And what do you do if you can't think of anything significant to link to? Well, there's always This Day in History, which is where I learned that January 23 is "Legible Handwriting Day". A rather limited search didn't bring up any other confirmation of that fascinating fact (though somewhat to my surprise it did show that a large number of web sites try to relate seriously to the topic of legible handwriting), but (perhaps in keeping with the topic of this month's column) I can't think of any reason to doubt its accuracy, and that is because of the explanation given for why January 23:
Today is "Legible Handwriting" Day! John Hancock is honored this day as the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Hancock, of Boston, was born on January 23, 1737. The day in his honor promotes legible handwriting. Do you have any idea, why? Well, because at the signing, Mr. Hancock reportedly said, "I'll sign it in letters bold enough so the King of England can see it without his spectacles on!" And he did. Now you know where the phrase, "put your John Hancock on it", comes from. And we're signing off...
Of course that suggests that this is a national (U.S.) "holiday". After all, I doubt that the British would choose this particular day to celebrate legible handwriting. And no organization or institution seems to be responsible for whatever festivities may take place. But be that as it may, learning about this day via the WWW where copy and paste almost totally replace handwriting makes for the sort of connection that I can't ignore.