Longley, Robert. You can make more connections by showing off your new contacts, or even videos of your unearthly experiences, on social media, using #nationalparanormalday. var ignore = 'https://imgix.pedestrian.tv'; text-align: center; if(ignore != '' && all_links.href.search(ignore) != -1) { There are silver linings encircling the very dark clouds gathered over the year: Federal officials have approved two vaccines against the coronavirus. 1587: Queen Elizabeth I of England signs death warrant for her cousin, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, British forces attacked Washington, D.C., setting fire to many government buildings, including the White House. In 1941, Joseph Stalin sent a team of archaeologists to open Timur's tomb in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, much to the alarm of local residents and Muslim clergy. 1859: A solar superstorm affects electrical telegraph service. 1965: President Lyndon Johnson authorizes the first American ground combat forces in Vietnam. Ultimately, the great stock market crash of 1929 led to the Great Depression, a 12-year period of poverty and economic turmoil that would be ended only by new jobs created through the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the industrial ramping up to World War II. 2011: A record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours. document.links[t].removeAttribute('target'); Early in the morning, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt would soon call a "date that will live in infamy," Japanese forces launched a surprise bombing attack on the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Sure enough, the Cubs lost the next game and haven't won a World Series in more than a century, despite many attempts over the years to lift the curse (some of them involving goats). external_links_in_new_windows_load(external_links_in_new_windows_loop); Oh, how naive we were to the horrors 2020 still had in store for us. other being Beltane.) NASA warns of 3 skyscraper-sized asteroids headed toward Earth this week. 1913: Floods in El Salvador kill thousands. 8 of the Scariest Days in America. ( function( w, d, s, l, i ) { Longley, Robert. A Marilyn Manson Accuser Has Taken Back Her Allegations. It feels like this one has dragged on forever, but did you know that at the beginning of this year, Harry and Meghan were still normal royals? 1944:The first group of Jewish citizens transported from Athens, Greece arrives at Auschwitz. Oliver Robins (from left), Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams and Dominique Average number of births per year: 10,404. 15 the number of seasons of the hit television show Supernatural. 20% the percentage of women who are more likely to believe in the supernatural than men. He compiled approximately 40,000 notes on paranormal experiences. It takes into account weather conditions and thus only applies to the Northern Hemisphere. The two groups are welcomed by both sides, with the skeptics participating in investigative groups frequently. The Hope Diamond at the National Museum of Natural History. Friday and the number 13 have always been unlucky in their own right, says Steve Roud, author of The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland. The 30 named storms that barreled across the Atlantic this year topped the 28 that occurred in 2005. In the 21st century, the period began in 2009. In 1814, during the third year of the War of 1812, England, April Whether youre a skeptic or psychic, National Paranormal Days the holiday for you. } Time has fallen in on itself. Recovering from the last 12 months is likely to define the entire decade ahead. The flipside of a year where everything and nothing has happened is that it feels like its gone by in a second. 1944: Anne Frank is deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Every day is a holiday!Receive fresh holidays directly for (var t=0; t Wels Pastor Resigns, South African Golf Commentators, Articles T