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  • Halloween in the USA

    Le 31/10/2024

     



    Halloween is celebrated on the night of October 31.  The word "Halloween" is a shortening of All Hallows' Evening or All ...

  • National Candy Day

    Le 04/11/2024

    4 November is National Candy Day! Did you know that the best-selling candies in the USA are M&M's?


  • Milwaukee Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show

    Du 08/12/2024 au 10/12/2024

    You are an ice fishing and/or a winter sports enthusiast? This festival is for you...

    http://www.gsevents.com/shows/display.cfm?showID=110

  • Monkey day

    Le 14/12/2024

    Today is Monkey Day!

     

    It was created in 2000 by an American art student.

    People have monkey parties, act as if they were monkeys, play monkey ...

  • Bacon Day in the USA

    Le 30/12/2024

    Today is Bacon Day! An opportunity to celebrate that typical Anglo-Saxon food with new recipes...


  • Martin Luther King

    Le 15/01/2025

    Considered as the father of the civil rights movement in the USA, as he fought for equality of races, he was assassinated on 21 January 1968. The third ...

  • the first Mac

    Le 24/01/2025

    On 24 January 1984, the first Apple Macintosh was created! Such an antique compared to nowadays' computers...

  • Facebook

    Le 04/02/2025

    Facebook was founded 11 years ago, by an American student called Mark Zuckenberg. And nowadays, about 3 billion (3,000,000,000) people use Facebook ...

  • Colour television

    Le 28/02/2025

    The first colour TV went on sale in the USA on 28 February 1954. At that time, it cost $1,295. Which would be the equivalent of around 8,300 euros!!!
    ...

  • Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

    Du 04/03/2025 au 23/03/2025

    From 4 to 23 March, the world's biggest event gathering animals and cowboys! With plenty of animations like laser shows and music bands.

    Go and ...

  • Coca-Cola

    Le 29/03/2025

    29 March 1886:

    the world famous fizzy drink appeared for the first time in Atlanta, Georgia,

    under the name of Coca-Cola.

    It was a syrup invented ...

  • Coachella

    Du 11/04/2025 au 20/04/2025

    This year, the Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival (in California) is on 10-11-12, and on 17-18-19 April. Two weekends of 3-day festivals in the middle ...

  • Pretzel Day

    Le 26/04/2025

    German and Swiss immigrants brought that type of bread to Pennsylvania in the 18th century. Today, around 80% of America's pretzels are made there... ...

  • Donut Day

    Le 03/06/2025

    It is Donut Day!! 

    This national Donut Day is on the first Friday of June each year.

    It started during in 1917 with 2 volunteers of the ...

  • Chicago Blues Festival

    Du 05/06/2025 au 09/06/2025

    In Chicago, Illinois, this is supposed to be the world's largest free blues concert. Yes, six different stages and it is free...

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  • Fudge day

    Le 16/06/2025

    6 June is Fudge Day in the United States!

    Fudge is made with sugar, butter and condensed milk. You may also add chocolat, nuts, walnuts, etc!

    Terribly ...

  • National Handshake Day

    Le 26/06/2025

    The last Thursday of each June, Americans celebrate National Handshake Day.

    You are supposed to shake the hand of at least one person that ...

  • Chicago Blues Festival

    Du 05/06/2025 au 09/06/2025

    In Chicago, Illinois, this is supposed to be the world's largest free blues concert. Yes, six different stages and it is free...

    Read more: http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_blues_festival.html

  • Fudge day

    Le 16/06/2025

    6 June is Fudge Day in the United States!

    Fudge is made with sugar, butter and condensed milk. You may also add chocolat, nuts, walnuts, etc!

    Terribly good, but... terribly sweet, and... sickening in huge portions!


  • National Handshake Day

    Le 26/06/2025

    The last Thursday of each June, Americans celebrate National Handshake Day.

    You are supposed to shake the hand of at least one person that you would not have on any other day.  And then? YWell, you wish them a good day and... you can stop there or keep on chatting!

    The tradition of handshaking is very ancient, as texts and ruins dating back to the archaeological era show that handshaking was already practiced in ancient Greece in the 5th century BC.