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We have three food holidays tomorrow.
First is 'National Stuffed Mushroom Day'.
Second is 'Homemade Soup Day'.
Third is 'National Medjool Date Day'.
[The Hankster says] Let me see, will I have stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer and a thick and hardy soup as a main course, or vice versa. Then I can have my favorite Date treat, Date Cookies for dessert. I know you can stuff dates also. Decisions, decisions. I have it. I will just stuff myself with all three. See nothing is hard if you are willing to sacrifice.
Tomorrow is 'Thank a Mailman Day'. Since 1776 the U.S. has had some form of mail service.
[The Hankster says] I'm amazed this has not been changed to 'Mail Carrier Day'.
If you don't have the price of a stamp, you might use email or just celebrate 'Facebook's Birthday' tomorrow and post a note to a friend.
You can celebrate 'National Create a Vacuum day' tomorrow.
[The Hankster says] Why, no one knows how or why. Every reference site I visited is sure it is on Feb 4, but know one knows why. It is not the date of the invention of the vacuum pump or the vacuum cleaner. The just seems to be a complete lack of information. Almost like a vacuum.
Tomorrow marks the death of an entertainer. It will be 'Liberace Day'.
We have an awareness day tomorrow. It will be 'World Cancer Day'. The campaign's 2015 theme is, ‘Not beyond us’.
Tomorrow is 'USO Day'. The United Service Organization's motto is 'Until Everyone Comes Home'. More in the events section below for 1941.
Another awareness day tomorrow is 'National Girls and Women in Sports Day'.
It's signup time. Tomorrow is 'National Signing Day'. From Wikipedia: 'usually the first Wednesday of February, is the first day that a high school senior can sign a binding National Letter of Intent for college football with a school that is a member of the United States National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Although all NCAA sports have at least one National Signing Day, and most have two, college football's version is by far the most widely followed by fans and sports media.'
Johnny Cash once said 'You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.'
[The Hankster says] It sounds contradictory to close the door on the past, but not forget past mistakes. Ah, but learning from the past and letting the past hinder the now and the future are quite different concepts. The past, any past that we can audit and learn from, even if not ours, is a good thing. Let us see if we can throw away the chaff from past events on February 4 and keep the germ to nourish our minds.
In 1779, George Washington is elected president of the U.S..
In 1825, The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the 'Ohio and Erie Canal' and the 'Miami and Erie Canal'.
[The Hankster says] Water transport has always been the cheapest way to move large amounts of product. The Erie Canal eventually linked the Great Lakes at Lake Erie and the Ohio River. The versatility of railroads made it obsolete after about 30 years.
In 1938 - Disney's first animated film, 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves', is released.
In 1941, The 'United Service Organization' (USO) is created to entertain American troops. From Wikipedia: ' is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States troops and their families. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), relying heavily on private contributions and on funds, goods, and services from various corporate and individual donors. Although congressionally chartered, it is not a government agency.
The USO operates 160 centers worldwide.'.
In 1961, The movie 'The Misfits' with Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, is released by United Artists. This was the last time either Gable or Monroe were seen in a movie, as they both died a while after the movie.
In 1967, During the Lunar Orbiter program, 'Lunar Orbiter 3' launches on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
In 2004, 'Facebook' is launched by Mark Zuckerberg, a student at Harvard. Initially, the site is restricted to allow sign-ups only by students attending Harvard.
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Sweet Potato Month
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American Heart Month
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Creative Romance Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Heart Healthy Month
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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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