Tomorrow we have two food related holidays.
First is 'National Pumpkin Day'. While the word pie, is not present, I think we all know what to do with a pumpkin. That is, when we are not launching them for distance records.
Second is 'National Mincemeat Day' Now-a-days, most are all fruit (mostly raisins or currents). A long time ago they did have minced/diced meat in them and spirits marinated the filling for long storage.
Guys, shelve the jokes and get some candy or a nice card, or the grand kids ready for a visit. Tomorrow is 'Mother-in-Law Day'. Hey, she might have a Pumpkin or Mincemeat Pie waiting for you.
Tomorrow is 'National Mule Day'. BTW, mules are the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse., not mama and papa mule.
Tomorrow is also 'National Day of the Deployed'. It celebrates the sacrifices of the military deployed and their families.
Tomorrow is 'Howl At The Moon Day'. I've also seen it as Howl at the Moon Night. Our last new moon was Oct 23 and the last full moon was Oct 3, go figure. The night thing sounds best to me, I would rather see a moon I was going to howl at, even if only a piece of it (looks life a half moon on the 26th). Perhaps a short scream would be best.
In Australia, tomorrow will be 'Butterflies for Babies Day'. In Australia, it is a pregnancy loss awareness day. We had the US equivalent 'National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day', a few days ago.
Tomorrow will be the first day of 'International Brain Tumour Awareness Week', which is Oct 26 - Nov 11.
Tony Hendra once said 'Let not the sands of time get in your lunch'. We should certainly look to the now and the future and not be preoccupied with the past. However, the past has much to reveal (both do's and don'ts), even if, sometimes in an irritating manner, like the sand in our lunch. We will not know the benefit to be derived, until we give it a look, with one eye on what we know now and the other on what we hope for in the future. So, lets look at October 26 in the past.
In 1825, The Erie Canal opens, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River. This meant a water route from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes. This was prior to the railroad systems, which put it out of business, and meant a lot to a developing nation.
In 1858, Hamilton Smith patented the rotary washing machine. A vast improvement from the wash-board that was invented back in the 1700's. Before that, I guess it was a trip to the river and a search for a nice flat rock.
In 1861, The Pony Express ceases operations. It only existed for about 18 months and never made a profit. You might remember the first transcontinental telegraph message we mentioned a few days ago, That and the railroad were it's demise.
In 1863, A worldwide Red Cross was organized in Geneva.
In 1881, The Earps shoot it out at the OK Corral in Tombstone. Forget what you saw on TV and at the movies when you were a kid. IT was ugly, brutal and a little one sided, and the 'good guys' were originally brought up on murder charges.
In 1954, The TV show 'Disneyland' premieres. It was Walt Disney's first television show. It was renamed over the years ( Disneyland, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, The Wonderful World of Disney, Disney's Wonderful World,
Walt Disney, The Disney Sunday Movie, and The Magical World of Disney )
With the original TV show, Walt hoped to get money to construct the Disneyland theme park.
In 1977, The last natural case of smallpox is discovered in Merca district, Somali The World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated after this case, due to the worldwide vaccination efforts.
In 2010, With the use of cassette tapes declining, Sony takes the Walkman cassette player off the market.
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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.
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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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