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1994 Seoul, Korea, celebrated the 600th anniversary of its founding

1993 Prince celebrated his birthday by changing his name to a symbol

1984 Donald Ducks 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland

1977 Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks

1970 Flat Earth celebrated

1965 Lava Lamp Day celebrated

1948 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow

1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States

1945 Brotherhood Day 1st celebrated

1943 Albert Lee, born in Leominster, Herefordshire, Grammy-award winning English guitarist, musical director, celebrated finger-style and hybrid picking technique, played with the Crickets

1943 Bobby Keyes, born in Slaton, Texas, musician, saxophone player, played with Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, celebrated recording "Return to Sender", "Brown Sugar"

1935 Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok

1934 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Texas)

1933 World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated

1931 1st siyyum of Talmud celebrated by Daf Yomi students

1929 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60

1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure"

1922 World Law Day, 1st celebrated

1921 H. C. Artmann, born in Vienna, Australia, born Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, writer, poet, celebrated for his early Viennese poems

1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians

1910 Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature

1910 Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)

1909 Bukka White, born in Houston, Mississippi, Booker T. Washington White, gave cousin B.B. King his first guitar, celebrated as National steel guitarist, wrote "Parchman Farm Blues"

1902 Empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain

1901 George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese

1891 Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day

1872 Arbor day 1st celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22

1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

1804 Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape

1792 Columbus Day is 1st celebrated

1756 St. Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in New York City at Crown and Thistle Tavern

1732 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia

1732 Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia

1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated

352 1st definite date Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th

337 Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th


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