The festival dates back to 1929, when an estimated 6, 000 people visited Montgomery for the first Kolacky Day celebration, held on October 1.

" The Kolacky Day spirit reigned supreme from early Tuesday morning until a comparatively late hour Wednesday morning.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Kolacky Day retreated to the background until the Montgomery Community Club revived the celebration in 1948.

In 1975, Kolacky Day became Kolacky Days and the event was held for the first time at the end of July.

Montgomery, Minnesota, claims to be the " Kolacky capital of the world " and holds an annual festival known as Kolacky Days.

In 1931 Miss Leatta Ehmke ( later Leatta Trnka ) was crowned the first Kolacky Queen by Mayor Henry Westerman.

For the 1934 celebration, a novelty button, sold by the Kolacky girls, was devised and is still in use today.

Montgomery celebrates its Czechoslovakian heritage annually at the end of July with one of Minnesota's oldest festivals, Kolacky Days.

* Montgomery: From the " Big Woods " To the " Kolacky Capital ", second edition ( 2000 ), Montgomery Arts and Heritage Center.

On September 18, 2012, Berkeley became what is thought to be the first city in the U. S. to officially proclaim a day recognizing bisexuals September 23, which is known as Celebrate Bisexuality Day.

With the granting of Royal Assent, the name was officially changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.

* 1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first ( and only ) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

* 1776 – Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.

In Texas, " Confederate Heroes Day " is celebrated on January 19, the birthday of Robert E. Lee ; Jefferson Davis ’ birthday had been officially celebrated on June 3 but was combined with Lee's birthday in 1973.

* 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.

On 1 May 1990 the opposition groups held their first big demonstration in Frunze in competition with the officially sanctioned May Day celebrations, and on 25 – 26 May 1990 the opposition groups formed the Kyrgyzstan Democratic Movement as a bloc of several anti-Communist political parties, movements and nongovernment organizations.

In November 2008, Palin presented a First World War documentary about Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, when thousands of soldiers lost their lives in battle after the war had officially ended.

* 1836 – Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas.

* 1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.

* 1843 – Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

The lockout officially ended on December 8, 2011, when players and owners ratified a new collective bargaining agreement, and the season began on Christmas Day.

" O Canada " had served as a de facto national anthem since 1939, officially becoming Canada's national anthem in 1980 when the Act of Parliament making it so received Royal Assent and became effective on July 1 as part of that year's Dominion Day celebrations.

" Today Is Your Day " was officially released to iTunes and country radio on June 12, 2011.

* June 14 – Pennsylvania becomes the first ( and only ) of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.

** In Canada, Dominion Day is officially renamed Canada Day.

* December 26 – The colony of South Australia is officially proclaimed ( now celebrated in the state of South Australia as Proclamation Day ).

On October 18, 1825, the Republic of Mexico officially declared September 16 its national Independence Day ( Dia de la Independencia ).

The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country.

The CTW name was officially changed to Sesame Workshop on New Years Day 2000 to reflect the company's reach into new media and capitalize on the worldwide recognition provided by the Sesame Street name ( although Sesame Street continued to use the CTW name until April 2000 ).

Remembrance Day is officially observed in Northern Ireland in the same way as in Great Britain.

The end of the unification process is officially referred to as German unity (), celebrated on 3 October ( German Unity Day ).

By tradition, the fair was officially opened by the incumbent mayor at 11 am on the May Day bank holiday.

In Quebec, June 24 or Quebec's National Holiday, St. John the Baptist Day is officially a paid statutory public holiday covered under the Act Respecting Labour Standards.

Following its construction, the Arc de Triomphe became the rallying point of French troops parading after successful military campaigns and for the annual Bastille Day Military Parade.

On the Tuesday before Acension Day ( 26 May ) his breathing became worse, and his feet swelled.

On 16 December 2006 he became the first player for the West Indies to pass 10, 000 One Day International runs.

During the Labor Day weekend in 1952, The Saddlemen were renamed Bill Haley with Haley's Comets ( inspired by a popular mispronunciation of Halley's Comet ), and in 1953, Haley's recording of " Crazy Man, Crazy " ( co-written by Haley and his bass player, Marshall Lytle although Lytle would not receive credit until 2001 ) became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts, peaking at no. 15 on Billboard and no. 11 on Cash Box.

Canada's centennial in 1967 is often seen as an important milestone in the history of Canadian patriotism, and in Canada's maturing as a distinct, independent country, after which Dominion Day became more popular with average Canadians.

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

They became engaged on Valentine's Day in 2009, and were married on June 15, 2010, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In 1953, Day appeared as the title character in the comedic western-themed musical, Calamity Jane, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Secret Love " ( her recording of which became her fourth U. S. No. 1 recording ).

During the filming of the film, Day became concerned about Hitchcock's lack of direction.

Upon her husband's death on April 20, 1968, Day learned that he had committed her to a television series, which became The Doris Day Show.

Day became the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material, according to the Official Charts Company, entering at Number 9.

As she remarked in her book, " The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's highly publicized comment about my virginity (" I knew Doris Day before she became a virgin.

* Republic Day, the day when Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community in 1958.

She continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s ; her 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies, and became the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

That public support for environmental concerns was widespread became clear in the Earth Day demonstrations of 1970.

In 1876 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ; from 1878 to 1891 he was president of the Royal Historical Society ; and in 1881 he became president of both the Royal Geographical Society and the Girls ' Day School Trust.

In the early 1980s, Jarmusch was part of a revolving lineup of musicians in Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day project, and later became the keyboardist and one of two vocalists for The Del-Byzanteens, a No Wave band whose sole LP Lies to Live By was a minor underground hit in the United States and Britain in 1982.

On New Year's Day 1792 Reynolds became " seized with sickness " and from that point onwards could not keep down food.

There, he became aware of the labour movement and celebrated 1 May – Labour Day for the first time.

In the United States, the New York parade became an annual event that year, and in 1894 was adopted by American president Grover Cleveland to compete with International Workers ' Day ( May Day ).

With his roles in Leone's films, Van Cleef became a major star of Spaghetti Westerns, playing central roles in films such as Death Rides a Horse, Day of Anger, The Big Gundown and The Sabata Trilogy.

To prevent war, Brigham Young led the Mormon pioneers ( constituting most of the Latter Day Saints ) to a temporary winter quarters in Nebraska and then eventually ( beginning in 1847 ) to what became the Utah Territory.