The Squid Calendar

The 4th Friday of September in California is Native American Day. In honor of this day, and the Native People, “Indian Week is celebrated around the State.”

California Native American Day – This article, by KathyMcGraw, gives a little background on the California Tribes, personal stories and pictures, and a timeline of the important events in California history that contributed to the death of the California Indian Culture.

Photo by humbert15 used under CC 2.0.

On this date in 2005, Hurricane Dennis was unleashing it’s fury.  Dennis was the first Major Hurricane to make a U.S. Landfall during the record-setting 2005 hurricane season , in which there were so many named storms that the NHC ran all the way through the list for the year, and had to start on the Greek Alphabet (Katrina also happened in 2005).  Dennis was one of five names officially retired that year.  This year, we re-use the 2005 list.   Read about this year’s names, find out why those five names were retired, and see what names have replaced them.
Atlantic Basin 2011 Hurricane Names by CruiseReady

Photo by Chalky Lives used under CC 2.0.

Pets are more then just animals, they are part of the family, and when a pet dies the loss is real and often deep.  Today is set aside to remember the pets that have touched your life.

I have had three dogs in my life.  Each lived a good long life, and I miss all three dearly.  Today, I’ll remember Buffy, Freckles, and Cassidy.  I hope you will take a moment and think about some fond memories you had with any pets you’ve lost.

National Pet Memorial Day by awelldressedbullet.

Being 9/11,  today is Patriot Day, a day to remember the 2,993 killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.  Nine years later and this event is still fresh in everyone’s minds.  It has not gone forgotten.

USS New York and September 11 by stargazer00
This ship was made from steel recovered from the debris from the World Trade Center.

Where Were You On September 11th, Where Was God? by WeddingZazzle
Tell your story of the day.

Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day.  The Code Talkers were a group of Native American soldiers who used their own language as an unbreakable code to prevent critical information from being compromised.

As gbenton789 discusses in Native Warriors, several Native American languages were actually used during WWII.

Today, we remember the work done by the brave Code Talkers.
They are heroes.

On June 6, 1944, D-Day the Allied forces landed on Normandy changing the course of the war.  Today, we remember the lives lost in that battle, and the bravery of the men who fought in it.

Visit D-Day Beaches in Normandy by janices7

The Old Time Radio Flier 39 “COMPLETE BROADCAST OF D-DAY 1944″ by TheWhistler

Photo by america_1776@verizon.net used by permission CC 2.0

Today is Memorial Day, a day for people to honor veterans, heroes, and loved ones who have gone on before them. This is celebrated in many different ways, but one of the most popular is to go to, or march in, a parade.

So, for today, from windygig we have Memorial Day Parades.

Today is Qingming Festival day, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, Clear Bright Festival, or Ancestors Day. This is a traditional Chinese festival during which celebrants honor their ancestors.

Learn more about Tomb Sweeping Day from drs2biz.

January 27, was designated by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2005.

January 27 1945, was the day when Poland’s Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp, was liberated by Soviet troops.

To No Man’s Glory – Children of the Holocaust by vbenson

On December 7, 1941, The United States of America was attacked, on its own soil by the Japanese. Hawaii was attacked by 353 airplanes by surprise in the early morning. 2,402 were killed and another 1,282 wounded. It marked USA’s entrance into WWII.

Sadly, I could not find a squidoo lens worthy of the day. If you have one, please submit it in the comments.

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