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Bastille Day
The French celebrate their Fourth of July by Ricco Villanueva Siasoco Marie Antoinette, wife of King Louis XVI, is often mistakenly credited with the quote, "Let them eat cake!"…Boxing Day
Traditional English holiday extends Christmas giving Related Links Boxing Day Quiz Winter Holiday Roundup Bank Holidays Church of England Historians say the holiday…Pat Day
Pat DayBorn: Oct. 13, 1953Jockey 4-time Eclipse award winner; became all-time leader in earnings in 2002; over 8,000 career victories; won Kentucky Derby (1992), 5 Preaknesses (1985,90,94-96…Earth Day
Spikes in prices raise awareness of the need to conserve resources Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970, a result of the efforts of Sen. Gaylord Nelson (D-Wis.), a passionate advocate of…Notable Women in U.S. Government
Sandra Day O'Connor Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers…sidereal day
(Encyclopedia) sidereal day: see sidereal time.Labor Day
(Encyclopedia) Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a…Armistice Day
(Encyclopedia) Armistice Day: see Veterans' Day.Lady Day
(Encyclopedia) Lady Day or Annunciation: see Mary.Judgment Day
(Encyclopedia) Judgment Day or Doomsday, central point of early Christian, Jewish, and Islamic eschatology, sometimes called the Day of the Lord. References to it throughout the Bible are numerous.…