<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Chocolate Ice Cream Day'.
- From Wikipedia:
'Chocolate ice cream is ice cream with natural or artificial chocolate
flavoring. Chocolate is the second most common flavor of ice cream in the
United States, after vanilla. It can be eaten in a bowl, cup, or cone. It
can also be eaten straight from the carton.
The earliest frozen chocolate recipes were published in Naples, Italy in
1692 in Antonio Latini's The Modern Steward. Chocolate was one of the first
ice cream flavors, created before vanilla, as common drinks such as hot
chocolate, coffee, and tea were the first food items to be turned into
frozen desserts. Hot chocolate had become a popular drink in
seventeenth-century Europe, alongside coffee and tea, and all three
beverages were used to make frozen and unfrozen desserts. Latini produced
two recipes for ices based on the drink, both of which contained only
chocolate and sugar. In 1775, Italian doctor Filippo Baldini wrote a
treatise entitled De sorbetti, in which he recommended chocolate ice cream
as a remedy for various medical conditions, including gout and scurvy.
Chocolate ice cream became popular in the United States in the late
nineteenth century. The first advertisement of ice cream in America started
in New York on May 12,1777 when Philip Lenzi announced that ice cream was
officially available "almost every day". until 1800 ice cream was a
rare and exotic dessert enjoyed mostly by the elite. Around 1800 insulated
houses were invented and manufacturing ice cream soon became an industry in
America.
Chocolate ice cream is generally made by blending cocoa powder along with
the eggs, cream, vanilla and sugar used to make vanilla ice cream.
Sometimes chocolate liquor is used in addition to cocoa powder, or it is
used exclusively, to create the chocolate flavor. Cocoa powder gives
chocolate ice cream its brown color, and it is uncommon to add other
colorings.
The Codex Alimentarius, which provides an international set of standards
for food, states that the flavor in chocolate ice cream must come from
nonfat cocoa solids that must comprise at least 2.0-2.5% of the mix weight.
The US Code of Federal Regulations "permits reductions in the content of
milk fat and total milk solids by a factor of 2.5 times the weight of the
cocoa solids", in order to take into account the use of additional
sweeteners.
The minimum fat content of chocolate ice cream in both Canada and the
United States is 8%, irrespective of the amount of chocolate sweetener in
the recipe.
[The Hankster says] Well, we had Rocky Road Ice Cream Day, a few days ago. I guess we are beginning what rival companies call reverse engineering, we are taking it apart to see what's in it. And yes there is a Marshmallow Day and Nut Day in the year, not to mention Strawberry Ice Cream Day and Vanilla Ice Cream Day.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National VCR Day'.
The date in 1975 that the Sony released the Betamax videocassette recorder.
- From Wikipedia (Videocassette recorder):
'The videocassette recorder, VCR, or video recorder is an electromechanical
device that records analog audio and analog video from broadcast television
or other source on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette, and can play
back the recording. Use of a VCR to record a television program to play
back at a more convenient time is commonly referred to as timeshifting.
VCRs can also play back prerecorded tapes. In the 1980s and 1990s, until
the VCR was superseded by the DVD player and PVR, prerecorded videotapes
were widely available for purchase and rental, and blank tapes were sold to
make recordings.
The history of the videocassette recorder follows the history of videotape
recording in general. Ampex introduced the Quadruplex videotape
professional broadcast standard format with its Ampex VRX-1000 in 1956. It
became the world's first commercially successful videotape recorder using
two-inch (5.1 cm) wide tape. Due to its high price US$50,000, the Ampex
VRX-1000 could be afforded only by the television networks and the largest
individual stations.
In 1959 Toshiba announced a new method of recording known as helical scan,
first implemented in reel-to-reel videotape recorders (VTRs), and later
used with cassette tapes.
In 1963 Philips introduced their EL3400 1 helical scan recorder, aimed
at the business and domestic user, and Sony marketed the 2 PV-100,
their first reel-to-reel VTR, intended for business, medical, airline, and
educational use.
