We have two food holidays tomorrow.
First is 'National Crabmeat Day'.
[The Hankster says] My favorite way to eat crabmeat is in fried crab cakes.
Second is 'National Meatball Day'.
[The Hankster says] I'll take a meatball over a crab cake any time.
Ladies, ask your mom to get your old toy box from the attic, tomorrow is 'National Barbie Day'.
[The Hankster says Celebrates the Barbie Doll's debut at the 1959 American International Toy Fair.
I see several holidays tomorrow that just might be related to the time change.
First is 'National Get Over it Day'.
[The Hankster says] You lost an hour, git over it.
Second is 'Panic Day'. An international panic day is on June 19.
[The Hankster says] Ditto.
Third 'National Napping Day'. Day after Return of Daylight Savings Day
[The Hankster says] Does a body good. Catch up on that lost hour.
Forth is 'National Workplace Napping Day'. First Monday after Daylight Savings Time
[The Hankster says] Disclaimer. A nap is good, when is your choice.
Tomorrow is 'False Teeth Day'. Anniversary of the US patent for false teeth in 1822.
For you Aussie's. Tomorrow is 'Canberra Day'. In Australia (Australian Capital Territory ) on the second Monday in March. Canberra's official founding in 1913.
An awareness day tomorrow. It will be the first day of 'National Brain Awareness Week'. In Ireland, the first day of week long 9-15 event to raise awareness of neurological conditions.
William Blake once said 'In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.'.
[The Hankster says] If we sowed well yesterday, harvested that yield today and partake of it tomorrow, we have done well. History can help us decide when to sow and when to harvest. Let us see if on March 9 in the past the crops we planted allow us to enjoy or regret.
In 1454, Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. The German mapmaker Matthias Ringmann named the American continent in his honor. Amerigo was an explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who was the first to demonstrate that the 'New World' was not the eastern shores of Asia.
In 1862, The ironclads Monitor and Virginia (formerly Merrimac) clashed for five hours to a draw at Hampton Roads, Va., during the Civil War.
In 1961, The first animal (a dog named Chernushka or Blackie, returns from space, aboard Sputnik 9.
In 1961, The Supremes released their first single, 'I Want A Guy'.
In 1964, The first Ford Mustang is produced.
In 1964, The Supreme Court issues the 'New York Times Co. v. Sullivan' decision that public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages.
In 1966, The Beach Boys recorded 'God Only Knows'.
In 1974, The last Japanese soldier (Hiroo Onoda), a guerrilla operating in the Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended when his old commander returns and relieves him of command fulfilling the parting promise 'whatever happens we'll come back for you'.
In 1981, At the 7th People's Choice Awards,
Favorite All-Around Female Entertainer is Carol Burnett.
Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer is Alan Alda.
Favorite Female Musical Performer is Pat Benatar.
Favorite Male Musical Performer is Kenny Rogers.
Favorite New Song 'Lady'.
Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program is Diana Canova.
Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Program is Tom Selleck.
Favorite Female TV Performer is Carol Burnett.
Favorite Male TV Performer is Alan Alda.
Favorite New TV Comedy Program is 'Too Close for Comfort'.
Favorite New TV Dramatic Program is 'Magnum P.I.'.
Favorite TV Comedy Program is 'M*A*S*H'.
Favorite TV Dramatic Program is'Dallas'.
Favorite TV Mini-Series is 'Shogun'.
Favorite Young TV Performer is Gary Coleman.
Favorite Motion Picture is 'The Empire Strikes Back'.
Favorite Motion Picture Actor is Clint Eastwood.
Favorite Motion Picture Actress is Jane Fonda, Goldie Hawn.
Favorite Young Motion Picture Performer is Brooke Shields.
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Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month
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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
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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.
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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.
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