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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Date Nut Bread Day'.
[The Hankster says] Date Nut or Banana Nut, a big slice with ice cream and a cup of Joe is fine with me.
This one may look like a repeat. Tomorrow is 'Forefathers' Day;.
[The Hankster says] It still celebrates the Pilgrims first landing party in 1620, on the 21st, however the Old Colony Club of Mass., which started the holiday celebrates it on the 22nd..
John Wanamaker once said 'People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.'
[The Hankster says] Let us not let time make us ill from being too much involved in a workaholic mode. Let us take it easy and gently slip back into the past of December 22, where we can relax and observe, at what pace, other spent their time.
In 1882, The first string of Christmas tree lights were displayed.. Thomas Edison (1880) and Edward Johnson (1882).
In 1900, The first 'Mercedes' is delivered to its buyer.
In 1937, The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City. It goes under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
In 1944, During the WW II 'Battle of the Bulge', German troops demand the surrender of U.S. troops at Bastogne, Belgium. U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe makes his famous reply'
[The Hankster says] The American troupes were surrounded and low on food and ammunition, and in a harsh winter. The written German surrender began with 'To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne.', ended with 'The German Commander.' and in the middle they tried to paint a hopeless situation. The written American reply began 'To the German Commander.', ended 'The American Commander' and the contents was a single line with a single word 'NUTTS!'.
In 1956, 'Colo' is the first gorilla to be born in captivity at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.
[The Hankster says] This is significant, in that before this time and the passage of subsequent laws, baby gorillas were taken by force, usually after killing it's mother. Today, the babies must be bred and not taken from the wild. Colo is a great grandmother today.
In 1964, The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
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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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