<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Eat Your Vegetables Day'. .
[The Hankster says] Before you go on to food item two, I will be checking to insure that you have eaten your veggies and cleaned your plate. No dessert until you do.
* 'National Apple Strudel Day:'.
- From Wikipedia (Apple strudel):
'Apple strudel (German: Apfelstrudel Czech: Štrudl) is a traditional
Viennese strudel, a popular pastry in Austria and in many countries in
Europe that once belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire (1867–1918).
"Strudel" a German word, derives from the Middle High German word for
"whirlpool" or "eddy".
The apple strudel variant is called "jabolcni zavitek" in Slovenian,
Almásrétes in Hungarian and Apfelstrudel in German.
The oldest known strudel recipe is from 1696, a handwritten recipe housed
at the Wienbibliothek im Rathaus.
Apple strudel consists of an oblong strudel pastry jacket with an apple
filling inside. The filling is made of grated cooking apples (usually of a
tart, crisp and aromatic variety, such as Winesap apples), sugar, cinnamon,
raisins, and bread crumbs.
Strudel uses an unleavened dough. The basic dough consists of flour, oil
(or butter) and salt although as a household recipe, many variations exist.
Apple strudel dough is a thin, elastic dough, the traditional preparation
of which is a difficult process. The dough is kneaded by flogging, often
against a table top. Dough that appears thick or lumpy after flogging is
generally discarded and a new batch is started. After kneading, the dough
is rested, then rolled out on a wide surface, and stretched until the dough
reaches a thickness similar to phyllo. Cooks say that a single layer should
be so thin that one can read a newspaper through it. The dough is also
stretched carefully to make it large enough to cover the kneading table.
Filling is arranged in a line on a comparatively small section of dough,
after which the dough is folded over the filling, and the remaining dough
is wrapped around until all the dough has been used. The strudel is then
oven baked, and served warm. Apple strudel is traditionally served in
slices, sprinkled with powdered sugar.
In traditional Viennese strudel the filling is spread over 3/4 of the dough
and then the strudel is rolled, incorporating the dough through the filling
and making a swirl patter when the strudel is cut across. Perhaps this is
the origin of the name which means whorl or whirlpool.
[The Hankster says] Absolutely love it. I'll have mine with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a tall glass of cold milk. I'm thinking that all that calcium offsets the sugar. That's right isn't it. Please say it is so.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'International Violin Day'.
Celebrates the birthday of Igor Stravinsky in 1882. National Violin Day is
Dec 13.
- From Wikipedia (Igor Stravinsky):
'Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (sometimes spelled Strawinski, Strawinsky, or
Stravinskii 17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian (and later, a
naturalized French and American) composer, pianist and conductor. He is
widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of
the 20th century.
[The Hankster says] I love classical music and I like violin music the best. In folk music, the fiddle is right in there.
* 'Bunker Hill Day'.
Celebrates the Battle of Bunker Hill (Battle of Breed's Hill) during the
American Revolutionary War. See more in the history section for 1775.
* 'Work at Home Fathers Day'.
Friday before Father's Day. Created in 2001 by Jeff Zbar of the Chief Home
Office. The initial idea is to honor those father's that work from home to support their family. The idea that father's who could do so, might reap a benefit for them self and their family.
* 'Duck Tape Festival'.
June 17-19 in Avon Ohio.
[The Hankster says] Yes it was originally called Duck Tape, since it was one of the first water proof utility tapes.
* 'National Flip Flop Day'.
Customers of Tropical Smoothie Cafe’s, who ware Flip Flops, can get a free
Jetty Punch Smoothie and you can donate to their charity Camp Sunshine.
<> Awareness / Observances:o Other:
* 'World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought'. A U.N. observance.
- From Wikipedia:
'The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is a United Nations
observance each June 17. Its purpose is to highlight ways to prevent
desertification and recover from drought. Each annual celebration has a
different theme.
This day was proclaimed on January 30, 1995 by the United Nations General
Assembly resolution A/RES/49/115.
<> Historical events on June 17
* 'In 1631, Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal
emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum,
the Taj Mahal. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Taj Mahal (Persian for Crown of Palaces) is an
ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the
Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor,
Shah Jahan (reigned 1628–1658), to house the tomb of his favorite wife,
Mumtaz Mahal. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 42-acre complex, which
includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded
on three sides by a crenellated wall.
Construction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643 but work
continued on other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj
Mahal complex is believed to have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at
a cost estimated at the time to be around 32 million rupees, which in 2015
would be approximately 52.8 billion rupees (US$827 million). The
construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a
board of architects led by the court architect to the emperor, Ustad Ahmad
Lahauri.
The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for
being the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired
masterpieces of the world's heritage Described by Nobel laureate
Rabindranath Tagore as the tear-drop on the cheek of time, it is regarded
by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's
rich history. The Taj Mahal attracts 7–8 million visitors a year. In 2007,
it was declared a winner of the New7Wonders of the World (2000–2007)
initiative.
* 'In 1775, Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while
losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle fought on June
17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American
Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown,
Boston, which was peripherally involved in the battle, and was the original
objective of both the colonial and British troops, though the vast majority
of combat took place on the adjacent Breed's Hill.
On June 13, 1775, the leaders of the colonial forces besieging Boston
learned that the British were planning to send troops out from the city to
fortify the unoccupied hills surrounding the city, giving them control of
Boston Harbor. In response, 1,200 colonial troops under the command of
William Prescott stealthily occupied Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. The
colonists constructed a strong redoubt on Breed's Hill, as well as smaller
fortified lines across the Charlestown Peninsula.
