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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Gumdrop Day'.
[The Hankster says] I always sucked the sugar off first then eat the gel which made them stick to your teeth. I figured the extra effort (exercise) burned the calories in the sugar.
For you 'Second Lifer' devotees out there, tomorrow is 'Hippo Day'.
This one seems to be looking for a home. It is again or still 'Singles Awareness Day'. Originally on Valentine's day.
Yet another anti Valentine's day holiday. tomorrow is 'St. Skeletor's Day'. Created by a British comic.
We have a birthday girl tomorrow. It will be 'Susan B. Anthony Day'. The birthday of this women's rights advocate.
'International Angelman Syndrome Day' tomorrow is an awareness day for the 'congenital disorder characterized by mental disability and a tendency toward jerky movement'.
Another awareness day is 'International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day'. Some countries have their own day, such as the U.S. on Feb. 3.
John Irving once said 'With every book, you go back to school. You become a student. You become an investigative reporter. You spend a little time learning what it's like to live in someone else's shoes.'
[The Hankster says] You can even learn something in a small book like this post. Let us look at the chapter known as February 15 in the book of the 'once was'. This was the preface The story line was laid down by others and you must write the epilogue.
In 1889, The U.S. Battleship Maine explodes in Havana Harbor. The explosion is blamed on Spain and the event precipitates the Spanish American War.. The cause is still undecided to this date although recent investigations do not attribute it to a hostile action by Spain. It may have been a coal bunker explosion.
In 1941, Duke Ellington 1st records 'Take the A Train'.
In 1946, The first all-purpose electronic computer, the ENIAC goes into operation. It's first and foremost duties was in the calculation of ballistic tables for the Army. It did in two hours what in some cases would have taken two years. It was housed in several rooms and weighted 27 tons.
In 1950, Walt Disney's 'Cinderella' is released.
In 1964, Beatles' 'Meet the Beatles!,' album goes #1 and stays #1 for 11 weeks.
In 1965, A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
In 2005, YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States. The name was registered on the 14th.
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Food Holiday:
Berry Fresh Month
Canned Food Month
Celebration of Chocolate Month
Great American Pie Month
National Cherry Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Fondue Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Snack Food Month
Potato Lover’s Month
Sweet Potato Month
Other:
American Heart Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Black History Month
Creative Romance Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
National Heart Healthy Month
National Weddings Month
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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