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unusual facts about St. Catherine's Day


St. Catherine's Day

A New Kind of Love (1963) references St. Catherine's day demonstrating the parades and millinery demonstrations in Paris, France.


1901 Stanford football team

Stanford was invited to represent the West in the Tournament East-West football game to be held in Tournament Park in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day, 1902, facing East representative Michigan, a team which had yet to yield a point all season.

1982 NBA Finals

The later date also eliminated the back-to-back games on Mother's Day weekend, which was used in 1980 and 1981 to avert another tape delay broadcast.

A P Valentine

His named was derived by splicing the beginning of his sire's name "A P" with the holiday that he was born on, "Valentine's Day."

Antri

Last decade has seen a rise in celebration of events like Valentine's Day, Rose Day and New Year's Eve.

Ben Lovejoy

Ben Lovejoy scored his first pro goal at home during the Saint Patrick's Day game.

Between the Canals

The film follows three small-time criminals as they pinball their way about Dublin on a boozy Saint Patrick's Day.

Chris Stapleton

As a member of The SteelDrivers, Stapleton earned three Grammy Award nominations including "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for the song "Where Rainbows Never Die" and "Best Bluegrass Album," and won an International Bluegrass Music Association Award for "Emerging Artist of the Year." He has won six ASCAP Awards and has contributed to the soundtracks of several feature films including "Cars 2" and "Valentine’s Day."

Confucius

While not a national holiday, it does appear on all printed calendars, much as Father's Day does in the West.

Dè a-nis?

often presents special episodes covering a particular event, such as the opening of Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis, St. Patrick's Day from Dublin and Galway and the mòd.

Dee Bell

Her debut album, Let There Be Love, with Stan Getz on saxophone and Eddie Duran (a Benny Goodman Band graduate) on guitar, was released on the Concord Jazz label (CJ-206) as an LP for Valentine's Day 1983.

Donny Deutsch

Deutsch, Donny; Whitney, Catherine (2008), The Big Idea: How to Make Your Entrepreneurial Dreams Come True, From the Aha Moment to Your First Million.

Eliza Gutch

Gutch was born on 15 July, St Swithin's Day, in Manthorpe, Lincolnshire as Eliza Hutchinson.

Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego

The Quarter is home to many events and festivals, including Mardi Gras in the Gaslamp, Street Scene Music Festival, Taste of Gaslamp and ShamROCK, a St. Patrick's Day event.

Gideon of Scotland Yard

In Gideon's Day (1958, directed by John Ford, USA title: Gideon Of Scotland Yard), Gideon is played by Jack Hawkins.

Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby

The movie has been reaired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang usually as part of Mother's Day special programming.

Jimmy Giuffre

The group can be seen performing "The Train and the River" in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend

"Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend" is the 14th episode of the second season of the Fox sitcom Raising Hope, and a special Valentine's Day episode.

John Bernard Stephenson

John Bernard Stephenson (November 24, 1938 – March 30, 1982), also called Jack Stephenson was a Jamaican lawyer and Member of Parliament for North West St. Catherine and founder of the Charlemont High School, Jamaica.

Kawartha Lakes Railway

The train hijacking scene in the 1984 film Martin's Day was filmed at mile marker 10/ Peterborough County Rd.

La Fête du Baiser

La Fête du Baiser ("festival of the kiss") is a festival celebrated the Saturday after St. Valentine's Day, in Roquemaure, France, near Avignon.

Ladies' night

The Koire precedent has not been extended to strike down Mother's Day promotions.

Louise Armstrong

Armstrong also wrote for the following magazines: Woman's Day, Hartford Courant Magazine, Connecticut Magazine, On the Issues, etc.

Lucas Evangelista

Even in a crisis of club, the young praised his goal, dedicating it for his father (in Brazil, that day was Father's Day), Jesus.

Megan Wants a Millionaire

Megan explains that Valentine's Day is her favorite holiday, and they have to make or buy presents for the first challenge.

Muhu St. Catherine's Church

The founding of the church is mentioned in a medieval chronicle by Hermann von Wartberge.

