JULY 23, 2024 | NATIONAL LEMON DAY | NATIONAL VANILLA ICE CREAM DAY | GORGEOUS GRANDMA DAY
JULY 23, 2024 | NATIONAL LEMON DAY | NATIONAL VANILLA ICE CREAM DAY | GORGEOUS GRANDMA DAY
NATIONAL LEMON DAY | July 23
NATIONAL LEMON DAY
On July 23, National Lemon Day squeezes it's way into our day just in time to celebrate our summertime festivities. This tart fruit brings vibrant, citrus notes to salads, drinks, and even savory dishes. Join us as we learn why so many people love the taste of lemon during the summertime and learn some lemony history, too. Read more...
NATIONAL VANILLA ICE CREAM DAY
Vanilla Ice Cream Day on July 23 tips its hat at the second most popular flavor in America. Take a bow, vanilla. I scream, you scream, we all scream for...VANILLA ICE CREAM!! Of course, the day is part of National Ice Cream Month and not too far behind National Ice Cream Day. Read more...
GORGEOUS GRANDMA DAY
July 23 is Gorgeous Grandma Day and we are recognizing all the women who embrace the age of a grandma, whether they are grandmothers or not! Gorgeous Grandma Day embraces and encourages all women to flaunt their granny attitudes with purpose and style. Read more...
On Deck for July 23, 2024
National Days
NATIONAL COUSINS DAY
NATIONAL THERMAL ENGINEER DAY
NATIONAL TEQUILA DAY
NATIONAL AMELIA EARHART DAY
NATIONAL DRIVE-THRU DAY
July 23rd Celebrated History
1903
The Ford Motor Company made its first sale to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago. The Model A cost $850.00.
1962
The National Baseball Hall of Fame inducts the first African American - Jackie Robinson.
1982
Warner Bros. released The World According to Garp based on the novel by John Irving in U.S. theatres. Starring Robin Williams as Garp, John Lithgow and Glenn Close, the critically acclaimed film follows Garp and his relationship with his mother.
1999
NASA mission STS-93 launched astronaut Eileen Collins aboard the Columbia as the first woman to command a spacecraft.
July 23rd Celebrated Birthdays
Vera Rubin - 1928
While studying the rotation of the Andromeda Galaxy in the late 1970s at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, astronomer Vera Rubin discovered the first evidence of dark matter.
Daniel Goldin - 1940
The longest-serving Administrator of NASA served from 1992 to 2001.
Alison Krauss - 1971
The American blue-grass and country artist has been recording since the age of 14.
Daniel Radcliffe - 1989
Best-known for his role as Harry Potter, the English actor began his career in 1999 in the role of David Copperfield in the BBC television movie.