Today is September 6 2014

National Coffee Ice Cream Day : More

• National Read A Book Day: More
  
• International Vulture Awareness Day: More
  First Saturday in September
• World Beard Day: More
• National Writing Date Day: More
  First Saturday in September
• National Clean Out Your Garage Day: More
  First Saturday after Labor Day
• National Hummingbird Day: More
  Fist Saturday in September
• Fight Procrastination Day: More

• In 1522, Magellan's surviving ship, The Victoria, is the first ship to circumnavigate the Earth.
  From Wikipedia: 'Victoria (or Nao Victoria, as well as Vittoria) was a Spanish carrack and the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world. The Victoria was part of a Spanish expedition commanded by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and after his death during the voyage, by Juan Sebastián Elcano. The expedition began with five ships but the Victoria was the only ship to complete the voyage. Magellan was killed in the Philippines. The ship was built at a shipyard in Gipuzkoa, with the Basques being reputed shipbuilders at the time, and along with the four other ships, it was given to Magellan by King Charles I of Spain (The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). Victoria was named after the church of Santa Maria de la Victoria de Triana, where Magellan took an oath of allegiance to Charles V in order to be granted full access to the Spice Islands. Victoria was an 85 ton ship with a crew of 42.
  
  The four other ships were Trinidad (110 tons, crew 55), San Antonio (120 tons, crew 60), Concepcion (90 tons, crew 45), and Santiago (75 tons, crew 32). Trinidad, Magellan's flagship, Concepcion, and Santiago were wrecked or scuttled; San Antonio deserted the expedition during the navigation of the Straits of Magellan and returned to Europe on her own.
  
  Victoria was rated a carrack or nao (ship), as were all the others except Santiago, which was a caravel'.
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• In 1620, The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America (September 6 (Old Style)/September 16 (New Style),).
  From Wikipedia: 'Of the 120 combined passengers, 102 were chosen to travel on the Mayflower with the supplies consolidated. Of these, about half had come by way of Leiden, and about 28 of the adults were members of the congregation. The reduced party finally sailed successfully on September 6 (Old Style)/September 16 (New Style), 1620.
  
  Initially the trip went smoothly, but under way they were met with strong winds and storms. One of these caused a main beam to crack, and the possibility was considered of turning back, even though they were more than halfway to their destination. However, they repaired the ship sufficiently to continue using a "great iron screw" brought along by the colonists (probably either a jack to be used for house construction or a cider press). Passenger John Howland was washed overboard in the storm but caught a top-sail halyard trailing in the water and was pulled back on board.
  
  One crew member and one passenger died before they reached land. A child was born at sea and named Oceanus'.
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• In 1899, Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk. The Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company was renamed Carnation Evaporated Milk Company in 1901.
  From Wikipedia: 'Carnation is a brand of food products. The brand was especially known for its evaporated milk product created in 1899, then called Carnation Sterilized Cream and later called Carnation Evaporated Milk. The brand has since been used for other related products including milk-flavoring mixes, flavored beverages, flavor syrups, hot cocoa mixes, instant breakfasts, corn flakes, ice cream novelties, and dog food. Nestlé acquired the Carnation Company in 1985.
  
  Carnation was founded as an evaporated milk company. With the increased availability of home refrigeration of fresh milk and cream throughout the 20th century, the demand for evaporated milk decreased. Carnation diversified its product portfolio after the 1950s and was acquired by Nestlé in 1984 for $3 billion.
  
  Elbridge Amos Stuart (September 10, 1856 in Guilford County, North Carolina–January 14, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American milk industrialist and creator of Carnation evaporated milk and its famous slogan, that it came from "Contented Cows".
  
  On 6 September 1899, Stuart and a business partner founded the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in Kent, Washington, and he became its first President (a post he held until 1932, then serving as Chairman from 1932 to 1944). Its product was based on the relatively new process of commercial evaporation of beverages. Stuart believed that there was value in sanitary milk at a time when fresh milk was neither universally available nor always drinkable, and correctly believed that his product would join other staples on grocers' shelves.
  
  In 1901, his partner sold out, leaving Stuart the company and $105,000 of debt. As sales gradually grew, Stuart sought a brand name for the product. Passing a tobacconist's window in downtown Seattle, Stuart saw a display of cigars round a sign with the name: Carnation. His own firm subsequently adopted the name Carnation Evaporated Milk Company.
  
