Two food holidays tomorrow.
- 'National Black Forest Cake Day'. Thin layers of chocolate cake with wipped cream and cherries between each layer.
[The Hankster says] I would call that heavenly cake, instead.
- 'National Something on a Stick Day'.
[The Hankster says] Corndogs, ice cream, sausage and such. Food with a handle for on the go. You know, kind-of-a uni-chopstick.
Tomorrow is 'National Weed Appreciation Day'. Celebration of the edible, nutritious and medicinal weeds.
[The Hankster says] I no longer have weeds in my yard. I refer to them as specialized grasses. However, the Home Owners Assoc, still wants me to take um' up.
An Animal awareness day tomorrow. It will be 'Respect Your Cat Day'.
A pretty much everything awareness day tomorrow. 'Earth Hour'> From Wikipedia: The event is held worldwide annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the last Saturday in March,
[The Hanksters says] Not Earth Day.
H. P. Lovecraft once wrote 'Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.'
[The Hankster says] Much has been written to compare time and the sea. The waves, the tide, ships passing in the night thoughts floating over the water and so forth. The ocean only seems endless when you are caught in the middle of it's vast reaches. Let us see if on March 28 in the past, we can find those who found there bearings and finished the voyage. We can do that, we have recorded history.
In 1797, Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented a washing machine.
In 1881, PT Barnum and James A Bailey merge and form the Barnum and Bailey Circus. A third merger in 1919 produced the 'Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus '.
In 1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
In 1930, The city of Constantinople is changed (in name) to Istanbul.
In 1939, Hal Kemp and his orchestra recorded 'Three Little Fishies'.
In 1958, Eddie Cochran recorded 'Summertime Blues'.
In 1966, Gary Lewis and the Playboys recorded 'Green Grass'.
In 1967, Van Morrison recorded 'Brown Eyed Girl'.
In 1972, Elvis Presley recorded 'Burning Love'. It was his last major hit.
In 1977, At the 49th Academy Awards,
- Best Picture is 'Rocky'.
- Best Actor is Peter Finch for 'Network'.
- Best Actress is Faye Dunaway for 'Network'.
- Best Supporting Actor is Jason Robards for 'All the President's Men'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Beatrice Straight for 'Network'.
- Best Original Song is 'Evergreen' from 'A Star Is Born'.
In 1979, The 'Three Mile Island' nuclear reactor incident occurs.
In 1993, At the 13th Golden Raspberry Awards,
- Worst Picture is 'Shining Through'.
- Worst Actor is Sylvester Stallone in 'Stop!'.
- Worst Actress is Melanie Griffith in 'Shining Through' and 'A Stranger Among Us'.
- Worst Original Song is 'High Times, Hard Times' from 'Newsies'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
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.
'
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