Say What?!: Black Cat Appreciation Day Seeks to Bring Good Luck to Black Cats

Black Cat Appreciation Day, celebrated annually on August 17, started in 2011 by a New York man who wanted to memorialize his sister and dispel myths about black cats.

Wayne H. Morris founded the holiday in 2011 as a tribute to his sister and her 20-year-old cat, Sinbad, who had both died that year.

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