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Towel Day
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Key facts
- Official name
- Towel Day
- Observed by
- Fans of the author Douglas Adams
- Type
- International
- Observances
- carrying a towel throughout the day
- Date
- 25 May
- Next time
- 25 May 2027 ( 2027-05-25 )
- Frequency
- annual
- Related to
- Douglas Adams , The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Towel Day - Celebrating the life and work of Douglas Adams
Towel Day is an annual celebration on the 25th of May, as a tribute to the late author Douglas Adams (1952-2001). On that day, fans around the universe carry a towel in his honour.
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.towelday.org
- Image
- Towelday-Innsbruck.jpg
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- inception
- 2001-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Towel Day
- Commons category
- Towel Day
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- May 25
- commemorates
- Douglas Adams
- social media followers
- 6957
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Encyclopedic overview
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author. The commemoration was first held 25 May 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on 11 May.
Origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Towel Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.