  One of the most important things Stuart had learnt on his father's farm was that high-quality milk came from healthy cows; so to ensure premium standards, he distributed pure bred bulls to the farmers supplying the factory, whose offspring were selected for milk productivity. Eventually, Stuart established a breeding farm, named Carnation Farm, where the application of new principles of husbandry continually improved the productivity of the herd. Carnation cows held the world milk production record for 32 consecutive years. One cow in particular, Segis Pietertje Prospect, produced 37,381 pints of milk during 1920, and a statue of the cow was erected to honour this record. The town of Tolt, Washington, was later renamed Carnation, after the nearby breeding and research farms'.
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• In 1901, Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
  From Wikipedia: 'Although McKinley enjoyed meeting the public, Cortelyou was concerned with his security due to recent assassinations by anarchists in Europe, such as the assassination of King Umberto I of Italy the previous year, and twice tried to remove a public reception from the President's rescheduled visit to the Exposition. McKinley refused, and Cortelyou arranged for additional security for the trip. On September 5, the President delivered his address at the fairgrounds, before a crowd of some 50,000 people. In his final speech, McKinley urged reciprocity treaties with other nations to assure American manufacturers access to foreign markets. He intended the speech as a keynote to his plans for a second term.
  
  One man in the crowd, Leon Czolgosz, hoped to assassinate McKinley. He had managed to get close to the presidential podium, but did not fire, uncertain of hitting his target. Czolgosz, since hearing a speech by anarchist Emma Goldman in Cleveland, had decided to do something heroic (in his own mind) for the cause. After his failure to get close enough on the fifth, Czolgosz waited the next day at the Temple of Music on the Exposition grounds, where the President was to meet the public. Czolgosz concealed his gun in a handkerchief, and, when he reached the head of the line, shot McKinley twice in the abdomen.
  
  McKinley urged his aides to break the news gently to Ida, and to call off the mob that had set on Czolgosz—a request that may have saved his assassin's life. McKinley was taken to the Exposition aid station, where the doctor was unable to locate the second bullet. Although a primitive X-ray machine was being exhibited on the Exposition grounds, it was not used. McKinley was taken to the Milburn House.
  
  In the days after the shooting McKinley appeared to improve. Doctors issued increasingly optimistic bulletins. Members of the Cabinet, who had rushed to Buffalo on hearing the news, dispersed; Vice President Roosevelt departed on a camping trip to the Adirondacks.
  
  Unknown to the doctors, the gangrene that would kill him was growing on the walls of his stomach, slowly poisoning his blood. On the morning of September 13, McKinley took a turn for the worse. Relatives and friends gathered around the death bed. At 2:15 a.m. on September 14, President McKinley died. Theodore Roosevelt had rushed back and took the oath of office as president in Buffalo. Czolgosz, put on trial for murder nine days after McKinley's death, was found guilty, sentenced to death on September 26, and executed by electric chair on October 29, 1901'.
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• In 1916, The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
  From Wikipedia: 'Piggly Wiggly is an American supermarket chain operating in the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States, run by Piggly Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C and S Wholesale Grocers. Its first outlet opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is notable for having been the first true self-service grocery store, and the originator of various familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in Keene, New Hampshire. Currently, more than 600 independently owned Piggly Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily in smaller cities and towns.
  
  Piggly Wiggly was the first true self-service grocery store. It was founded on September 6, 1916, at 79 Jefferson Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders. A replica of the original store has been constructed in the Memphis Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, a mansion that Saunders built as his private residence, which was later sold to the city.
  
  The origin of the name "Piggly Wiggly" is unknown. When asked why he had chosen it, Saunders said "So people will ask that very question". Theories include Saunders seeing some pigs struggling to get over a fence, or a reference to the "This Little Piggy" nursery rhyme.
  
  At the time of its founding, grocery stores did not allow their customers to gather their own goods. Instead, a customer would give a list of items to a clerk, who would then go through the store himself, gathering them. Like full-service gas stations, this created a greater cost, therefore higher prices. Piggly Wiggly introduced the innovation of allowing customers to go through the store, gathering their own goods. This cut costs, allowing for lower prices. Others were initially experimenting with this format as well, which initially came to be known as a "grocerteria", reminding people of cafeterias, another relatively new, self-service idea.
  
  Piggly Wiggly Corporation secured the self-service format and issued franchises to hundreds of grocery retailers for the operation of its stores. The concept of the "self-serving store" was patented by Saunders in 1917. Customers at Piggly Wiggly entered the store through a turnstile and walked through four aisles to view the store’s 605 items sold in packages and organized into departments. The customers selected merchandise as they continued through the maze to the cashier. Instantly, packaging and brand recognition became important to companies and consumers.
  
