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HAPPY
If I say, “July Holidays”,
everyone knows about
Independence Day; the day for
remembering where this country
came from, and how far we’ve
gotten. It’s a day for spending
time with family and friends,
and hotdogs. Well, this year, I’m
not going to go into all of that.
Instead, I’ll be sharing some of the
more unusual holidays.
July 2, 1947 is a well known
date. That is, if you’re a UFO
believer. On this date, Mac
Brazel, a rancher who lived
northwest of Roswell, New
Mexico, discovered wreckage
of a metallic object on his ranch.
He contacted the military who
came out, investigated, removed
the wreckage was from an
later rescinded the reports leading
to speculation of a massive
government cover-up. July 2 is
actually World UFO Day; a day
when UFO believers seek to get
governments to “fess up” to the
existence of UFOs.
Eyes Day, and there are two
reasons to celebrate. First, it
celebrates diversity of eye color.
YELLOW
17
DAY
Mine are blue, yours may be
green, or brown, or perhaps grey
or hazel. Second, it recognizes a
condition called heterochromia,
which is a trait where people
perhaps one brown and one blue.
David Bowie, Jane Seymour,
and Christopher Walken all have
heterochromia.
When I came across this
next one I wasn’t sure what
to think, but July 17th is
National Yellow Pig Day. While
National Pig Day (March 1st)
recognizes the domesticated
pigs, National Yellow Pig Day
is a mathematician’s holiday
celebrating yellow pigs and the
number 17. The Yellow Pig was
the brainstorm of Michael Spivak
and David C. Kelly in the early
1960s. They were students at
Princeton University, studying
mathematics. While the two were
listing interesting properties of the
number 17, the yellow pig was
born. Yeah, I didn’t get it either. If
you can make sense of this, and
you think you can explain it to me,
email me at jrjoplin@gmail.com.
While some people celebrate
Junk Food Day every day, the
actually holiday is July 21st.
National Junk Food Day is an
PIG
opportunity to eat your favorite
junk food – without the guilt.
Dietitians will say that junk food is
food that lacks nutritional value.
On Junk food Day you can eat any
food that you’d like, just remember
that the next day you have to go
back to eating healthy.
Aside from being my birthday,
July 27, 2012 marks the
beginning of the Summer Olympic
Games. While not a national
holiday, or a holiday at all, it
marks the beginning of the 30th
Olympiad. This year, London,
England will host the Summer
Olympics, bringing together
some of the top athletes from
around the world. The opening
ceremonies are typically a very
special and very big event. The
whole world will be tuning in to
watch the festivities, as well as the
competitions being held for the
following two weeks.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this
quick run-down of some of the
more unusual holidays and
observances. Even if you choose
not to celebrate any of them,
take a day and make it your own
holiday. Relax, have fun, and
enjoy the company of friends and
family.
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