Holidays on Earth Today: July 4, 2009

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture. Some of the most popular holidays on earth either revolve around the Christian belief such as Easter and Christmas however there are other popular ones such as Independence Day, New Year Day, and Valentines and so on. Then there are strange and weird holidays that really have no meaning besides the mere purpose to have an excuse to celebrate something. Have you ever wondered what is going on around the world today?

Today marks the 185th day of the year!

180 days left this year!

Here is what is going on today around the world:

1. United States:

*National Barbecue Day

*Independence Day

*Hillbilly Day

*Firecracker Day

*F-Day: Alaska Only

*American Redneck Day

*National Huckleberry Festival

*National Paralyzed Veteran's Day

*Stone Skipping Tournament

*National Barbequed Spareribs Day

*Boom Box Parade: Willimantic, Connecticut

*Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Day: Hannibal, Missouri

*Sandblast: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

*National Country Music Day

*Redneck Day

*Earth's Aphelion

*Independence from Meat Day

*Indivisible Day

*Malia Ann Obama Birthday: 1998

*Gina Glocksen Birthday: 1984

*Becki Newton Birthday: 1978

*Koko the Guerilla Birthday: 1971

*Karolyn Grimes Birthday: 1940

*Eva Marie Saint Birthday: 1924

*Gloria Stuart Birthday: 1910

*Calvin Coolidge Birthday: 1872

2. Norway:

*Birthday of Queen Sonja

3. Latvia:

*Commemoration of Jewish Genocide

4. Guam:

*For Independence Day

5. Marshall Islands:

*Fisherman's Day

6. Lesotho:

*Family Day

7. Haiti:

*Day of Agwe

8. United Kingdom:

*Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Begins

9. Rwanda:

*Independence Day

10. Tonga:

*King's Day

11. US Virgin Islands:

*Independence Day

12. Barbados:

*Caricom Day

13. Guyana:

*Caricom Day

14. St. Vincent:

*Caricom Day

15. Philippines:

*Filipino-American Friendship Day

16. International:

*Feast Day: St. Andrew of Crete; St. Elizabeth of Portugal; St. Ulrich; St. Flavian; St. Odo, bishop of Canterbury; St. Procopius; & St. Bertha.

*International Day of Cooperatives