Today is Krakatoa Day.
On August 26th-27th, 1883, the REAL Krakatoa volcano erupted, creating tsunamis, a mini-nuclear winter and changing the meaning of the expression “once in a blue moon”, among other things.
Not exactly a reason to celebrate, but worth mentioning…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp7/asia/question879.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/07jul_bluemoon.htm