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Tomorrow's food holiday will be ' Peking Duck Day'.
Baked in a brick oven, to obtain a crispy skin, the official 'Imperial Peking' duck breed is served with pancakes, spring onions and sauce.
[The Hankster says] I've never had a Chinese duck to dinner. I did invite an American one, named Donald, but it was not an enjoyable meal. I couldn't understand a thing he said.
Tomorrow is 'Thesaurus Day'. Thesaurus is Latin for treasure. This day was chosen to honor it's first author, Peter Mark Roget on his birthday in 1779.
It has remained in publication since it was written in 1852.
[The Hankster says] The other such long lived publication is my check book, and it will remain so, until I can finally get it balanced.
Another birthday celebration tomorrow will be 'National Winnie The Pooh Day'. It celebrates the birthday of it's author, A A Milne. The stories first appeared in 1926 and were based on his son's toys. His son was of course the Christopher Robin character.
[The Hankster says] I was going to name a book after my childhood toys. It was to be called 'Oh, Pooh, Broke Again', but my publisher said it wouldn't sell, since people would think it was about my unbalanced checkbook. He deemed it too increadable to be believed.
We have two awareness / observance days tomorrow., both occurring on the third Sunday in January each year.
First is 'National Sanctity of Human Life Day'. A 1984 Presidential proclamation.
The second is 'World Religion Day'.
And there is a day for the kids tomorrow. It is 'World Snow Day'. One in a series of days to get the kids out to enjoy the snow.
[The Hankster says] In Texas, except for two or three times, the only snow I ever saw was on the old TV set with the rabbit-ear antenna., no matter how much aluminum foil I put on them.
An animal awareness day tomorrow. It will be 'Bald Eagle Appreciation Days'. It is a weekend event.
Sophocles once said 'Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.'
[The Hankster says] Indeed, the purpose of this post is to reveal, not all, but some of what time has wrought. Let us lift the covers on January 18 in the past , and by doing so expose that day to our critical hindsight, knowing we can do nothing to change the past, but can and should learn from it.
In 1896, An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H.L. Smith.
In 1919, Walter Owen Bentley launches Bentley Motors Limited - the business would later be purchased by Rolls-Royce.
In 1948, The TV show Ted Mack's 'Original Amateur Hour' begins. It came from the radio show 'Major Bowes Amateur Hour'. It was a talent show, sort of the 'Idol' and 'Got Talent' and dancing shows of the time. The contestants were chosen to appear by spinning a numbered wheel. The spin was accompanied by the words "Round and round she goes, and where she stops nobody knows"
In 1974 - The TV show '$6 Million Man' starring Lee Majors premieres.
In 1975, The TV show 'Jeffersons, a spinoff from 'All in the Family' premieres, and runs for 11 seasons.
In 2005, The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France.
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Food holidays
Apple and Apricots Month
Artichoke and Asparagus Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Natiionl Candy Month
National Egg Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Soup Month
Oatmeal Month
Other holidays and awareness days
Adopt A Rescued Bird Month
Bath Safety Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Birth Defects Month
Book Blitz Month
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
International Brain Teaser Month
International Creativity Month
National Braille Literacy Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Polka Music Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Skating Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Self-help Group Awareness Month
Teen Driving Awareness Month
Train Your Dog Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
Walk Your Dog Month
January is:
January origin (from Wikipedia):
'January is named after Janus, the God of beginnings and transitions;
the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, coming from the Latin
word for door since January is the door to the year.'
'January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.
The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average,
the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere
(where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year
within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the
Northern hemisphere and vice versa.'
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