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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Turkey Neck Soup Day'.
[The Hankster says] You can make a nice soup, but the neck came packed with the heart and other such with the T-day turkey. Shouldn't this holiday be on Nov.. 25 or 26?
After a hardy bowl of soup, you may want to take a walk. tomorrow is 'National Take a Walk in the Park Day'.
[The Hankster says] OK, the soup wouldn't really fill me up that much, It's the bread and
mashed potatoes that will do it. Oh, yes, and a left over piece of today's Lemon Chiffon cake. OK, two peaces. Can't think of a better way to clear the mind and the calories, than a nice long walk.
Tomorrow is 'National I Am in Control Day'. In 1981, Secretary of State, Alexander Haig’s words 'I am in control here' following the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.
Tomorrow you can celebrate the guy who gave all of us a second chance to get it right . Tomorrow is 'National Pencil Day'. Patent date for Hymen Lipman's invention of attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil in 1858.
Not pleased with your life? Always looking elsewhere? Tomorrow is a reminder for you. It will be 'Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day'. A personal inventory day that highlights the possible pitfalls of a restless spirit.
tomorrow we have a birthday boy. It will be 'Bunsen Burner Day'. Birthday of the inventor of the Bunsen Burner, Robert Bunsen, which is used in chemistry labs.
[The Hankster says] We wouldn't have been able to stink up the halls of the high school nearly as much without one.
Awareness days tomorrow:
- 'National Doctors Day'. Since 1933. On the anniversary day of the first use of ether as an anesthetic for surgery.
- 'World Bi-polar Day'.
- 'Cycle Against Suicide'. Fund raiser in Ireland, from Mar. 30 - Apr. 26
Alaskans state holiday tomorrow. It will be 'Seward's Day'. Alaska state holiday on the last Monday in March. It celebrates the signing of the Alaska Purchase treaty on March 30, 1867. 'Alaska Day' is a different holiday. That is the turning over of Alaska from Russia to the U.S. (Oct. 19).
Thomas Jefferson once said 'Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.'
[The Hankster says] Let us see if on March 30 in the past, our ancestors 'put the pedal to the metal' and got 'er done. I hope they did take some time to smell the roses. There is that thing about Jack being a dull boy.
In 240 BC, The first recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Last was Feb. 9 1986. Next will be July 28 2061.
In 1842, Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
In 1867, Russia sells Alaska to the United States. The 7.2 million dollar deal was championed by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
[The Hankster says] I guess when gold and oil was found, people stopped calling the deal 'Seward's Folly'.
In 1870, The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially takes effect, giving African-Americans the right to vote.
In 1870, The United States Congress readmitted Texas into the Union after Civil War reconstruction.
In 1939, 'Detective Comics' #27 is released, introducing Batman.
In 1955, At the 27th Academy Awards,
- Best Motion Picture is 'On the Waterfront'.
- Best Actor is Marlon Brando for 'On the Waterfront'.
- Best Actress is Grace Kelly for 'The Country Girl'.
- Best Supporting Actor is Edmond O'Brien for 'The Barefoot Contessa'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Eva Marie Saint for 'On the Waterfront'.
- Best Original Song is 'Three Coins in the Fountain' from 'Three Coins in the Fountain'.
In 1957, Buddy Knox became the first artist in the Rock and Roll era to write his own #1 hit single with 'Party Doll'.
In 1964, The TV game show 'Jeopardy' premieres.
In 1971, Howard Schultz opens up the first ever Starbucks coffee shop in Seattle, Washington. It was named after the chief mate, Starbuck, in the story 'Moby-Dick'.
In 1981, President Reagan is shot and seriously wounded by a lone gunman. the bullet that hit him was a ricochet. A Secret Service Agent jumped in front of the President and took a shot that would have also hit the President.
In 1987, Vincent Van Gogh's painting 'Sunflowers' is purchased anonymously for almost $36.3 million.
In 1987, At the 59th Academy Awards,
- Best Picture is 'Platoon'.
- Best Actor is Paul Newman for 'The Color of Money'.
- Best Actress is Marlee Matlin for 'Children of a Lesser God'.
- Best Supporting Actor is Michael Caine for 'Hannah and Her Sisters'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Dianne Wiest for 'Hannah and Her Sisters'.
- Best Original Song is 'Take My Breath Away' from 'Top Gun'.
In 1992, At the 64th Academy Awards,
- Best Picture is 'The Silence of the Lambs'.
- Best Actor is Anthony Hopkins for 'The Silence of the Lambs'.
- Best Actress is Jodie Foster for 'The Silence of the Lambs'.
- Best Supporting Actor is Jack Palance for 'City Slickers'.
- Best Supporting Actress is Mercedes Ruehl for 'The Fisher King'
- Best Original Song is 'Beauty and the Beast' from 'Beauty and the Beast'.
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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.
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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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