Nothing to celebrate tonight? Consider all of the unbirthdays that the nation's mayors, Governors, and even Presidents have provided. If you missed cherishing May 1 as Give Your Girl a Pearl Day, there is still ample time to observe International Play-Your-Own-Harpsichord Month, which is also National Tavern Month. Have a Bach beer.
The churchly calendar of saints' days may have become obscure to many; yet Americans have cloaked nearly every day, week and month of the year with a quaint secular significance. All of Illinois, for example, can look forward to June as Fight the Filthy Fly Month; Georgia observes Barbershop...
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