The Telcan, produced by the UK Nottingham Electronic Valve Company in 1963,
was the first home video recorder. It could be bought as a unit or in kit
form for £60, equivalent to approximately £1,100 (over US$1,600) in 2014
currency. However, there were several drawbacks: it was expensive, not easy
to assemble, and could only record 20 minutes at a time. It recorded in
black-and-white, the only format available in the UK at the time.
Sony demonstrated a videocassette prototype in October 1969, then set it
aside to work out an industry standard by March 1970 with seven fellow
manufacturers. The result, the Sony U-matic system, introduced in Tokyo in
September 1971, was the world's first commercial videocassette format.
* 'Boone Day'.
Recognized by the Kentucky Historical Society as the day Daniel Boone first saw the area that is now Kentucky.
- From Wikipedia (Daniel Boone):
'Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia, but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas. As a young adult, Boone supplemented his farm income by hunting and trapping game, and selling their pelts in the fur market. Through
this occupational interest, Boone first learned the easy routes to the area. Despite some resistance from American Indian tribes such as the Shawnee, in 1775, Boone blazed his Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee into Kentucky. There, he founded the village of Boonesborough, Kentucky, one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachians. Before the end of the 18th century, more than 200,000 Americans migrat ed to Kentucky/Virgini
a by following the route marked by Boone.
Following the war, Boone worked as a surveyor and merchant, but fell deeply into debt through failed Kentucky land speculation. Frustrated with the legal problems resulting from his land claims, in 1799, Boone emigrated to eastern Missouri, where he spent most of the last two decades of his life (1800–20).
Boone remains an iconic figure in American history. He was a legend in his own lifetime, especially after an account of his adventures was published in 1784 by John Filson, making him famous across Europe as the typical all-American frontiersman. An American edition made him equally famous across the United States. After his death, he was frequently the subject of heroic tall tales and works of fiction. His adventures—real and legendary—were influential in creating the archetypal Western hero of America n f
olklore. In American popular culture, he is remembered as one of the foremost early frontiersmen. The epic Daniel Boone mythology often overshadows the historical details of his life.
Daniel Boone died of natural causes, other sources, from acute indigestion on September 26, 1820, at Nathan Boone's home on Femme Osage Creek, 2-1/2 months short of his 86th birthday.
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<> Historical events on June 7
* 'In 1887, The monotype type-casting machine is patented by Tolbert
Lanston in Washington DC. .
- From Wikipedia: David Bruce invented the first automated type casting
machine in 1838, but it was the Monotype and Linotype machines that first
effectively speeded up the process.
In 1887, Tolbert Lanston invented the Monotype mechanical typesetting
machine. This was a type casting system that produced individual
characters, in which a matrix case is used for holding all the font's
matrices. In a manner somewhat reminiscent to hand type casting, every time
a character is to be cast, the selection mechanism would position the
matrix case so that the correct matrix is over the mould, hot metal would
be injected, the sort removed and the process repeated until the job is
finished.
Although the Linotype (1886) and Intertype (1914) approach to mechanical
typesetting produced cast slugs that usually represent the complete line
instead of individual characters, it still made use of individual bronze
matrices stored in a magazine at the top of the machine, dispensed one per
keystroke, assembled, sent to the caster where the slug was cast and the
matrices re-distributed using a clever V-shaped keying mechanism.
The Ludlow display typecasting system is similar, in that it is also a
linecasting process, although all the typesetting operations (matrix
assembly and later distribution) are executed manually by a compositor.
Subsequent typesetting technologies made use of glyphs represented as
photographic negatives or digital descriptions.
* 'In 1917, Melvin Jones and a number of other Chicago businessmen found
Lions Clubs International, now the largest service organization in the
world. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Lions Clubs International (LCI) is an International
secular, non-political service organization founded by Melvin Jones in
1917. As of April 2015, it had over 46,000 local clubs and more than 1.4
million members in over 200 countries around the world. Headquartered in
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, the organization aims to meet the needs
of communities on a local and global scale.
