Happy Thursday, January 7th and happy National Pass Gas Day! **Beans, beans the mystical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot!** Today, we commemorate the day that Vietnamese troops seized the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh and brought an end to Pol Pot's communist Khmer Rouge. We also wish a happy 57th birthday to actor (and certified crazy guy), Nicolas Cage. Then finally, we take a moment to appreciate the legacy of Nikola Tesla who died 78 years ago today. It's partially thanks to him that we have the technology and electrical power required for me to make this podcast!

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Happy Wednesday, January 6th and happy Take Down the Christmas Tree Day! The holiday season has officially come to an end, and if you're Hispanic, you still get to celebrate Dia De Reyes this evening! Enjoy your traditional Rosca De Reyes! Today, we celebrate the opening of the first Montessori school in 1907. We also celebrate the would-be 101st birthday of evolutionary biologist, John Maynard Smith and briefly touch on the death of Theodore Roosevelt.

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Happy Tuesday January 4th and Happy National Keto Day!  Today we celebrate the discovery of our solar system's first dwarf-planet, Eris; Marilyn Manson's 52nd birthday; and commemorate the death day of 30th U.S. President Calvin Coolidge.

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Happy Monday January 4th and happy National Spaghetti Day! It's time to carb-load! Today we celebrate the opening of the tallest building on Earth, the Burj Khalifa in 2010. We also commemorate T.S. Elliot's death in 1965 and ponder the mysterious coincidence that French tennis director, Guy Forget, was born on the exact same day T.S. Elliot died.

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Happy Sunday January 3rd and Festival of Sleep Day! Get some extra rest, you deserve it. Today we celebrate Alaska officially becoming the 49th U.S. State in 1959; the birthday of renowned author, J.R.R. Tolkien; and the death of Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald following the assassination of JFK.

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Happy Saturday January 2nd and Happy National Science Fiction Day! Today we celebrate the 1999 launch of Luna 1, the births of Isaac Asimov and Dax Shepard, and celebrate the death of Somali dictator Siad Barre.

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Welcome to 2021! It's January 1st and today we're celebrating Polar Bear Plunge Day, the Euro becoming the official currency of the European Union, J.D. Salinger's Birthday, and honoring the death of Johann Christian Bach.

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Welcome to the Every Day's a Holiday Monthly Mention, where we acknowledge the observance of the month and opt to aid in a monthly cause. This month is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month so we're donating $50 to Agape International Missions (AIM) a non-profit that rescues and rehabilitates victims of sexual trafficking in Cambodia. Please join in donating or volunteer if you can. 

Welcome to Every Day's A Holiday! A daily podcast calendar giving you a reason to celebrate every day of the year! Join me, Austin Andrade, every morning to celebrate a new holiday, learn what happened on this day in history, and commemorate the lives and legacies of notable individuals on their birthday and death day anniversaries starting January 1st, 2021

And please message me your celebrations if you'd like me to share it on the show. That way we can all celebrate together!