National Meteor Day – Keep
your eyes open for meteors tonight. You never know when you're going
to see one. Sometimes astronomers can give us a heads up when we
will get a meteor shower, but even if there is no shower expected,
you could still see a stray meteor.
Descendants Day – This is a
day to research your family tree to see if you are the descendant of
someone (or a group of someones) important to history. Of course,
everyone you are descended from is important to your personal history
since you wouldn't be here if it were not for them.
Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
– This is a day to make a one second adjustment to our time in
order to stay close to the average solar time. Apparently our daily
rotation is not exactly 24 hours but is a fraction of a second
longer. Therefore, every now and then we need to add a second to the
clock so that we don't eventually have days when midnight comes
sometime in the afternoon.
Log Cabin Day – Celebrated on
the last Sunday in June, this day is sponsored by the Log Cabin
Society of Michigan and has been an annual event since 1987.
Michigan is so far the only state that celebrates this statewide
festival where they celebrate by conducting tours of many log cabins
in the state.
NOW (National Organization for
Women) – Founded on this day in 1966, this organization is
about fighting for equality for women in all aspects of life.
To celebrate today, research your
family history until you can find someone you consider to be
important, then find someone to argue with about how women should
have the same rights as men in every part of your life. Finally,
find a log cabin to spend the night in and before you go to bed, set
your clock one second ahead and watch for meteors.
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