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Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Shrimp Scampi Day'.
[The Hankster says] Shrimp cooked in butter, garlic, lemon juice and white wine. The name seems to imply a cooking process, but Scampi is a culinary name for a kind of small lobster. So, let's all have some Shrimp Lobster. Doesn't sound correct, do it. Oh, well, just as long as the chef is not skimpy on the Scampi.
Zip it up. No, really. Tomorrow is 'National Zipper Day'. Patent date by Gideon Sundback. B.F. Goodrich Company created the name zipper when they used it on a new type rubber boot. It was named after the sound it made.
Tomorrow is 'National Peace Rose Day'. Celebrates the rose with a light yellow to cream-colored large flower and a history. From Wikipedia: 'It was developed by French horticulturist Francis Meilland in the years 1935 to 1939. When Meilland foresaw the German invasion of France, he sent cuttings to friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany, and the United States to protect the new rose. It is said that it was sent to the US on the last plane available before the German invasion where it was safely propagated
by the
Conard Pyle Co. during the war.' It has other names outside the U.S.
Tomorrow's awareness days:
- 'International Dance Day'. Since 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the
International Theatre Institute, UNESCO.
- 'Denim Day'. From the web site: 'n observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month each April, SafePlace asks businesses, organizations and individuals to wear denim in support of sexual assault survivors and to raise awareness about sexual assault misconceptions.'
- 'Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare'. A U.N. day. From the web site: 'The Conference of the States Parties at its Tenth Session PDF (paragraph 23.3 of C-10/5, dated 11 November 2005) decided that a memorial Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare would be observed on 29 April each year — the date in 1997 on which the Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force. '
- 'International Guide Dog Day'. The 2015 theme is 'Guide Dogs can go anywhere”'
- 'World Wish Day'. From the web site: 'World Wish Day®, 29 April, is a global celebration of wish granting. It celebrates the day Chris Greicius received his wish to be a police officer for the day, inspiring the creation of Make-A-Wish and the organization’s global wish-granting movement.'
Diane Kruger once said 'With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.'
[The Hankster says] Let us see which of the movers and shakers of the past, hid behind a mask or let it all hang out. Let us try April 29,. You may pick the year from those below.
In 1852, The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus was published.
In 1913, Gideon Sundback, an American electrical engineer, patents the first zipper.
In 1958, Broadway musical 'My Fair Lady' opens in London; tickets sell out a month ahead of time.
In 1961, ABC’s 'Wide World of Sports' premiered.
In 1967, 'Respect' by Aretha Franklin was released.
In 1997, The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories. Six UN states are not party: Angola, Burma, Egypt, Israel, North Korea and South Sudan. More.
In 2004, Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
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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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