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Essentially ice cream but with egg yokes added for taste and creaminess.
Created by Elton and Archie Kohr from Coney Island, New-York in 1919 and
became a hit in the early 1930's.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be ' National Frozen Custard Day'. Essentially ice cream but with egg yokes added for taste and creaminess. Created by Elton and Archie Kohr from Coney Island, New York in 1919 and became a hit in the early 1930's.
[The Hankster says] I'm not familiar with it as a Texas treat, but with an ice cream base, you can't go wrong.
'National Happiness Happens Day'. Founded in 1999 by the 'Secret Society of Happy People'. Originally named
'Admit You’re Happy Day' Their motto are 'Happiness Happens' and 'Don’t Even Think of Raining on My Parade'.
[The Hankster says] Happiness does happen, but you can create some and spread it around, all by yourself.
Tomorrow is 'Texas Tax-free weekend '. Some other states are on this date, but not all.
Tomorrow you can get rid of the stuff you got at last years tax free weekend. Tomorrow is 'National Garage Sale Day'. Second Saturday in August Created by C. Daniel Rhodes of Alabama in 2001, as a way to consolidate the many like events on different days, into a single day.
It's 'National Bowling Day' tomorrow. Second Saturday in August. Participating alleys offer 1 free game between 10 am and noon.
Check out the specials tomorrow for 'Whataburger's Birthday'. Started in 1950 in Corpus Christi, TX.
Another month and another day with the same digit. Tomorrow is again 'Bonza Bottler Day'. Celebrated every month when the month and day are the same, such as this month's 8/8. Created by Elaine Fremont in 2015.
[The Hankster says] Why, why not. It's kind of a 'do it yourself' day.
The are after us again. Tomorrow is 'The Date To Create'. Anti-procrastination day. [The Hankster says] Now we don't know anyone that puts things off, do we?
Tomorrow is sort of a pet day. It's 'Odie Day'. Garfield 's pet dog.
Awareness / Observance Days on: August 8
o Animal and Pets
- 'International Cat Day'. Since 2002 by the IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
o Other
- 'Father's Day in Taiwan'.
Historical events in the past on: August 8
In 1876, Thomas Edison patents (1 of 1093 in the US) the mimeograph. The machine is still used today.
In 1929, A round-the-world flight is begun by the German airship Graf Zeppelin, which was designed (and named after) Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The trip took 12 days 11 hours and covering 21,500 miles in five legs.
In 1946, First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
In 1960, Brian Hyland's 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' hits number one.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
In 1990, Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
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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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