About National Nothing Day
National Nothing Day is an "un-event" that was proposed in 1972 by the columnist Harold Pullman Coffin and has been observed annually on 16th January since 1973.
Pullman Coffin intended "to provide Americans with one national day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything." and though other events have been listed on this day, lighthearted traditional observance of Coffin's idea has continued.
