USA Today reported New Yorkers have a tough time getting cabs during this month-long observance
Some churches gave special dispensation for Catholics to eat meat when this fell on a Friday in Lent during 2000
The Virginias celebrate this on the second Friday in April; many other states wait until the last Friday
One of the first observations of this U.S. holiday was May 30, 1868 on the order of General John Logan
On Hogmanay, December 31, Scots in London gather at St. Paul's Cathedral to join hands & sing this song
This holiday was first observed on May 10, 1908 in Philadelphia & Grafton, West Virginia
On June 11, with parades & luaus, Hawaiians honor this king who united the islands in 1810
On Nov. 29 this state celebrates the birthday of its governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, the USA's first woman governor
Nevada Day is celebrated on this date; how spooky!
By an act of Congress, in 1954 Armistice Day was renamed this