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Today is March 18 2015

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

National Sloppy Joe Day: More
National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day More

Other celebrations/observances today:
  • National Supreme Sacrifice Day: More
  • National Kick Butts Day: More
  • National Ag Day: More
  • National Awkward Moments Day: More
  • National Biodiesel Day: More
  • Forgive Mom and Dad Day: More
  • Brain Injury Awareness Day: More
  • Goddess of Fertility Day: More
Events in the past on: March 18
  • In 1892, Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada the Stanley Cup.
    From Wikipedia: 'The Stanley Cup (French: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner. Originally commissioned in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the trophy is named for Lord Stanley of Preston, then-Governor General of Canada, who awarded it to Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club, which the entire Stanley family supported, with the sons and daughters playing and promoting the game.

    The first Cup was awarded in 1893 to Montreal HC, and subsequent winners from 1893 to 1914 were determined by challenge games and league play. Professional teams then became eligible to challenge for the Stanley Cup in 1906. In 1915, the two professional ice hockey organizations, the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), reached a gentlemen's agreement in which their respective champions would face each other annually for the Stanley Cup. After a series of league mergers and folds, it was established as the de facto championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and then the de jure NHL championship prize in 1947.'.
    - At Wikipedia: More
    - On YouTube: More
  • In 1937, The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
    From Wikipedia: 'The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the London School of New London, Texas, a community in Rusk County previously known as "London". The disaster killed more than 295 students and teachers, making it the deadliest school disaster in American history. As of 2014, the event is the third deadliest disaster in the history of Texas, after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, and the 1947 Texas CityDisaster'.
    - At Wikipedia: More
    - On YouTube: More
  • In 1965, Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
    From Wikipedia: 'Voskhod 2 was a Soviet manned space mission in March 1965. The Vostok-based Voskhod 3KD spacecraft with two crew members on board, Pavel Belyayev and Alexey Leonov, was equipped with an inflatable airlock. It established another milestone in space exploration when Alexey Leonov became the first person to leave the spacecraft in a specialized spacesuit to conduct a 12 minute "spacewalk"'.
    - At Wikipedia: More
    - On YouTube: More
  II.
Henry's Heads Up! - previous days social media post (updated daily)

We have two food holidays tomorrow.
'National Sloppy Joe Day'.
[The Hankster says] A childhood favorite. Two or three sandwiches, some chips and a pickle.
'National Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day'.
[The Hankster says] A crispy outside, but chewy cookie made with butter, sugar, vanilla and salt and oatmeal, no flour.

Tomorrow we should consider those who have given all to protect others. It will be 'National Supreme Sacrifice Day'.

We have some awareness days tomorrow.
'National Kick Butts Day'. Anti smoking.
'National Ag (agriculture) Day'.
'National Biodiesel Day'.
'Brain Injury Awareness Day'.

Tomorrow is 'National Awkward Moments Day'.
[The Hankster says] I wouldn't take the time to plan any such moments. They will occur when you least expect them. So, don't loose any sleep tonight.

I bet we all have a lot for which to thank our mothers and fathers. There is that other side that is considered tomorrow. It will be 'Forgive Mom and Dad Day'.
[The Hankster says] If the hurt is over an hour old, you get over it first and thank mom and dad for all they do. and have done (for your good, as they saw it)..

Leonardo da Vinci once wrote 'In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.'
[The Hankster says] Sounds like if we consider the the now of time, we don't know if we are coming or going. Not so with the past. What has drifted down the river of time has come ashore for us to see. Let us see what we can glean from a look at March 18. Did it leave us treasure or trash on the shore.

In 1892, Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada. It becomes the Stanley Cup.

In 1937,– The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
From Wikipedia. 'The New London School explosion occurred on March 18, 1937, when a natural gas leak caused an explosion, destroying the London School of New London, Texas,[1] a community in Rusk County previously known as "London". The disaster killed more than 295 students and teachers, making it the deadliest school disaster in American history. As of 2014, the event is the third deadliest disaster in the history of Texas, after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, and the 1947 Texas City Disaster.'

In 1965, Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.

In 1992, Donna Summer, with 3 consecutive albums reaching #1, gets her star on the Walk of Fame.

 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 Sound of Music More
    Having displaced 'The Greatest Story Ever Told', it will be there until the weekend box office of April 11 1965 when, 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VadngOGKlP0', takes over.
  IV.
Today in the Past (reference sites): March 18
   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

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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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