In 1949, we printed Esquire's Handbook for Hosts, a guide to eating, drinking, and being merry with friends in your own home. Here, because being a good host is just as important today, we present an except. Read, learn, enjoy.

There's an excuse to throw a party for every day of the year, and every one authentic.

January

1. Happy Hangover Day

2. Today the sun reaches the closest point of the earth

3. The Planet Mercury is visible

4. The Anniversary of the OPM working on a rubber rationing program

5. Anniversary of the National Red Cross

6. Swap Day

7. Birthday of Millard Fillmore

8. 151st birthday of Lowell Mason

9. On this day in '42 Mickey Rooney applied for a marriage license

10. On this day in '42 Skeezix of the funnies landed a new job

11. Anniversary of the meeting of the Federation of Women's Clubs

12. Anniversary of the Saks gigantic sale

13. Buy Defense Stamps Day

14. On this day in '42 the 1 a.m. curfew for bowlers was declared

15. On this day in '42 marked the beer shortage in London

16. Anniversary of the 18th Amendment

17. Birthday of Ben Franklin

18. Anniversary of the opening of Scrap Salvage Office

19. Birthday of Robert E. Lee

20. Inauguration Day

21. On this day in '42 grapes were $6 a pound in London

22. Anniversary of the Hail America Gold Tournament

23. First Anniversary of the U. of Chicago two-year degrees

24. Anniversary of discover of gold in California

25. Anniversary of the announcement of WPB girdle regulations

26. Birthday of Jiffy the Giraffe

27. Anniversary of the tearing down of Honeymoon Bridge at Niagara Falls

28. Annual snowball fight of Rinkeydinks

29. Birthday of William McKinley

30. Birthday of Franklin Roosevelt

31. On this day in '42 Ann Shirley sued for divorce

February

1. First anniversary of the order prohibiting juke boxes

2. Groundhog Day

3. Birthday of Sidney Lanier

4. Anniversary of the meeting of the American Social Hygiene Association

5. Constitution Day Mexico

6. Birthday of Babe Ruth

7. Birthday of writer, Charles Dickens

8. Anniversary of N.Y. Dog Show

9. Feast Day

10. Anniversary of the unification of upper and lower Canada

11. Edison Day

12. Lincoln's Birthday

13. Birthday of Grant Wood, painter

14. Valentine's Day

15. Susan B. Anthony Day

16. Mule Day

17. Anniversary of the Parents and Teachers Association

18. Eve of the Marine invasion of Iwo Jima (1945)

19. Anniversary of the International Council for Exceptional Children

20. Birthday of Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski

21. Anniversary of the dedication of the Washington Monument

22. Washington's Birthday

23. Anniversary of the Red Army

24. Independence Day in Cuba

25. Anniversary of the launching of the Kingfish, a submarine

26. Birthday of the writer, Victor Hugo

27. International Day

28. Anniversary of the Chinese Feast of the Lanterns

March

1. State Day in Nebraska

2. Texas Independence Day

3. Anniversary of the Child Labor Law

4. Anniversary of the meeting of U.S. Congress

5. Anniversary of the bank holiday

6. Anniversary of the meeting of the American Chemical Society

7. asaryk Day for Czechoslovakians

