Two food holidays for tomorrow:
- 'National Cereal Day'.
From Wikipedia (Breakfast cereal): 'Breakfast cereal (or just cereal) is a food made from processed grains that is often eaten as the first meal of the day. It is eaten hot or cold, usually mixed with milk, yogurt, or fruit. Some companies promote their products for the health benefits from eating oat-based and high-fiber cereals. In America, cereals are often fortified with vitamins. A significant proportion of cold cereals are made with high sugar content. Many breakfast cereals are produced
via extrusion.
In 2008, the total breakfast cereal sales were slightly over $13.3 billion in the U.S. alone. The number of different types of breakfast cereals in the U.S. has grown from 160 (1970) to 340 (1998) to 4,945 (2012)'.
From Wikipedia (cereal grain): 'A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple crops. Some plants often referred to as cereals, like buckwheat and quinoa, are considered instead pseudocereals, since they are not grasses. In their natural form (as
in whole grain), they are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fats, oils, and protein. When refined by the removal of the bran and germ, the remaining endosperm is mostly carbohydrate. In some developing nations, grain in the form of rice, wheat, millet, or maize constitutes a majority of daily sustenance. In developed nations, cereal consumption is moderate and varied but still substantial. The word cereal derives from Ceres, the name of the Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture.'
[The Hankster says] Your welcome. I threw that last bit in just to make sure I feed your mind as well as your stomach. I'm just not sure if I can really say, tomorrow at breakfast, what grass seed puff or flake, will I have today. I prefer the whole grain cereals myself. You may however, sit down to a bowl of grass seed carbohydrates if you wish.
- 'National Crown of Roast Pork Day'.
From Wikipedia: 'A pork loin crown roast is arranged into a circle, either boneless or with rib bones protruding upward as points in a crown'.
[The Hankster says] Too pretty to eat. Well, maybe too pretty to look at for a short time. OK, just serve it up, now!
Other celebrations/observances tomorrow:
- 'National Be Heard Day'. Since 2006. A small business promotion day at
which time they are to take a hard look at all aspects of how they do
business with the goal of recognition (being heard).
- 'Fun Facts About Names Day'. Day two of Celebrate Your Name Week, the first full week of March.
[The Hankster says] If they made a movie of your life, would they have to add the disclaimer, 'All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.', or would anyone care.
- 'Alexander Graham Bell Day'.
In the Canadian province Nova Scotia. On this day in 1876, Bell patented the telephone. He first successfully tested it on March 10.
- 'Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day'.
From Wikipedia: 'Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, born Sofia Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya (1850-1891), was the first major Russian female mathematician and responsible for important original contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe and was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor
[The Hankster says] Yes, this is on today's post for the 6th also. Seems that I made a mistake and it is always celebrated on the first Monday of March. No, the post was not hacked, just my brain.
Awareness / Observance Days on: March 7
o Health
- 'Acupuncture Awareness Week'. March 7-13 in Great Britain.
- 'National Brain Awareness Week'. March 7-13 in Ireland by the
Neurological Alliance of Ireland. The day focuses on the public awareness
of neurological conditions.
Historical events in the past on: March 7
- In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
From Wikipedia: 'In 1875, Bell developed an acoustic telegraph and drew up a patent application for it. Since he had agreed to share U.S. profits with his investors Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders, Bell requested that an associate in Ontario, George Brown, attempt to patent it in Britain, instructing his lawyers to apply for a patent in the U.S. only after they received word from Britain (Britain would issue patents only for discoveries not previously patented elsewhere).
Meanwhile, Elisha Gray was also experimenting with acoustic telegraphy and thought of a way to transmit speech using a water transmitter. On February 14, 1876, Gray filed a caveat with the U.S. Patent Office for a telephone design that used a water transmitter. That same morning, Bell's lawyer filed Bell's application with the patent office. There is considerable debate about who arrived first and Gray later challenged the primacy of Bell's patent. Bell was in Boston on February 14 and did not arrive
in Washington until February 26.
Bell's patent 174,465, was issued to Bell on March 7, 1876, by the U.S. Patent Office. Bell's patent covered "the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically ... by causing electrical undulations, similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal or other sound" Bell returned to Boston the same day and the next day resumed work, drawing in his notebook a diagram similar to that in Gray's patent caveat'.
- In 1912, Roald Amundsen announces that his expedition had reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911.
From Wikipedia: 'Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian: 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition of 1910–12 which was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole.'
'The team returned to Framheim on 25 January 1912, with 11 surviving dogs. They made their way off the continent and to Hobart, Australia, where Amundsen publicly announced his success on 7 March 1912. He telegraphed news to backers.
- In 1939, 'Glamour' magazine begins publishing.
From Wikipedia: 'Glamour is a women's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. Founded in 1939 and first published in April 1939 in the United States, it was originally called Glamour of Hollywood,'
'In August 1943, the magazine changed its name, to Glamour with the subtitle of for the girl with the job. The magazine is published in a larger format than many of its counterparts. Its current editor-in-chief is Cynthia Leive'.
- In 1946, At the 18th Academy Awards:
From Wikipedia'.
