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Chase's Calendar of Events

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{{refimprove|date=December 2011}}{{italictitle}}Chase's Calendar of Events is an annual American publication, started in 1957 by brothers William (Bill) D. Chase (a journalist and publisher from Michigan), and Harrison V. Chase (a university social scientist from Florida).^[1]^[2] It includes special events, holidays, federal and state observances, historic anniversaries, and more unusual celebratory traditions.^[3] Bill Chase worked as a newspaper librarian and saw a need for "a single reference source for calendar dates, and for authoritative and current information about various observances throughout the year".^[3]

The brothers gathered information on events and the first edition of 2,000 copies was printed for 1958. "It was 32 pages, contained 364 entries and sold for $1", while recent editions are 752 pages and contain more than 12,000 entries.^[3] A promotion sponsored by the US Chamber of Commerce was added in 1958: a pamphlet listed commercial promotions as Special Days, Weeks and Months, and remained in future editions.^[3] Contemporary Books in Chicago, Illinois, took over publication in 1983 and the Chases retired in 1987 from compiling the calendar, which is now handled by an in-house staff of editors and researchers. Contemporary Books was acquired by Tribune in 1993 and sold to McGraw-Hill Companies in September 2000. ^[4]^[3] McGraw-Hill sold the property to Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group in January 2015, where it is now published by Bernan Press, an imprint of RLPG. ^[5]

Sections

Sections of the calendar include

Astronomical Phenomena
Religious Observances
National and International Observances and Civic Holidays
Special Days, Weeks and Months
Presidential Proclamations
Events and Festivals
Anniversaries
Birthdays Today ^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/dining/30holi.html | title = Having a Snack? Make It a Holiday | first = Kim | last = Severson| authorlink = Kim Severson | date = May 30, 2007 | work = The New York Times}}
2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.annarbor.com/news/chasing-down-days-ann-arbor-founder-of-chases-calendar-of-events-turns-90/ | title = Ann Arbor man, 90, founded catalogue of events for every day of the year | date = April 2, 2012 | first = Janet | last = Miller | work = AnnArbor.com}}
3. ^¹²³⁴⁵McGraw Hill profile
4. ^{{Cite web| title = Tribune acquisitions: Tribune Co. said Tuesday it reached...| work = tribunedigital-chicagotribune| accessdate = 2016-08-02| url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-07-06/news/9307070173_1_contemporary-books-tribune-distribution-of-interactive-multimedia}}
5. ^Rowman and Littlefield press release, Jan 28, 2015

Additional sources

{{cite web | url = http://www.gainesville.com/article/20060207/DAYBREAK/60206034 | title = Mark your calendar | date = February 7, 2006 | first = Jessica | last = Gavilan | publisher = The Gainesville Sun}}

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