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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Banana Bread Day'.
[The Hankster says]I always called it Banana Nut Bread. Guess it is the same. Great hot and buttered or with some ice cream on top.
We have a doggie food holiday tomorrow. It will be 'National Dog Biscuit Day'. AKA: International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day.
[The Hankster says] I took a test nibble on one, once. Don't see what all the fuss is about.
Get a new can of tennis balls and get ready for tomorrow. It will be 'Play Tennis Day'.
[The Hankster says] The celebration of the invention of the game by Harry Gem and Augurio Perera, who developed the game on Perera’s lawn in England
If you would rather be on ice and work to sweep a path for something that looks like a tea pot, then tomorrow's 'Curling Is Cool Day' is for you.
We have an awareness day in New Zealand tomorrow. It will be 'Well Child/Tamariki Ora Week'. The first day of week long event 23-28
Elvis Presley once said 'From the time I was a kid, I always knew something was going to happen to me. Didn't know exactly what.'
[The Hankster says] I guess he wasn't sure until he got a git tar for Christmas, instead of a bicycle, when he was twelve. I wonder how many others had a feeling of greatness or notoriety as a child. Maybe we can find some others back on February 23 in the past.
In 1455, The traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
In 1836, During the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
In 1886, Charles Martin Hall produces the first samples of man-made aluminum.
In 1896, The Tootsie Roll is invented.
In 1905, The Rotary Club International is formed in Chicago.
In 1927, The bill that establishes the 'Federal Radio Commission', later replaced by the 'Federal Communications Commission' which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States, was signed into law.
In 1939, The Academy Award for Best Picture of 1938 was 'You Can't Take It With You'. It was a romantic comedy starring Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, and Edward Arnold. .
In 1940, Woody Guthrie writes 'This Land is Your Land'.
In 1941, Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
In 1942, During World War II, A Japanese submarine fires artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara.
In 1945, The U.S. flag is raised on Iwo Jima.
In 1947, The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was founded.
In 1954, The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins.
In 1977, At the 20th Grammy Awards, there is a first and only tie for 'Song of the Year'. Winners were and Barbra Streisand's 'Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)' and Debby Boone's 'You Light Up My Life'.
In 1983, At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards, The 'Song of the Year' is Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson for 'Always on My Mind'. This is not the W..N. version.
In 1991, During the Gulf War, Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
In 2000, At the 42nd Grammy Awards, the 'Song of the Yer' is 'Smooth' by Santana.
In 2004, The 45th Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, is 'Don't Know Why' by Norah Jones.
In 2013, At the 33rd 'Golden Raspberry Awards', The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 wins.
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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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