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Happy Geek Pride Day! Today is also one of the geekiest days of the year, with holidays relating to Star Wars, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the Discworld books: Two weeks after the death in 2001 of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and related books, is celebrated as Towel Day . (Towels were considered important and versatile items essential for hitchhiking the galaxy.) The original Star Wars movie was released on this date in 1977, inspiring Star Wars Day . In Terry Pratchett's Discworld books, a climactic revolution took place on this date that is remembered as both the Glorious Twenty-fifth of May and as Wear the Lilac Day . And Geek Pride Day is basically an umbrella holiday for these individual geeky holidays.

On this date in 1930 the Star Wars character Yoda was introduced to American audiences in the film The Empire Strikes Back . Or as he'd probably say "Introduced to American audiences, Yoda was". An interesting way of talking, Yoda had. Understandable he was. Disordered though, the sentence structure was. More here there is. And a translator here is. Celebrate by watching/reading Star Wars material, you should. By Muboshgu - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114758211

Observances today are about the liberation of countries in Africa, missing children, bringing lunch to school/work, singing, tap dancing, wine, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy books, the Discworld books, and Star Wars: African Liberation Day Geek Pride Day Glorious Twenty-Fifth of May  aka  Wear the Lilac Day National Brown-Bag-It Day National Missing Children's Day National Tap Dance Day National Wine Day Sing Out Day Star Wars Day Towel Day African Liberation Day celebrates the creation of the African Union (though it was originally called the Organization of African Unity). Today is also one of the geekiest days of the year, with holidays relating to Star Wars, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the Discworld books: Two weeks after the death in 2001 of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and related books, is celebrated as Towel Day. (Towels were considered important and versatile items essential for hitchhiking the galaxy.) The ...

Firefighters, concern for chickens in the farming industry, renewing just about anything, pretty much any charitable activity, petite people, putting a poem on someone's pillow for near-bedtime reading, candied orange peels, orange juice, paying attention to the weather, green plants, Star Wars, and birds are all part of today's holiday landscape: World Give Day Star Wars Day Renewal Day Poem on Your Pillow Day Petite And Proud Day National Weather Observers Day National Orange Juice Day National Candied Orange Peel Day National Bird Day International Respect for Chickens Day International Firefighters' Day Greenery Day On May 4th on Star Wars Day you may hear the expression "May the Fourth/Force be with you". Photo by Tholaal Mohamed on Unsplash