Today is October 16 2014

World Food Day: More

• National Boss's Day: More
  Nearest workday if the 16th is a weekend
• National Dictionary Day: More
  This one's for Noah Webster's Birthday. There is another on April 14, which is the 1828 date that the American Dictionary of the English Language copyright was registered.
• National Feral Cat Day: More
• National Get Smart About Credit Day: More
  Third Thursday in October
• Conflict Resolution Day: More
• Department Store Day: More
• International Credit Union Day: More
• Spirit Day: More
• Get to Know Your Customer Day: More Mbr />Third thursday of the first month of each quarter.

• In 1846, William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome.
  From Wikipedia: 'William Thomas Green Morton (August 9, 1819 – July 15, 1868) was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. The promotion of his questionable claim to have been the discoverer of anesthesia became an obsession for the rest of his life.
  
  On September 30, 1846, Morton performed a painless tooth extraction after administering ether to a patient. Upon reading a favorable newspaper account of this event, Boston surgeon Henry Jacob Bigelow arranged for a now-famous demonstration of ether on October 16, 1846 at the operating theater of the Massachusetts General Hospital, or MGH. At this demonstration Dr. John Collins Warren painlessly removed a tumor from the neck of a Mr. Edward Gilbert Abbott. News of this use of ether spread rapidly around the world, and the first recorded use of ether outside the USA was in London, England, by the dentist James Robinson in a tooth extraction at the home of Dr. Francis Boote, an American doctor who had heard of Morton's and Bigelow's demonstrations. The MGH theatre came to be known as the Ether Dome and has been preserved as a monument to this historic event. Following the demonstration, Morton tried to hide the identity of the substance Abbott had inhaled, by referring to it as "Letheon", but it soon was found to be ether'.
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• In 1869, The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is discovered.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous hoaxes in United States history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) purported "petrified man" uncovered on October 16, 1869, by workers digging a well behind the barn of William C. "Stub" Newell in Cardiff, New York. Both it and an unauthorized copy made by P.T. Barnum are still on display.
  
  The giant was the creation of a New York tobacconist named George Hull. Hull, an atheist, decided to create the giant after an argument at a Methodist revival meeting about Genesis 6:4 stating that there were giants who once lived on Earth.
  
  The idea of a petrified man did not originate with Hull, however. In 1858 the newspaper Alta California had published a bogus letter claiming that a prospector had been petrified when he had drunk a liquid within a geode. Some other newspapers also had published stories of supposedly petrified people.
  
  Hull hired men to carve out a 10-foot-4.5-inch-long (3.2 m) block of gypsum in Fort Dodge, Iowa, telling them it was intended for a monument to Abraham Lincoln in New York. He shipped the block to Chicago, where he hired Edward Burghardt, a German stonecutter, to carve it into the likeness of a man and swore him to secrecy.
  
  Various stains and acids were used to make the giant appear to be old and weathered, and the giant's surface was beaten with steel knitting needles embedded in a board to simulate pores. In November 1868, Hull transported the giant by rail to the farm of William Newell, his cousin. By then, he had spent US$2,600 on the hoax (nearly $46,000 in 2015 dollars, adjusted for inflation).
  
  Nearly a year later, Newell hired Gideon Emmons and Henry Nichols, ostensibly to dig a well, and on October 16, 1869 they found the giant. One of the men reportedly exclaimed, "I declare, some old Indian has been buried here!"
  
  'Newell set up a tent over the giant and charged 25 cents for people who wanted to see it. Two days later he increased the price to 50 cents. People came by the wagon load.
  
  Archaeological scholars pronounced the giant a fake, and some geologists even noticed that there was no good reason to try to dig a well in the exact spot the giant had been found. Yale palaeontologist Othniel C. Marsh called it "a most decided humbug". Some theologians and preachers, however, defended its authenticity.
  
  Eventually, Hull sold his part-interest for $23,000 (equivalent to $430,000 in 2015) to a syndicate of five men headed by David Hannum. They moved it to Syracuse, New York, for exhibition. The giant drew such crowds that showman P. T. Barnum offered $50,000 for the giant. When the syndicate turned him down, he hired a man to model the giant's shape covertly in wax and create a plaster replica. He put his giant on display in New York, claiming that his was the real giant, and the Cardiff Giant was a fake.
  
