July 13 Holidays

Embrace Your Geekness Day was created to celebrate the devoted pursuit of niche interests — from astrophysics to competitive board gaming to obscure cinema — and to encourage people to share their most specialized knowledge without apology. National Barbershop Music Appreciation Day celebrates the a cappella four-part harmony tradition that emerged from African American barbershops in the late 19th century, formalized into competitions by the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, founded in 1938. National Beans ‘n’ Franks Day celebrates the pairing of baked beans and frankfurter sausages — a combination whose roots lie in 19th-century American camp cooking and whose modern form is inseparable from the American summer cookout. Gruntled Workers Day was created to celebrate employees who are genuinely satisfied with their jobs — the rare, valuable antidote to employee disengagement. Niche obsession, four-part harmony, a camp pot, and the positive form of a negative word.