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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day'.
[The Hankster says] I wonder if these are the losers of the National Champion Crab Races, held today, Feb 17? I don't know about the Flounders. I think they might be better hat hiding than racing.
Get all charged up for tomorrow's 'National Battery Day'. The birthday of the inventor of the battery as we know it, Allesandro Volta, an Italian physicist. Ben Franklin used the word battery first in 1748 to describe a device of two charged plates.
Tomorrow is 'Elm Farm Ollie Day / Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day'.
[The Hankster says] In 1930, a Guernsey cow named Nellie Jay or Elm Farm Ollie was flown to the St. Louis International Air Exposition. On the way she was milked and the milked put in cartons and parachuted from the plane. As well as the publicity, some investigation was done on how animals would react during air flight.
An awareness day tomorrow, in Great Britain. It will be University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day'.
Ron White once said 'The next time you have a thought... let it go.
[The Hankster says] What good is a thought if you do not act on it. Let us see who might have let their thoughts go, maybe on February 18, and thus made a difference.
In 1911, Airmail is delivered for the first time by Henri Pequet in Allahabad, British India.
In 1929, The first Academy Awards are announced. They were for the 1927 and 1928 movies. Best picture 'Winds', Best actor 'Emil Jannings' for 'The Last Command' and 'The Way of All Flesh', Best actress 'Janet Gaynor' for 'Seventh Heaven', 'Street Angel' and 'Sunrise'.
In 1930, Pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. Pluto has been reclassified, losing its 'planetary' status.
In 1959, Ray Charles records, What'd I Say, at Atlantic Records.
In 1979, Snow falls in the Sahara Desert.
In 1953,- 'Bwana Devil', the first 3-D movie, opened in New York.
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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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