In 1979, former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the
United States, established the National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Since its inception, the third Friday in September has served as a
day to honor our nation’s military veterans who were once held as prisoners of war and those who remain listed as missing in action.
James Earl Carter Jr.
National Donut Day started in 1938 as a fundraiser for The
Salvation Army in Chicago.
Their goal was to help those in need during the Great
Depression, and to honor the Salvation Army "Lassies"
of World War I, who served doughnuts to soldiers.
Larry Shaw (1939 – 2017) the founder of Pi Day, at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant
π (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (the 3rd month) since
3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π, and it
was first celebrated in the United States. It was founded in
1988 by Larry Shaw a physicist at the San Francisco science
museum, the Exploratorium. Celebrations often involve eating
pie or holding pi recitation competitions. In 2009, the United
States House of Representatives supported the designation
of Pi Day.
Today is the day to go back in time. It’s National Retro Day!
It’s your day to look back – and think of easy times.
According to National Day Calendar, Hermelinda A. Aguilar
and Robert and Tina Duran founded National Retro Day to
take a look back at how life was before social media, the
internet, and smartphones became a necessity of our daily
lives.
Hermelinda A. Aguilar
