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Wear Something Gaudy Day

Wear Something Gaudy Day is held on October 17. This event in the second decade of the month October is annual.
What a fabulous unusual holiday. In the 1970's television comedy Three's Company, Larry Dallas, played by Richard Kline, called for a Wear Something Gaudy Day. That is believed to be when the day got started, and people have been standing out from the crowd with their style of dress ever since.
Wear Something Gaudy Day is celebrated every year on 17th October. This funny day cheers everyone to put on all the flashy, crazy, and gaudy clothes you would not wear on an average day. Wear Something Gaudy Day is a Day for bad taste, flashy clothes and funny people to take part in the celebration. The word gaudy refers to something that is bright, flashy, cheap, crazy, tacky, and tasteless. On this Day, hang out by wearing a tedious and tasteless clothes.

Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts

Dictionary Day on October 16 (is held in honor of Noah Webster, the man who is considered to have fathered the American Dictionary);
Feral Cat Day on October 16 (Global Cat Day, Alley Cat Allies);
Steve Jobs Day on October 16 (was established by the Governor of California in memorial to this great innovator, who passed from the world in October of 2011);
Spreadsheet Day on October 17;
Get Smart About Credit Day on October 17 (was established by the ABA - American Bankers Association);
Confucius Day on October 18 (Confucius' birthday falls on the 27th day of the eighth lunar month according to the Chinese calendar);
No Beard Day on October 18;
Bridge Day on October 18 (is an annual one-day festival in Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States);
Sweetest Day in Great Lakes region on October 18 (is celebrated on the third Saturday in October)
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