<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Lobster Day'.
- From Wikipedia (American lobster):
'The American lobster, Homarus americanus, is a species of lobster found on
the Atlantic coast of North America, chiefly from Labrador to New Jersey.
It is also known as true lobster, northern lobster, or Maine lobster. It
can reach a body length of 64 cm (25 in), and a mass of over 20 kilograms
(44 lb), making it not only the heaviest crustacean in the world, but also
the heaviest of all living arthropod species. Its closest relative is the
European lobster Homarus gammarus, which can be distinguished by its
coloration and the lack of spines on the underside of the rostrum. American
lobsters are usually bluish green to brown with red spines, but several
color variations have been observed.
[The Hankster says] Well we have several lobster dishes during the year, so this one must just be, plain lobster (perhaps with a little garlic butter).
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Smile Power Day'.
[The Hankster says] We have all seen it's power to change a person and thus a situation. So, why aren't wee practicing it more?
* 'Nature Photography Day'.
By the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) and others.
- From Wikipedia (North American Nature Photography Associa):
'The North American Nature Photography Association or NANPA is an
organization dedicated to photography of nature. Its headquarters were in
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and are now in Alma, Illinois. Established in 1994,
the association has 3,000 members. Several categories of membership are
available, including discounts for students. The association annually
sponsors a variety of activities, such as regional events, meetups,
workshops, tours, and webinars throughout the United States. The NANPA
Foundation , established in 1997, awards scholarships, operates blinds for
wildlife photography, and organizes funds in memory of deceased
photographers and others. NANPA also markets books of interest to members,
including those by members, through Amazon.com.
In 2006, NANPA initiated June 15 as Nature Photography Day. This designated
day was spearheaded by the association’s History Committee. Its purpose is
to promote the art and science of nature photography. NANPA looks to
esthetic elements and practical ones, too. Photography has been used to
rescue animals, plants, and habitats locally and worldwide. Participation
in Nature Photography Day has since extended worldwide. June 15 is a day
that encourages exploring, with a camera, the natural world within walking,
hiking, biking, or rowing distance: to avoid leaving a carbon footprint.
Among the numerous ways to celebrate the day is to experiment with taking
photographs of a familiar subject, turning the ordinary into something
extraordinary. Others are to learn about the experiences of nature
photographers--legends of the past and today.
NANPA's Summits, begun in 1995, bring together nature photography
professionals from throughout the continent and the world. Recent Summits
have been held in Jacksonville, Florida (2013)and San Diego, California
(2015). The event returns to Jacksonville in 2017. Each Summit features
major presentations, a trade show, portfolio reviews, workshops (breakout
sessions), vendor sessions, and an awards celebration.
[The Hankster says] Nature is continually posing for us. Help her take a selfie she can't.
* 'Magna Carta Day'.
Celebrates the signing of the Magna Carta (Latin for /Great Charter) on
this day in 1215. See more in the history section.]
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Elder Abuse Day'. A U.N. observance.
- From Wikipedia (Elder abuse):
'Elder abuse (also called "elder mistreatment," "senior abuse,"
"abuse in later life," "abuse of older adults," "abuse of
older women," and "abuse of older men") is "a single, or
repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any
relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or
distress to an older person." This definition has been adopted by the
World Health Organization (WHO) from a definition put forward by Action on
Elder Abuse in the UK. Laws protecting the elderly from abuse are similar
to, and related to, laws protecting dependent adults from abuse.
The abuse of elders by caregivers is a worldwide issue. In 2002, the work
of the World Health Organization brought international attention to the
issue of elder abuse. Over the years, government agencies and community
professional groups, worldwide, have specified elder abuse as a social
problem. In 2006 the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse
(INPEA) designated June 15 as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) and
an increasing number of events are held across the globe on this day to
raise awareness of elder abuse, and highlight ways to challenge such abuse.
* 'National Bug Busting Day'. In Great Britain. A focus on head lice.
- From Wikipedia (Head louse):
'The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of
humans that causes head lice infestation (pediculosis capitis). Head lice
are wingless insects spending their entire life on the human scalp and
feeding exclusively on human blood. Humans are the only known hosts of this
specific parasite, while chimpanzees host a closely related species,
Pediculus schaeffi. Other species of lice infest most orders of mammals and
all orders of birds, as well as other parts of the human body.
Head lice (especially in children) have been, and still are, subject to
various eradication campaigns. Unlike body lice, head lice are not the
vectors of any known diseases. Except for rare secondary infections that
result from scratching at bites, head lice are harmless, and they have been
regarded by some as essentially a cosmetic rather than a medical problem.
