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Holidays 2021-02-11

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Holidays today cover subjects like being content without a romantic partner, an automotive strike, romantic promises, visiting those who can't leave their home/residence, making new friends, not getting upset over small issues, a peppermint candy, playing your guitar, inventors, and electric lighting: Be Electrific Day Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day Get Out Your Guitar Day Make A Friend Day National Inventor's Day National Shut-in Visitation Day Peppermint Patty Day Promise Day Satisfied Staying Single Day White Shirt Day In 1937 General Motors workers went on strike wearing white shirts to suggest that blue collar workers were worthy of the treatment of white collar workers. Today's Valentine's Day prequel holiday is Promise Day, where romantic partners make promises to each other. Instead of a Valentine's Day prequel, Satisfied Staying Single Day is more like Valentine's Day counterprogramming. Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847. Both National Inventor...