george@idis.UUCP (01/01/85)
Tue Jan 1 1985 New Year's Day Wed Jan 16 1985 set uid bit patent issued (1979) Tue Feb 12 1985 Lincoln's Birthday (1809) Thu Feb 14 1985 Valentine's Day Mon Feb 18 1985 Washington's Holiday Wed Feb 20 1985 Ash Wednesday Fri Feb 22 1985 Washington's Birthday (1732) Thu Mar 14 1985 Einstein's Birthday (1879) Fri Mar 15 1985 the Ides of March Sun Mar 17 1985 St. Patrick's Day Mon Apr 1 1985 April Fool's Day Fri Apr 5 1985 Good Friday Sun Apr 7 1985 Easter Fri Apr 12 1985 Gurgarin first man in space (1961) Sun May 12 1985 Mother's Day Mon May 20 1985 Armed Forces Day Mon May 27 1985 Memorial Day Fri Jun 14 1985 Flag Day Church's Birthday (1903) Sun Jun 16 1985 Father's Day Sun Jun 23 1985 Turing's Birthday (1912) Thu Jul 4 1985 Independence Day Sat Jul 20 1985 Armstrong first steps on moon (1969) Mon Sep 2 1985 Labor Day Sun Sep 8 1985 Grandparent's Day Fri Sep 13 1985 friday the 13th Fri Oct 4 1985 Sputnik launched (1957) Mon Oct 14 1985 Columbus Day Thu Oct 31 1985 Halloween Tue Nov 5 1985 Election Day Mon Nov 11 1985 Veteran's Day Thu Nov 28 1985 Thanksgiving Fri Dec 13 1985 friday the 13th Mon Dec 16 1985 Beethoven's Birthday (1770) Wed Dec 25 1985 Christmas Newton's Birthday (1642)
km@cadre.UUCP (01/02/85)
You forgot Bach's Birthday (300th) Mar 21 1685.
mcdonald@smu.UUCP (01/10/85)
Query: How widespread is the celebration of Juneteenth (June 19(16?), the day on which news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas(?))? Is it confined to Texas? McD
raiche@dartvax.UUCP (George A. Raiche) (01/19/85)
> You forgot Bach's Birthday (300th) Mar 21 1685.
By the contemporary calendar, Isaac Newton was born
on January 4, 1643.
George Raiche
Dept. of Chemistry
Dartmouth
barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Barry Gold) (01/20/85)
The list I saw also included a large number of Christian holidays but omitted all Jewish, Pagan, etc. holidays. I can supply some of those if people are interested. --Lee Gold
kay@flame.UUCP (Kay Dekker) (01/20/85)
[][] I'd like to nominate May the Fourth as "National Luke Skywalker Day". Kay. OWWW! Stop hitting me! I'm sorry .... -- "I'm afraid we haven't got round to providing a bug for that fix yet ..." ... mcvax!ukc!flame!kay