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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Carrot Cake Day'.
Carrots were used a long time ago, in baking, to add sweetness, since sugar was not always available or affordable. The idea fell out of use over time, but resurrected in WW II, when sugar was rationed.
[The Hankster says] Why has it remained a favorite. Why for the thick sweetened cream cheese icing, of course. It isn't for the nutritional value of carrots, I bet.
Tomorrow is 'The Day the Music Died Day'. It remembers the deaths of Buddy Holly (22), Richie Valens (17), and J. P. Richardson (28 aka: 'The Big Bopper' in an airplane crash while on tour.. Don McLean’s song 'The Day The Music Died' commemorates the event.
Another commemoration day tomorrow is 'Four Chaplains Memorial Day'. See 1943 in the events below.
Another business mentor day tomorrow. I will be 'African American Coaches Day', held on the first Tuesday in February
Tomorrow we have a birthday, ... err wait a minute I'll look it up. Tomorrow we have a birthday boy. Elmo's Birthday'.
[The Hankster says] It always pays to be politically correct. Muppet was not one of the options for the definition of gender.
Just when you were no longer afraid to go back on the ice, it is 'National Cordova Ice Worm Day'.
[The Hankster says] Seems a journalist in Alaska was given a job on the 'Klondike Nugget' and could keep his job only if he increased circulation. Perhaps, even in 1898, Bigfoot was an old news item. So, he invented, what else but an Ice Worms. Yes, he did increase sales. And why not have a winter festival, in Cordova, with an ice Worm King and Queen.
An awareness day tomorrow . It will be 'It’s Time To Talk Day'. A time for parents and teens to talk about dating and healthy relationships.
Mariel Hemingway one said 'Finding some quiet time in your life, I think, is hugely important.'
[The Hankster says] A good thought and on this post we try to find time to make time for important things, and some trivia. Let us make time right now, for a timely look back to the time of February 3. Yep, I did over due the time thing, didn't I? Oops, did it again. It is time I stopped.
In 1690, The first paper money in America is issued.
In 1876, Albert Spalding with $800, starts a sporting goods company, manufacturing the first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football.
In 1913, The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified.
[The Hankster says' Think April 15. It established an income tax.
In 1943, The U.S. Army Transport ship 'USAT. Dorchester' is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survived. The 'Chapel of the Four Chaplains', dedicated by President Harry Truman, is one of many memorials established to commemorate the Four Chaplains, George Fox, Alexander Goode, Clark Poling and John Washington, who died after giving their lifebelts to others.
In 1945, The Walt Disney movie, '3 Caballeros' is released. It is a mixture of cartoon and live actors.
In 1947, The lowest temperature in North America, -63.9 C (-83.0 F), was recorded in Snag, Yukon.
In 1961, The U.S. Air Forces begins 'Operation Looking Glass', and over the next 30 years, a 'Doomsday Plane' is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States' bombers and missiles in the event of the destruction of the S.A.C.'s (Strategic Air Command) command post.
In 1966, The unmanned Soviet 'Luna 9' spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon.
In 1972, The first day of the seven-day 1972, Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
In 1984, The first baby conceived by embryo transplant is born.
In 1995, Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 launches.
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February is:
February origin (from Wikipedia):
'The Roman month Februarius was named after the Latin term
februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual
Februa held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman
calendar. January and February were the last two months to
be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally
considered winter a monthless period. They were added by
Numa Pompilius about 713 BC. February remained the last month
of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC),
when it became the second month. At certain intervals February
was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary month,
Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign
the year with the seasons.
Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, Intercalaris
was abolished, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year,
and in leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it
remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the
order that months are displayed (January, February, March,
..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during
the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began
on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February
whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The
Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system
for determining which years were leap years and thus contained
a 29-day February.'
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and
Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month
with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years
or 29 days in leap years.
February is the third month of meteorological winter in the
Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February
is the third month of summer (the seasonal equivalent of August
in the Northern Hemisphere, in meteorological reckoning).
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