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  2. Name day - Wikipedia

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    People celebrate their name day (svátek or dated jmeniny) on the date corresponding to their own given name. Name days are commonly of less importance than birthdays to Czech people. However, name-day celebrations can be, and often are, held together with friends or co-workers of the same name and in this way can grow in size and importance.

  3. History of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The name Texas derives from táysha ... The Republic of Texas. The present-day outlines of the U.S. states (white lines) are superimposed on the boundaries of 1836 ...

  4. Category:Name days - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Name days" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. Name day; B. Name days in Bulgaria; C. Celebrate Your Name Week; Name days in Croatia;

  5. Culture of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The history of Texas, particularly of the old independent Republic of Texas, is intimately bound up with its present culture. Frontier Texas! is a museum of the American Old West in Abilene. Texas is also home to many historical societies, such as: The Texas Historical Commission, an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of ...

  6. List of African-American holidays - Wikipedia

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    Name Number of States/territories celebrating First celebrated States Celebrating Remarks February 4 or December 1: Rosa Parks Day: 8: 1998: Alabama (2018), [3] California (2000), Michigan (1998), [4] Missouri (2015), Ohio (2011), Oregon (2014), Tennessee (2019), [5] Texas (2021) The birthday or arrest of Rosa Parks March 22 or April 16 or May ...

  7. Once, Texas had its own ‘States’ Rights Thanksgiving Day,’ to ...

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    Texas refused to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving. But Texans refused to go along. November has five Thursdays this year. That’s how it was in 1944, 1945, 1950, 1951 and 1956.

  8. It's World Animal Day! These iconic species are the official ...

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    Developed in Texas in the mid-19th century as a working dog for herding, hunting and tracking, the Blue Lacy is the state's official dog breed. Its intelligence, speed, and stamina make it an ...

  9. "Sandwiches of History": Resurrecting sandwich recipes that ...

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    Though the sandwich gets its name famously from the Fourth Earl of Sandwich, the earliest sandwich Enderwick has eaten dates from 200 B.C.E. China, a seared beef sandwich called Rou Jia Mo. He ...