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	Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Days such as Christmas Eve, Halloween, and the Eve of Saint Agnes are the remnants of the older pattern when holidays began the evening before.
		In astronomy, the sidereal day is also used; it is about 3 minutes 56 seconds shorter than the solar day, and close to the actual rotation period of the Earth, as opposed to the Sun's apparent motion.
		Present common convention is for the civil day to begin at midnight, that is 00:00, and last a full twenty-four hours until the next 00:00 (also known as 24:00, but this is not as widely used).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Day (1373 words)

	D-Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The terms D-day and H-hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.
		They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined, or where secrecy is essential.
		In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/D-Day (508 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: All Saints' Day
		In the early days the Christians were accustomed to solemnize the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ at the place of martyrdom.
		But the Church, feeling that every martyr should be venerated, appointed a common day for all.
		Frequently groups of martyrs suffered on the same day, which naturally led to a joint commemoration.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01315a.htm (390 words)

	U.S. DOL - The History of Labor Day
		Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
		Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.
		The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union.
	www.dol.gov /opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm (764 words)

	Memorial Day History
		Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
		Many feel that when Congress made the day into a three-day weekend in with the National Holiday Act of 1971, it made it all the easier for people to be distracted from the spirit and meaning of the day.
		Set aside one day out of the year for the nation to get together to remember, reflect and honor those who have given their all in service to their country.
	www.usmemorialday.org /backgrnd.html (1130 words)

	Encyclopedia: X Day
		X-Day was the term used by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters for the day that they would begin the Greater East Asia War, a part of World War II.
		X-Day was the term used by the Japan ese Imperial General Headquarters for the day that they would begin the Greater East Asia War, a part of World War II.
		X-Day is the name for July 5th, 1998, the scheduled "end of the world" in the Church of the SubGenius.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/X_Day (584 words)

	Care2: Valentines Day Cards and Fun Facts!
		In order of popularity, Valentine's Day cards are given to: teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts, Koko the gorilla.
		While this pairing of couples set the tone for today's holiday, it wasn't called "Valentine's Day" until a priest named Valentine came along.
		Approximately 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are sent each year.
	www.care2.com /gates/holidays/valentines/valentines.html (417 words)

	Welcome to Day
		Day and BEA have entered into a technology alliance to deliver a JSR 170 compliant connector for BEA WebLogic Portal™.
		Day’s CRX is the first commercially available, industrial-strength content repository implementing the groundbreaking new Content Repository for Java Technology (JCR) standard.
		The Day repository connector is designed to enable BEA WebLogic Portal to interact with enterprise content repositories—such as Day’s Content Repository Extreme (CRX)—that are compliant with the new JSR 170 industry standard.
	www.day.com (512 words)

	Earth Day
		Designating the First Day of Spring, March 21, 1970 to be Earth Day, this day of nature's equipoise was later sanctioned in a Proclamation signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations where it is observed each year.
		Earth Day was firmly established for all time on a sound basis as an annual event to deepen reverence and care for life on our planet.
		While other dates have been called Earth Day it is obvious that a singular Earth Day is needed and that the original choice of nature's day is best.
	www.earthsite.org /day.htm (437 words)

	Business Day - Thai Investment, Business News, Stock Market
		PHUKET — Christmas celebrations were muted Sunday in regions struck by the Indian Ocean tsunami 364 days ago, as mourners mixed with revelers on beaches where some of the hundreds of thousands of victims died.
		Business Day - Thai Investment, Business News, Stock Market
		Survivors and grieving relatives of victims on Saturday held the first ceremonies marking one year since the Indian Ocean tsunami swept away at least 216,000 lives in one of the world's worst natural disasters in memory.
	www.biz-day.com (378 words)

	Groundhog Day (1993)
		Groundhog Day is a very good film indeed, and restores one's faith in the imagination still lurking beneath the dismayingly shallow surface of Hollywood.
		Thankfully, Groundhog Day is full of ingenious ideas, and it successfully throws up new developments and delightful twists at every opportunity.
		What if today is the last day of yr life?What is really matters in life?
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0107048 (651 words)

	THE GREEN DAY AUTHORITY : www.greendayauthority.com
		Since Green Day won't be touring next year (or they don't have plans to at the moment), we want to make sure we do more to keep bringing you all the latest in Green Day and punk rock.
		Green Day is on the cover of the new Kerrang issue.
		Edit: For those of you that joined the forum over the past 2 days but couldn't log on, you should be able to now.
	www.greendayauthority.com (2931 words)

	D-Day
		Over the next couple of days 156,215 troops were landed from sea and air in Normandy, at a cost of some 10,300 casualties.
		I watched the unit go to war at dusk on D-1 (the day before D-Day), parading with everybody, from its brigadier downwards, in blackened faces and wearing the camouflage smocks and rimless steel helmets of the airborne forces.
		This took us six days and we then moved our guns to the London docks at the beginning of July.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWdday.htm (5956 words)

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	www.cookbook4you.com /cookery_day_encyclopedia_womans-1.html (733 words)

	BBC NEWS In Depth 2004 D-Day
		Images of "the longest day" and its aftermath as British, US and Canadian troops begin the Battle of Normandy.
		BBC correspondents log their thoughts and observations on the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
		D-Day gave the allies a foothold in Hitler's Europe- but it took 75 days of bitter fighting to win Normandy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/world/2004/d-day/default.stm (155 words)

	Astronomy Picture of the Day
		Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
		Explanation: Sometimes the simplest shapes are the hardest to explain.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/astropix.html (125 words)

