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Tomorrow we have two food holidays:
- 'National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day'.
[The Hankster says] As a child, I watched with anticipation as the Pineapple Upside Down Cake cooked in a cast-iron skillet on the stove. I can still taste it.
- 'National Lima Bean Respect Day'.a.k.a. - Butter Bean. A 'good source of dietary fiber, and a virtually fat-free source of high-quality protein'.
[The Hankster says] I like 'um. Actually I never met a veggie I didn't like.
Tomorrow is 'National Look Alike Day'.
[The Hankster says] Just read an article that told about someone who found their exact double on one of the social media sites. If you can't find someone, do the next best thing, fake it. I will not be responsible if the fake you, is liked more than the original you. Proceed at your own risk.
'Patriots' Day' is tomorrow. Third Monday of April. Celebrates the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the day the British Troups entered Boston in the American Revolutionary War. In Massachusetts, Maine, public school holiday in Wisconsin. Date on which the Boston Marathon is run.
Awareness days tomorrow:
- 'UN Chinese Language Day'. From Wikipedia: 'to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization.' The six official languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish.
- 'Volunteer Recognition Day'.
- 'National Stop Snoring Week'. In Great Britain, the first day of an Apr. 20-25 awareness event. Emphasizes that snoring can be treated.
- 'Allergy Awareness Week'. In Great Britain, the first day of an Apr. 20-26 awareness and fund raiser event.
- 'Depression Awareness Week'. In Great Britain, the first day of an Apr. 20-26 awareness event.
- 'Parkinson’s Awareness Week'.
In Great Britain. The first day of an Apr. 20-26 awareness event.
- '65 Roses National Awareness Week'.
In Ireland, an awareness and fund raiser for Cystic Fibrosis. The first day of Apr. 20-27 event. '65 Roses' is the best that some children can accomplish when trying to say 'Cystic Fibrosis'.
Erma Bombeck once said 'Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.'
[The Hankster says] History is full of dreamers. Some dreams are nothing more than that.
Others are pursued. Let us see who, on an April 20 in the past, failed or fulfilled their dream.
In 1862, The first pasteurization test was completed by Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard.'.
In 1832, The first national park in the U.S. is established - Hot Springs National Park.'.
In 1918, Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.'.
In 1926, Western Electric and Warner Bros. announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to film.'.
In 1931, Louis Armstrong recorded 'When It’s Sleepy Time Down South'.'.
In 1935, The radio version of 'Your Hit Parade' begins broadcasting.'.
In 1939, Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song 'Strange Fruit'.'.
In 1939, Highlighted at the World's Fair in New York - the first ever commercial television broadcast goes live.'.
In 1959, Dolly Parton's first single at age 13, 'Puppy Love', was released.'.
In 1964, The Elvis Presley movie 'Viva Las Vegas' premiered.'.
In 2010, The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months.'.
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Food Holiday:
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
Fresh Florida Tomato Month
National BLT Sandwich Month
National Florida Tomato Month
National Food Month
National Garlic Month
National Grilled Cheese Month
National Pecan Month
National Soft Pretzel Month
National Soy Foods Month
Other:
Alcohol Awareness Month
Arab American Heritage Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Counseling Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Fair Housing Month
Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Informed Woman Month
International Amateur Radio Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Guitar Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Library Snapshot Month
Listening Awareness Month
Mathematics Education Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
Multicultural Communication Month
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Anxiety Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Cancer Control Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Decorating Month
National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
National Donate Life Month
National Facial Protection Month
National Frog Month
National Garden Month
National Greyhound Adoption Month
National Heartworm Awareness Month
National Humor Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Minority Health Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Poetry Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Safe Digging Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)'s Education and Awareness Month
National Sjogren's Syndrome Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Parliamentary Law Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month
Prevention of Lyme Disease in Dogs Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month of Action
Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
April is:
April origin (from Wikipedia):
'The Romans gave this month the Latin name Aprilis but the derivation of
this name is uncertain. The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire,
'to open', in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin
to 'open', which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of
(anoixis) (opening) for spring. Since some of the Roman months were named
in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to the goddess Venus, her
Veneralia being held on the first day, it has been suggested that
April was the second month of the earliest Roman calendar, before
Ianuarius and Februarius were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC.
It became the fourth month of the calendar year (the year when twelve
months are displayed in order) during the time of the decemvirs about
450 BC, when it also was given 29 days. The 30th day was added during
the reform of the calendar undertaken by Julius Caesar in the mid-40s BC,
which produced the Julian calendar.'
April
'is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the
Northern Hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern Hemisphere,
where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the
Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.'
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