Happy Thursday, February 25th and happy National Chili Day! On this day, 57 years ago, Muhammad Ali won world heavyweight boxing title after winning his fight against Sonny Liston. Today is also Samwise Gamgee's (AKA Sean Astin's) 50th birthday!! 

| Check out "What You Don't Know with Sean Astin" on the MediaJuice Youtube Channel or at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxa7LjmtooE

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| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Zagi2 and Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Wednesday, February 24th and happy National Trading Card Day! On this day, 414 years ago, the world's longest running opera, Claudio Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” first premiered. Also on this day, 79 years ago, the Battle of Los Angeles, either a WWII air raid OR an alien attack, happened over the skies of LA. It's also the 76th anniversary of Steve Job's birthday, so let's learn about the circumstances that led to his birth!

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| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Valentin Sosnitskiy and Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Tuesday, February 23rd and happy Curling is Cool Day! It is! I swear! On this day, 67 years ago, The first mass inoculation against the polio virus was conducted, thanks Jonas Salk! And today, we celebrate two birthdays: British actress, Emily Blunt and American actor, Josh Gad!

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| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Monday, February 22nd and happy National Margarita Day! On this day,  just 4 years ago, Jay-Z became the 1st rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame! Today, I'm celebrating the 1st President of the United States, George Washington's birthday... AND one of my favorite podcast hosts, Jimmie Whisman's 40th birthday!

| Catch James Pietragallo and Jimmie Whisman on the Crime in Sports and Small Town Murder Podcasts

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| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Valentin Sosnitskiy and Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Sunday, February 21st and happy National Sticky Bun Day! On this day, 49 years ago, President Richard Nixon embarked on his historic Presidential visit to China. There are a bunch of famous birthdays today: Alan Rickman, Jordan Peele, Elliot Page... But I focused today on Sophie Turner (Jonas) and John Lewis's birthdays!

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| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Valentin Sosnitskiy and Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Saturday, February 20th and happy Hoodie Hoo Day! On this day, 35 years ago, the Soviet Union launched the core module of the Mir space station. Rihanna is celebrating her 33rd birthday today and Trevor Noah is celebrating his 32nd! Happy birthday!!

| Follow @EveryDaysAHolidayPod on Instagram and message me what special occasions you are celebrating (and on what day) so I can mention it on the show!

| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Valentin Sosnitskiy and Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Friday, February 19th and happy National Caregivers Day! On this day, 143 years ago, Thomas Edison patented the phonograph, the first machine to be able to reproduce a recorded sound! Today is Millie Bobby Brown's 17th birthday and it's the 5th anniversary of the death of American author, Harper Lee

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| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Valentin Sosnitskiy and Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Thursday, February 18th and happy Thumb Appreciation Day! On this day, 91 years ago, Elm Farm Ollie became the 1st cow to fly AND be milked on an airplane. Today we’re celebrating John Travolta's 67th birthday and the 457th anniversary of the death of Italian artist, Michelangelo

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| Listen to the full Bovine Cantata in Bb Major  here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hP_GXudVM

| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Valentin Sosnitskiy from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Wednesday, February 17th and happy Random Acts Kindness Day and World Human Spirit! Find inner peace by doing something nice for someone today! On this day, 169 years ago, the second largest museum in the world, The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia officially opened to the public. Today is basketball star, Michael Jordan's 58th birthday! It is also the 39th anniversary of the death of jazz composer and pianist, Thelonious Monk

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| Read Acts of Kindness stories and get inspired at https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Sentuniman, Valentin Sosnitskiy, and GeeRose from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/

Happy Tuesday, February 16th and happy Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras)! Live it up, enjoy some jazz, and eat all you want before having to give it up tomorrow for Lent. On this day, 16 years ago, the UNFCCC's Kyoto Protocol went into effect in attempts to mitigate climate change from greenhouse gas emissions. Today is both Elizabeth Olsen's 32nd birthday and Abel Tesfaye's (The Weeknd's) 31 birthday! And its also the 31st anniversary of the death of American graffiti artist, Keith Haring.

| Follow @EveryDaysAHolidayPod on Instagram and message me what special occasions you are celebrating (and on what day) so I can mention it on the show!

| Theme song by AJ Curtin, additional music by Gregor Quendel from https://freesound.org/

| February is Black History Month, join me in donating to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund at https://www.naacpldf.org/