National Fanny Pack Day

March 14 
Yearly Date: Always March 14th

Wimpy Girl’s fanny pack is an important part of her running fashion statement. This fad from the 1980s is perfect for all exercisers. International Fanny Pack Day celebrates this integral runner’s accessory! But there’s more. Celebrating this handy belt today also brings light to a serious social concern…feeding the hungry.

Nick Yates created International Fanny Pack Day in 2007. The desire to create this holiday came out of a random encounter he had with a homeless man after a Christmas party. At the party, he had received a fruitcake and a fanny pack as gag gifts. Thinking it wouldn’t hurt, he strapped on the fanny pack and put the fruitcake inside (you could put many things in those fanny packs!) and set off for the bus stop.


When he was on the way to the bus stop, a homeless man teased him about the fanny pack. Mr. Yates then gave the man the fruitcake and continued on his way, though reportedly the man was not overly thrilled with the cake! This got him to thinking that there could be a connection between the fanny pack and helping the hungry. He would go on to get into contact with food banks to get the movement started. He continued to hand out food while wearing the fanny pack. The idea took off and had been celebrated in over seven countries.


Hunger is a problem throughout the world. It doesn’t matter how advanced or wealthy a country is, there always seems to be a part of society that just cannot get what they need. Nick Yates created something out of a gag gift that has helped countless people. Celebrate International Fanny Pack Day by digging yours out of the back of the closet and fill it up with food to pass out in your community.’


And of course, don’t forget to take it with you on your morning run!

 

Quote for the Day

“One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.”

Jeff Bridges

Famous People Born in March

March 1, 1994 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer

March 2, 1779- Joel Roberts Poinsett, American Ambassador to Mexico brought Poinsettias to America.

March 2, 1904 – Theodore Seuss Geisel, “Dr. Seuss”

March 2, 1917- Desi Arnaz, “Ricky Ricardo” on “I Love Lucy”

March 2, 1931- Mikhail Gorbachev, Leader of USSR

March 2, 1950- Karen Carpenter, singer “We’ve Only Just Begun”

March 2, 1962- Jon Bon Jovi, singer, actor

March 3, 1847- Alexander Graham Bell, invented the telephone

March 3, 1920 – James Doohan,  actor, “Scotty” on TV Series and movies “Star Trek”

March 3, 1962- Jackie Joiner-Kersee,  Olympic gold medalist

March 4, 1888- Knute Rockne, Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” football coach

March 5, 1908- Rex Harrison,  actor

March 5, 1936- Dean Stockwell,  actor

March 5, 1958- Andy Gibb, member of “Beegees” band

March 5, 1989- Jake Lloyd, actor “Anakin Skywalker” in “Star Wars: Phantom Menace”

March 6, 1475- Michelangelo, Renaissance painter

March 6, 1906- Lou Costello, comedian, of Abbott and Costello

March 6, 1923- Ed McMahon, “Johnny Carson Tonight Show”

March 6, 1926- Alan Greenspan,  Chairman of Federal Reserve

March 6, 1945- Rob Reiner, actor, director

March 6, 1959- Tom Arnold, actor

March 6, 1972- Shaquille O’Neal, NBA star

March 7, 1934- Willard Scott, NBC weatherman

March 8, 1945- Mickey Dolenz, singer, actor, “Mickey” of the “Monkees”

March 9, 1934- Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut, first man in space

March 9, 1943- Bobby Fischer, World Chess champion

March 10, 1928- James Earl Ray,  assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.

March 10, 1940 Chuck Norris, , martial arts, “Walker” in TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger”

March 10, 1957- Osama Bin Laden, , Al Queda terrorist leader

March 10, 1958- Sharon Stone, , actress, “Basic Instinct”

March 10, 1983- Carrie Underwood, , American Idol winner

March 11, 1903- Lawrence Welk, , bandleader

March 11, 1934- Sam Donaldson, TV Journalist

March 12, 1923- Wally Schirra,  astronaut

March 12, 1941- Barbara Feldon,  actress

March 12, 1946- Liza Minnelli,  actress, singer

March 12, 1948- James Taylor,  American singer-songwriter

March 12, 1962- Darryl Strawberry, baseball player

March 13, 1855- Percival Lowell, astronomer

March 13, 1911- L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer

March 13, 1939- Neil Sedaka, singer, songwriter

March 14, 1864- Casey Jones, railroad engineer

March 14, 1879- Albert Einstein, physicist

March 14, 1912- Les Brown, and his “Band of Renown”

