DEISTIC Holidays

by Jay Boswell

1. Benjamin Franklin's Birthday - January 17 (1706)

2. Thomas Paine's Birthday - January 29 (1737)

3. Darwin Day (Birthday) - February 12 (1809)

4. Albert Einstein's Birthday - March 14 (1879)

5. Vernal (Spring) Equinox - around March 20, Sun is directly over the Equator

6. Thomas Jefferson's Birthday - April 13 (1743)

7. Earth Day - April 22

8. Summer Solstice - around June 21, Sun is farthest from the Equator, peaking in the Northern Hemisphere

9. Canada Day - July 1 (1867)

10. Independence Day (USA) - July 4 (1776)

11. Bastille Day (France) - July 14 (1789)

12. Autumnal (Fall) Equinox - around September 22, Sun is directly over the Equator

13. Thanksgiving (Canada) - 2nd Monday in October

14. Halloween - October 31, originally Druids' Summer's End spiritual festival combined with the Catholic hallowed (holy) evening before November 1 All Saints' Day, now being abandoned by fundamentalist Christians

15. Thanksgiving (U.S.) - 4th Thursday in November

6. Winter Solstice - around December 21, Sun is farthest from the Equator, peaking in the Southern Hemisphere

17. Isaac Newton's Birthday - December 25 (1642

 

 

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