Lions Clubs International, a service membership organization of over 1.4
million members worldwide (as of April 2015), was founded in the United
States on June 7, 1917, by Melvin Jones, a Chicago businessman. Jones
asked, with regard to his colleagues, What if these men who are successful
because of their drive, intelligence and ambition, were to put their
talents to work improving their communities? Jones' personal code, You
can't get very far until you start doing something for somebody else,
reminds many Lions of the importance of community service.
The Lions motto is We Serve. Local Lions Club programs include sight
conservation, hearing and speech conservation, diabetes awareness, youth
outreach, international relations, environmental issues, and many other
programs. The discussion of politics and religion is forbidden. The LIONS
acronym also stands for Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nations' Safety.
* 'In 1938, The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Douglas DC-4E was an American experimental airliner
that was developed before World War II. The DC-4E never entered production,
but its failure resulted in an entirely new design, the DC-4/C-54 which
proved very successful. Many DC-4E design features found their way into the
Japanese Nakajima G5N bomber.
* 'In 1938, Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat is first flown. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Boeing 314 Clipper was a long-range flying boat
produced by the Boeing Airplane Company between 1938 and 1941. One of the
largest aircraft of the time, it used the massive wing of Boeing’s earlier
XB-15 bomber prototype to achieve the range necessary for flights across
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Twelve Clippers were built nine were
brought into service for Pan Am and later transferred to the U.S. military.
The remaining three were sold to British Overseas Airways Corporation
(BOAC) by Pan Am and delivered in early 1941. (BOAC's 3 Short S.26
transoceanic flying-boats had been requisitioned by the RAF).
Pan American had requested a flying boat with unprecedented range that
could augment the airline's trans-Pacific Martin M-130. Boeing's bid was
successful and on July 21, 1936, Pan American signed a contract for six.
Boeing engineers adapted the cancelled XB-15's 149 ft (45 m) wing, and
replaced the 850 hp (630 kW) Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp radial engines with
the 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) Wright Twin Cyclone. Pan Am ordered six more
aircraft with increased engine power and capacity for 77 daytime passenge
rs as the Boeing 314A.
The huge flying boat was assembled at Boeing's Plant 1 on the Duwamish
River in Seattle, and towed to Elliott Bay for taxi and flight tests. The
first flight was on June 7, 1938, piloted by Edmund T. Eddie Allen. At
first the aircraft had a single vertical tail, and Allen found he had
inadequate directional control. The aircraft returned to the factory and
was fitted with the endplates on the ends of the horizontal tail in place
of the single vertical fin. This too was found to be lacking and finally
the centerline vertical fin was restored, after which the aircraft flew
satisfactorily.
The 314 used a series of heavy ribs and spars to create a robust fuselage
and cantilevered wing, obviating the need for external drag-inducing struts
to brace the wings. Boeing also incorporated Dornier-style sponsons into
the hull structure. The sponsons, broad lateral extensions at the waterline
on both sides of the hull, served several purposes: they provided a wide
platform to stabilize the craft while floating on water, they acted as an
entryway for passengers boarding the flying boat and they w ere shaped to
contribute additional lift in flight. Passengers and their baggage were
weighed, with each passenger allowed up to 77 pounds (35 kg) free baggage
allowance (in the later 314 series) but then charged $3.25 per lb
($7.15/kg) for exceeding the limit. To fly the long ranges needed for
trans-Pacific service, the 314 carried 4,246 US gallons (16,070 l 3,536 imp
gal) of gasoline. The later 314A model carried a further 1,200 US gallons
(4,500 l 1,000 imp gal). A capacity of 300 US gallons (1,100 l 250 imp gal)
of oil was required for operation of the radial engines.
The first 314 flight on the San Francisco-Hong Kong route left Alameda on
February 23, 1939 with regular passenger and Foreign Air Mail Route #14
service beginning on March 29. A one-way trip on this route took over six
days to complete. Commercial passenger service lasted less than three
years, ending when the United States entered World War II in December 1941.
