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The answer to yesterday's pop quiz: In soda fountain lingo, what is a Root Beer Float called. Answer: A Black Cow.
Berries are still in vogue. We had Raspberry Cake and Pie. We also had Peaches 'n Cream. I bet you are following me. Tomorrow's food holiday is 'Raspberries 'n Cream Day'.
Tomorrow is 'National Lighthouse Day'. At first I thought this was a sequel to the 2099 animated movie Up. Lite house, get it. I think the laugh meter went negative on that one. I regress. Let me progress. This is an actual Congressional holiday. On August 7, in 1789 congress pass an act to allow for several kinds of navigational aids, including the first Federal lighthouse, which was constructed at the entrance of Chesapeake Bay.
Better spend some time in front of the mirror tomorrow. Practice that all knowing look, the three cough attention getter, your best 'is this mike working' and that stern look to counter hecklers. . Tomorrow is 'Professional Speakers Day'
On August 7th 1782 George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It became the Purple Heart. We honor those who ware or have worn it on ''Purple Heart Day'.
Tomorrow is a day to show your discontent with the adult-proof plastic bubble packs or that one more Styrofoam container you don't need. It will be 'Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day'. I have tried on several occasions to find insurance to cover the wounds received in my battle with technology, but cannot find any. I did, however, come across one company that was willing to make a YouTube video of my mishap under the heading 'Packaging Bloopers' or 'Don't try this at home.'.
The 'Back In The Day' machine is warmed up an set to August 7th:
In 1858 the Melbourne Football Club is founded and is the worlds oldest remaining sports club.
In 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Wow, 59 days, the freeways must have been really jammed.
In 1955, - First transistor radios by Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later Sony) are sold in Japan.
In 1959, the U.S penny design (reverse side) changes from Sheaves of Wheat to the Lincoln Memorial. In 2009 it honored Lincolns 200 birthday. In 2010 it became the Union Shield.
In 1987, Lynne Cox becomes first person to swim from the U.S. to the Soviet Union.
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August origin (from Wikipedia): Originally named Sextili (Latin), because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar: under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year.
"About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus
According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
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