Thoroughly modern in treatment, they are at the same time, full of simple sincerity which invariably characterizes genuine Negro folk-music and are by no means to be confused with the average ' Broadway Spirituals ' which depend for their racial flavor upon sundry allusions to the ' Amen Corner ', ' judgement Day, ' Gabriel's Horn, and a frustrated devil -- with a few random hallelujahs thrown in for good measure.

On his bookshelves were some of the latest American novels, including Bellow's Seize The Day, but he hadn't read them ( they were sent by American publishers ) and wasn't especially interested in what the American writers were up to.

Armed Forces Day Proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

National Maritime Day proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

United Nations Day proclamation by John A. Notte, Jr., governor

Proclamation Thanksgiving Day by John A. Notte, Jr., Governor

Since Election Day, Vice President Richard Nixon had virtually retired -- by his own wish -- from public view.

The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861 – 1865.

* 1830 – The Church of Christ, the original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York.

* 1860 – The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — later renamed Community of Christ — is organized by Joseph Smith III and others at Amboy, Illinois

* International Jazz Day, organized by UNESCO, first observed in 2012, " is intended to raise awareness in the international community of the virtues of jazz as an educational tool, and a force for peace, unity, dialogue and enhanced cooperation among people.

Within the sects of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Articles of Faith are a list composed by Joseph Smith, Jr. as part of an 1842 letter sent to " Long " John Wentworth, editor of the Chicago Democrat.

In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.

* 1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases.

* Independence Day, celebrates the day on which Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of their rule of India in 1947.

Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day

" " The Day of the LORD " was widely celebrated and highly anticipated by the followers of God.

* 1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St George's Day.

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz was liberated by Soviet troops, a day commemorated around the world as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Many states have Arbor Day although only Victoria has Arbor Week, which was suggested by Premier Dick Hamer in the 1980s.

The People's Republic of China celebrates Arbor Day on March 12, a day founded by Lin Daoyang, continue to use following the date of Arbor Day of Republic of China.

The day before Election Day, to which we are entitled as a legal holiday, we were informed to report to our respective polls to work as `` workers of the party ''.

Day after day Fogg shuttled back and forth on his one-man air mail route, until the farmers in their snowy barnyards and the road repairmen came to recognize the stubby plane as their link with the rest of the country.

Day after day some new episode is reported.

On my first Guy Fawkes Day here, I found Catholics as well as non-Catholics celebrating with the traditional fireworks and bonfires, and was told that most Englishmen either do not know or are not concerned with the historical significance of the day.

* Armenian Genocide Day Armenian Genocide remembrance day – April 24

* Earliest day on which Ascension Day can fall, while June 3 is the latest ; celebrated 40 days after Easter ( Christianity ), and its related observances

* Earliest day on which National Heroes ' Day can fall, while August 28 is the latest ; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.

* National Peacekeepers ' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day ( Canada )

) In the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite and in the Anglican Communion, All Souls Day is instead transferred, whenever 2 November falls on a Sunday, to the next day, 3 November.

* This Day in Alternate History, dedicated to showing significant events in years past on this day that shaped history ... just, not our history.

** Earliest day on which Emancipation Day can fall, celebrated on the first Monday of August.

* Earliest day on which Commerce Day, or Frídagur verslunarmanna, can fall ; celebrated on the first Monday of August.

* Earliest day on which International Friendship Day can fall, celebrated on the first Sunday of August.

The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day.

* Earliest day on which Melon Day can fall, while August 14 is the latest ; celebrated on the second Sunday in August.

* Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest ; celebrated on the third Monday in August.

This day is celebrated as St. George's Day in England, and as the day of the birth and death of William Shakespeare.

* Earliest day on which Store Bededag or General Prayer Day can fall, while May 13 is the latest ; observed on the 4th Friday after Easter day.

The first Arbor Day was held on April 10, 1872 and an estimated one million trees were planted that day.

Lloyd Lewis wrote that when he first knew Carl in 1916, Sandburg was making $27.50 a week writing features for the Day Book and eating sparse luncheons in one-arm restaurants.

A bright sun and brisk wind had the track in a fast condition for the first time this week and 8,280 St. Patty Day celebrants bet $842,617 on the well-prepared program.

Nova Scotia celebrates Arbour Day on the Thursday during National Forest Week, which is the first full week in May.

In Canadian provinces where Boxing Day is a statutory holiday, and it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, compensation days are given in the following week.

The anniversary of these events in 1965 is commemorated annually on Constitution Day, with week long activities known as Te Maevea Nui Celebrations locally.

Fort William is the home of the Scottish Six Day Motorcycle Trial ( SSDT ), held annually in the first full week of May.

It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in a leap year.

It falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in common years.

* World Braille Day, starting a week of national tribute to Louis Braille, awareness of the blindness and the Braille writing system

* Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while May 9 is the latest ; celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May.

Culturama, the annual cultural festival of Nevis, is celebrated during the Emancipation Day weekend, the first week of August.

In May 2011, the week before Memorial Day, Pepsi launched a limited edition flavor called " Memorial Day Pepsi ", with blueberry and cherry flavors added to the cola.

Lord's Day is considered both the first day and " the eighth day " of the seven-day week, symbolizing both first creation and new creation ( 2174 ).

St Piran's Day is popular in Cornwall and the term ' Perrantide ' has been coined to describe the week prior to this day.

The regular season started one week earlier than usual in order to avoid having playoff games on Christmas Day, which fell on a Saturday in 1976.

Seventh Day Baptists are Christian Baptists who observe Sabbath on the seventh-day of the week in accord with their understanding of the Biblical Sabbath for the Judeo-Christian tradition ( Genesis 2: 2 – 3, Exodus 20: 8 ).

According to the American calendar, the U. S. summer season is commonly regarded as beginning on Memorial Day weekend ( the last weekend in May ) and ending on Labor Day weekend ( the first weekend in September ), more closely in line with the meteorological definition ; the similar Canadian tradition starts summer on Victoria Day one week prior ( although summer conditions vary widely across Canada's expansive territory ) and ends, like the United States, on Labour Day.

However, there wasn't one scheduled for 2001, due to the NFL's decision beginning in the 1999 season to move the opening week of games to the weekend after Labor Day.

The first day is known as " Trinity Sunday "; the second day is known as " Spirit Monday " ( or " Monday of the Holy Spirit "); and the third day, Tuesday, is called the " Third Day of the Trinity ".." The Afterfeast of Pentecost lasts for one week, during which fasting is not permitted, even on Wednesday and Friday.