National Filet Mignon Day: More
French for 'cute fillet' or 'dainty fillet'.
Well, the holiday makers must suffer from Triskaidekaphobia. We only have two days tomorrow, on the 13th. They must be waiting for safer days.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Filet Mignon Day'. French for 'cute fillet' or 'dainty fillet'.
[The Hankster says] Fill-a-me with fillet, but leave room of salad, baked potato and dessert.
Hey lefties. Tomorrow is 'International Lefthanders Day'. Since 1976 by Lefthanders International.
Historical events in the past on: August 13
In 1913, Brearley produces the first stainless steel. He was trying to find a metal alloy that could be used to improve the weathering and ware and tare on military weapons. that didn't prove out, but he knew someone in the cutlery business.
In 1779, American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
From Wikipedia: The Expedition's goal was to reclaim control of what is now mid-coast Maine from the British who had seized it a month earlier and renamed it New Ireland.
In 1889, William Gray patents the coin-operated telephone.
In 1914, Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota.
In 1924, The Prisoner's Song, by Vernon Dalhart became the first country music record to sell one million copies.
In 1934, Al Capp's comic strip, L'il Abner, made its debut in newspapers.
In 1942, Henry Ford unveiled his 'Soybean Car'. It was a plastic-bodied car
that weighed about 1000 lbs. less than a steel car.
In 1942, Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the 'Development of Substitute Materials' project, better known as the Manhattan Project (a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons).
In 1942, Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.
In 1952, In Los Angeles, CA, the original version of 'Hound Dog' was recorded by Willie Mae (Big Mama) Thornton.
In 1965, The Beatles album 'Help!' was released in the United States.
In 1969, The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
In 1996, Microsoft releases its Internet Explorer 3 web browser, effectively beginning the 'Browser War' with Netscape.
In 2010, Michael Phelps wins his 11th career gold medal; most gold medals ever by an athlete.
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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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