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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'Chocolate Mint Day'.
[The Hankster says] Since we celebrated Peppermint Pattie Day, a few days ago, I'll take my Chocolate Mint on top of some Thin Mint GS cookies.
Happy Year of the Goat. Tomorrow is 'Chinese New Year'.
Tomorrow is 'Temporary Insanity Day'.
[The Hankster says] No, that is not your plea if someone indites you for reading this post. On this day in 1859, Daniel E. Sickles became the first man to be acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
An awareness day tomorrow. It will be 'Great American Spit Out'. Anti smokeless tobacco campaign.
Tomorrow is 'Coast Guard Reserves Birthday'. From Wikipedia: 'The United States Coast Guard Reserve was originally established on 23 June 1939 as a civilian reserve. This civilian reserve was renamed the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on the passage of the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act of 19 February 1941 and the military reserve commenced operations at that time.'
Tomorrow we remember the day of the WW II amphibious landing in 1945 on Iwo Jima. It will be 'Iwo Jima Day'. From Wikipedia: 'he battle was immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the raising of the U.S. flag on top of the 166 m (545 ft) Mount Suribachi by five U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy battlefield Hospital Corpsman. The photograph records the second flag-raising on the mountain, both of which took place on the fifth day of the 35-day battle.'.
Benjamin Franklin once said 'If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.'
[The Hankster says] I wasn't sure either. Prodigality: 'characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure'. Lest this post become such let us jump right into a look back to February 19 in the past.
In 1674, England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
In 1846, In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
In 1856, The 'Tin-type' camera is patented by Hamilton Smith.
[The Hankster says] The Tintype was a quick, inexpensive and poorer quality image on iron (not tin) that could be processed quickly. If you have ever heard the phrase 'Not on your Tintype', meaning 'no way', it comes from this popular but less quality photo-positive product.
In 1878, Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
In 1906, Kellogg and Bolin found 'Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.' It later becomes
Kellogs. Corn flakes were originally invented as a health food (meat substitute) at Kellogg's ' Battle Creek Sanitarium'.
In 1922 - Comedian Ed Wynn becomes the first talent to sign as a radio entertainer More
In 1942, Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded 'I'll Take Tallulah'.
[The Hankster says] It is a nonsense song. The first lines of the lyrics are:
'Have you met Dolores? She's queen of the forest
Have you met Olivia? Her I'd gladly give ya
Have you met the queen, the rulah, Tallulah
For that gal Tallulah I would fight a duela,
I would climb a hillah, I'll paddle to Priscilla,
But this is getting sillah'..
In 1945, A U.S. invasion force lands at Iwo Jima.
In 1985, The 'EastEnders' BBC's flagship soap opera broadcasts for the first time.
In 2002, NASA's Odyssey maps surface of Mars.
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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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