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Observances today cover subjects like going on vacation alone, being freshly fired up (re-fired) in retirement, addressing the human need for recognition/appreciation, encouraging educators/family members/healthcare professionals recognize the signs of self-harm, combatting discrimination, encouraging smiling, the US Peace Corps, and pigs: Zero Discrimination Day World Compliment Day Share a Smile Day Self-injury Awareness Day Refired, not Retired, Day Plan a Solo Vacation Day Peace Corps Day National Pig Day President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps on this date in 1961. Primarily known from farming but sometimes filling the role of pets, today we celebrate the pig. Photo by Dorothea OLDANI on Unsplash

Today's holidays are about enunciating in the manner of a grizzled old prospector, getting things done, giving out compliments, heartfelt laughter, lobster thermidor, eskimo pies, beer cans, the Macintosh computer, and peanut butter: Beer  Can Appreciation Day Global Belly Laugh Day Macintosh Computer Day Nation al Compliment Day National Eskimo Pie Patent Day National Just Do It Day National Lobster Thermidor Day National Peanut Butter Day Talk Like a Grizzled Old Prospector Day Just Do It Day is a day to get things done that maybe you've been putting off, or trying to find the right time, or just plain forgot about. The Macintosh computer was introduced today in 1984. Have a goldurn, doggone, goldarned, dadgum, goldang happy Talk Like a Grizzled Old Prospector Day. "Prospectors Monument, Knott's Berry Farm, July 1961"   by  Orange County Archives  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0