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Tomorrow's food holiday will be National Pie Day'. Pies with sweet fruit inside have only been around since the 1800's. We celebrate with sweet pies at Thanksgiving, but the Pilgrim's recipes were for meat pies such as beef, lamb, duck, and pigeon.
[The Hankster says] Let's not get confused. Pi day is Saturday March 14. The only reference to 3.14 that I want to see tomorrow is at least that many pieces of pie on my plate.
Tomorrow is 'National Handwriting Day'.
[The Hankster says] it is fast becoming a lost art. Use it or loose it.
Tomorrow will be 'Measure Your Feet Day'.
[The Hankster says] Why not? There are stories of Danish couples, shut up inside during the Spring rain storms that measure their feet and otherwise perform games with such. BTW: The slide ruler device that shoe stores use to measure your feet is called a 'Brannock Device'.
Octavia Butler once said 'Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.'
[The Hankster says On this post we have no control of anyone's destiny. We do however, have a knack for at least identifying the spent pieces, if not the ability to pick them up. I wonder what destinies were lived out on January 23 in the past.
In 1556, The deadliest earthquake on record, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell, is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York. She became the U.S. first female doctor.
In 1855, The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 1909, The first radio-telegraph sea rescue was made. The message saved over 1000 lives from the aftermath of a collision in the fog, of the 'RMS Republic' and the Italian ship 'Florida'. The pre-SOS code CQD, was sent. Three years later, the Titanic use both CQD, SOS and release distress rockets.
In 1953, The NFL 'Dallas Texans', assets and players, become the 'Baltimore Colts', now the 'Indianapolis Colts'.
In 1957, The Wham-O company purchased the rights to the 'Pluto Platter'. They renamed it the 'Frisbee'.
In 1960, The bathyscaphe 'USS Trieste' with Jacques Piccard, breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Mariana Trench near Guam in the Pacific Ocean. This area 'Challenger Deep' is the deepest spot known on Earth. In March 2012, James Cameron, repeated the feat in the 'Deepsea Challenger' at 10,908 metres (35,787 ft.
In 1975, The TV show 'Barney Miller' premieres.
In 1977, The TV Miniseries 'Roots' premieres.
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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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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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