Today is Showa Day (Shōwa no Hi‘), a public holiday in Japan. Showa Day honors the birthday of Emperor Hirohito, the reigning Emperor before, during, and after World War II (from 1926 – 1989). After the death of Emperor Hirohito in January 1989, April 29th was subsequently no longer celebrated as The Emperor’s Birthday but instead as Greenery Day, part of Japan’s Golden Week.
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Today is the birthday, in 1899, of the great Duke Ellington.
Today is Saint Pierre Chanel Day, a public holiday in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Chanel was a French missionary who arrived in Futuna in 1837. Through his efforts many of the people of the islands were converted to Christianity including the King of Futuna’s son. The King sent his son-in-law to deal with the problem who killed Chanel on April 28th 1841.
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On this day in 1979, Blondie reached number one with Heart of Glass – the first of their four number one songs
Today is King’s Day (Konigsdag) in the Netherlands, Aruba, Sint Maarten and Curacao. It celebrates the birthday of King Willem-Alexander in 1967.
Today is the birthday, in 1948, of Kate Pierson, musician and vocalist with the new age band The B-52s. She also collaborated with Iggy Pop, The Ramones and R.E.M.
Today is Union Day, a public holiday, in Tanzania. It commemorates the union of Zanzibar and Tanganyika on April 26th 1964.
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War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.
Sign at a restaurant…If our food, drinks, or service is not up to your expectations, please lower your expectations.
I shine a laser pointer in my neighbors’ window when they are gone. Their cat has trashed 3 sets of mini-blinds chasing it. They have no idea it’s me.
Did you know smoking is good for the environment because it kills humans?
If you hide 48 eggs and tell the kids there are 50, you can get a little nap in.
I got a job at Comcast and completed training so I could fix my own cable because it was faster than being on hold with customer service.
Remember when you could refer to your knees as right and left instead of good and bad?
On a road trip passing a billboard that says live girls dancing daily. My daughter’s voice from the backseat, “wow, that’s a lot of recitals.”
Q: What do you call dental X-rays? A: Tooth pics
Q: What do you call a group of babies? A: An infantry.
Q: Did you hear about the Italian chef who died? A: He pastaway.
Q: Why do cows have hooves instead of feet? A: Because they lactose.
Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur? A: A dinosnore.
Q: How does NASA organize a party? A: They planet.
Q: What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common? A: Same middle name.
Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye? A: Between you and me, something smells.
Q: why didn’t the bicycle stand up on its own? A: It was two tired.
Q: What did the window feel when it was hit by a stone? A: It felt the pane.
Devil: This is the lake of lava that you’ll be spending eternity in. Me: Actually we’re underground so it would be magma. Devil: You realize this is why you’re here.
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Today is the birthday, in 1943, of Gary Wright, who had this hit.
Today is Liberation Day (Festa della Liberazione), a public holiday in Italy that commemorates the liberation of the country by Allied troops and the Italian resistance at the end of the Second World War.
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Today is the birthday, in 1945, of Stu Cook, Bassist for Credence Clearwater Revival.
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