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Today is April 28 2015

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

National Blueberry Pie Day: More

Other celebrations/observances today:
  • National Great Poetry Reading Day: More
  • Workers’ Memorial Day: More
    From Wikipedia: 'Workers' Memorial Day, International Workers' Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day (ICD) for Dead and Injured or Day of Mourning takes place annually around the world on April 28, an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.'
  • National BraveHearts Day: More
    By Brave Hearts for Kids, a charity that works with the children suffering from cancer and their families.
  • Biological Clock Day: More
    Emphasizes our circadian rhythm and how we should attempt to form a regular lifestyle.
  • Cubicle Day: More
    Enhance your home away from home.
  • Restoration of Sovereignty Day in Japan : More
    Marks the end of WW II allied occupation of Japan, April 28 1952.
  • Kiss Your Mate Day: More
  • World Day for Safety and Health at Work: More
    From the U.N. ILO agency which concerns itself with occupational safety and health.
  • National Day of Mourning: More
    Since 1984, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Remembering persons killed or injured in the workplace.
Events in the past on: April 28
  • In 1789, The 'Mutiny on the Bounty' occurred. Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
    From Wikipedia: 'The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the south Pacific on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain Lieutenant William Bligh and set him and 18 loyalists adrift in the ship's open launch. The mutineers variously settled on Tahiti or on Pitcairn Island. Bligh meanwhile completed a voyage of more than 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) in the launch to reach safety, and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice'.
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  • In 1896, The Addressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan. It was a inked rubber stamp machine for printing addresses.
    From Wikipedia: 'In 1896, the first U.S. patent for an addressing machine, the Addressograph was issued to Joseph Smith Duncan of Sioux City, Iowa. It was a development of the invention he had made in 1892. His earlier model consisted of a hexagonal wood block onto which he glued rubber type which had been torn from rubber stamps. While revolving, the block simultaneously inked the next name and address ready for the next impression. The "Baby O" model was put into production on the July 26, 1893, in a small back room of the old Caxton Building in Chicago, Illinois.
    - At Wikipedia: More
  • In 1910, the first night air flight was performed by Claude Grahame-White in England.
    From Wikipedia: 'Claude Grahame-White (21 August 1879 - 19 August 1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.
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  • In 1930, The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas. It was between the Muscogee (Oklahoma) Indians who beat the Independence Producers 13 to 3 in a minor-league game.
    From Wikipedia: 'The first night game in the history of professional baseball was played in Independence on April 28, 1930 when the Muscogee (Oklahoma) Indians beat the Independence Producers 13 to 3 in a minor-league game sanctioned by the Western League of the Western Baseball Association with 1,500 fans attending the game. The permanent lighting system was first used for an exhibition game on April 17, 1930 between the Independence Producers and House of David semi-professional baseball team of Benton Harbor, Michigan, with the Independence team winning with a score of 9 to 1 before a crowd of 1,700 spectators.
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  • In 1940, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'PEnnsylvania 6-5000'.
    From Wikipedia: '"Pennsylvania 6-5000" is a 1940 swing jazz and pop standard recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. The song was released as an RCA Bluebird 78 rpm single by Glenn Miller. According to a TV-interview with John Best, he originally improvised the famous trumpet-solo on the Glenn Miller recording of Pennsylvania 6-5000, and it is widely e
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  • In 1947, Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
    From Wikipedia: 'The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Kon-Tiki is also the name of Heyerdahl's book; the Academy Award-winning documentary film chronicling his adventures; and the 2012 dramatised feature film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

    Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times. His aim in mounting the Kon-Tiki expedition was to show, by using only the materials and technologies available to those people at the time, that there were no technical reasons to prevent them from having done so. Although the expedition carried some modern equipment, such as a radio, watches, charts, sextant, and metal knives, Heyerdahl argued they were incidental to the purpose of proving that the raft itself could make the journey.

    The Kon-Tiki expedition was funded by private loans, along with donations of equipment from the United States Army. Heyerdahl and a small team went to Peru, where, with the help of dockyard facilities provided by the Peruvian authorities, they constructed the raft out of balsa logs and other native materials in an indigenous style as recorded in illustrations by Spanish conquistadores. The trip began on April 28, 1947. Heyerdahl and five companions sailed the raft for 101 days over 6900 km (4,300 miles) across the Pacific Ocean before smashing into a reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947. The crew made successful landfall and all returned safely'.
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  • In 1992, The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart. It was replaced in 2012 with the 'My Plate'.
    From Wikipedia: 'A food pyramid or diet pyramid is a pyramid-shaped diagram representing the optimal number of servings to be eaten each day from each of the basic food groups.

