Ladies and gentlemen, February 28th is National Public Sleeping Day. Undoubtedly you have probably seen many unplanned celebrations of this holiday today. There is always the casual “subway sleeper” or the “bus ride bedtimer”. Unfortunately for some of your coworkers, they may have recognized this holiday during the morning meeting or even straight through last night and well into this morning! Either way, National Public Sleeping Day is a holiday that people will celebrate whether or not they plan. Just make sure you celebrate responsibly – no sleeping at the wheel!
Other Holidays:
- National Tooth Fairy Day – hint: the tooth fairy does not look like THIS!
- Floral Design Day – you barely survived Valentine’s Day, now you’re hit with another reason to give flowers! When will it stop?!?!
- National Chocolate Souffle Day – it’s chocolate. Enough said!
- Rare Disease Day – take a moment to recognize diseases that do not receive as much attention - Official Rare Disease Day website
Also On This Day:
- Westminster Abby opened (1066)
- The Salem Witch hunt began (1692)
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad incorporated to become the 1st railroad int he U.S. to provide commercial transport of people and freight (1827)
- The Republican Party of the United States was organized (1854)
- The American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) was incorporated (1885)
- A DuPont scientist invented Nylon (1935)
Basketball was televised for the 1st time (1940)- The 1st color televisions went on sale (1954)
- Bicycles were 1st permitted to cross the Golden Gate Bridge (1970)
- The U.S. & Egypt re-established diplomatic relations (1974)
- The 1st Gulf War ended (1991)
- Don Mattingly was named captain of the New York Yankees (1991)
- The age to purchase tobacco products became 18 years old (1997)
Birthdays & Remembrances:
Ali Larter (35) a.k.a the girl who made the “whipped cream bikini” famous, Varsity Blues- Robert Sean Leonard (42) a.k.a “Dr. James Wilson”, House
- Patrick Monahan, Train (42)
- Cindy Wilson, B-52s (54)
- John Turturro (54) – “I am very very sneaky!“
- Mario Andretti (71)
- Dean Smith (80) – Hall of Fame basketball coach
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