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Made with sugar and eggs (whipped to incorporate air) and flour then baked.
Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'National Sponge Cake Day'.
Made with sugar and eggs (whipped to incorporate air) and flour and baked.
[The Hankster says] For the easily confused: If it is dripping with water, it is a plain sponge. If it just lays there on your plate and does nothing, it is sponge cake. If it gets up and runs away, it is SpongeBob.
Tomorrow is 'National Ride With The Wind Day'. Date in 1977 that the Gossamer Condor 2, won the first Kremer Prize (created in 1959) for human-powered air flight.
One for you ladies. Tomorrow is 'Valentino Day'. The date in 1926 that silent film star Rudolph Valentino (Rudolfo Alfonzo Raffaelo Piero Filibert Guglielmi De Valentina D’Antonguolla) died.
[The Hankster says] I bet that the only reason his name was shortened was so that it would fit on the theater marquee.
Well, this one may be for only some of you ladies. Tomorrow is
'Go Topless Day'. A women's equality day. There is a Women's Equality Day is on August 26.
Tomorrow is 'Hug Your Sweetheart Day'.
[The Hankster says] A big kissie-smooch is in order also.
Awareness / Observance Days on: August 23
o Health
- 'Hearing Awareness Week'. Week of August 23-29 in Australia.
- 'Speech Pathology Awareness Week'. Week of August 23-29 in Australia.
o Other
- 'Victory over Germany in the Battle of Kursk in Russia'. This WW II battle lasted for almost 2 months. It saw one of the largest tank battles in history.
- 'European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism'. Observed by the European Union.
- 'International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition'. By UNESCO since 1998.
Historical events in the past on: August 23
In 1784, Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
In 1902, Fannie Merrit Farmer opened her own cooking school,
Miss Farmer’s School of Cookery, in Boston, MA. Her book The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book was published in 1896.
In 1904,Harry D. Weed received a patent for 'Grip-Tread for Pneumatic Tires' (automobile tire chain / snow chains).
In 1938, The movie, You Can’t Take It With You, from the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur premieres. It won best Picture (1939).
In 1954, The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft has it's first flight.
In 1962, The satellite, Tel star, broadcasts the first live Europe-US TV show.
In 1966, The first picture of the Earth from the orbit around the moon is taken by Lunar Orbiter 1.
In 1977, The Kremer prize for human powered flight goes to the Gossamer Condor.
In 1991, Tim Berbers-Lee opens the WWW, World Wide Web to new users.
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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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