Chase's Calendar of Events 2014 with CD-ROM - Softcover

Editors Of Chase'S Calendar Of Events, N/A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071829504 ISBN 13: 9780071829502

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2013

Synopsis

As featured on The Today Show!

12,500 entries. 196 countries. 365 days.

Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe!

If you're looking to tie a promotional event to a special month, create a suggested reading list based on a literary birth anniversary, travel to a music festival halfway around the world, blog about a historical milestone or do a celebrity birthday round-up on your radio show or Twitterfeed, Chase's Calendar of Events is the one resource that has it all. For broadcasters, journalists, event planners, public relations professionals, librarians, editors, writersor simply the curious, this is one reference you can't do without!

Chase's Calendar of Events 2014 brings you:

• Major sporting events such as the Games of the XXII Winter Olympiad at Sochi, Russia (Feb 7-23), and theFIFA World Cup in Brazil (June 12-July 13).
• Milestones such as the 450th birth anniversary of William Shakespeare; the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner"; the 100th anniversaries of the beginning of World War I and the opening of the Panama Canal; the 75th anniversary of the beginning of World War II; the 50th anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Beatlemania and much more.
• New birthday entries for sports stars such as Mo Farah (Mar 23), Ryan Lochte (Aug 3) and Gabrielle Douglas(Dec 31); actors such as Kerry Washington (Jan 31), Lena Dunham (May 13) and Mads Mikkelsen (Nov 22); musical artists such as Carly Rae Jepsen (Nov 21) and Psy (Dec 31); and authors such as Téa Obreht (Sept 30) and Ann Patchett (Dec 2) and many others.
• Special days such as National Ferret Day (Apr 2), World Lindy Hop Day (May 26), Extra Mile Day (Nov 1), Lostand Found Day (Dec 12) and more.

Search Chase's Any Way You Want!

Whether you want to target a specifi c date, location or subject, our fully searchable CD-ROM (PCand MAC-compatible) makes your research quick and easy. Also included is a free installer, so you can load Chase’s directly to your hard drive.

About this title

About the Author

Chase's Calendar of Events has been published since 1957. The reference publication is now based in Chicago, IL, and edited by a team of editors, writers and researchers.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071829504
• ISBN 13: 9780071829502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 752