It has even been suggested that head lice infestations might be beneficial
in helping to foster a natural immune response against lice which helps
humans in defense against the far more dangerous body louse, which is
capable of transmission of dangerous diseases.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'Pet Fire Safety Day'. By The National Volunteer Fire Council.
o Other:
* 'Global Wind Day'. Each June 15 by The European Wind Energy Association
(EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
- From Wikipedia (Global Wind Day):
'Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It
is organised by EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) and GWEC (Global
Wind Energy Council). It is a day when wind energy is celebrated,
information is exchanged and adults and children find out about wind
energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to change the world. In
association with EWEA and GWEC, national wind energy associations and
companies involved in wind energy production organise events in many
countries around the world. In 2011, there were events organised in 30
countries, on 4 continents. Events included visits to onshore and offshore
wind farms, information campaigns, demonstration turbines being set up in
cities, wind workshops and a wind parade. Many events happened on Global
Wind Day (15 June) itself, but there were also events on the days and weeks
before and afterwards. In 2012 there were 250 events around the globe and a
very popular photo competition.
<> Historical events on June 15
* 'In 1215, King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Magna Carta (Latin for ?the Great Charter?), also
called Magna Carta Libertatum (Latin for ?the Great Charter of the
Liberties?), is a charter agreed by King John of England at Runnymede,
near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of
Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel
barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the
barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations
on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25
barons. Neither side stood behind their commitments, and the charter was
annulled by Pope Innocent III, leading to the First Barons' War. After
John's death, the regency government of his young son, Henry III, reissued
the document in 1216, stripped of some of its more radical content, in an
unsuccessful bid to build political support for their cause. At the end of
the war in 1217, it formed part of the peace treaty agreed at Lambeth,
where the document acquired the name Magna Carta, to distinguish it from
the smaller Charter of the Forest which was issued at the same time. Short
of funds, Henry reissued the charter again in 1225 in exchange for a grant
of new taxes his son, Edward I, repeated the exercise in 1297, this time
confirming it as part of England's statute law.
* 'In 1667, The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr.
Jean-Baptiste Denys .
- From Wikipedia: 'Jean-Baptiste Denys (1643 – 3 October 1704) was a French
physician notable for having performed the first fully documented human
blood transfusion, a xenotransfusion. He studied in Montpellier and was the
personal physician to King Louis XIV.'
'Attempts to transfuse blood Denys administered the first fully documented
human blood transfusion on June 15, 1667. He transfused about twelve ounces
of sheep blood into a 15-year-old boy, who had been bled with leeches 20
times. The boy survived the transfusion. Denys performed another
transfusion into a labourer, who also survived. Both instances were likely
due to the small amount of blood that was actually transfused into these
people, which allowed them to withstand the allergic reaction. Denys' third
patient to undergo a blood transfusion was Swedish Baron Gustaf Bonde. He
received two transfusions, and died after the second. In the winter of
1667, Denys administered transfusions of calf's blood to Antoine Mauroy, a
madman. Mauroy died during the third transfusion. Much controversy
surrounded his death. Mauroy's wife asserted Denys was responsible for her
husband's death, and Denys was charged with murder. He was acquitted, and
Mauroy's wife was accused of causing his death. After the trial, Denys quit
the practice of medicine. It was later determined that Mauroy actually died
from arsenic poisoning. Denys' experiments with animal blood provoked a
heated controversy in France, and in 1670 the procedure was banned. It
wasn't until after Karl Landsteiner's discovery of the four blood groups in
1902 that blood transfusions became safe and reliable'.
* 'In 1752, Ben Franklin discovers that lightning is electricity. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The kite experiment was a scientific experiment proposed
and later possibly conducted by Benjamin Franklin with the assistance of
his son William Franklin. The experiment's purpose was to uncover then
unknown facts about the nature of lightning and electricity.'
'In 1750, the electrical nature of lightning was the subject of public
discussion in France, with a dissertation of Denis Barbaret receiving a
prize in Bordeaux Barbaret proposed a cause in line with the triboelectric
effect. The physicist Jacques de Romas also wrote a memoir that year with
similar ideas. Franklin had listed a dozen analogies between lightning and
electricity in his notebooks at the end of 1749. Speculations of
Jean-Antoine Nollet had led the issue being posed as a prize question at
Bordeaux in 1749. De Romas later defended his own electrical kite proposal
as independent of Franklin's'.
Franklin realized the dangers of using conductive rods and instead used his
son to fly the kite. This allowed him to stay on the ground and the kite
was less likely to electrocute him. According to the legend, Franklin kept
the string of the kite dry at his sons's end to insulate him while he was
allowed to get wet in the rain to provide conductivity. A house key was
attached to the string and connected to a Leyden jar, which Franklin
assumed would accumulate electricity from the lightning. The kite wasn't
struck by visible lightning (had it done so, Franklin would almost
certainly have been killed) but Franklin did notice that the strings of the
kite were repelling each other and deduced that the Leyden jar was being
charged. Franklin moved his hand near the key afterwards, because as he had
estimated, lightning had negatively charged the key and the Leyden jar,
proving the electric nature of lightning'.
