Welcome to Worldwide Weird Holidays, where you’ll find a new reason to celebrate every day of the year.
Ducktona 500
Today marks the 36th annual Ducktona 500 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, which is always held on the first Sunday in July. Hundreds of numbered rubber duckies will be dumped into the Sheboygan River and race downstream to win $1,000 for the lucky holder of the corresponding raffle ticket. For 26 of those years, the races were illegal. In 2013, […]
Bikini Day
Today is Bikini Day. On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard unveiled a two-piece swimsuit he named after a US atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, conducted only five days earlier. He believed his swimsuit would cause an “explosive commercial and cultural reaction.” Two-piece outfits were not new. In 1960, […]
International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship
July 5, 2025, is the 52nd Annual International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship, held each year in Eau Claire, MI, on the first Saturday of July. It has been billed as a “Spit-tacular Day” where you can “spit your pit in public with only a minimal loss of dignity while gaining fame.” It’s the only cherry pit […]
Rube Goldberg Day
Today is Rube Goldberg Day. On July 4, 1883, Reuben Garrett Lucius “Rube” Goldberg was born in San Francisco, CA. In his 87 years on the planet, he was a cartoonist, engineer, inventor, author, sculptor, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his cartoons depicting absurdly complex contraptions used to perform simple tasks. One such […]
July 3 is Disobedience Day
Today is Disobedience Day. We don’t know who invented the holiday, but we can surmise why it falls on July 3rd each year. Without disobedience, there could be no independence.
International Joke Day
Today is International Joke Day. In 2001, Richard Wiseman enlisted the aid of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS), founded in 1831 and now known as the British Science Association (BSA), in conducting a yearlong study designed to discover the world’s funniest joke and learn about the psychology of humor. They created the […]
Time Capsule: Social Media Day 2016
June 30, 2025: Although this holiday still exists, we have decided to preserve this post as is to show how many things have changed in nine years and how some (we’re looking at you, Kanye) have remained the same. June 30, 2016: Today is Social Media Day, created in 2010 by Mashable “to recognize and […]
National Waffle Iron Day
National Waffle Iron Day celebrates one of the world’s favorite kitchen appliances. Although today’s date appears to have no historical significance, from Medieval communion wafers to Nike sneakers, there’s no doubt that the waffle iron has made quite an impression on world history. The waffle iron’s earliest known predecessor is the Medieval fer à hosties, irons […]
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
Today is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY, celebrated on June 28 and October 22 each year. Derek Arnold created the unofficial holiday in October 2000 to draw attention to those who abuse the Caps Lock key and, by extension, everyone who receives their emails, texts, and Internet screeds. Arnold claimed he had a higher purpose in mind, […]
June 28 is Monday Holiday Law Day
Today is Monday Holiday Law Day. Call it the mother of all holidays about holidays, and Lyndon B. Johnson the father of the long weekend. On June 28, 1968, President Johnson signed a bill moving the official celebration of Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day from their traditional dates to Mondays. The change was […]