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These are the sweet peppers like Bell Pepper.
Tomorrow's food holidays will be:
- 'National Oyster Day'.
[The Hankster says]I'll take mine fried. None of the raw stuff for me.
- 'Green Peppers Day'. These are the sweet peppers like Bell Pepper.
[The Hankster says] I can taste my mom's stuffed peppers now.
Get to Times Square and don't worry how you are dressed. Tomorrow is 'National Underwear Day'. A festival held in New York. It was created in 2003 by the online merchant Freshpair.
[The Hankster says] I would be there, except my long-johns are not back from the cleaners yet.
Tomorrow is 'Work Like a Dog Day'.
[The Hankster says] Get 'er done tomorrow and stop worrying. BTW, that is work like a dog, and not lay around like a dog.
It will be 'International Traffic Light Day' tomorrow. One of the notable traffic light events. This one celebrates the 1914 installation of the first US traffic light in Cleveland OH, by the American Traffic Signal Company. It had a red and green light and a buzzer to warn of a light change.
Awareness / Observance Days on: August 5
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- 'PlayDay'. In Great Britain. It concerns getting children to engage in physical activity.
Historical events in the past on: August 5
In 1620, The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America with the ship Speedwell. The Speedwell had problems with leaks and the Mayflower continued alone on Sept. 6 where it departed Plymouth England on Sept 16, 1620. They were destined for the Virginia Colonies, but navigation errors and storms altered that destination.
In 1861, During the American Civil War, In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861. It was a 3% flat tax on income over $800 (a little over $2,000 today, with a product purchase power of about $31.00 in today's money. It was rescinded in 1872.
In 1884, The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
In 1914,- The first electric traffic light was installed at the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio..
In 1914, During World War I, the guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained. This is said to be the first Allied (British Empire) shot of the War.
In 1924, The comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie' by Harold Gray debuts.
In 1926, The first full length sound movie 'Don Juan', is released at Warner Theater, NY. This film uses the Vitaphone sound system. It had synchronized music and sound effects, but no dialog. The 'Jazz Singer' in 1927 was another WB Vitaphone film, but was the first to have synchronized dialog (the first talkie). film was one half silent and one half sound.'
In 1953, 'From Here to Eternity' based on a book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Best Picture 1954).
In 1957, American Bandstand debuts on ABC TV.
In 1963, The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed. by the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the US. When it expired, testing resumed.
In 1969, Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
In 2002, The USS Monitor's Turret is recovered by divers.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in August
Food
National Catfish Month
National Goat Cheese Month
National Panini Month
Shop Online For Groceries Month
Rye Month
Health and Well-being
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Children's Vision and Learning Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
National Win With Civility Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Animal and Pets
World Mutt-i-grees Rescue Month
Other
American Artists Appreciation Month
American Adventures Month
American Indian Heritage Month - also Nov.
Black Business Month
LBoomers Making A Difference Month
LBystander Awareness Month
LChild Support Awareness Month
LGet Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Read A Romance Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
Tomboy Tools Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
August is:
August origin (from Wikipedia): Originally named Sextili (Latin), because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar: under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year.
"About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus
According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
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If you couldn't afford 90 cents for a movie ticket, 50 years ago,
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