Tomorrow's food holiday will be 'Peppermint Patty Day'. From Wikipedia: 'York Peppermint Pattie, alternatively known as "Yorkshire Peppermint Patties", is a dark chocolate enrobed peppermint confection produced by The Hershey Company.
It was first produced in York, Pennsylvania, by Henry C. Kessler at his York Cone Company in 1940, for sale in the Northeastern United States, Ohio, Indiana, and Florida. In 1972, the York Cone Company was acquired by Peter Paul, which launched the York Peppermint Pattie nationally in 1975. 'The confectionery features strongly contrasting flavors, with a particularly bitter chocolate coating around a sugar center. A sugar-free version of the candy is also available.'
Many chocolate-covered peppermints had been made before the York Peppermint Pattie came on the market, but Kessler's version was firm and crisp, while the competition was soft and gooey'.
[The Hankster says] Yes, I did confirm that this was the candy and not C. Brown's little friend. Peppermint and chocolate has got to be one of the best parings ever. OK, maybe peanut butter and chocolate, not sure.
Other celebrations/observances tomorrow:
- Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day'. A 'think positive' day. Reasons: You can't do anything about it, but learn how, not to do it again. A second is that fairies love cold creamy milk and any milk that was dropped was food for them and brought good luck.
[The Hankster says] Good idea. If the fairy idea is correct, then your tears would just dilute the milk you spilled and believe me, you never want to make a fairy mad. It is far worst than fooling Mother Nature with fake butter (kids, ask your parents).
- 'Make a Friend Day'.
[The Hankster says] Do I really need to explain this one?
- 'National Shut-In Visitation Day'.
[The Hankster says] Another one that doesn't need any justification, but may need a reminder. When you are out and about, don't forget those that perhaps can do neither.
- 'Be Electrific Day'. Since 1998 by Carolyn Finch. On the birthday of Thomas Edison in 1847, it concentrates on our bodies use of electricity to function..
[The Hankster says] Charge your personality up, then discharge it on others.
- 'Satisfied Staying Single Day'.
[The Hankster says] Hum, and just before Valentines Day.
- 'Pro Sports Wives Day'. Created in 2006 by the Professional Sports Wives Association.
- 'Get Out Your Guitar Day '.
[The Hankster says] Start to practice now, guys. You may want to serenade your Valentines sweetie under her window. Please use causion. I suggest a water proof hat, at least.
- 'National Inventor's Day'. On the birthday of Thomas Edison. In the U.S. a 1983 presidential proclamation.
[The Hankster says] And he only beat me with that light thing by a hundred years or so.
Awareness / Observance Days on: February 11
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- 'International Day of Women and Girls in Science '. A U.N. day promoting gender equality in science.
- 'National White Shirt Day '. Created by Bert Christenson,. Honors men and women who participated in the strike at General Motors in 1937.
From Wikipedia: 'The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike against General Motors (also known as the General Motors sit-down strike, the great GM sit-down strike, and other variants) changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated locals on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the domestic United States automobile industry.'
Historical events in the past on: February 11
- In 660 BC, The traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
From Wikipedia: 'Emperor Jimmu (???? Jinmu-tenno?) was the first Emperor of Japan, according to legend. His accession is traditionally dated as 660 BCE. According to Japanese mythology, he is a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo. He launched a military expedition from Hyuga near the Inland Sea, captured Yamato, and established this as his center of power. In modern Japan, Jimmu's accession is marked as National Foundation
Day on February 11'.
- In 1922, The song 'April Showers' by Al Jolson hits #1.
From Wikipedia: '"April Showers" is a popular song with music written by Louis Silvers and lyrics by B. G. De Sylva. First published in 1921, it is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer. ("So keep on looking for a bluebird, and waiting for his song.") The song was introduced in the 1921 Broadway musical Bombo, where it was performed by Al Jolson. It became a well-known Jolson trademark: the first of his several recordings of the song was on Columbia
Records in October 1921. It has also been recorded by many other artists'.
- In 1937, A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
From Wikipedia: 'The UAW rapidly found success in organizing with the sit-down strike s— first in a General Motors plant in Atlanta, Georgia in 1936, and more famously in the Flint sit-down strike that began on December 29, 1936. That strike ended in February 1937 after Michigan's governor Frank Murphy played the role of mediator, negotiating recognition of the UAW by General Motors. The next month, auto workers at Chrysler won recognition of the UAW as their representative in a sit-down strike.
- In 1938. The movie, The Big Broadcast of 1938, was released.
From Wikipedia: 'The Big Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. This film featured the debut of Hope's signature song, "Thanks for the Memory" by Ralph Rainger'.
- In 1938, The BBC Television produced the first ever science fiction television program, R.U.R., based on the 1920 Check play. This was the first time the word 'robot' as we use it, was used. R.U.R. was 'Rosumovi Univerzální Roboti' (Rossum's Universal Robots).
