, biking offers a moderate level of exercise that most healthy people can partake in. It is a low-impact exercise and is easy on your knees and other joints. Biking regularly, helps you to live healthier and longer. Riding a bicycle is relaxing, and helps to reduce stress. It’s a great feeling to be out in the country, breathing the fresh air, while taking in the sights on a bike along a pond, a lake, or a wooded trail. Looking for a challenge? Try a hill or two. If you’re in really good shape, the challenge of a mountain bike hike just might be calling you.

Bicycles are an important means of transportation around the world. People in cities all over the U.S., find it quicker and easier to use a bike, maneuvering around endless traffic jams with ease. Riding your bike to school may not be as common as it once was, but many kids still do. Millions of citizens in less wealthy countries, often find bikes are the only affordable means of transportation.

Today is Global Wind Day, a June 15 holiday. Celebrating this holiday is a breeze.  Wind power is reshaping the energy scene. Wind farms are popping up all over the world. Solar and wind farms are taking on an increasing percentage of the world’s energy needs. It is a clean, renewable, carbonless energy source. Hardly the source of a watt of energy a few decades ago, new wind turbines are going up every day in somewhere in the world.

 Global wind turbine capacity reached 733GW in 2022, 136GW in the U.S. It currently accounts for over 9% of electric power generation in the U.S.  As investment grows, the cost per wind turbine decreases. 

Global Wind Day is intended to help us discover wind and its’ power. Participating in this day is a breeze! Organizers hold open houses at wind farms, sponsor events and educational programs, to help us to better understand the value of wind energy.

We encourage you to participate in this special day in some way. Importantly, make some effort to support the development and installation of wind energy in your community.

Happy Global Wind Day!

Today is Weed Your Garden Day. Most likely, you are already spending copious amounts of time attacking the weeds in our gardens. However, if there is so much as a single unwanted plant out in your garden, use this June 13 holiday to pluck it.

Left unchecked, weeds quickly choke out many garden flowers and vegetables. At the very least, the competition they give for sunlight, water, and nutrients causes your plants to be less productive. The purpose of this special day is to spend an extra 5-10 minutes weeding your garden. When I found out about this goal, I just laughed! An extra five or ten minutes would barely put a dent in a garden my size. But, ‘ya never know, this might be just the incentive some garden procrastinators need, to get out and pull the weeds. 

Are you ready to participate in this special day!? Then, go out to your garden and start pulling those pesky weeds. By definition, a weed is any plant that is unwanted in your garden. This definition includes plants that are otherwise edible, serve medicinal purposes, and those that produce flowers. Some examples of edible weeds are Dandelions and Purslane. We all know that milkweed has medicinal benefits. But, we do not want them in the garden. And, then there are many colorful wildflowers that make their way into our vegetable gardens, where they are considered weeds.

Why is it that weeds grow more prolific than our garden flowers and vegetables? Right now, our gardens have been planted for a long enough time, that weeds are growing thickly and rapidly. Weeding is a daily chore. After you complete your weeding, lay down a thick layer of mulch, to suppress the growth of new seeds.

We sure hope that the weather in your area calls for clear, moonless skies tonight. Today is Meteor Watch Day, a June 30 holiday. The warm June nights are a perfect time to look to the skies for meteor showers. Will you be lucky enough to see meteors streaking across the night sky? We sure hope so.

Also called “Shooting Stars” or “Falling Stars”, meteors are space dust and ice that enter the earth’s atmosphere. Meteors can be as small as a speck of dust. As they enter the atmosphere at high speeds, they burn up, producing light as they streak across the night sky while tumbling towards the earth. Sometimes, you see them streak across the sky and disappear at the horizon. Other times, they end suddenly, burning out right before your eyes.

Seeing a shooting star is a sign of good luck. With a little luck, you can see a meteor on just about any night of the year. But, the best time to see meteors is during a meteor shower. There are several meteor showers each year. The best annual show is the Perseid Meteor shower each August.

Song of the Day: “Catch a Falling Star” sung by Perry Como

The key word for today is “binge”. It’s definitely not a day for penny pinchers, anyone on a diet, thrifty people, or Ebenezer Scrooge. Rather, it is a day to celebrate and be a little extravagant. That’s what you do on National Splurge Day, oh Yeah! On this June 18 holiday, open the purse strings, eat to excess and have some fun.

There are certain dates on the calendar that you look forward to with great excitement. You mark the date and wait in eager anticipation. For me, National Splurge Day is one of those very special days.

National Splurge Day is a day to treat yourself excessively, to anything you want. Do it in style, let there be no limits today. Isn’t that a great thing? Go out and buy that boat you’ve always dreamed of, go to the spa and get the deluxe treatment, or buy that pricey new outfit you’ve wanted. Maybe, you’re on a diet, and that special dessert has too many calories. Maybe, you want to buy a steak, and the budget is a little tight. Have a little extra of your favorite ice cream, splurge a little and go out to a fancy restaurant for dinner. The options are endless. Toss out your reservations about spending over your budget and go for it today.

Today is National Cheese Day, a June 4 holiday. From breakfast to late-night snacks, this is a day to enjoy ample amounts of a wide variety of cheeses.

People around the world love cheese. Americans consume on average around 31 pounds of cheese a year. We get to choose among a huge variety of flavors and textures.

Cheese is produced from pressed curds of milk. It has been a staple of our diets since ancient times, dating back as far back as 10,000 years ago. By the time of the Roman Empire, cheese had become widespread.

Depending upon who is counting, there are between 800 to 1,400 varieties of cheese to choose from, classified by taste and texture. Unfortunately, many of these varieties are little known and hard to find. Even so, there is no shortage of varieties in the market. The flavor and texture of cheeses are influenced by temperature, the aging process, and spices.

Did You Know? Cheese can be made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and even buffalos.

It is a sheer pleasure to celebrate National Cheese Day. Eat lots of cheese. From grilled cheese sandwiches to cheese soup and cheesecake, from American cheese to Brie, there’s no shortage of cheese varieties and recipes. Holding a Cheese Tasting party is a great way to celebrate National Cheese Day. Ps. Don’t forget to pair it with some great wines!

Today’s Slogan: Ban pre-shredded cheese. Make America grate again.