New Year's resolution

A New Year's resolution is a secular tradition, most common in the Western Hemisphere but also found in the Eastern Hemisphere, in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self-improvement or something slightly nice, such as opening doors for people beginning from New Year's Day.

No Matter How High

The video continues to be played each year as part of Mother's Day specials on various video networks.

Noel McCalla

He sang on Mike Rutherford's solo album Smallcreep's Day in 1980, on Morrissey–Mullen's 1985 This Must Be the Place.

Pepero

Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day.

Peter Beckford

He took an active part in island politics, representing St. Catherine in the Assembly in 1675, and was later called to the Council where he was appointed President.

Pummerin

The Pummerin sounds on only a few special occasions such as high Catholic holidays such as Easter, Whitsunday, Feast of Corpus Christi (Pentacost), Christmas Eve, and St. Stephen's Day (High Patron of the Church - Dec 26th); state funerals, and at the beginning of the New Year, when it is broadcast on national television, ORF, followed by The Blue Danube Waltz.

Saint Patrick's Day in the United States

Major parades include the Irish Channel parade, the Downtown Irish Parade starting in the Bywater neighborhood, multiple parades in the French Quarter, and a combined Irish-Italian Parade celebrating both Saint Patrick's Day and Saint Joseph's Day.

Sam Chan

In 2005, they appeared in a cooking show together for a Father's Day promotion.

Smallcreep's Day

Smallcreep's Day is Peter Currell Brown's only novel and was first published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1965.

Sophie McShera

Their business, That Sweet Feeling, specialises in jars of romance-themed confectionery, especially popular on St. Valentine's Days.

St Clement's Day

Ironworkers gather from all over the Britain to celebrate St Clement’s Day at Finch Foundry near Okehampton in Devon.

St Piran's Day

Dan Rogerson MP said of the 2012 event "The aim is to increase understanding of Cornwall’s Celtic heritage and culture in order to inform future debates on devolution, identity and government policy... and we are aiming to go bigger and better next year."

St. Catherine's Academy

Captain Maguire was a United States Navy Chaplain to the Pacific Fleet during World War II.

St. Catherine's Priory, Roskilde

The geatest patron of the Dominican friars of Roskilde was the immensely powerful Dowager Duchess Ingeborg (1301-c.1360), mother of King Magnus IV of Sweden and VII of Norway, who made them frequent gifts from at least 1330 onwards and also remembered them in her will.

St. John's Day, Masonic feast

The guild of masons and carpenters attached to Cologne Cathedral was known as the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist.

The feast of John the Baptist falls on 24 June, and that of John the Evangelist on 27 December, roughly marking mid-summer and mid-winter.

Sub Arturo plebs

From various political allusions in the text, in connection with what is known about the named musicians, Brian Trowell and Ursula Günther have conjectured that the work was written for a specific historical event, the festivities at Windsor Castle on St. George's Day, 1358, when the knights of the Order of the Garter gathered to celebrate the English victory at the Battle of Poitiers two years earlier.

The Scout Association of Saint Kitts and Nevis

Traditionally, Founder's Day is observed with a combination of three events, a march through the streets of Basseterre, church service and luncheon.

The Way You Look Tonight

It is also sung by Allison Munn in the series finale of the WB sitcom What I Like About You and was used in the Friends episode "The One With Unagi." The song was also performed by the band MouseRat on the "Parks and Recreation" episode "Galentine's Day", wherein Andy Dwyer dedicated it to April Ludgate.

Wheeler Hazard Peckham

Peckham was born in Albany, New York, on New Year's Day, 1833 to Rufus Wheeler Peckham and Isabella Adoline; his mother died when he was 15.

Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder

The song has enjoyed some popularity with Irish-Americans and association with the Saint Patrick's Day holiday and is sometimes played during the holiday, sometimes edited to remove elements of the song that can be construed to disparage the Irish.

WSNX-FM

During February 2008, WSNX's program "Puddin' Playhouse" gave away tickets to a Kanye West concert as presents for Valentine's Day through a contest called "False Confessions".

Ypané

One of the main attractions is the monument to the Saint of Love, Valentine, located in the hollow of an old tree in the ancient Square of St. Peter the Apostle.


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