While we would love to provide an exhaustive list of the weird holidays we’ve come across, here are some of our favorites:
January 27th: National Chocolate Cake Day
February 9th: National Pizza Day
March 23rd: Puppy Day
April 16th: Wear Pajamas to Work Day
May 21st: Talk Like Yoda Day
June 10th: Knit in Public Day
July 27th: Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
August 4th: International Beer Day
September 19th: International Talk Like a Pirate Day
October 7th: King Biscuit Day
November 15th: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
December 31st: Make Up Your Mind Day
Today, Chase’s Calendar of Events is seen as the official source of “special days” for editorial and news departments. The book rose to prominence in the late 80s. For a long time, people wanted to keep the government out of the holiday game, but by the turn of the century, the government began making official stipulations for federal holidays.
In the late 80s, America was quickly transforming into a commercial society, and companies jumped at the chance to promote themselves with special days and commemorative days from Congress. During the 1985-1986 congressional session, one in every three laws was about making a holiday.
The government soon clamped down on all this, seeing it as a waste of time. All that energy was siphoned into Chase’s calendar.
Anyone can submit a “special day” to Chase, but one woman is renown as the de facto architect of holidays: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith. She has created over 1,900 special days and is known as “America’s Premier Eventologist.”
