Extraterrestrial Culture Day: (excerpted from http://www.space.com/searchforlife/et_roswell_0303225.html) New Mexicans can now celebrate every second Tuesday in February as “Extraterrestrial Culture Day” after a Roswell lawmaker’s proposal won approval in the House. Some lawmakers scoffed at the idea. But the sponsor of the memorial, Republican Rep. Daniel Foley, of Roswell, said life on other planets — if [...]

Sadie Hawkins Day: (excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadie_Hawkins_Day) Original story In Li’l Abner, Sadie Hawkins was the daughter of one of Dogpatch’s earliest settlers, Hekzebiah Hawkins. The “homeliest gal in all them hills”, she grew frantic waiting for suitors to come a-courtin’. When she reached the age of 35, still a spinster, her father was even more [...]