January 18 honors, celebrates, appreciates, observes National this reference book Day
Thesaurus
Having starred in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham's "The Hours", she offered to narrate his 2023 book "Day"
Julianne Moore
The most powerful mob boss of his day, Charles Luciano became famous--make that infamous--under this nickname
Lucky (Luciano)
Since 2002 September 19 has been International this Day, ya scurvy scalawag
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Going on a long trip to Ithaca? Then spend 9+ hours with Derek Jacobi reading this epic poem, & say hi to Telemachus for us
the Odyssey
The "Dapper Don", this Gambino family boss died in prison after getting convicted on 13 counts of extortion, murder & more
John Gotti
National Tater Tot Day & Day of the Crêpe both fall on this date, but we didn't find Live the Day Over & Over Day
February 2nd (Groundhog Day)
Almost 40 years after starring in "Heartburn", she read the Nora Ephron novel on audiobook, down to the recipes
Meryl Streep
In the 1980s this previously obscure federal statute was used to send the heads of 3 mafia families to prison for life
RICO
People online can yell non-stop on both June 28 & October 22 as they celebrate this keyboard key right under tab
Caps Lock
Patrick Stewart had a Dickens of a time performing this classic as a one-man show & as an audio book
A Christmas Carol
In the 1980s an FBI agent infiltrated the Bonanno family under this alias, the title of a 1997 Johnny Depp movie
Donnie Brasco
Celebrating April 11 as this old-timey singing foursome day dates back to 1938 when 26 men gathered for a songfest; wait... not 24 or 28?
a barbershop quartet
This funny guy narrates the afterword of the very serious "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" by his late wife Michelle McNamara
Patton Oswalt
In 1963 Joe Valachi gave televised testimony to Congress, breaking the mafia code of silence known by this Italian word
omertà