	Christina Hoff Sommers on The Penis Monologues on National Review Online
		The high point of the day is a performance of Ensler’s raunchy play, which consists of various women talking in graphic, and I mean graphic, terms about their intimate anatomy.
		College administrators have been enthusiastic supporters Eve Ensler’s play The Vagina Monologues and schools across the nation celebrate “V-Day” (short for Vagina Day) every year.
		But when the College Republicans at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island rained on the celebrations of V-Day by inaugurating Penis Day and staging a satire called The Penis Monologues, the official reaction was horror.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/sommers200505020808.asp (824 words)

	CNN.com - Online encyclopedia tightens rules - Dec 5, 2005
		For 132 days, Seigenthaler said, the biography of him falsely claimed that "for a brief time, he was thought to have been directly involved in the Kennedy assassinations of both John, and his brother, Bobby."
		"What we're hopeful to see is that by slowing that down to 1,500 a day from several thousand, the people who are monitoring this will have more ability to improve the quality," Wales said Monday.
		The biography also falsely stated that he had lived in the Soviet Union from 1971 to 1984.
	www.cnn.com /2005/TECH/internet/12/05/wikipedia.rules.ap (769 words)

	System Administrator Appreciation Day Friday July 28th 2006
		This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work.
		Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence.
		System Administrator Appreciation Day - A special day, once a year, to acknowledge the worthiness and appreciation of the person occupying the role, especially as it is often this person who really keeps the wheels of your company turning.
	www.sysadminday.com (646 words)

	Math Forum: T2T FAQ: Pi Day
		before this day and the projects and activities associated with Pi Day are meant to enrich and deepen the students' understanding of the concept.
		In honor of Pi Day we will be comparing the volumes of slices taken from round and rectangular cakes.
		A lesson plan for Pi Day activities, Pi Songs, and a Pi Trivia Quiz are among the resources Carolyn has provided.
	mathforum.org /t2t/faq/faq.pi.html (990 words)

	The History Guy: World War 2: The Invasion of Normandy (1944)
		The exact number of men on both sides who died that day will probably never truly be known.
		The German failure to successfully defend the Normandy area from the Allied liberation forces in essence doomed Hitler's dream of a Nazi controlled "Fortress Europe" and marked the beginning of the end for Germany.
	www.historyguy.com /normandy_links.html (775 words)

	Saint Valentine's Day on Encyclopedia.com
		Colombian flower exporters ready for Saint Valentine's Day.
		Valentine's Day traditions change over time, U. South Florida professor says
		JC2056 Al Capone circa 1935 American criminal Al Capone (1899 - 1947).The Saint Valentine's Day massacre cemented his...
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/stv1alent.asp (430 words)

	Labor Day
		The celebration of Labor Day, in honor of the working class, it was first suggested by Peter J. McGuire, founder of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters.
		In March 1887, the first state law to declare the day a legal holiday was passed in Colorado, followed by New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey.
		In 1884 the group held a parade on the first Monday of September and passed a resolution to hold all future parades on that day and to designate the day as Labor Day.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/2328/labor.htm (221 words)

	Queer Day Magazine
		Netherlands: I've been wanting to pay a visit and see the Queer Day readers involved with Cafe Sappho in Amsterdam, what with their gay arabic music nights and cool DJs and everything.
		Taiwan: A hundred people attended an engagement ceremony for a gay couple on International Human Rights' Day (12/10) to urge the government to squarely face gay and lesbian rights issues in Taiwan, including legalizing same-sex marriage.
		The measure was defeated in April, but several council members changed their votes in a quick special session yesterday.
	www.queerday.com (1438 words)

	NEA: National Teacher Day
		NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.
		We chose this day to specifically honor teachers and recognize the lasting contributions they make to our lives.
		It is celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May, so the actual date varies each year.
	www.nea.org /teacherday (306 words)

	Constitution Day (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constitution Day is an American federal holiday that recognizes the ratification of the United States Constitution.
		It is observed on September 17, the day the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in 1787.
		This was the case in 2005, when Constitution Day was generally observed on Friday, September 16.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constitution_Day_(United_States) (260 words)

	Youth Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Youth Day was celebrated throughout the former Yugoslavia on May 25.
		Youth Day is celebrated on July 9 in Morocco.
		Youth and Sports Day (Gençlik ve Spor Bayramı)on May 19 in Turkey is dedicated to the youth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Youth_Day (353 words)

	Waitangi Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Waitangi Day is a public holiday in New Zealand held each year on February 6 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, on that date in 1840.
		Waitangi Day was proposed as a public holiday by the Labour Party in their 1957 party manifesto.
		Although this is New Zealand's national day, the commemoration has often been the focus of protest by Maori activists, and is often marred by controversy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Waitangi_day (1045 words)

	Tynwald Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tynwald Day is the National Day of the Isle of Man, usually occurring on 5 July.
		Tynwald Days have traditionally occurred, since the first recorded instance thereof (1417), on 24 June (also the feast day of Saint John the Baptist and Midsummer's Day).
		During the ceremony, the Lieutenant Governor (or whoever else is presiding), the President of Tynwald and the Speaker of the House of Keys use quills to sign certificates ascertaining the promulgation of the laws.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tynwald_Day (2130 words)

	Pi Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Another Pi Approximation Day is November 10 (or November 9, depending on whether it is a leap year or not.) This is the 314th day of the year on the Gregorian calendar.
		Another day of approximation is on the 355th day of each year at 1:13pm, based on the approximation value of 355/113 derived by Zu Chongzhi.
		March 14, written 3-14 in the USA date format, is an unofficial celebration for Pi Day derived from the common three-digit approximation for the number π: 3.14.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pi_Day (510 words)

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