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Today is March 6 2015

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Today's Holidays and Historical Events (updated daily)
Today's Food Holiday

National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day: More
National Frozen Food Day Presidential proclamation since 1984: More
National Oreo Cookie Day More

Other celebrations/observances today:
  • Holi: More
    'festival that celebrates the arrival of spring, and the triumph of good over evil.'
  • National Dentist’s Day: More
  • National Day of Unplugging: More
    First Friday in March
  • National Employee Appreciation Day: More
    Since 1995. First Friday in March
  • National Salesperson Day: More
    Since 2000. First Friday in March
  • Dress in Blue Day: More
    First Friday of March. Colon cancer awareness.
  • Middle Name Pride Day: More
    The Friday of Celebrate Your Name Day
  • Day of The Dude: More
    Celebrates the Dude in the crime comedy movie 'The Big Lebowski'
  • Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day: More
    'Russian female mathematician, responsible for important original contributions to analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe'
  • International Lymphoedema Awareness Day: More
  • Lymphedema Awareness Day: More
  • National Pyjama Day: More
    In Ireland. Irish Autism Action
  • Yellow Mufti Day: More
    In Australia. Endometriosis awareness.
Events in the past on: March 6
  • In 1836, during the Texas Revolution: the Battle of the Alamo concludes after a thirteen day siege by an army of from 1,500 to 3,000 Mexican troops, and 187 Texas volunteers
    From Wikipedia: 'The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing all of the Texian defenders. Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians—both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States—to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution'.
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  • In 1857, In the 'Dred Scott Decision', the U.S. Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens.
    From Wikipedia: 'Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and that of his wife and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott Decision." Scott claimed that he and his wife should be granted their freedom because they had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal. Supreme Court decided 7–2 against Scott, finding that neither he nor any other person of African ancestry could claim citizenship in the United States, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules. Moreover, Scott's temporary residence outside Missouri did not bring about his emancipation under the Missouri Compromise, which the court ruled unconstitutional as it would "improperly deprive Scott's owner of his legal property".

    'While Chief Justice Roger B. Taney had hoped to settle issues related to slavery and Congressional authority by this decision, it aroused public outrage, deepened sectional tensions between the northern and southern U.S. states, and hastened the eventual explosion of their differences into the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and the post-Civil War Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments nullified the decision'.
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  • In 1899, Bayer registers '"Aspirin" as a trademark.
    From Wikipedia: 'Bayer AG was founded in Barmen (today a part of Wuppertal), Germany in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and his partner, Johann Friedrich Weskott.

    Bayer's first major product was acetylsalicylic acid (originally discovered by French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt in 1853), a modification of salicylic acid or salicin, a folk remedy found in the bark of the willow plant. By 1899, Bayer's trademark Aspirin was registered worldwide for Bayer's brand of acetylsalicylic acid, but "Aspirin" lost its trademark status in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom because of the confiscation of Bayer's US assets and trademarks during World War I by the United States and the subsequent widespread usage of the word to describe all brands of the compound. It is now widely used in the US, UK, and France for all brands of the drug. However, it is still a registered trademark of Bayer in more than 80 other countries, including Canada, Mexico, Germany, and Switzerland. As of 2011, approximately 40 thousand tons of aspirin are produced each year and 10 to 20 billion tablets are taken in the U.S. alone each year for prevention of cardiovascular events. It is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system',
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  • In 1912, Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur,.
    From Wikipedia: 'On March 6, 1912, the Italian forces became the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles dropped bombs on Turkish troops and Libyan Mujahideen encamped at Janzour, from an altitude of 6,000 feet'.
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  • In 1959, The Drifters recorded 'There Goes My Baby'.
    From Wikipedia: '"There Goes My Baby" is a song written by Ben E. King (Benjamin Nelson), Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller, and produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Drifters. This was the first single by the second incarnation of the Drifters (previously known as the 5 Crowns), who assumed the group name in 1958 after manager George Treadwell fired the remaining members of the original lineup'.
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  • In 1981, After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
    From Wikipedia: 'On February 14, 1980, Cronkite announced that he intended to retire from the CBS Evening News; at the time, CBS had a policy of mandatory retirement by age 65. Although sometimes compared to a father figure or an uncle figure, in an interview about his retirement he described himself as being more like a "comfortable old shoe" to his audience. His last day in the anchor chair at the CBS Evening News was on March 6, 1981; he was succeeded the following Monday by Dan Rather'.
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  • In 1990, Ed Yielding and Joseph T. Vida set the transcontinental speed record flying a SR-71 Blackbird from Los Angeles to Virginia in 64 minutes, averaging 2,124 mph.
    From Wikipedia: 'The SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft throughout its career. On 28 July 1976, SR-71 serial number 61-7962, broke the world record: an "absolute altitude record" of 85,069 feet (25,929 m). Several aircraft have exceeded this altitude in zoom climbs, but not in sustained flight. That same day SR-71, serial number 61-7958, set an absolute speed record of 1,905.81 knots (2,193.2 mph; 3,529.6 km/h), approximately Mach 3.3. SR-71 pilot Brian Shul states in his book The Untouchables that he flew in excess of Mach 3.5 on 15 April 1986 over Libya to evade a missile.'