March 14, 1920- Hank Ketcham, cartoonist, created “Dennis the Menace”

March 14, 1928- Frank Borman, astronaut, airline executive

March 14, 1933- Michael Caine, actor

March 14, 1947- Billy Crystal, actor, comedian

March 15, 1767 – Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. President(1829-1837), hero of the War of 1812

March 15, 1933- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice

March 15, 1935- Judd Hirsch, actor, TV series “Taxi”

March 15, 1941- Mike Love, singer, musician, Beach Boys

March 15, 1961- Fabio, actor, model

March 15, 1975- Eva Longoria, actress, TV series “Desperate Housewives”

March 16, 1751 – James Madison, 4th U.S President(1809-1817)

March 16, 1822- Rosa Bonheur, French painter

March 16, 1906- Henny Youngman, comedian

March 16, 1912- Pat Nixon, Wife of Richard M. Nixon, First Lady

March 16, 1926- Jerry Lewis, actor, comedian

March 16, 1949- Erik Estrada,  actor

March 17, 1902- Bobby Jones, golfer

March 17, 1919- Nat “King” Cole, singer

March 17, 1938- Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballet dancer

March 17, 1945- Tony Dow, actor, brother “Wallie” on TV series “Leave it to Beaver”

March 17, 1949- Patrick Duffy, actor “Bobby Ewing” on TV Series “Dallas”

March 17, 1951- Kurt Russell, actor

March 17, 1964- Rob Lowe, actor

March 18, 1782- John C. Calhoun, statesman, vice president

March 18, 1837- Grover Cleveland, 22d and 24th U.S. President(1885-1889, 1893-1897)

March 18, 1869- Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister

March 18, 1926- Peter Graves, actor

March 18, 1939- Charley Pride, singer

March 18, 1941- Wilson Pickett, singer, songwriter

March 18, 1963- Vanessa Williams, singer, actress

March 18, 1964- Bonnie Blair, Olympic speed skating champion

March 18, 1970- Queen Latifah, rap singer, actress

March 19, 1589- William Bradford, , Pilgrim/Governor of Plymouth Colony

March 19, 1813- David Livingstone, , physician, explorer

March 19, 1848- Wyatt Earp, , Wild West lawman

March 19, 1891- Earl Warren, chief justice of the Supreme Court

March 19, 1906- Adolf Eichmann, Nazi leader

March 19, 1936- Ursula Andress, actress

March 19, 1947- Glenn Close, actress

March 19, 1955- Bruce Willis, actor

March 20, 1811- Napoleon Bonaparte II, Emperor of France and King of Rome

March 20, 1906- Ozzie Nelson, Actor, “The Nelsons”

March 20, 1922- Carl Reiner, actor, comedian

March 20, 1928- Fred Rogers, actor Children’s show “Mr. Rogers”

March 20, 1931- Hal Linden, actor, singer

March 20, 1939- Brian Mulroney, Canadian Prime Minister

March 20, 1948- Bobby Orr, hockey player

March 20, 1957- Spike Lee, director, filmmaker

March 21, 1685- Johann Sebastian Bach, , German musical composer

March 21, 1910- Julio Gallo, , California wine vintner

March 21, 1944- Timothy Dalton, , actor

March 21, 1962- Matthew Broderick, actor

March 21, 1962- Rosie O’Donnell, TV personality, actress

March 22, 1887- Chico Marx , of Marx Brothers

March 22, 1913- Karl Malden, actor

March 22, 1919- Werner Klemperner, actor

March 22, 1923- Marcel Marceau, French mime

March 22, 1930- Pat Robertson, , evangelist, presidential candidate

March 22, 1931- William Shatner, , actor James T. Kirk, on Star Trek

March 22, 1934- Orrin Hatch, , senator

March 22, 1943- George Benson, , singer, musician

March 22, 1948- Andrew Lloyd Webber, , English composer

March 22, 1952- Bob Costas, sportscaster

March 22, 1959- Matthew Modine, actor

March 23, 1904- Joan Crawford, Oscar winning actress

March 23, 1900- Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst

March 23, 1912- Werner von Braun, rocket pioneer, scientist

March 23, 1929- Roger Bannister, runner, first person to break 4-minute mile

March 23, 1953- Louie Anderson, comedian, actor

March 23, 1953- Chaka Khan, singer

March 24, 1855- Andrew Mellon, financier, industrialist

March 24, 1874- Harry Houdini, magician

March 24, 1893- George Sisler, baseball player

March 24, 1930- Steve McQueen, actor

March 24, 1970- Lara Flynn Boyle, actress

March 24, 1973- Jim Parsons,  American actor, “Sheldon” on TV show “Big Bang Theory”