8. Farmer's Day

9. Anniversary of the battle between the ships, Monitor and Merrimac

10. Anniversary of establishment of Albany as the capital of New York

11. Anniversary of the Lease-Lend Act

12. Anniversary of the Girl Scouts

13. Anniversary of the discovery of Planet Pluto

14. Birthday of Albert Einstein

15. Anniversary of the abdication of the Czar of Russia

16. Birthday of James Madison

17. St. Patrick's Day

18. Birthday of Grocer Cleveland

19. Anniversary of the creation of the National Defense Mediation Board

20. Anniversary of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

21. Anniversary of the St. Louis Dog Show

22. Emancipation Day in Puerto Rico

23. Birthday of Larry Chittenden

24. Anniversary of Library of Congress

25. Lady Day

26. Anniversary of the Milwaukee Public School Music Festival

27. Anniversary of Greensboro, N.C. open golf championship

28. Anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Spain

29. Anniversary of Canada's Constitution

30. Seward's Day in Alaska

31. Transfer Day in the Virgin Islands

April

1. Anniversary of the Cherry Blossom Festival

2. Anniversary of the establishment of U.S. Mint

3. Anniversary of the Pony Express

4. Adoption of Act of Chapultepac

5. Bette Davis' and Spenser Tracy's birthdays

6. Old Lady Dady

7. The birthday of Fala, President Roosevelt's dog

8. Anniversary of Ponce de Leon's Landing in Florida

9. Tommy Manville's birthday

10. Founder's Day in the Salvation Army

11. Anniversary of F.D.R.'s increase of national debt limit

12. Anniversary of the passage of Halifax Independence Resolution

13. Birthday of Thomas Jefferson

14. Pan American Day

15. Anniversary of American T. & T. stockholder's meeting

16. DeDiego's meeting in Puerto Rico

17. Geoffrey Chaucer first told The Canterbury Tales to Richard II's court in 1397

18. Anniversary of Paul Revere's ride

19. Patriot's Day

20. Hitler's birthday The other 4/20

21. Princess Elizabeth's birthday

22. Arbor Day

23. Birthday of James Buchannan

24. Anniversary of the Drake Relay Races

25. Anniversary of the reunion dinner of the Fossils

26. Wedding Anniversary of King George and Queen Elizabeth

27. Birthday of Ulysses Grant

28. Birthday of James Monroe

29. Birthday of Hirohito

30. Anniversary of the opening of the N.Y. World's Fair

May

1. Labor Day in the Canal Zone

2. Anniversary of the American Booksellers Convention

3. Semi-Pro Baseball Day

4. Rhode Island Independence Day

5. Anniversary of the exile of Napoleon

6. Anniversary of the purchase of Manhattan by Peter Minuit

7. Birthday of Robert Browning

8. Joan of Arc day

9. Golf Week begins

10. Confederate Memorial Day

11. Birthday of Henry Morgenthau Jr.

12. Birthday of Florence Nightingale

13. Birthday of Joe Louis

14. Ascension Day

15. Anniversary of the Jumping Frog Derby of Calaveras County

16. Raisin Week begins

17. Anniversary of the assembling of the parts of the Statue of Liberty

18. Anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution

19. Spanish Orphan Day

20. Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Anniversary in North Carolina

