- National Peach Pie Day: More
- National Waffle / Waffle Iron Day: More
Celebrates the August 24 1869 patent for the waffle iron.
We have two food holidays tomorrow:
- National Peach Pie Day'.
[The Hankster says] It's still Peach season, June to August, so if you have left over peaches and you just broke your last mason jar, throw them in a pie. That is the peaches, of course, not the broken mason jar.
- National Waffle / Waffle Iron Day'. Celebrates the August 24 1869 patent for the waffle iron.
[The Hankster says] Hey, I bet you could top your waffles with peaches, maybe even with a piece of Peach Pie. But, save room for the ice cream on top.
Tomorrow is 'Strange Music Day'. Since 1998 by musician, Patrick Grant of Strange Music Inc. It is a, listen to something different day.
[The Hankster says] And you thought it was a day to remind me of the noises that came from my French Horn back in Junior High band, didn't you?
For you who don't like change, it is your day to holler tomorrow. It will be 'Pluto Demoted Day'. On August 24 2006, Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet.
[The Hankster says] Still better than being just a plain old Kuiper Belt Object. Besides Gustav Holst is is not around to add a ninth planet to his Opus 32,
The Planets'.
tomorrow is also 'Knife Day'.
[The Hankster says] that's it, just Knife Day. I can find no reason.
For those who are still stuck in Old English tradition, and aren't' we all, tomorrow is 'Wayzgoose Day'. Old English celebration of the end of summer and the start of the season of working by candlelight. From Wikipedia: The derivation of the term is doubtful. It may be a misspelling for 'wasegoose', from wase, Middle English for 'sheaf', thus meaning 'sheaf' or 'harvest goose', a bird eaten at harvest-time, cf. the 'stubble-goose' mentioned by Chaucer in The Cook's Prologue. The most likely origin is the
word 'Weg(s)huis', which was current in early Modern Dutch. This word (literally, 'way house') was one of several words meaning the English 'inn' and was figuratively used for 'a banquet'.
This is not National Potato Chip Day, that is on March 31 , but ...'.
Depending on which origin of the potato chip in which you believe, the following is the most widely accepted.
From Wikipedia: 'According to a traditional story in the United States, the original potato chip recipe was created in Saratoga Springs, New York.
By the late 19th century, a popular version of the story attributed the dish to George Crum, a half black, half Native American cook at Moon's Lake House, who was trying to appease an unhappy customer on August 24, 1853. The customer kept sending his fried potatoes back, complaining that they were too thick. Frustrated, he sliced the potatoes razor thin, fried them until crisp and seasoned them with extra salt. To Crum's surprise, the customer loved them. They soon became called 'Saratoga Chips', a name
that persisted into at least the mid-20th century.
Awareness / Observance Days on: August 24
o Health
- 'Contact Lens Health Week'. By the CDC and others during the week of August 24-28 2015. The effort stresses the adoption of healthy habits with contact lens, to avoid eye health problems.
o Other
- 'Vesuvius Day'. Celebrated in Italy. It remembers the August 24 79 AD date on which Mount Vesuvius erupted destroyed and buried the cites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
- 'William Wilberforce Day'. Birthday in 1759 of the British politician who is
best known for his efforts in the movement to abolish the slave trade.
Historical events in the past on: August 24
In. 79, The famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius takes place, reaching Pompeii and other Roman cities. The date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
In. 1456, The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed. It was the first major book printed in the West using movable type.
In. 1814, During the War of 1812 (June 18, 1812 to February 16, 1815), Washington, DC, was invaded by British forces that set fire to the White House and Capitol.
In. 1821, The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
In. 1857, The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history. It expanded to a world wide financial crisis.
In. 1869, Cornelius Swarthout patents the waffle iron.
In. 1875, Captain Webb 1st swims the English Channel (39 miles in 21 hours and 45 minutes).
In. 1891, Thomas Edison applied for patents for the Kinetoscope and Kinetograph (U.S. Pats. 493,426 and 589,168). This Kinetoscope was a single user device that one leaned over and looked into. It had an image much like what is seen as a flip-book. The Kinetograph was the camera and process that took the film for the Kinetoscope.
In. 1909, Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
In. 1912, Alaska becomes US territory ('Seward’s Folly').
In. 1932, Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop. The flight was from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.
In. 1954, The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party. The Communist Party exists today as a political party.
In. 1989, The U.S. space probe, Voyager 2, sent back photographs of Neptune.
In. 1995, Windows 95 debuts.
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In. 2006, The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term 'planet such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.From Wikipedia: 'The definition of planet set in Prague in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) states that, in the Solar System, a planet is a celestial body which: is in orbit around the Sun, has sufficient mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium (a nearly round shape), and has cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit.''A non-satellite body fulfilling only the
first two of these criteria is classified as a 'dwarf planet'.
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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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