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To prove that old and simple is sometimes best. Tomorrow will be 'National Vanilla Custard Day'. it has been around since the Middle Ages. Simple, tasty and can be used so many ways. I wish I had one of my grandmother Jennings custard pies.
For those who have seen the same things over and over at the discount and dollar stores, why not consider tomorrow's holiday 'Thrift Shop Day'. Hey, it isn't 'old stuff', it's an antique. Remember that trash and treasure thing.
Tomorrow will be 'Black Cat Appreciation Day'. We had Best Friends Day a few days ago, reminding us how much joy a pet can bring into one's life. From what I read, black cats are less often chosen for adoption than other cats.
The bottom of the old trunk in the attic seems to be covered with things relating to August 17 in the past:
In 1585, The first colonists sail off to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island.
In 1807, The first commercial steamboat service is started by Fulton's North River Steamboat.
In 1896, The world's first motoring fatality occurs on the grounds of the Crystal Palace.
In 1908, The first animated cartoon, 'Fantasmagorie' is created.
In 1915, A category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 MPH. This is about 15 years after the 1900 storm that devastated the island.
In 1969, A category 5 Hurricane 'Camille' hits the U.S. Gulf Coast with 175 MPH and above (wind detector destroyed) wind speed.
In 1970, 'Venera 7' is launched. It becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet, Venus.
In 1978, The 'Double Eagle II' becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1982, The first commercial CD is pressed. This was about 16 years after it's conception.
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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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