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    Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. [2] 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.
    Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Fans of Adams have commemorated his life and work by carrying towels with them every year. Why a towel?
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    Towel Day - Wikipedia

    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 … See more

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    The importance of the towel was introduced in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy original radio series in 1978. The follow-up book explained the importance of towels in The Hitchhiker's … See more

    Several news sources around the world have mentioned Towel Day, including the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten and the television news show NRK Nyheter, … See more

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  4. Towel Day - Celebrating the life and work of Douglas …

    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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  6. What's the deal with towels in 'The Hitchhiker's Guide …

    May 25, 2024 · Today is Towel Day, that officially recognized revelry of rags that breaks out each year on May 25 amid the quirky fandom of author Douglas Adams and his satirical 1979 sci-fi masterpiece, "The...

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  8. Towel Day, Douglas Adams, And The Real Meaning Of …

    May 25, 2016 · Named in honor of “the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have,” Towel Day is held on the soonest date that could be widely organized to honor Adams in the wake of his...

  9. Towel Day salutes the legacy of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide …

    Today, May 25, is officially known as Towel Day. This day is meant to honor the beloved author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," Douglas Adams, whose writings have inspired...

  10. TOWEL DAY - May 25, 2025 - National Today

    Towel Day on May 25 is an annual holiday created to celebrate author Douglas Adams by his fans. Adams wrote the classic sci-fi novel, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” This day was organized in memory of him after he suffered a …

  11. The 10 best Douglas Adams quotes for Towel Day

    But Douglas Adams gave us many more memorable sayings, in the ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ series, ‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’ and even in scripts for ‘Doctor Who’. Here are...

  12. Towel Day - Celebrating the life and work of Douglas Adams

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