* 'In 1942, During World War II Aleutian Islands Campaign, Imperial
Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska,
in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Aleutian Islands Campaign was a military campaign
conducted by the United States in the Aleutian Islands, part of the Alaska
Territory, in the American theater and the Pacific theater of World War II
starting on 3 June 1942. A small Japanese force occupied the islands of
Attu and Kiska, but the remoteness of the islands and the difficulties of
weather and terrain meant that it took nearly a year for a far larger
U.S./Canadian force to eject them. The islands' strategic value was their
ability to co ntrol Pacific transportation routes, which is why U.S.
General Billy Mitchell stated to the U.S. Congress in 1935, I believe that
in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world. I think it is the
most important strategic place in the world. The Japanese reasoned that
control of the Aleutians would prevent a possible U.S. attack across the
Northern Pacific. Similarly, the U.S. feared that the islands would be used
as bases from which to launch aerial assaults against the West Coast.
A battle to reclaim Attu was launched on May 11, 1943 and completed
following a final Japanese banzai charge on May 29. On 15 August 1943, an
invasion force landed on Kiska in the wake of a sustained three-week
barrage, only to discover the Japanese had abandoned the island on July 29.
The Japanese invasions of Kiska on June 6, and Attu on June 7 initially met
little resistance from the local Aleuts. Much of the native population of
the islands had been forcibly evacuated by the US military before the
invasion and interned in camps in the Alaska Panhandle.
* 'In 1942, During World War II, the Battle of Midway ends in American
victory. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the
Pacific Theater of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months
after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the
Coral Sea, the United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack
Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attacking fleet of
the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo,
and Nobutake Kondo near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the
Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Military historian John Keegan
called it the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval
warfare.
The operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, sought to eliminate
the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific, thereby giving Japan
a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The
Japanese hoped another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to
capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the
Pacific. Luring the American aircraft carriers into a trap and occupying
Midway was part of an overall barrier strategy to extend Japan's defensive
perimeter, in response to the Doolittle air raid on Tokyo. This operation
was also considered preparatory for further attacks against Fiji, Samoa,
and Hawaii itself.
The plan was handicapped by faulty Japanese assumptions of the American
reaction and poor initial dispositions. Most significantly, American
codebreakers were able to determine the date and location of the planned
attack, enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to prepare its own ambush. All
four of Japan's large aircraft carriers—Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu, part
of the six-carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor six months
earlier—and a heavy cruiser were sunk, while the U.S. lost only the carrier
Yorktown and a destroyer. After Midway and the exhausting attrition of the
Solomon Islands campaign, Japan's capacity to replace its losses in
materiel (particularly aircraft carriers) and men (especially well-trained
pilots and maintenance crewmen) rapidly became insufficient to cope with
mounting casualties, while the United States' massive industrial and
training capabilities made losses far easier to replace. The Battle of
Midway is considered a turning point in the Pacific War.
* 'In 1955, The radio show 'Lux Radio Theater' signs off the air permanently.
The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of
Broadway shows and popular films. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater,
a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue
Network (1934–35) CBS Radio (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially,
the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it
began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live
before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic
anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued
on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The
primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand.
Lux Radio Theatre strove to feature as many of the original stars of the
original stage and film productions as possible, usually paying them $5,000
an appearance. In 1936, when sponsor Lever Brothers (who made Lux soap and
detergent) moved the show from New York City to Hollywood, the program
began to emphasize adaptations of films rather than plays. The first Lux
film adaptation was The Legionnaire and the Lady, with Marlene Dietrich and
Clark Gable, based on the film Morocco. That was followed by a Lux
adaptation of The Thin Man, featuring the movie's stars, Myrna Loy and
William Powell.
* 'In 1963, The Rolling Stones' first record, 'Come On' was released. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Come On is a song written and first released by Chuck
Berry in 1961. It has been extensively covered and versioned by a large
number of bands since its release. Come On failed to chart in the US Top
100, but B-Side Go Go Go reached #38 on UK charts.
Come On was chosen as the Rolling Stones' debut single. Released in the
late spring of 1963, it reached #21 on the UK single charts. The B-side was
another cover version, Willie Dixon's I Want to Be Loved Both songs were
recorded in May 1963. Come On has been released on several compilation
albums: More Hot Rocks (Big Hits and Fazed Cookies) (1972), Singles
Collection: The London Years (1989) (together with its B-side), Singles
1963-1965 (2004) (together with its B-side), Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of
the Rolling Stones (2007) and GRRR! (2012).
