National Buckwheat Month: More
No specific food holiday for tomorrow, so we can celebrate 'National Buckwheat Month'.
[The Hankster says] Easy to grow and good for you. Most likely got it's name from the resemblance of it's seed, to that of the Beech tree. Thus beech-wheat became buckwheat. I'll take a short stack and some maple syrup, please.
Tomorrow is the birthday of Melvil Dewey in 1851. It will be 'Dewey Decimal System Day'.
[The Hankster says] I never could understand why this numbering system was taught by a librarian, instead of the math teacher. What!
Tomorrow is the day set aside to present Nobel Prizes to the recipients. It will be 'The Nobel Day'.
Tomorrow is a celebration of 'Human Rights Day'. A U.N. recognition day.
Tomorrow we also celebrate one of the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize on 'Jane Addams Day'. She '..was a pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. '
Coco Chanel once said 'Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.'
[The Hankster says] Somethings cannot be changed. I bet a look into the past might reveal some of them. Let us knock politely on the door of December 10 in the past and see if it will open to us, some guidelines as to things, unalterable. When we eliminate the impossible from the long-list of possibilities, the short-list of the probable becomes more distinct.
In 1817, Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state of the U.S
in 1868, The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps. They were not automated, but controlled by a traffic policeman.
In 1896, The first ever college basketball game is played. Wesleyan defeats Yale by score of 4 - 3.
In 1901, The first Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy .
In 1911, Calbraith Rogers completes the first crossing of U.S. by airplane in 84 days. He missed the Hearst prize money by 19 days. His mechanic made himself available, by traveling by train to stopping points.
[The Hankster says] I may never complain again about a 3 hours plane flight. Well, maybe just a little.
In 1948, The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In 1955, The TV show 'Mighty Mouse Playhouse' premieres.
[The Hankster says] I can still hear the 'Here I come to save the day!' 'That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way.'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
Food:
Buckwheat Month
Tomato and Winter Squash Month
Worldwide Food Service Safety Month
National Egg Nog Month
National Fruit Cake Month
Root Vegetables Month
Other:
World Aids Month
National Write A Business Plan Month
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
National Tie Month
Universal Human Rights Month
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
Colorectal Cancer Education and Awareness Month National Tie Month
December is:
December origin (from Wikipedia): '
December gets its name from the Latin word decem (meaning ten) because it was originally the tenth month of the year in the Roman calendar, which began in March. The winter days following December were not included as part of any month. Later, the months of January and February were created out of the monthless period and added to the beginning of the calendar, but December retained its name.
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December is the first month of meteorological winter in the Northern
Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, December is the seasonal equivalent
to June in the Northern hemisphere, which is the first month of summer. D
ecember is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the
Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the
Southern Hemisphere.
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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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