March 24, 1976- Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts All Star Quarterback

March 25, 1871- Gutzon Borglum, sculpted Mt. Rushmore

March 25, 1918- Howard Cosell, American Sportscaster

March 25, 1934- Gloria Steinem, author

March 25, 1942- Aretha Franklin, singer

March 25, 1922- Paul Michael Glaser, actor, director

March 25, 1947- Elton John, English singer, songwriter, musician

March 25, 1965- Sarah Jessica Parker, actress

March 25, 1982- Danica Patrick, American NASCAR race car driver

March 26, 1874- Robert Frost, poet

March 26, 1911- Tennessee Williams, playwright

March 26, 1930- Sandra Day O’Connor, Supreme Court justice

March 26, 1931- Leonard Nimoy, actor, director, “Spock” in “Star Trek”

March 26, 1934- Alan Arkin, actor

March 26, 1939- James Caan, actor

March 26, 1940- Nancy Pelosi, American Democratic party congresswoman, Speaker of the House

March 26, 1944- Diana Ross, singer, actress

March 26, 1950- Martin Short, actor, comedian

March 26, 1960- Marcus Allen, NFL running back, sportscaster

March 26, 1962- John Stockton, basketball player

March 27, 1845- Wilhelm Roentgen, scientist, discovered X-rays

March 27, 1899- Gloria Swanson, actress

March 27, 1931- David Janssen, actor, “The Fugitive”

March 27, 1940- Cale Yarborough, auto racer

March 27, 1963- Randall Cunningham, NFL Quarterback

March 27, 1963- Quentin Tarantino, actor, director

March 27, 1970- Mariah Carey, American singer and actress

March 28, 1899- August Anheuser Busch Jr.,Beer baron

March 28, 1921- Dirk Bogarde, actor

March 28, 1944- Ken Howard, actor

March 28, 1955- Reba McEntire, country western singer

March 28, 1981- Julia Stiles, actress

March 28, 1986- Lady Gaga, American singer, songwriter, actress

March 29, 1790- John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-1845)

March 29, 1867- Cy Young, baseball pitcher

March 29, 1916- Eugene McCarthy, senator, presidential nominee

March 29, 1918- Pearl Bailey, singer, entertainer

March 29, 1918- Sam Walton, founded Wal-Mart

March 29, 1945- Walt Frazier, basketball player

March 29, 1955- Earl Campbell, football player

March 29, 1963- M. C. Hammer, rap singer

March 29, 1964- Elle MacPherson, Australian actress, super model

March 29, 1968- Lucy Lawless, actress

March 29, 1976- Jennifer Capriati, tennis player

March 30, 1853- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter

March 30, 1929- Richard Dysart, actor

March 30, 1930- John Astin, actor

March 30, 1937- Warren Beatty, actor, director

March 30, 1945- Eric Clapton, musician, singer, songwriter

March 30, 1957- Paul Reiser, actor

March 30, 1962- M.C. Hammer, rapper

March 30, 1968- Celine Dion, singer

March 31, 1596- René Descartes, philosopher, mathematician

March 31, 1732- Franz Joseph Haydn, composer

March 31, 1811- Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, invented the Bunsen Burner

March 31, 1878- Jack Johnson, first Afro-American boxer to win heavyweight crown

March 31, 1927- Cesar Chavez, labor leader

March 31, 1928- Gordie Howe, hockey player

March 31, 1929- Liz Claiborne, fashion designer

March 31, 1932- John Jakes, author

March 31, 1934- Shirley Jones, actress, singer

March 31, 1935- Herb Albert, musician

March 31, 1935- Richard Chamberlain,  actor

March 31, 1943- Christopher Walken, actor

March 31, 1948- Al Gore Jr., vice president , presidential candidate

March 31, 1948- Rhea Perlman,  actress

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