21. Birthday of De Soto

22. Maritime Day

23. Anniversary of the opening of the New York Library

24. Anniversary of the hanging of Captain Kidd in London

25. Anniversary of the National Spelling Bee

26. Queen Mary's Birthday

27. Anniversary of the sinking German Boat, Bismarck

28. Birthday of the Dionne Quintuplets

29. Anniversary of Roanoke College

30. Decoration Day

31. Anniversary of the Johnstown Flood

June

1. Anniversary of the separation of Kentucky from Virginia

2. Anniversary of the stockholders' meeting of the Standard Oil Co.

3. Birthday of Jefferson Davis

4. Feast Day

5. Anniversary of the Ozark "Smile Girl" contest

6. Constitution Day in Denmark

7. Anniversary of the Congress' approval of penny postcards

8. Anniversary of the meeting of the National Confectioners Association

9. Birthday of Cole Porter

10. Anniversary of the Portland, Ore., Rose Festival

11. Kamehamena Day in Hawaii

12. King George's Birthday

13. Anniversary of the landing in France of General Pershing

14. Flag Day

15. Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's Kite experiment

16. Annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians

17. Bunker Hill Day

18. Birthday of James Montgomery Flagg

19. Birthday of Duchess of Windsor

20. West Virginia Day

21. Birthday of artist Rockwell Kent

22. Bolivarian Day

23. Anniversary of the National Baptist Sunday School Congress

24. Midsummer Day

25. Birthday of Jesse Straus, ambassador

26. Anniversary of the American Crow Hunters Association

27. Anniversary of Fair Labor Standards

28. Birthday of Jean Jacques Rousseau

29. Peter and Paul Day

30. Anniversary of the Y.M.C.A.

July

1. Anniversary of President Roosevelt's address to the Democratic countries

2. Anniversary of the opening of the first elevated railroad in New York City

3. Birthday of Samuel de Champlain

4. Independence Day

5. Anniversary of Optimist International

6. Birthday of John Paul Jones

7. Anniversary of Barnard College opening its first summer session in history

8. Anniversary of Jacob's pillow dance

9. Anniversary of the meeting of the Society of American Florists

10. Statehood Day in Wyoming

11. Birthday of John Quincy Adams

12. Birthday of Henry Thoreau

13. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's birthday

14. Bastille Day

15. St. Swithin's Day

16. Birthday of Ronald Amundsen

17. Birthday of Manoz Rivera

18. Birthday of Jane Austen

19. Anniversary of the first Woman's Rights Convention

20. Anniversary of the National Shuffleboard Open Championship

21. Anniversary of the Belgian Independence

22. Birthday of Mendel

23. Chippewa Day

24. Mormon Pioneer Day

25. Occupation Day in Puerto Rico

26. Birthday of Baron Henry de Rothschild

27. Anniversary of the 14th Amendment

28. Mussolini's birthday

29. Dog Day

30. Joseph Lee Day

August

1. Colorado Day

2. John Kieran's birthday

3. New World Anniversary Day

4. Anniversary of the Coast Guard

5. Anniversary of the Chautauqua Institution

6. Deadwood Day

7. Anniversary of the founding of the Order of the Purple Heart

8. Anniversary of Daylight Saving time in London

9. Anniversary day of the first locomotive drawn by steam

10. Birthday of Herbert Hoover

11. Anniversary of the crossing of Niagara Falls on a tightrope by Blondin

12. Indian Day

13. Occupation Day

14. Assumption Day

15. Napoleon's birthday

16. Battle of Bennigton Day

17. Anniversary of Fulton's first steamboat trip

18. Birthday of Virginia Dare, the first white born in the New World

19. Aviation Day

20. Birthday of Benjamin Harrison

21. Birthday of Princess Margaret Rose

22. Birthday of Claude Debussy

23. Anniversary of the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti

24. Anniversary of Parcel Post

25. Independence Day in Uruguay

26. Anniversary of the 19th Amendment

27. Anniversary of Kellogg Peace Pact

28. Anniversary of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

29. Birthday of Maurice Maeterlinck

30. Birthday of Huey p. Long

31. Anniversary of World War II

September

1. Beginning of the oyster season

2. Fiesta of San Esteban

3. Anniversary of the Rooftop Harvest Corn Husking Match

4. Anniversary of the opening of the world's first electric power station

5. Fiesta of Santa Fe

6. Birthday of La Fayette

7. Birthday of J.P. Morgan

8. Magellan arrived from the first trip around the world

9. Admission Day in California

10. Anniversary of the opening of the subway in New York City

11. Manhattan Island was discovered

12. Defender's Day

13. Birthday of Pershing

14. Anniversary of the Gregorian Calendar

15. Birthday of Taft

16. Anniversary of the Cherokee Strip Contest

17. Anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence

18. James Gandolfini's birthday

19. San Jose Day in New Mexico

20. Regatta Day

21. Anniversary of the beginning of George Washington Bridge

