15 Nationally Recognized ‘Holidays’ You Won’t Believe

Happy National Cheesecake Day (July 30) — and check out the other delicious items that are really on the 'calendar,' too

4.) Sweetest Day of the Year.

Celebrated on the third Saturday of October, this special holiday was started by the card and candy industry to sell more products; the earliest mentions of “Sweetest Day of the Year” were in several advertisements found in Indiana, Minnesota, and Texas newspapers. Think of it as a male-only directed Valentine’s Day in October.