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Tomorrow is 'National Apple Dumpling Day'. Take a square of dough. Core and peel an apple. Place the apple on the dough. Put sugar and cinnamon and raisins in the hole left by the core. Cover the apple with the dough . Bake.
Got any old grudges that are still causing you some bit of emotional strain. Get rid of the tomorrow. It will be 'Time's Up Day'.
Tomorrow is another combo of days 'Constitution Day' and 'Citizenship Day'. Now called, what else but, 'Constitution Day and Citizenship Day' (as of 2004). Constitution Day marks the day in 1787 that the US Constitution was ratified. Citizenship day is the renamed ''I am an American Day'. Fly 'um, if you got 'um.
Here is an export, that I didn't know about. Tomorrow is 'International Country Music Day'.
The ladies of the Veterans of Foreign Wars have a special day tomorrow. It will be 'VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day'.
Here is one I didn't know about. Tomorrow is 'School Backpack Awareness Day. This day highlights 'avoiding the pain and injury that can come from heavy backpacks and bags.
Back in the day, the day of September 17:
In 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 'the Father of Microbiology', was the first to see bacteria in a microscope. I wonder what they blamed BO on before then.
In 1962, the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history, was fought. There were over 23,000 casualties in a single-day of battle.
In 1872, Phillip W Pratt patents his automatic sprinkler system for extinguishing fires.
In 1908, The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.
In 1976, - NASA's first space shuttle, Enterprise, is revealed to the public. It was to be called The Constitution, but Star Treck fans petitioned to get it changed.
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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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