22. Execution of Nathan Hale

23. Anniversary of the meeting of the Association of Legal Aid

24. Anniversary of the annual horse show in Monterey, California

25. Anniversary of the Assembly of Telephone Pioneers of America

26. Birthday of the King of Denmark

27. Gold Star Mother's Day

28. Anniversary of the discovery of California

29. Leif Ericsson Day

30. Anniversary of the Munich Pact

October

1. Anniversary of the announcement of Sally Rand's birthday

2. Wedding Anniversary of Governor James of Pennsylvania

3. Today the Planet Mars is only 38, 130, 000 miles from the earth

4. Birthday of Rutherford Hayes

5. Birthday of Chester Alan Arthur

6. Missouri Day

7. Anniversary of Northwestern University's Pajama Contest

8. American Tag Day

9. Anniversary of Arkansas' Tribute to a Mule Pageant

10. Anniversary of the opening of the U.S. Navel Academy

11. Anniversary of the first ascension of the Graf Zeppelin

12. Fraternal Day

13. Anniversary of the meeting of the Town and County Equestrians

14. Anniversary of the Lithuanian Relief Dinner

15. Anniversary of the opening of the lecture season of the Women's Athletic Club

16. Mother's Day at Brookfield Zoo

17. Anniversary of Walgreen's Super-Value Days

18. Alaska Day

19. Anniversary of Medinah Temple Orient Pageant

20. Anniversary of the Alpha Delta Pi Alumnae Meeting

21. Anniversary of the Washington Monument

22. Anniversary of the meeting of the Barber's Association of America

23. Anniversary of the launching of the submarine Trigger

24. Anniversary of Anna Taylor plunging over Niagara Falls in a barrel

25. Anniversary of the opening of George Washington Bridge

26. Anniversary of the Homemakers Conference

27. Anniversary of the New York Subway

28. Anniversary of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty

29. Anniversary of the Illinois Cornhusking Contest

30. Buy a Doughnut Day

31. Nevada Day

November

1. All Saint's Day

2. Memorial day in the Canal Zone

3. Secession from Columbia Day in the Canal Zone

4. Anniversary of the National Roller Derby

5. Anniversary of the election of Al Smith as Governor of N.Y.

6. Anniversary of the meeting of the International Kiwanis Club

7. Anniversary of the meeting of the Gold Star Mothers' Club

8. Anniversary of the election of Governor Lehman

9. Mt. Holyoke College Alumni Day

10. Anniversary of the independence from Spain in the Canal Zone

11. Armistice Day

12. Anniversary of the completion of the New York Subway

13. Anniversary of the Smokes of the Yanks Drive

14. Anniversary of the meeting of ASCAP

15. Anniversary of a Notre Dame-Northwestern game

16. Christening Day of King Leopold

17. Anniversary of the English Speaking Union

18. On this day in '40 a box of Churchill's cigars sold for $2,010

19. Discovery Day in Puerto Rico

20. Anniversary of the National Crocheting Contest

21. Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution

22. Birthday of John Nance Garner

23. Reputation Day in Maryland

24. Birthday of Zachary Taylor

25. Anniversary of the Wheaten Anti-War Rally

26. Anniversary of the meeting of the American Dental Association

27. Anniversary of the meeting of the Snowchasers Club

28. Independence from Spain Day in Canal Zone

29. On this date Byrd reached the North Pole

30. Bonifacio Day

December

1. Anniversary of the Chicago Stock Show

2. Anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine

3. Birthday of Illinois State

4. Anniversary of the U. of Purdue Queen Contest

5. Birthday of Martin Van Buren

6. Anniversary of the placing of the capstone on the Washington Monument

7. Anniversary of the opening of U.S.-Africa airmail service

8. Anniversary of the American Farm Federation

9. Birthday of William Henry Harrison

10. Fewer than 14 shopping days until Christmas

11. Anniversary of the Bank of Moratorium

12. Anniversary of the American Pioneers Bridge Tourney

13. Anniversary of the Annual Hoosier Dinner

14. Anniversary of the 4H Club Meeting

15. Holiday Issue of Esquire is on the newsstands

16. Anniversary of the Railway Business Women's Annual Yule Party

17. Anniversary of the first flight of the Wright Brothers

18. Anniversary of the Indiana University Dames Ball

19. Anniversary of the Big Sisters of the Off the Street Club Yule Party

20. Anniversary of the Mid-Year Graduation at the U. of Chicago

21. On this day the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock

22. Only 3 shopping days until Christmas

23. Anniversary of W. Wilson Foundation

24. Tom and Jerry Night

25. Merry Christmas

26. Anniversary of the of the landing of two baby pandas from China

27. Anniversary of the Chicago Bowling Tournament

28. Holy Innocent's Day

29. Birthday of Andrew Johnson

30. Rizal Day

31. Anniversary of the National Football Coaches' Assn. luncheon

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