* 'In 1969, The Johnny Cash Show, a television variety show hosted by
Johnny Cash, airs on ABC. .
- From Wikipedia: The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music
variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran
from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC it was taped at the Ryman
Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No. 17 in the Nielsen
ratings in 1970.
Cash opened each show, invariably preceding the first number with his
customary Hello, I'm Johnny Cash greeting, and its regulars included
members of his touring troupe, June Carter Cash (his wife) and the Carter
Family, The Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins, and The Tennessee Three, with
Australian-born musical director-arranger-conductor Bill Walker. The
Statler Brothers performed brief comic interludes. An instrumental version
of Folsom Prison Blues was used for the opening credits.
It featured many folk-country musicians, such as Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan,
Linda Ronstadt, Kris Kristofferson, Mickey Newbury, Neil Young, Gordon
Lightfoot, Merle Haggard, James Taylor and Tammy Wynette. It also featured
other musicians such as jazz great Louis Armstrong, who died eight months
after appearing on the show.
In 1975, Sony releases the Betamax videocassette recorder to the public.
From Wikipedia: 'Betamax (also called Beta, and referred to as such in the logo) is a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released in Japan on May 10, 1975. The first Betamax introduced in America was the LV-1901 console, which included a 19" color monitor, and appeared in stores in early November, 1975. The cassettes contain .50 in (12.7 mm)-wide videotape in a design similar to the earlier, professional .75 in (19 mm) wide, U-matic format. The format is ob
solete, having lost the videotape format war to VHS. Betamax recorders ceased production in 2002, but the format's cassette tapes were available until March 2016, when Sony discontinued them.".
* 'In 1975, 'Thank God I'm a Country Boy' by John Denver hits #1. .
- From Wikipedia: Thank God I'm a Country Boy, also known as Country Boy is
a song written by John Martin Sommers and recorded by American
singer/songwriter John Denver.
The song was originally included on Denver's 1974 album Back Home Again.
A version recorded live on August 26, 1974 at the Universal Amphitheatre in
Los Angeles was included on his 1975 album An Evening with John Denver.
The live version was released as a single and went to No. 1 on both the
Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts. The
song topped both charts for one week each, first the country chart (on May
31), and the Hot 100 chart a week later.
Thank God I'm a Country Boy was one of six songs released in 1975 that
topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.
Denver's two-sided hit I'm Sorry/Calypso also received that distinction.
* 'In 1986, Madonna's single 'Live to Tell' goes #1. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Live to Tell is a song by American singer Madonna from
her third studio album True Blue (1986). Originally composed by Patrick
Leonard for the score of the film Fire with Fire, the song was shown to
Madonna, who decided to use it for then-husband Sean Penn's film At Close
Range. Madonna wrote the song's lyrics and co-produced it with Leonard. The
song was released as the lead single from True Blue on March 26, 1986 by
Sire Records. It later appeared on compilation albums The Immaculate
Collection (1990), Something to Remember (1995), and Celebration (2009).
A pop ballad, the song includes instrumentation from guitars, keyboards,
drums and a synthesizer, and its lyrics deal with deceit, mistrust and
childhood scars. It is also about being strong, which Madonna recalled in
an interview that she thought about her relationship with her parents,
while writing the lyrics. The music video, directed by James Foley, shows
Madonna's first image makeover, featuring her with a cleaner look,
shoulder-length wavy golden blond hair, conservative wardrobe and subtle
make-up. This toned down blond appearance was again inspired by Marilyn
Monroe.
Live to Tell was generally well received by music critics, who frequently
referred to it as the best ballad of her career. It was also a commercial
success, becoming Madonna's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot
100 and her first number-one on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song
faced controversy when Madonna performed it on her 2006 Confessions Tour
wearing a crown of thorns while hanging on a giant mirrored cross. The
performance at Rome's Olympic Stadium was condemned as an act of hostility
toward the Roman Catholic Church by religious leaders.