  Piggly Wiggly was the first to:
  
  provide checkout stands.
  price mark every item in the store.
  provide shopping carts for customers, starting in the year 1937 in Oklahoma'.
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• In 1952, Television programming (regularly scheduled programs) begins in Canada.
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Two of my favorites, all in one. Tomorrow is 'National Coffee Ice Cream Day'. I am just not sure if you poor the hot coffee over the ice cream or put a scoop of ice cream in the coffee cup.

Have that ice cream under a shade tree with a good book. Tomorrow will be 'National Read A Book Day'. Yes, we already had 'Book Lovers Day'. Can't get enough good books.

If the last chapter of the horror book you are reading has your nerves on edge, why not create something instead. Tomorrow is also 'National Writing Date Day'. You could write your last blind date, but this is really a reminder to to set aside time to write to someone, anyone. If you write frequently, you won't have to start each and every letter with ''Sorry I haven't written in a while.'. And, yes, they know all the excuses. You have used them so many, many times.

A few days ago we celebrated the humble bat and noted how beneficial it was at getting rid of flying insects. Tomorrow we have an opportunity to appreciate another unnecessarily feared animal. tomorrow is 'International Vulture Awareness Day'. Just think of all the road kill that would still be laying in the middle of the road, if it weren't for these guys/gals. Pretty, they ain't. Helpful, they are. take a vulture to lunch tomorrow, or at least, get out the car and provide a snack.

This being the first Saturday in September it will be 'National Hummingbird Day'. So, if you still have a free hand, take your camera out to the garden with you. And no, you can't count their wing flaps. That will make you dizzy like me. Hum, I don't think that came out right. Oh, well.

Tomorrow is also 'Fight Procrastination Day'.

Now, tomorrow being the first Saturday after Labor Day, it will be 'National Clean Out Your Garage Day'. What better way to fight procrastination, than to give the old car barn a cleaning. You know you have been wanting to do it for a long time. Crawling over the hood of the car to get the the kitchen door gets old after a while doesn't, it. And you have already ripped the front seat back once, trying to climb over and exit by the rear door. I know for sure that the neighbors will appreciate not being woke up in the middle of the night as your automatic garage door assails your trunk lid, since you couldn't quite get the car in all the way.

Guys, don't shave tomorrow. Get started on 'World Beard Day'.

Mr R. V. Winkle, of the Catskills, let history past him by for 20 years. In case you have been asleep for a while, here is September 6th in your past.

In 1522,- Magellan's surviving ship, The Victoria, is the first ship to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan, didn't survive either.

In 1620, The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America.

In 1716, The first lighthouse was built in North America, at (Boston.

In 1819, Thomas Blanchard patented the lathe. He was quite an inventor. He had over 20 other patents to his name.

In 1899, Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated mil,. It was originally called 'Carnation Sterilized Cream'. Before the days of baby formula, many a kid was brought up on evaporated milk.

In 1915, The first tank was produced for fighting in WW I. To deceive enemy spies, the vehicle with machine guns was said to be a motorized tank to carry water on the battlefield. The name Tank, stuck.

In 1952, Television programming begins in Canada. TV wasn't new to Canada. They were getting US broadcasts for awhile.

No. 1 song

• The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals: More
  'Where Did Our Love Go' has been displaced by 'The House of the Rising Sun', which will hold the no. 1 spot until September 26 2014, when 'Oh, Pretty Woman', takes over.

Top movie

• Mary Poppins More
  Having displaced 'A Hard Day's Night', it will be there until the weekend box office of October 4 1964 when, 'Cheyenne Autumn', takes over.

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Baby Safety Month, Better Breakfast Month, Classical Music Month, Fall Hat Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, International Square Dancing Monthk Little League Month, National Biscuit Month, National Blueberry Popsicle Month, National Chicken Month, National Cholesterol Education Month, National Courtesy Month, National Honey Month, National Mushroom Month, National Organic Harvest Month, National Papaya Month, National Piano Month, National Potato Month, National Rice Month, Self Improvement Month

September is:

September origin (from Wikipedia): Originally September (Latin septem, "seven") was the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar.
September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.

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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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• Podcast: A Moment of Science. Approximately 1 minute general science facts.
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• Podcast: The Naked Scientists. Current science, medicine, space and other science
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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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Below, are listed several holiday sites that I reference in addition to other holiday researches.

US Government Holidays

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Holidays Worldwide

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