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 : On This Date : A Day-by-Day Listing of Holidays, Birthday and Historic Events, and Special Days, Weeks and Months

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.26
EAN: 9780071398275
ISBN: 0071398279
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: October 14, 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Studio: McGraw-Hill
Sales Rank: 238792




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An affordable new almanac from the creators of Chase's Calendar of Events



This fun, fact-filled calendar/almanac will fulfill the needs of amateur marketing mavens, freelance writers, and trivia buffs who need to know what happened On This Date. This fascinating volume is packed with entries selected from Chase's Calendar of Events, including more than 2,000 celebrity birthdays, important dates from history, fixed religious and national holidays, and special days, weeks, and months. Arranged day-by-day, from January 1 through December 31, the entries are American in emphasis and include humorous days (No Housework Day, Stay Home Because You're Well Day) and sponsored days and months (National Honey Month, Great American Smokeout) that aren't found in other day-by-day historical almanacs.



Key features include:

  • More than 2,000 entries
  • Contact information for event sponsors, including Web addresses
  • Complete name and subject index
  • Lists of movable religious and national holidays




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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good especially for Modern dates & TV stars, etc.
I bought this book this past January and have been reading it daily. I find it makes a good companion to Cyril Leslie Beecham's book "The Dictionary of Dates" which lists more ancient dates. Instead, "On This Date", lists many more "modern" dates, such as those we are more familiar with, like the TV Premier of "ER", or the TV premier of "All in the Family", etc. Unlike some of the other date books, this one lists many more tv stars and movie stars than others, however, if you are looking to see ... Read More



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