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January 16, 2029

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Regional/Cultural Day

Nothing Day

Invented in 1973 by newspaper columnist Harold Pullman Coffin, who felt Americans had too many days celebrating things. His idea: a day where nobody celebrates anything. It lasted exactly one year before other people started creating holidays on the same day to spite him. The irony is the entire point.