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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Jelly Bean Day'.
[The Hankster says] I'' mention again, save the black ones for me.
All you Sooners out there. tomorrow is 'Oklahoma Day'. The date that the 'Oklahoma Lands', now the state of Oklahoma, was opened for settlement.
[The Hankster says] The land rush to obtain free land started on this day at noon in 1889, well except for those that broke the 'sooner clause' of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 which disallowed occupying the lad before the opening date. Those that tried to get around the rule were called Sooners.
Awareness days for tomorrow:
- ''World PI Week'. From the web site: 'a global campaign which aims to raise awareness and improve diagnosis and treatment of primary immunodeficiencies (PI)'
- 'Administrative Professionals Day'. Wednesday on Last Full Week in April. Formerly the June 4 National Secretaries Day, created in 1952.
- 'Girl Scout Leaders Day'.
- 'Earth Day/International Mother Earth Day'. Started in the 1970. Now established as of 2009 by the United Nations General Assembly. A environmental protection observance.
Stendhal once said 'Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.'
[The Hankster says] I'm not so sure we need to micro-manage the clock quite that aggressively, but I understand the idea. Is it 'Early to Bed and Early to Rise' or the 'You Snooze, You Loose' philosophy that will get us through? Maybe, like many things, one philosophy does not fit all. Let us see what happened on April 22 in the past, and determine if a little yawn let us down.
In 1823, R. J. Tyers patented roller skate, the 'Rolito', a five wheeled inline design. The four wheeled skate was patented in 1860 by Reuben Shaler, as the Parlor Skate.
In 1889, The Oklahoma Land Rush occurs at 12 noon - thousands dashed for unclaimed land.
In 1915, The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
In 1931, James G. Ray landed an autogyro (Pitcairn PCA-2) on the lawn of the White House.
In 1970, The first Earth Day is celebrated.
In 1976,- Johnnie Taylor's 'Disco Lady' became the first single to sell over 2 million copies.
In 1978, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd made their first appearance as The Blues Brothers on NBC's 'Saturday Night Live'.
In 1993, Version one of Mosaic web browser is released.
In 2010, The Boeing X-37 began its first orbital mission. It successfully returned to Earth on December 3, 2010. From Wikipedia: 'The Boeing X-37, also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), is an American reusable unmanned spac
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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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