MARCH 27, 2024 | NATIONAL JOE DAY | NATIONAL LITTLE RED WAGON DAY | NATIONAL SCRIBBLE DAY | NATIONAL SPANISH PAELLA DAY
MARCH 27, 2024 | NATIONAL JOE DAY | NATIONAL LITTLE RED WAGON DAY | NATIONAL SCRIBBLE DAY | NATIONAL SPANISH PAELLA DAY
NATIONAL JOE DAY
National Joe Day on March 27th encourages everyone to enjoy a cup of joe with all your friends named Joe, Jo, Joey, Joseph, and Josephine. While you're at it, don't forget Joette, Jody, Johanna, Jodie, or any other variant of the name Joe. If you didn't know it, you could create quite a few nicknames from this one name. Read more...
National Little Red Wagon Day | Last Wednesday in March
NATIONAL LITTLE RED WAGON DAY
On the last Wednesday in March, National Little Red Wagon Day celebrates the memories in the making and the ones already made. One iconic toy wields the power of imagination for adults and children alike as it brings us together to explore, laugh and play. Read more...
National Scribble Day | March 27
NATIONAL SCRIBBLE DAY
National Scribble Day on March 27 inspires children to kindness through art. Each of us starts out as a little colorful, wrinkled up human being with eyes, nose and sometimes a shock of hair. Our personality develops as we go. We're a bit like a scribble. Read more...
NATIONAL SPANISH PAELLA DAY
March 27th is the annual observance of National Spanish Paella Day. A rice dish from Spain, paella has become very popular and is known worldwide. It originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain. Read more...
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Joe FAQ
Q. What is "Joe" short for?
A. Well, "Joe" or "Jo" can be short for Joseph, Josephine, Jo-Ellen, Josy, Jonah, Josiah, Johannes, and Joel, just to name a few.
Q. Why is coffee called Joe?
A. No one is really sure, but there are several theories. The first one came about in a way similar to the 80s-era economic policy that came to be known as Reaganomics, and the word gerrymander came from Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry. In 1914, Joseph Daniels was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson. Secretary Joe prohibited the use of alcohol aboard ship, and the strongest brew the sailors could drink became coffee. However, since it didn't become common usage for another decade and a half, linguists point to other reasons for calling coffee "joe." For example, the island of Java was known for planting coffee. We return to the Navy for further explanation. When combining coffee and chocolate (mocha), the sailors would call the combination a jamoke and then later shortened it to joe.