National Rice Pudding Day: More
Tomorrow is the BBQ houses favorite dessert , 'National Rice Pudding Day' Well, that or bread pudding.
One of the days we honor tomorrow has always confused me. It will be 'Garage Sale Day' My question is, must you buy the house also and if not, how much does it cost to move a garage?
OK, I will give you a choice You can sit back in your easy chair and celebrate 'Book Lovers Day'. or get up and get with it for 'National Polka Day'
The how-was-it back them machine found these special events of note on August 9:
In 1944, Smokey (The) Bear is first publicized on posters through the U.S.
In 1930, Betty Boop, animated cartoon character, debuts.
No. 1 song
Top movie
National Catfish Month, National Goat Cheese Month, National Peach Month, National Brownies at Brunch Month
August is:
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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August at Wikipedia: More
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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Best selling books of 1964 More
Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More