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Today is March 7 2014

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Today's Holidays and Historical Events (updated daily)
Today's Food Holiday

National Cereal Day: More

Other celebrations/observances today:
  • National Crown Roast of Pork Day: More
  • National Doodle Day!: More
  • National Day of Unplugging: More
Events in the past on: March 7
  • In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
    From Wikipedia: 'In 1875, Bell developed an acoustic telegraph and drew up a patent application for it. Since he had agreed to share U.S. profits with his investors Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders, Bell requested that an associate in Ontario, George Brown, attempt to patent it in Britain, instructing his lawyers to apply for a patent in the U.S. only after they received word from Britain (Britain would issue patents only for discoveries not previously patented elsewhere).

    Meanwhile, Elisha Gray was also experimenting with acoustic telegraphy and thought of a way to transmit speech using a water transmitter. On February 14, 1876, Gray filed a caveat with the U.S. Patent Office for a telephone design that used a water transmitter. That same morning, Bell's lawyer filed Bell's application with the patent office. There is considerable debate about who arrived first and Gray later challenged the primacy of Bell's patent. Bell was in Boston on February 14 and did not arrive in Washington until February 26.

    Bell's patent 174,465, was issued to Bell on March 7, 1876, by the U.S. Patent Office. Bell's patent covered "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically ... by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sound" Bell returned to Boston the same day and the next day resumed work, drawing in his notebook a diagram similar to that in Gray's patent caveat'.
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  • In 1912, Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
    From Wikipedia: 'Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian: 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole.'

    'The team returned to Framheim on 25 January 1912, with 11 surviving dogs. They made their way off the continent and to Hobart, Australia, where Amundsen publicly announced his success on 7 March 1912. He telegraphed news to backers.
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  • In 1939, 'Glamour' magazine begins publishing.
    From Wikipedia: 'Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 and first published in April 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood,'

    'In August 1943, the magazine changed its name, to Glamour with the subtitle of for the girl with the job. The magazine is published in a larger format than many of its counterparts. Its current editor-in-chief is Cynthia Leive'.
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  • In 1946, At the 18th Academy Awards:
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    Best Picture is, The Lost Weekend
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    Best Actor is Ray Milland for 'The Lost Weekend'
    Best Actress is Joan Crawford for 'Mildred Pierce'
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    Best Supporting Actor is James Dunn for 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'
    Best Supporting Actress is Anne Revere for 'National Velvet'
    Best Song is It Might as Well Be Spring from 'State Fair'
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  • In 1955, At the 7th Emmy Awards,
    -- Best Situation Comedy is 'Make Room for Daddy'.
    -- Best Dramatic Program is 'The United States Steel Hour'.
    -- Best Variety Series is 'Disneyland'.
    -- Best Audience, Guest Participation is 'This Is Your Life'.
    -- Best Mystery or Intrigue Series is 'Dragnet'.
    -- Best Children's Program is 'Lassie'.
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  • In 1962, Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data).
    From Wikipedia: 'The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of eight American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets. Their primary mission was to observe an 11-year sun spot cycle in UV and X-ray spectra. The initial seven (OSO 1–7) were built by Ball Aerospace, then known as Ball Brothers Research Corporation (BBRC), in Boulder Colorado. OSO 8 was built by Hughes Space and Communications Company, in Culver City, California.'

    'The basic design of the entire series featured a rotating section, the "Wheel," to provide gyroscopic stability. A second section, the "Sail," was driven electrically against the Wheel's rotation, and stabilized to point at the Sun. The Sail carried pointed solar instruments, and also the array of solar photovoltaic cells which powered the spacecraft'.
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  • In 1979, At the 5th People's Choice Awards,
    -- Favorite Overall Motion Picture is 'Grease'.
    -- Favorite Motion Picture Actor is Burt Reynolds.
    -- Favorite Female Motion Picture Actress is Olivia Newton-John'.
    -- Favorite New TV Dramatic Program is 'Battlestar Galactica'.
    -- Favorite New TV Comedy Program is 'Mork and Mindy'.
    -- Favorite TV Comedy Program is 'M*A*S*H'.
    -- Favorite TV Dramatic Program is 'Little House on the Prairie'.
    -- Favorite Female TV Performer is 'Mary Tyler Moore'.
    -- Favorite Male TV Performer is 'Alan Alda'.
    -- Favorite Song is 'Double Vision'.
    -- At PeoplesChoice.com: More
  • In 2009, The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
    From Wikipedia: 'Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The spacecraft, named after the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, was launched on March 7, 2009.

    'Designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way to discover dozens of Earth-size exoplanets in or near the habitable zone and estimate how many of the billions of stars in the Milky Way have such planets, Kepler's sole instrument is a photometer that continually monitors the brightness of over 145,000 main sequence stars in a fixed field of view. This data is transmitted to Earth, then analyzed to detect periodic dimming caused by exoplanets that cross in front of their host star.'

    'As of January 2015, Kepler and its follow-up observations had found 1,013 confirmed exoplanets in about 440 stellar systems, along with a further 3,199 unconfirmed planet candidates. Four planets have been confirmed through Kepler's K2 mission. In November 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars and red dwarfs within the Milky Way. It is estimated that 11 billion of these planets may be orbiting Sun-like stars. The nearest such planet may be 3.7 parsecs (12 ly) away, according to the scientists. NASA announced the 1000th confirmed exoplanet discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope. Four of the newly confirmed exoplanets were found to orbit within habitable zones of their related stars: three of the four, Kepler-438b, Kepler-442b and Kepler-452b, are near-Earth-size and likely rocky; the fourth, Kepler-440b, is a super-Earth'.
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  • In 2010, At the 82nd Academy Awards:
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    Best Picture is, The Hurt Locker
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    Best Actor is Jeff Bridges for 'Crazy Heart'
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    Best Actress is Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side'
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    Best Supporting Actor is Christoph Waltz for 'Inglourious Basterds'
    Best Supporting Actress is Mo'Nique for 'Precious'
    Best Song is The Weary Kind from 'Crazy Heart'
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  II.
Henry's Heads Up! - previous days social media post (updated daily)

Nothing. Looks like I was lazy on this day.

 III.
Top Song & Movie 50 years ago today

No. 1 song

  • I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles: More
    The Beatles have there first hit the No. 1 in the US. This will hold the no. 1 spot until March 21st, when another Beatles song, She Loves You, takes over.

Top movie

  • Dead Ringer More
    It will be there until the weekend box office of March 8, 1964 when, Kissin' Cousins, takes over.
  IV.
Today in the Past (reference sites): March 7
   V.
This month March 2014 (updated once a month - last updated - )

National Celery Month, National Flour Month, National Nutrition Month, National Noodle Month, National Peanut Month, National Sauce Month


March is:

March origin (from Wikipedia):
'The name of March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. '

March 'is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. '

March at Wikipedia: More

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TV fifty years ago 1964 (updated yearly - last updated Jan. 1 2014)

If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago, or your 45 RPM record player was broke, you might watch one of these shows on TV.
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 VII.
Best selling books fifty years ago (updated yearly - last updated Jan. 1 2014)

Best selling books of 1964 More

VIII.
Fun (Last link added October 1 2014, but content on each site may change daily)
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day: More
  • NOAA: - National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: More
  • Listen to Old Radio Shows: (streaming mp3 with schedule) More
  • NASA TV: (video feed) More
    NASA TV schedule: More
  • Public Domain eBook Links

    Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More

  • Podcast: A Moment of Science. Approximately 1 minute general science facts.
    Home page: More
    RSS: More
  • Podcast: The Naked Scientists. Current science, medicine, space and other science
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  • Podcast: Quirks & Quarks. Current science news.
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  • Articles and videos: Universe Today. Current space and astronomy news.
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  • Old Picture of the Day - "Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph."
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Other Holiday Sites (Last link added October 1 2014. Link content changes yearly)

Below, are listed several holiday sites that I reference in addition to other holiday researches.


US Government Holidays

  • 2014 Postal Holidays More
  • 2014 Official Federal Holidays More

Holidays Worldwide

  • List of holidays by country More
  • Holidays and Observances around the World More
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