Holidays & Observances
Tourists flock to Betsy Ross' house on this observance, June 14
Flag Day
This musical is Chock Full of Inmates
Chai Cog
Chicago
He's the feline who describes Frosted Flakes by saying "They're grrreat!"
Tony the Tiger
Syracuse is one of several New York cities noted for having haunted hayrides during this month
October
The U.S. spacecraft Gemini 11 was launched from what was then Cape Kennedy in this U.S. state on Sept. 12, 1966
Florida
It took a lot of "work" but Grover Cleveland finally signed a bill making this a national holiday in 1894
Labor Day
The circle of Broadway success!
Hiking Let On
The Lion King
Scientifically this feline treat is known as Nepeta cataria
Catnip
If you fly over Iowa, you'll see lots of this leading crop that accounts for about 18% of the USA's production
Corn
With about 100 Pilgrims aboard, on Sept. 16, 1620 this ship set sail for America
The Mayflower
It's the Jewish Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'"
HALO AMOK
Oklahoma!
Hundreds of years ago, these cats were treasured by royal families in Thailand because of their distinctive, unusual, and beautiful appearances.
Siamese cats
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said he wants this Washington. D.C. "Institution" to open a museum in Vegas
The Smithsonian
On Sept. 4, 1962 this British rock group made up of John, Paul, George & Ringo went to Abbey Road to make an album
The Beatles
The name of this American holiday is from the Swahili for "fresh fruits"
Kwanzaa
Longest running Broadway show
A Feather Tenth Hoop Mop
The Phantom of the Opera
The only lions still living wild in Asia are found in the Gir Forest in this country of the subcontinent
India
Once an immigration station & now known for its hiking trails, Angel Island, is in this California bay
San Francisco
This lonely cowboy hero of the Old West made his TV debut Sept. 15, 1949
The Lone Ranger
On February 15 we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898
Maine
French for Red Windmill, Baz Luhrmann directed the film
Nor Eulogium
Moulin Rouge
This swift feline of Africa is the only cat that cannot retract its claws
A cheetah
Born in Mexico in 1907 to expatriate American Mormons, George Romney served as gov. of this U.S. state in the 1960s
Michigan
Born Sept. 5, 1638, King Louis XIV of this European country was known as the Sun King
France