-- Best Picture is, The Lost Weekend
-- Best Actor is Ray Milland for 'The Lost Weekend'
-- Best Actress is Joan Crawford for 'Mildred Pierce'
-- Best Supporting Actor is James Dunn for 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'
- Best Supporting Actress is Anne Revere for 'National Velvet'
- Best Song is It Might as Well Be Spring from 'State Fair'
- In 1955, At the 7th Emmy Awards,
-- Best Situation Comedy is 'Make Room for Daddy'.
-- Best Dramatic Program is 'The United States Steel Hour'.
-- Best Variety Series is 'Disneyland'.
-- Best Audience, Guest Participation is 'This Is Your Life'.
-- Best Mystery or Intrigue Series is 'Dragnet'.
-- Best Children's Program is 'Lassie'.
- In 1962, Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data).
From Wikipedia: 'The Orbiting Solar Observatory (abbreviated OSO) Program was the name of a series of eight American science satellites primarily intended to study the Sun, though they also included important non-solar experiments. Eight were launched successfully by NASA between 1962 and 1975 using Delta rockets. Their primary mission was to observe an 11-year sun spot cycle in UV and X-ray spectra. The initial seven (OSO 1–7) were built by Ball Aerospace, then known as Ball Brothers Research
Corporation (BBRC), in Boulder Colorado. OSO 8 was built by Hughes Space and Communications Company, in Culver City, California.'
'The basic design of the entire series featured a rotating section, the "Wheel," to provide gyroscopic stability. A second section, the "Sail," was driven electrically against the Wheel's rotation, and stabilized to point at the Sun. The Sail carried pointed solar instruments, and also the array of solar photovoltaic cells which powered the spacecraft'.
- In 1979, At the 5th People's Choice Awards,
-- Favorite Overall Motion Picture is 'Grease'.
-- Favorite Motion Picture Actor is Burt Reynolds.
-- Favorite Female Motion Picture Actress is Olivia Newton-John'.
-- Favorite New TV Dramatic Program is 'Battlestar Galactica'.
-- Favorite New TV Comedy Program is 'Mork and Mindy'.
-- Favorite TV Comedy Program is 'M*A*S*H'.
-- Favorite TV Dramatic Program is 'Little House on the Prairie'.
-- Favorite Female TV Performer is 'Mary Tyler Moore'.
-- Favorite Male TV Performer is 'Alan Alda'.
-- Favorite Song is 'Double Vision'.
- In 2009, The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, is launched.
From Wikipedia: 'Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. The spacecraft, named after the Renaissance astronomer Johannes Kepler, was launched on March 7, 2009.
'Designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way to discover dozens of Earth-size exoplanets in or near the habitable zone and estimate how many of the billions of stars in the Milky Way have such planets, Kepler's sole instrument is a photometer that continually monitors the brightness of over 145,000 main sequence stars in a fixed field of view. This data is transmitted to Earth, then analyzed to detect periodic dimming caused by exoplanets that cross in front of their host star.'
'As of January 2015, Kepler and its follow-up observations had found 1,013 confirmed exoplanets in about 440 stellar systems, along with a further 3,199 unconfirmed planet candidates. Four planets have been confirmed through Kepler's K2 mission. In November 2013, astronomers reported, based on Kepler space mission data, that there could be as many as 40 billion Earth-sized planets orbiting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars and red dwarfs within the Milky Way. It is estimated that 11 billion of
theseplanets may be orbiting Sun-like stars. The nearest such planet may be 3.7 parsecs (12 ly) away, according to the scientists. NASA announced the 1000th confirmed exoplanet discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope. Four of the newly confirmed exoplanets were found to orbit within habitable zones of their related stars: three of the four, Kepler-438b, Kepler-442b and Kepler-452b, are near-Earth-size and likely rocky; the fourth, Kepler-440b, is a super-Earth'.
- In 2010, At the 82nd Academy Awards:
From Wikipedia: More
-- Best Picture is, The Hurt Locker
-- Best Actor is Jeff Bridges for 'Crazy Heart'
-- Best Actress is Sandra Bullock for 'The Blind Side'
-- Best Supporting Actor is Christoph Waltz for 'Inglourious Basterds'
-- Best Supporting Actress is Mo'Nique for 'Precious'
-- Best Song is The Weary Kind from 'Crazy Heart'
No. 1 song
Top movie
Monthly holiday / awareness days in March
Food
National Frozen Food Month
National Noodle Month
National Nutrition Month
National Peanut Month
Health
Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
American Red Cross Month
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month
Endometriosis Month
Malignant Hypertension Awareness and Training Month
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month
National Eye Donor Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Vascular Abnormalities Awareness Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month
Animal / Pet
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month
Other
Credit Education Month
Employee Spirit Month
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
Honor Society Awareness Month
Humorists Are Artists Month
International Expect Success Month
International Ideas Month
International Mirth Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Mad for Plaid Month
Music In Our Schools Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month
National Craft Month
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Kite Month (3/28-5/3)
National March Into Literacy Month
National Social Work Month
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month
Optimism Month
Play The Recorder Month
Women's History Month
Youth Art Month
March is:
March origin (from Wikipedia):
'The name of March comes from Latin Martius, the first month of the earliest
Roman calendar. It was named for Mars, the Roman god of war who was also
regarded as a guardian of agriculture and an ancestor of the Roman people
through his sons Romulus and Remus.
'
March
'is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere,
the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March.
The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of
spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the
Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the
Northern Hemisphere's March.
'
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