From Wikipedia: 'R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Capek. R.U.R. stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots). However, the English phrase Rossum’s Universal Robots had been used as the subtitle in the Czech original. It premiered on 25 January 1921 and introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole
'The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people, called roboti (robots), out of synthetic organic matter. They are not exactly robots by the current definition of the term; these creatures are closer to the modern idea of cyborgs, androids or even clones, as they may be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. They seem happy to work for humans at first, but that changes, and a hostile robot rebellion leads to the extinction of the human race. Capek later took a different approach to
the same theme in War with the Newts, in which non-humans become a servant class in human society'.
'The play introduced the word Robot, which displaced older words such as "automaton" or "android" in languages around the world. In an article in Lidové noviny Karel Capek named his brother Josef as the true inventor of the word. In Czech, robota means forced labour of the kind that serfs had to perform on their masters' lands, and is derived from rab, meaning "slave"'.
'On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five-minute adaptation of a section of the play was broadcast on BBC Television – the first piece of television science-fiction ever to be broadcast. In 1941 BBC radio presented a radio play version, and in 1948, another television adaptation – this time of the entire play, running to ninety minutes – was screened by the BBC. In this version Radius was played by Patrick Troughton who was later the second actor to play The Doctor in Doctor Who, None of these three productions
survive in the BBC's archives. BBC Radio 3 dramatised the play again in 1989, and this version has been released commercially. The Hollywood Theater of the Ear dramatized an unabridged audio version of R.U.R. which is available on the collection 2000x: Tales of the Next Millennia'.
- In 1950, the song 'Rag Mop' by The Ames Brothers hit #1.
From Wikipedia: '"Rag Mop" was a popular American song of the late 1940s-early 1950s.'
'The song, a 12-bar blues, was written by Tulsa Western Swing bandleader Johnnie Lee Wills and steel guitarist Deacon Anderson and published in 1949. Considered a novelty song, the lyrics consisted mostly of spelling out the title of the song; because of the spelling used in the song, it is sometimes referred to as "Ragg Mopp"'.
'While Johnnie Lee Wills and his band recorded it for Bullet Records in 1950, the most popular version of this song was recorded by The Ames Brothers, and released by Coral Records as catalog number 60140. The song was part of a double-sided hit; the flip side was "Sentimental Me." The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on January 6, 1950 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The song was re-released in 1951 by Coral as catalog number 60397, with the flip side "Hoop-Dee-Doo".
Thegroup re-recorded the song several times. The 1950 recording is considered an example of proto-rock and roll as it contained elements that would later go into the defining of the genre'.
- In 1963, Julia Child's TV show 'The French Chef' premieres.
From Wikipedia: 'The French Chef is a television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, and produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 11, 1963 to February 11, 1973. It was one of the first cooking shows on American television'.
- In 1968, The fourth Madison Square Garden opens in New York.
From Wikipedia: 'Madison Square Garden (sometimes called MSG or The Garden) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan, New York. Located in Midtown Manhattan between 7th and 8th Avenues from 31st to 33rd Streets, it is situated atop Pennsylvania Station. It is the fourth venue to bear the name "Madison Square Garden", the first two (1879 and 1890) of which were located on Madison Square, on East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, with the third Madison Square Garden further
uptown at Eighth Avenue and 50th Street. The Garden is used for professional basketball and ice hockey, as well as boxing, concerts, ice shows, circuses, professional wrestling and other forms of sports and entertainment'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in February
Food
Barley Month
Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
Grapefruit Month
National Cherry Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
Health
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
National Condom Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Month
Animal / Pet
Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
Beat The Heat Month
Dog Training Education Month
International Hoof-care Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
Responsible Pet Owner's Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Other
Cricket World Cup
International Month of Black Women in The Arts
Library Lovers Month
Love The Bus Month
National African American History / Black History Month
National African American Read-In
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
National Women Inventors Month
North American Inclusion Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Youth Leadership Month
February is:
February origin (from Wikipedia):
'The Roman month Februarius was named after the Latin term
februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual
Februa held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman
calendar. January and February were the last two months to
be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally
considered winter a monthless period. They were added by
Numa Pompilius about 713 BC. February remained the last month
of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC),
when it became the second month. At certain intervals February
was truncated to 23 or 24 days, and a 27-day intercalary month,
Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign
the year with the seasons.
Under the reforms that instituted the Julian calendar, Intercalaris
was abolished, leap years occurred regularly every fourth year,
and in leap years February gained a 29th day. Thereafter, it
remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the
order that months are displayed (January, February, March,
..., December) within a year-at-a-glance calendar. Even during
the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began
on March 25 or December 25, the second month was February
whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. The
Gregorian calendar reforms made slight changes to the system
for determining which years were leap years and thus contained
a 29-day February.'
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and
Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month
with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years
or 29 days in leap years.
February is the third month of meteorological winter in the
Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, February
is the third month of summer (the seasonal equivalent of August
in the Northern Hemisphere, in meteorological reckoning).
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