    The first food pyramid was published in Sweden in 1974. The food pyramid introduced by the United States Department of Agriculture in the year 1992 was called the "Food Guide Pyramid". It was updated in 2005 and then replaced by MyPlate in 2011.'

    'MyPlate is the current nutrition guide published by the United States Department of Agriculture, a food circle (i.e. a pie chart) depicting a place setting with a plate and glass divided into five food groups. It replaced the USDA's MyPyramid guide on June 2, 2011, ending 19 years of USDA food pyramid diagrams. MyPlate will be displayed on food packaging and used in nutrition education in the United States.

    MyPlate is divided into sections of approximately 30 percent grains, 40 percent vegetables, 10 percent fruits and 20 percent protein, accompanied by a smaller circle representing dairy, such as a glass of milk or a yogurt cup'.
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    - At Wikipedia (My Plate): More
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  II.
Henry's Heads Up! - previous days social media post (updated daily)

Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Blueberry Pie Day'.
[The Hankster says] I prefer the pies with the lattice crust. that is because I firmly believe that the little square holes thus provided, let calories escape. Not only that, but it also gives the ice cream a place to settle down in, instead of rolling off the top.

April is poetry month and tomorrow is 'National Great Poetry Reading Day'.
[The Hankster says] OK, you can mix in a little fun stuff also.

Tomorrow is 'Cubicle Day'.
[The Hankster says] Enhance your home away from home.

In Japan, it will be 'Restoration of Sovereignty Day in Japan '. Marks the end of WW II allied occupation of Japan, April 28 1952.

Looks like we are still promoting that emotional theme of the past few days. Tomorrow is 'Kiss Your Mate Day'.
[The Hankster says] This is the U.S. definition, as in spouse. Aussie's and naval buddies will have to wait for hand shake day, for their alternate definition.

Tomorrow is 'Biological Clock Day'. Emphasizes our circadian rhythm and how we should attempt to form a regular lifestyle to match it.

We have a health awareness day tomorrow, 'National BraveHearts Day'. By Brave Hearts for Kids, a charity that works with the children suffering from cancer and their families.

We have several awareness days tomorrow, that are dedicated to work-place conditions and safety.
- 'Workers’ Memorial Day'. From Wikipedia: 'Workers' Memorial Day, International Workers' Memorial Day or International Commemoration Day (ICD) for Dead and Injured or Day of Mourning takes place annually around the world on April 28, an international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled, injured or made unwell by their work.'
- 'National Day of Mourning'. Since 1984, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Remembering persons killed or injured in the workplace.
- 'World Day for Safety and Health at Work'. From the U.N. ILO agency which concerns itself with occupational safety and health.

Erica Durance once said 'We all need to make time for a burger once in a while.'
[The Hankster says] When keeping up with the Jones, adjusting our life for others and living a hectic lifestyle gets to us, it is the simple things that we seek. I'm sure that is a repeated theme throughout history. Of course, the opposite is true. We sometimes need to splurge a little, to pick up our spirits. Let us look back at April 28 in the past and see who ordered a quarter pounder or pheasant under glass. If my theory is correct, both enjoyed their meal.

In 1789, The 'Mutiny on the Bounty' occurred. Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.

In 1896,- The Addressograph was patented by J.S. Duncan. It was a inked rubber stamp machine for printing addresses.

In 1910, the first night air flight was performed by Claude Grahame-White in England.

In 1930, The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas. It was between the Muscogee (Oklahoma) Indians who beat the Independence Producers 13 to 3 in a minor-league game.

In 1940, Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'PEnnsylvania 6-5000'. This was the actual phone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania's Cafe Rouge, where he and many 'Big Band' orchestras played.

In 1947, Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out in a balsa wood craft known as Kon Tiki to prove that Peruvian Indians could have settled in Polynesia. The trip began in Peru and took 101 days to complete the crossing of the Pacific Ocean.

In 1992, The U.S. Agriculture Department unveiled a pyramid-shaped recommended-diet chart. It was replaced in 2012 with the 'My Plate'. diagram.

 III.
Top Song & Movie 50 years ago today (last updated Apr 25 2015 next May 9 2015

No. 1 song

  • Game of Love - Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders: More
    'I'm Telling You Now' has been displaced by 'Game of Love', which will hold the no. 1 spot until May 11 1965, when 'Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits', takes over.

Top movie

  • The Sound of Music (again) More
    Having displaced 'In Harm's Way', it will be there until the weekend box office of May 9 1965 when, 'Brainstorm', takes over.
  IV.
Today in the Past (reference sites): April 28
   V.
This month April 2015 (updated once a month - last updated - April 1 2015)

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.'

April at Wikipedia: More

  VI.
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
  IX.
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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