* 'In 1993, The ground breaking ceremony was held for the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of
fame and museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland,
Ohio, United States. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was
established on April 20, 1983, by Atlantic Records founder and chairman
Ahmet Ertegun to recognize and archive the history of the best-known and
most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures,
who have each had some major influence on the development of rock and roll.
In 1986, Cleveland was chosen as the hall of fame's permanent home. Since
opening in September 1995, the Rock Hall – part of the city's redeveloped
North Coast Harbor – has hosted more than 10 million visitors and had a
cumulative economic impact estimated at more than $1.8 billion.
Hall of Fame museum curator James Henke, along with the museum's curatorial
staff and numerous rock critics and music experts, created an unordered
list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll The list is part of a permanent
exhibit at the museum, and was envisioned as part of the museum from its
opening in 1995. It contains songs recorded from the 1920s through the
1990s. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones are the most represented on the
list, with eight songs each. Elvis Presley has sevensongs, while the Beach
Boys, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Chuck
Berry each have five. The oldest song on the list is Wabash Cannonball,
written circa 1882 and credited to J. A. Roff.
* 'In 1995, The long-range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Boeing 777 is a family of long-range wide-body
twin-engine jet airliners developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial
Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and has a typical seating
capacity for 314 to 451 passengers, with a range of 5,235 to 9,500 nautical
miles (9,695 to 17,594 km). Commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, its
distinguishing features include the largest-diameter turbofan engines of
any aircraft, six wheels on each main landing gear, fully circular fuselage
cross-section, and a blade-shaped tail cone. Developed in consultation with
eight major airlines, the 777 was designed to replace older wide-body
airliners and bridge the capacity difference between Boeing's 767 and 747.
As Boeing's first fly-by-wire airliner, it has computer-mediated controls.
It was also the first commercial aircraft to be designed entirely with
computer-aided design.
The 777 is produced in two fuselage lengths as of 2014. The original
777-200 variant entered commercial service in 1995, followed by the
extended-range 777-200ER in 1997. The stretched 777-300, which is 33.25 ft
(10.1 m) longer, followed in 1998. The longer-range 777-300ER and 777-200LR
variants entered service in 2004 and 2006 respectively, while the 777F, a
freighter version, debuted in February 2009 these variants all feature
General Electric GE90 engines and extended raked wingtips. The earlier
777-200, -200ER and -300 versions are equipped with GE90, Pratt and Whitney
PW4000, or Rolls-Royce Trent 800 engines. The 777-200LR is the world's
longest-range airliner, able to fly more than halfway around the globe, and
holds the record for the longest distance flown non-stop by a commercial
aircraft.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in June
Food
Country Cooking Month
Dairy Alternatives Month
Georgia Blueberry Month
Dairy Month
National Candy Month
National Ice Tea Month
National Soul Food Month
National Steakhouse Month
Health
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month (APS)
Beautiful in Your Skin Month
Cancer From The Sun Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Child Vision Awareness Month
Children's Awareness Month
Fireworks Safety Month
International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Men's Month
Mens Health Education and Awareness Month
Migraine Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month
National Smile Month
Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
Potty Training Awareness Month
Professional Wellness Month
PTSD Awareness Month
Student Safety Month
Vision Research Month
World Infertility Month
Animal / Pets
Adopt-A-Cat Month
Adopt A Shelter Cat Month
National Pet Preparedness Month
National Zoo and Aquarium Month
Other
African-American Music Appreciation Month
Audio Book Appreciation Month
Black Music Month
Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Effective Communications Month
Fashion in Colonial Virginia Month
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
Great Outdoors Month
International Surf Music Month
National Bathroom Reading Month
National Camping Month
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Oceans Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month
Skyscraper Month
Sports America Kids Month
Women's Golf Month
June is:
June origin (from Wikipedia): Perhaps to honor goddess Juno, or from the Latin word iuniores (younger ones).
"is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere. June in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent to December in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological summer is 1 June. In the Southern hemisphere, the
beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June."
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