  As the newspapers reported Barnum's version of the story, David Hannum was quoted as saying, "There's a sucker born every minute" in reference to spectators paying to see Barnum's giant. Over time, the quotation has been misattributed to Barnum himself.
  
  Hannum sued Barnum for calling his giant a fake, but the judge told him to get his giant to swear on his own genuineness in court if he wanted a favorable injunction.
  
  On December 10, Hull confessed to the press. On February 2, 1870 both giants were revealed as fakes in court. The judge ruled that Barnum could not be sued for calling a fake giant a fake'.
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• In 1869, The Tremont House (Boston), is the firs hotel to have Indoor plumbing, Indoor toilets and baths, Reception area,Locked rooms for the guest, free soap, and bellboys.
  From Wikipedia: 'Tremont House (1829– c.1895), sometimes called the Tremont Hotel, was a hotel designed in 1829 by Isaiah Rogers in Boston, Massachusetts. Notable guests included Davy Crockett and Charles Dickens.
  
  The Tremont House was a four-story, granite-faced, neoclassical building, located at the corner of Tremont and Beacon Streets, with its main entrance on Tremont. It incorporated many hotel "firsts":
  Indoor plumbing
  Indoor toilets and baths
  Reception area
  Locked rooms for the guest
  Free soap
  Bellboys
  
  Despite this long list of innovations, it is probably best known as the first hotel with indoor plumbing and running water. The hotel's water was raised by steam-powered pump to a storage tank on its roof, where it fed by gravity to the taps. Eight water closets (toilets) were provided on the ground floor. Bathrooms for bathing were located in the basement, and served by cold running water. Bathtubs were copper or tin, with local gas heating for the tub's water. Running water was also provided to the kitchen and laundry. A simple system removed the waste water to the sewage system.
  
  The Tremont House set the standard for luxury accommodations and was the model for many hotels built in major cities at this time. One of the most notable, also designed by Isaiah Rogers, was the Astor House (1836) in New York City'.
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• In 1923, Brothers Walt and Roy Disney launch the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio - which later would be called The Walt Disney Company.
  From Wikipedia: 'The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified:1 multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the world's second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue, after Comcast. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks. The company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio, then Walt Disney Productions. Taking on its current name in 1986, it expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater, radio, music, publishing, and online media.
  
  In addition, Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products of its film studio, Walt Disney Studios, which is today one of the largest and best-known studios in American cinema. Disney's other three main divisions are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Media Networks, and Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, A+E Networks, and Freeform; publishing, merchandising, music, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the world. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. Mickey Mouse, an early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney'.
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• In 1944, Wally Walrus, Woody Woodpecker's first steady foil, was debuted at the The Beach Nut, a Walter Lantz's cartoon.
  From Wikipedia: 'Wally Walrus is a fictional animated cartoon character who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s and 1950s.
  
  Wally is an anthropomorphic walrus who, in most of his appearances, speaks with a pronounced Swedish accent. Wally is rather slow-witted at times, and prone to anger when provoked. For many years, Wally was the primary foil for Woody Woodpecker, bearing roughly the same relationship to that character as Elmer Fudd had to Bugs Bunny in Warner Brothers' animated shorts from the same era. Wally is often heard humming or singing the popular song My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.
  
  Wally's first appearance was opposite Woody in 1944's The Beach Nut and was voiced by Jack Mather, better known as the title character on The Cisco Kid on radio. Lantz stock player Will Wright gave him a growly, non-Swedish voice in The Reckless Driver. Wally continued to be featured in Lantz cartoons through 1948's Wacky-Bye Baby, at which time he was more or less replaced by Buzz Buzzard as Woody Woodpecker's primary foil. He would then make a few brief appearances in some 1950s cartoons like Puny Express, Sleep Happy, The Woody Woodpecker Polka, What's Sweepin' and Buccaneer Woodpecker. Wally also appeared, opposite Chilly Willy, in a pair of 1961 shorts (voiced by Paul Frees); as well as in a Woody TV special, Spook-a-Nanny (voiced by Daws Butler). Wally would years later reappear as a regular character on The New Woody Woodpecker Show in 1999 voiced by Billy West (who also played Woody). However, his classic period was 1944-1948.
  