* 'In 1836, Arkansas is admitted as 25th state of the U.S. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Arkansas is a state located in the Southeastern region
of the United States. Its name is of Siouan derivation, denoting the Quapaw
Indians. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions
of the Ozark and the Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior
Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas
Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the
Arkansas Delta. Known as the Natural State, Arkansas has many diverse
regions that offer residents and tourists a variety of opportunities for
outdoor recreation.
Arkansas is the 29th largest in square miles and the 33rd most populous of
the 50 United States. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock,
located in the central portion of the state, a hub for transportation,
business, culture, and government. The northwestern corner of the state,
including the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area and Fort
Smith metropolitan area, is also an important population, education, and
economic center. The largest city in the eastern part of the state is
Jonesboro. The largest city in the southeastern part of the state is Pine
Bluff.
'The Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on
June 15, 1836. Arkansas withdrew from the United States and joined the
Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Upon returning to the
Union, the state would continue to suffer due to its earlier reliance on
slavery and the plantation economy, causing the state to fall behind
economically and socially. White rural interests continued to dominate the
state's politics until the Civil Rights movement in the mid-20th century.
Arkansas began to diversify its economy following World War II and now
relies on its service industry as well as aircraft, poultry, steel and
tourism in addition to cotton and rice'.
* 'In 1844, Charles Goodyear patents the vulcanization process to
strengthen rubber. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Vulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for
converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable materials
via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent curatives or accelerators.
These additives modify the polymer by forming cross-links (bridges) between
individual polymer chains. Vulcanized materials are less sticky and have
superior mechanical properties. The term vulcanized fibre refers to
cellulose that has been treated in a zinc chloride solution to cross-link
the cellulose fibers.
Although the curing of rubber has been carried out since prehistoric times,
the modern process of vulcanization, named after Vulcan, the Roman god of
fire, was not developed until the 19th century, mainly by Charles Goodyear.
Today, a vast array of products are made with vulcanized rubber including
tires, shoe soles, hoses, and conveyor belts. Hard vulcanized rubber is
sometimes sold under the brand names ebonite or vulcanite, and is used in
making articles such as clarinet and saxophone mouth pieces, bowling balls
and hockey pucks.
Although vulcanization is a 19th-century invention, the history of rubber
cured by other means goes back to prehistoric times. The name Olmec means
rubber people in the Aztec language. Ancient Mesoamericans, spanning from
ancient Olmecs to Aztecs, extracted latex from Castilla elastica, a type of
rubber tree in the area. The juice of a local vine, Ipomoea alba, was then
mixed with this latex to create processed rubber as early as 1600 BC. In
the western world, rubber remained a curiosity, although it was used to
produce waterproofed products, such as Mackintosh rainwear.
Thomas Hancock (1786–1865), a scientist and engineer, was the first to
patent vulcanization of rubber. He was awarded a British patent on May 21,
1844. Three weeks later, on June 15, 1844, Charles Goodyear was awarded a
patent in the United States.
* 'In 1846, The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel as the border
between the United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the
Strait of Juan de Fuca. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Oregon Treaty is a treaty between the United Kingdom
and the United States that was signed on June 15, 1846, in Washington, D.C.
Signed under the presidency of James K. Polk, the treaty brought an end to
the Oregon boundary dispute by settling competing American and British
claims to the Oregon Country the area had been jointly occupied by both
Britain and the U.S. since the Treaty of 1818'.
* 'In 1864, Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81
km2) around Arlington Mansion (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert
E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary
of War Edwin M. Stanton. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military
cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from
Washington, D.C., in whose 624 acres (253 ha) the dead of the nation's
conflicts have been buried, beginning with the American Civil War, as well
as reinterred dead from earlier wars.
The cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of
Arlington House, which had been the estate of the family of Confederate
general Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna (Custis) Lee (a great-granddaughter
of Martha Washington). The cemetery, along with Arlington House, Memorial
Drive, the Hemicycle, and the Arlington Memorial Bridge, form the Arlington
National Cemetery Historic District, listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in April 2014. Like nearly all federal installations in
Arlington County, it has a Washington, D.C. mailing address.
The first military burial at Arlington, for William Henry Christman, was
made on May 13, 1864, close to what is now the northeast gate in Section
27. However, Meigs did not formally authorize establishment of burials
until June 15, 1864.
* 'In 1878, The first attempt at capturing motion on pictures, using 12
cameras that each take 1 picture, is made. It was to settle the question:
do all four feet of a running horse ever leave the ground at the same time.
