Chase's Calendar of Events 2019
The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months| By: | Editors of Chase's |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9781641432634 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781641432641 |
| Edition: | 62 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe!
The world’s date book, Chase's is the definitive day-by-day resource of what America and the world are celebrating and commemorating.
From national days to celebrity birthdays, from historical anniversaries to astronomical phenomena, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the must-have reference used by experts and professionals—a one-stop shop with 12,500 entries for everything that is happening now or is worth remembering from the past.
Completely updated for 2019, Chase's also features extensive appendices as well as a companion website that puts the power of Chase's at the user's fingertips.
2019 is packed with special events and observances, including
The International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical ElementsThe Transit of MercuryNational days and public holidays of every nation on EarthCelebrations and observances of Leonardo da Vinci's 500th death anniversaryThe 100th anniversary of the 1919 World Series ScandalThe 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landingThe 200th birthdays of Queen Victoria and Walt WhitmanThe 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi and the 100th birth anniversary of Jackie RobinsonScores of new holidays and national daysBirthdays of new world leaders, office holders, and breakout starsAnd much more!
All from the reference book that NPR's Planet Money calls the "Oxford English Dictionary of holidays."