October 7 Holidays

National Frappe Day celebrates the blended iced coffee drink — invented in 1957 in Thessaloniki, Greece, when a Nescafé representative accidentally shook instant coffee with cold water and created a foam-topped cold beverage that became the national drink of Greek café culture. International Day of Peaceful Communication was established to promote the principles of non-violent communication, active listening, and the conflict-resolution frameworks developed by Marshall Rosenberg — a set of skills shown to improve both personal and organizational relationships. National Coffee with a Cop Day was established by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to encourage informal conversations between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve. National LED Light Day was established to promote LED lighting — a technology that uses 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs and lasts 25 times longer, with the U.S. Department of Energy estimating it could save $30 billion in energy costs annually.