FEBRUARY 26, 2024 | NATIONAL LETTER TO AN ELDER DAY | NATIONAL SET A GOOD EXAMPLE DAY | NATIONAL TELL A FAIRY TALE DAY | NATIONAL PISTACHIO DAY
FEBRUARY 26, 2024 | NATIONAL LETTER TO AN ELDER DAY | NATIONAL SET A GOOD EXAMPLE DAY | NATIONAL TELL A FAIRY TALE DAY | NATIONAL PISTACHIO DAY
NATIONAL LETTER TO AN ELDER DAY - February 26
NATIONAL LETTER TO AN ELDER DAY
Every year on February 26th, National Letter to an Elder Day encourages putting pen to paper and writing to an elder you know. The day serves to remind that loved ones enjoy hearing from us and that a simple letter brightens their day. Read more...
National Set A Good Example Day | February 26
NATIONAL SET A GOOD EXAMPLE DAY
When we observe kindness in others, we are often inspired to offer kindness ourselves. Someone set a good example for us to follow, and we must continue those good examples for others in our lives. National Set A Good Example Day on February 26th encourages us to set a good example that inspires others. Read more...
National Tell A Fairy Tale Day | February 26
NATIONAL TELL A FAIRY TALE DAY
On February 26th, have a happily ever after kind of day. It is National Tell A Fairy Tale Day! Read more...
National Pistachio Day | February 26
NATIONAL PISTACHIO DAY
February 26th recognizes all things pistachio and National Pistachio Day is the day to celebrate! Pistachio lovers rejoice as they eat their favorite nut all day long. For those who do not eat pistachios, buy some and give them to someone who does. Crack them open and eat them up or enjoy them in ice cream or your favorite pistachio dessert! Read more...
On Deck for February 27, 2024
National Days
NATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY
NATIONAL RETRO DAY
NATIONAL KAHLUA DAY
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY DAY
ANOSMIA AWARENESS DAY
February 26th Celebrated History
1970
National Public Radio files articles of incorporation with the District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds. The organization's membership is comprised of independent, private, public U.S. radio stations.
1903
The U.S. Patent Office issued patent no. 534,840 to Michael Joseph Owens for a glass-blowing machine. Later that same year, Owens would co-found the Owens Bottle Machine Company in Toledo, Ohio. He also filed several other patents for bottle making.
1909
The Palace Theatre in London introduced the public to Kinemacolor with a showing of 21 short films. George Albert Smith created the process for adding color filters to film.
1986
Congress established the title of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry on December 20, 1985. On February 26, 1986, Robert Pen Warren was named the nation's first Poet Laureate.
February 26th Celebrated Birthdays
Victor Hugo - 1802
As imaginative and romantic as Victor Hugo was, he probably never conjured up any of the cinematic productions of his novels and plays. What might the French author of sweeping epics like Les Misérable and gothic works like The Hunchback of Notre Dame have thought of the modern interpretations?
Levi Strauss - 1829
Today, they are probably more fashion statements than workwear. They come in more styles and colors than Starbucks can come up with for coffee choices. In 1873, tailor Jacob Davis approached Levi Strauss with a proposal after creating a pair of reinforced waist-length overalls from the fabric Strauss had sold him. Less than a century later, they became the stylish wardrobe necessity every teenager required. Fashion designers elevated the humble blue jean to haute couture while the rest of us wrote love letters to our favorite old pair of jeans that fit perfectly.
Antoine "Fats" Domino - 1928
Anyone who loves Rock 'n' Roll needs to thank the man who bellied up to the piano and called himself "The Fat Man" in 1949. He's also known for the songs "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blue Berry Hill." Fats Domino's unique rhythm and enthusiastic personality drove an entirely new genre of music.
Johnny Cash - 1932
If an artist ever sang about who he was, Johnny Cash did. He sang about sinners and redemption, soldiers and drifters, and country boys. If Cash didn't speak to you through his music, you've not found the right song yet.
Karen Berger - 1958
The award-winning comic book editor helped create DC Comic's Vertigo imprint in 1993.
Susan Helms -1958
In 2001, the first military woman in space performed the longest spacewalk with astronaut James Voss. She began her distinguished career in the Air Force and became an astronaut in 1991.
Have a great day tomorrow!