    'The SR-71 also holds the "Speed Over a Recognized Course" record for flying from New York to London—distance 3,461.53 miles (5,570.79 km), 1,806.964 miles per hour (2,908.027 km/h), and an elapsed time of 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds—set on 1 September 1974 while flown by U.S. Air Force Pilot Maj. James V. Sullivan and Maj. Noel F. Widdifield, reconnaissance systems officer (RSO). This equates to an average velocity of about Mach 2.72, including deceleration for in-flight refueling. Peak speeds during this flight were likely closer to the declassified top speed of Mach 3.2+. For comparison, the best commercial Concorde flight time was 2 hours 52 minutes and the Boeing 747 averages 6 hours 15 minutes.

    'On 26 April 1971, 61-7968, flown by Majors Thomas B. Estes and Dewain C. Vick, flew over 15,000 miles (24,000 km) in 10 hrs. 30 min. This flight was awarded the 1971 Mackay Trophy for the "most meritorious flight of the year" and the 1972 Harmon Trophy for "most outstanding international achievement in the art/science of aeronautics".

    'When the SR-71 was retired in 1990, one Blackbird was flown from its birthplace at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, to go on exhibit at what is now the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. On 6 March 1990, Lt. Col. Raymond E. "Ed" Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph T. "JT" Vida p iloted SR-71 S/N 61-7972 on its final Senior Crown flight and set four new speed records in the process'.
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  II.
Henry's Heads Up! - previous days social media post (updated daily)

We have three food holidays tomorrow.
First is ' National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day'.
[The Hankster says] Never had any, but I love firsts.
Second is 'National Frozen Food Day'. Actually a Presidential proclamation since 1984.
Third is 'National Oreo Cookie Day'.
[The Hankster says] I have a cold glass of milk waiting and have tested both my cookie twisting and 'cream filling' licking motion. Bring 'um on.


[The Hankster says] A reminder. You only have 3 days in which to make a list of all the clocks and devices on which you will need to Spring Forward, this Sunday. You know you always forget one of them.You may have your lost hour back on Nov. 1.

In India, tomorrow will be 'Holi'. A 'festival that celebrates the arrival of spring, and the triumph of good over evil.'

If you had both cheese cake and cookies or bit-down on a frozen pea, you might need to take advantage of tomorrow's 'National Dentist’s Day'.

Tomorrow is a day to set aside all your electronic gadgets. It will be 'National Day of Unplugging'.
[The Hankster says] Give it a try, but only after you have read my post, first.

We have two, somewhat related, holidays tomorrow. This one from the employers viewpoint, 'National Employee Appreciation Day'. Since 1995. First Friday in March
And this one from the customer's viewpoint, 'National Salesperson Day'. Since 2000. First Friday in March

Tomorrow will be the Friday of 'Celebrate Your Name Week' . It will be 'Middle Name Pride Day'.

We have several health related awareness days tomorrow.
'Dress in Blue Day'. Colon cancer awareness.
'International Lymphoedema Awareness Day'.
'Lymphedema Awareness Day'. In Canada.
'National Pyjama Day'. In Ireland. Sponsored by Irish Autism Action.
'Yellow Mufti Day'. In Australia. Endometriosis awareness.

For you math students out there. Tomorrow is 'Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day'. She was a 'Russian female mathematician, responsible for important original contributions to analysis, differential equations and mechanics, and the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe.'
[The Hankster says] Differential equations? I'm still working on the Jethro Bodine theory of ciphering. I still have problems with my naughts and zeros.

Greg Lake once said 'There is no standing still because time is moving forward.'
[The Hankster says] Let us put that idea to a test and see if we can move backwards instead. There is no fear of getting into a time loop, we can put on the brakes at March 6 in the past.

