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Looks like humanity was not so active on August 13. We only have two holidays on that date. So, please feel free to make-up and celebrate your own.
Carnivores rejoice. Tomorrow is 'National Filet Mignon Day'. I am big on veggies, but wouldn't turn down a a stake if offered.
'Left-Handers' Day', is tomorrow.
Some notables from the past, on August 13 are;
In 1913, The first 'rustless steel' (soon to become 'stainless steel') was produced.
In 1942, Walt Disney's animated film, Bambi, was released. Let's all observe a take-home from Bambi's friend Thumper: 'If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all'. Bad grammar, good thought.
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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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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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