  Wally continued to make appearances in Lantz comic books and on other licensed merchandise. Wally also made a cameo appearance amongst the crowd of Toons in a brief headshot during the final scene of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
  
  The character's appearance changed somewhat over the years, with a complexion that ranged from dark to light flesh-tone and tusks that got variously smaller, larger, disappeared entirely, and reappeared. A frequent animation goof in The New Woody Woodpecker Show was to draw the mouth separate from the tusks, so it appeared they were protruding from Wally's nostrils'.
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Can't find a specific food holiday for tomorrow, but it is 'World Food Day'. It is probably a good idea to insure the world's population has something to cheer about as well as ourselves.

Our time of reckoning has arrived. While celebrating other holidays this year, we have gone to work in our PJ's, taken our Teddy Bears, kids, dogs, pets to work, dared to have fun at work, ridden our bikes to work, had recess at work and brought our manners to work (how did that one get in here). Now the tables have turned. tomorrow is 'National Boss's Day'.

Tomorrow is 'National Dictionary Day' This one's for Noah Webster's Birthday. There is another on April 14, which is the 1828 date that the American Dictionary of the English Language copyright was registered.

Tomorrow has two awareness days that deal with money and credit. The first is for the kids. It is 'National Get Smart About Credit Day', which considers the need to educate our children about such things. The other is for the working folk, ' International Credit Union Day'.

Speaking of credit; if you and your financial institutions are still quarreling about the $5 service charge, tomorrow is a good day to resolve it. Tomorrow is 'Conflict Resolution Day'.

We all know that Columbus discovered the White Sale. SO why is 'Department Store Day', tomorrow, instead of on the 12th?

Tomorrow falls, once again, on the third Thursday of the first month of a quarter. So, it will be 'Get to Know Your Customer Day'. They got to understand us, before they can manipulate us.

Faith Baldwin, once said "Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations." Today can't alter the past, but what happened in the past may alter today or tomorrow. Let us look and see how October 16 in the past, may have implications to come.

In 1846, William T. G. Morton first demonstrated ether anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital in the Ether Dome. Thank goodness I was born 100 years later.

In 1869, The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is discovered. It was a ten foot stone man, supposedly a petrified giant man from ancient times.

In 1869, The Tremont House (Boston), is the firs hotel to have Indoor plumbing, Indoor toilets and baths, Reception area,Locked rooms for the guest, Free soap, and Bellboys. Glad I was born 77 years later.

In 1923, Brothers Walt and Roy Disney launch the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. This later became The Walt Disney Company.

No. 1 song

• Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison: More
  'The House of the Rising Sun' has been displaced by 'Oh, Pretty Woman', which will hold the no. 1 spot until October 17 2014, when 'Do Wah Diddy Diddy', takes over.

Top movie

• Fail-Safe More
  Having displaced 'Cheyenne Autumn', it will be there until the weekend box office of October 18 1964 when, 'Send Me No Flowers', takes over.

• FamousBirthdays.com: October 16 Birthdays More
• FamousDaily.com: October 16 History More
• History.com: Historical Events on 16th October More
• HistoryOrb.com: Famous Deaths on 16th October More
• On-This-day.com history 16th October More
• On-This-day.com music history 16th October More
• Wikipedia.com: History October 16 More

Food: Apple Month, Rhubarb Month, Sausage Month, Spinach Lovers Month, National Chili Month, National Popcorn Poppin' Month, National Seafood Month Pear and Pineapple Month, , Vegetarian Month
Other
AIDS Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, Celiac Disease Awareness Month, Class Reunion Month, Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dyslexia Awareness Month, National Book Month, National Dental Hygiene Month, National Down Syndrome Month, National Spina Bifida Awareness Month, National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month

October is:

October origin (from Wikipedia): October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October retained its name (from the Greek meaning 'eight') after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. "
October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.

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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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• Astronomy Picture of the Day: More
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• Public Domain eBook Links

  Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More

• 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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• Podcast: Quirks & Quarks. Current science news.
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• Articles and videos: Universe Today. Current space and astronomy news.
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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

• 2014 Postal Holidays More
• 2014 Official Federal Holidays More

Holidays Worldwide

• List of holidays by country More
• Holidays and Observances around the World More