In 1836, during the Texas Revolution: the Battle of the Alamo concludes after a thirteen day siege by an army of from 1,500 to 3,000 Mexican troops, and 187 Texas volunteers

In 1857, In the 'Dred Scott Decision', the U.S. Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens. Later Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and the post-Civil War Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments nullified the decision.

In 1869, The first periodic table of chemical elements was presented by Dmitri Mendeleev.

In 1899, Bayer patents aspirin.

In 1959, The Drifters recorded 'There Goes My Baby'.

In 1981, After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

In 1990, Ed Yielding and Joseph T. Vida set the transcontinental speed record flying a SR-71 Blackbird from Los Angeles to Virginia in 64 minutes, averaging 2,124 mph.

In 2010, At the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards,
Worst Picture is 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'.
Worst Actor is Jonas Brothers in 'Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience'. Worst Actress is Sandra Bullock in 'All About Steve'.
Worst of the decade,
Picture is 'Battlefield Earth '.
Actor is Eddie Murphy for 'The Adventures of Pluto Nash', 'I Spy', 'Imagine That', 'Meet Dave', 'Norbit' and 'Showtime'.
Actress is Paris Hilton for 'The Hottie and the Nottie', 'House of Wax' and 'Repo! The Genetic Opera'.

 III.
Top Song & Movie 50 years ago today (last updated Mar 6 2015 next Mar 27 2015

No. 1 song

  • Eight Days a Week - The Beatles: More
    'This Diamond Ring' has been displaced by 'Eight Days a Week', which will hold the no. 1 spot until March 27 1965, when 'Stop! In the Name of Love', takes over.

Top movie

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told More
    Having displaced 'My Fair Lady, (returns)', it will be there until the weekend box office of March 7 1965 when, 'The Sound of Music', takes over.
  IV.
Today in the Past (reference sites): March 6
   V.
This month March 2015 (updated once a month - last updated - March 1 2015)

Food Holiday:
Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
Berries and Cherries Month
Exotic Winter Fruit and Leeks and Green Onions Month
National Celery Month
National Flour Month
National Frozen Food Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
National Sauce Month

Other:
American Diabetes Alert Month
American Red Cross Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Child Life Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month
Dolphin Awareness Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Hemophilia Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists are Artists Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Kidney Month
Malignant Hyperthermia Awareness and Training Month
Music in our Schools Month
National Athletic Trainers Month
National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Craft Month
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Flower Month
National Kidney Month
National March Into Literacy Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Poison Prevention Awareness Month
National Problem Gambling Awareness Month
National Professional Social Worker's Month
National Social Work Month
National Women's History Month
Red Cross Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Trisomy Awareness Month


March is:

March origin (from Wikipedia):
'The name of March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. '

March 'is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. '

March at Wikipedia: More

  VI.
TV fifty years ago 1965 (updated yearly - last updated Jan. 1 2015)

If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago, or your 45 RPM record player was broke, you might watch one of these shows on TV.
From this Wikipedia article: More

 VII.
Best selling books fifty years ago (updated yearly - last updated Jan. 1 2015)

Best selling books of 1965 More

VIII.
Fun (Last link added October 1 2014, but content on each site may change daily)
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day: More
  • NOAA: - National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: More
  • Listen to Old Radio Shows: (streaming mp3 with schedule) More
  • NASA TV: (video feed) More
    NASA TV schedule: More
  • Public Domain eBook Links

    Sites for downloading or reading free Public Domain eBooks. Available in various formats. More

  • Podcast: A Moment of Science. Approximately 1 minute general science facts.
    Home page: More
    RSS: More
  • Podcast: The Naked Scientists. Current science, medicine, space and other science
    Home page: More
    RSS: More
  • Podcast: Quirks & Quarks. Current science news.
    Home page: More
    RSS: More
  • Articles and videos: Universe Today. Current space and astronomy news.
    Home page: More
    RSS: More
  • Old Picture of the Day - "Each day we bring you one stunning little glimpse of history in the form of a historical photograph."
    Home page: More
    RSS: More
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Other Holiday Sites (Last link added October 1 2014. Link content changes yearly)

Below, are listed several holiday sites that I reference in addition to other holiday researches.


US Government Holidays

  • 2015 Postal Holidays More
  • 2015 Official Federal Holidays More

Holidays Worldwide

  • List of holidays by country More
  • Holidays and Observances around the World More
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