- From Wikipedia: 'Eadweard Muybridge 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born
Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer important for his
pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in
motion-picture projection. He adopted the name Eadweard Muybridge,
believing it to be the original Anglo-Saxon form of his name.'
Between 1878 and 1884, Muybridge perfected his method of horses in motion,
proving that they do have all four hooves off the ground during their
running stride. In 1872, Muybridge settled Stanford's question with a
single photographic negative showing his Standardbred trotting horse
Occident airborne at the trot. This negative was lost, but the image
survives through woodcuts made at the time (the technology for printed
reproductions of photographs was still being developed). He later did
additional studies, as well as improving his camera for quicker shutter
speed and faster film emulsions. By 1878, spurred on by Stanford to expand
the experiments, Muybridge had successfully photographed a horse at a trot
lantern slides have survived of this later work. Scientific American was
among the publications at the time that carried reports of Muybridge's
ground-breaking images'.
* 'In 1911, The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. was incorporated in the
state of New York. The company was later renamed International Business
Machines (IBM) Corp. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) was a
holding company of manufacturers of record-keeping and measuring systems
subsequently known as IBM.
It was created in 1911 by financier and noted trust organizer, Father of
Trusts, Charles R. Flint through the consolidation of four companies: The
Tabulating Machine Company, International Time Recording Company, Computing
Scale Company of America, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. Located in
Endicott it was renamed International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924.
The individual companies of CTR continued to operate using their
established names until the businesses were integrated in 1933 and the
holding company eliminated. They manufactured a wide range of products,
including employee time-keeping systems, weighing scales, automatic meat
slicers, and punched card equipment'.
* 'In 1934, The 'Great Smoky Mountains National Park' is founded. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States
National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site that straddles the ridgeline
of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are a
division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. The border between
Tennessee and North Carolina runs northeast to southwest through the
centerline of the park. It is the most visited national park in the United
States. On its route from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail also
passes through the center of the park. The park was chartered by the United
States Congress in 1934 and officially dedicated by President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt in 1940. It encompasses 522,419 acres (816.28 sq mi
211,415.47 ha 2,114.15 km2), making it one of the largest protected areas
in the eastern United States. The main park entrances are located along
U.S. Highway 441 (Newfound Gap Road) at the towns of Gatlinburg, Tennessee,
and Cherokee, North Carolina. It was the first national park whose land and
other costs were paid for in part with federal funds; previous parks were
funded wholly with state money or private funds'.
* 'In 1963, The song 'Sukiyaki' (Ue o Muite Aruko, I Look Up As I Walk)
hits #1. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Ue wo Muite Aruko (I Look Up As I Walk) is a
Japanese-language song that was performed by Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto,
and written by lyricist Rokusuke Ei and composer Hachidai Nakamura. Ei
wrote the lyrics while walking home from a Japanese student demonstration
protesting continued US Army presence, expressing his frustration at the
failed efforts.
In Anglophone countries, it is best known under the alternative title
Sukiyaki, a term with no relevance to the song's lyrics, as sukiyaki
roughly translates from Japanese as thin slices of cooked beef
The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United
States in 1963, and remains to date the only Japanese-language song ever to
have done so. In addition, it was and still is one of the few
non-Indo-European languages' songs to have reached the top of the US
charts.
It is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 13
million copies worldwide. The original Kyu Sakamoto recording also went to
number eighteen on the R and B chart. In addition, the single spent five
weeks at number one on the Middle of the Road charts. The recording was
originally released in Japan by Toshiba in 1961. It topped the Popular
Music Selling Record chart in the Japanese magazine Music Life for three
months, and was ranked as the number one song of 1961 in Japan.
Well-known English-language cover versions with altogether different lyrics
include My First Lonely Night by Jewel Akens in 1966 and Sukiyaki by A
Taste of Honey in 1980. The song has also been recorded in other
languages'.
* 'In 2007, Bob Barker's final episode as the host of The Price is Right
airs. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Robert William Bob Barker (born December 12, 1923) is an
American former television game show host. He is best known for hosting
CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running
daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting
Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1974.
In 2007, Barker retired from hosting The Price Is Right after celebrating
his 50-year career on television.
On October 31, 2006, Barker made his announcement that he would retire from
The Price Is Right in June 2007. He taped his final episode on June 6,
2007, with the show airing twice on June 15. The first airing was in the
show's normal daytime slot and the second airing was in primetime as the
lead-in to the Daytime Emmy Awards. Repeat episodes from Barker's final
season continued to air until October 12, 2007, ending with a repeat of his
final episode. On July 23 it was announced that comedian Drew Carey would
take Barker's place as the new host for the show beginning on October 15,
2007.
No. 1 song
Top movie
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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