July 24 Holidays

National Tequila Day celebrates the agave-based spirit produced exclusively in the states of Jalisco, Nayarit, Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Tamaulipas, Mexico — tequila must be made from at least 51 percent blue agave and requires the blue Weber agave to take 8–12 years to mature before harvest. National Cousins Day was created to celebrate the cousin relationship — siblings by extension, friends by choice — and to encourage people to reach out to cousins they have not connected with recently. Amelia Earhart Day marks July 24, 1897, the birthday of Amelia Earhart, who in 1932 became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic and in 1937 disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe. International Self Care Day was established by the International Self Care Foundation on July 24 — a date chosen because 24/7 represents the 24 hours a day and 7 days a week that self-care should be practiced. Agave, a cousin, a mystery over the Pacific, and a 24/7 reminder.