February 16 - Slo-Mo Meets Trick-Shot Archery!

Posted on February 16, 2021

It was a Tuesday in 2016. February 16, 2016, to be exact. An Instagrammer named James Jean posted a slo-mo video of him shooting a clay pigeon with an arrow.

He got a LOT more views than his usual posts did.

That success may have prompted him to post an archery trick-shot. Again, he got more views, and a few months after that he posted more archery, and BOOM - way more views!

Soon James Jean renamed his Instagram feed "jamesjeantrickshots," and he got better and better at filming his archery exploits. Whether he's shooting a can of soda, a teeny tiny aspirin (!), or through a wedding ring, the slo-mo shots are fun to watch! 

Also on this date:

Anniversary of the patent for nylon  

National Almond Day

Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays's birthday

Anniversary of the opening of King Tut's burial chamber

Lithuania's Independence Day

Anniversary of the first Esperanto club in the U.S.

First 9-1-1 Call

Birthday of chess champion Vera Menchik

Birthday of actor LeVar Burton

Travel Africa Day

(Third or Fourth Tuesday of February)

Mardi Gras
(Shrove Tuesday)

Carnival
(Shrove Tuesday)





Kanaval in Haiti

(Shrove Tuesday)

Pancake Day

(Shrove Tuesday)

International Pancake Day Race

(Shrove Tuesday)

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December 3 - World Trick Shot Day

Posted on December 3, 2019

(First Tuesday of December)

A trick shot - at least the kind of trick shot being celebrated today - is an especially fancy, gravity-defying, or unusual basketball goal. The Harlem Globetrotters - a team many credit with originating the trick shot - started this special day and ask people to post on social media their own best trick shot. Of course, everyone should use the hashtag #WorldTrickShotDay so that the Globetrotters and others can find and watch their derring-do!

In this video, a young woman makes
three backwards shots in a row!

I read that a lot of trick shot videos and photos
found on the internet are fake - and I don't know if
these shots (above and below) are, or are not,real!

This trick shot requires skills from juggling
more than from basketball, don't you think?

You don't necessarily have to be on a basketball
court to do a trick shot - some people shoot baskets
from rooftops or other higher-than-the-hoop places!

The Harlem Globetrotters have been around since 1926. They merge sports with entertainment, athletic ability with humor and personality. They even hold world records for some of their feats!

Check out some Globetrotter antics here.

Also on this date:

Anniversary of the discovery of Himalia 

Anniversary of first mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing

Actor and storyteller Te Ata Fisher's birthday

Anniversary of the first close-ups of Jupiter

Painter Gilbert Stuart's birthday 

Anniversary of the demonstration of neon lights

Scientist and doctor Carlos Juan Finlay's birthday 

Illinois's statehood anniversary

Anniversary of the adoption of the Singapore flag

Anniversary of the Broadway opening of Camelot

Giving Tuesday

(Tuesday after Thanksgiving)

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