When the British were alerted to the presence of colonial forces on the
Peninsula, they mounted an attack against them. After two assaults on the
colonial positions were repulsed with significant British casualties, the
third and final attack carried the redoubt after the defenders ran out of
ammunition. The colonists retreated to Cambridge over Bunker Hill, leaving
the British in control of the Peninsula.
While the result was a victory for the British, the massive losses they
encountered discouraged them from any further sorties against the siege
lines 226 men were killed with over 800 wounded, including a large number
of officers. The battle at the time was considered to be a colonial defeat
however, the losses suffered by the British troops gave encouragement to
the colonies, demonstrating that inexperienced militia were able to stand
up to regular army troops in battle.
Though the battle was a tactical victory for the British, it was a sobering
experience for them, involving many more casualties than the Americans had
incurred, resulting in more cautious planning and maneuver execution in
future engagements, especially in the subsequent New York and New Jersey
campaign, which arguably helped, rather than hindered the American forces,
by allowing them to slip away when they could have been decisively
defeated. The costly engagement also convinced the British of the need to
hire substantial numbers of foreign mercenaries to bolster their strength
in America'.
* 'In 1885, The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World
French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture
on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United
States. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French
sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel and dedicated on October 28, 1886. It
was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of
a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a
torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is
inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4,
1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and
of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from
abroad.
Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René
de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument
raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the
French and American peoples. He may have been minded to honor the Union
victory in the American Civil War and the end of slavery. Due to the
post-war instability in France, work on the statue did not commence until
the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the
statue and the Americans provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi
completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully
designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international
expositions.
The torch-bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial
Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan
from 1876 to 1882. Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the
Americans, and by 1885 work on the pedestal was threatened due to lack of
funds. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World started a drive for
donations to complete the project that attracted more than 120,000
contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar. The statue was
constructed in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the
completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloe's Island. The statue's
completion was marked by New York's first ticker-tape parade and a
dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland.
On June 17, 1885, the French steamer Isère, laden with the Statue of
Liberty, reached the New York port safely. New Yorkers displayed their
new-found enthusiasm for the statue, as the French vessel arrived with the
crates holding the disassembled statue on board. Two hundred thousand
people lined the docks and hundreds of boats put to sea to welcome the
Isère. After five months of daily calls to donate to the statue fund, on
August 11, 1885, the World announced that $102,000 had been raised from
120,000 donors, and that 80 percent of the total had been received in sums
of less than one dollar.
* 'In 1898, The United States Navy Hospital Corps (Hospital Corpsman) is
established. .
- From Wikipedia: 'A Hospital Corpsman is an enlisted medical specialist of
the United States Navy who may also serve with the United States Marine
Corps.
The hospital corpsman works in a wide variety of capacities and locations,
including shore establishments such as naval hospitals and clinics, aboard
ships, and as the primary medical caregivers for sailors while underway.
Hospital corpsmen are frequently the only medical care-giver available in
many fleet or Marine units on extended deployment. In addition, hospital
corpsmen perform duties as assistants in the prevention and treatment of
disease and injury and assist health care professionals in providing
medical care to sailors and their families.
Still, there existed pressure to reform the enlisted component of the
Navy's medical department—medicine as a science was advancing rapidly,
foreign navies had begun training medically skilled sailors, and even the
U.S. Army had established an enlisted Hospital Corps in 1887. Navy Surgeon
General J.R Tyron and subordinate physicians lobbied the Navy
administration to take action. With the Spanish–American War looming,
Congress passed a bill authorizing establishment of the U.S. Navy Hospital
Corps, signed into law by President William McKinley on 17 June 1898. Three
rates were created therein—hospital apprentice, hospital apprentice first
class (a petty officer third class), and hospital steward, which was a
chief petty officer.
* 'In 1919, Barney Google cartoon strip, by Billy De Beck, premieres (later
joined by Snuffy Smith) .
- From Wikipedia: 'Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney
Google, F'rinstance, is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy
DeBeck. Since its debut on June 17, 1919, the strip has gained a huge
international readership, appearing in 900 newspapers in 21 countries. The
initial appeal of the strip led to its adaptation to film, animation,
popular song and television. It added several terms and phrases to the
English language and inspired the 1923 hit tune "4Barney Google (with
the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes)"4 with lyrics by Billy Rose, as well as the
1923 record, "4Come On, Spark Plug!"4
Barney Google himself, once the star of the strip and a very popular
character in his own right, has been almost entirely phased out of the
feature. An increasingly peripheral player in his own strip beginning in
the late 1930s, Google was officially "4written out"4 in 1954,
although he would occasionally return for cameo appearances. These cameos
were often years apart—from a period between 1997 and 2012, Barney Google
wasn't seen in the strip at all. Google was reintroduced to the strip in
2012, and has been seen very occasionally since, making several week-long
appearances
Snuffy Smith, who was initially introduced as a supporting player in 1934,
has now been the comic strip's central character for over 60 years.
Nevertheless, the feature is still titled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith'
* 'In 1942 , The radio drama/mystery show 'Suspense' debuted on CBS Radio.
- From Wikipedia: 'Suspense is a radio drama series broadcast on CBS Radio
from 1942 through 1962.
One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled
radio's outstanding theater of thrills and focused on suspense
thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the
era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and
more than 900 still exist.
Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different
hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed
for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal
person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation solutions
were withheld until the last possible second and evildoers were usually
punished in the end.
In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science
fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt
Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror, but by
the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured.
* 'In 1950, The first kidney transplant is performed. .
- From Wikipedia: 'One of the earliest mentions about the real possibility
of a kidney transplant was by American medical researcher Simon Flexner,
who declared in a reading of his paper on “Tendencies in Pathology” in the
University of Chicago in 1907 that it would be possible in the then-future
for diseased human organs substitution for healthy ones by surgery —
including arteries, stomach, kidneys and heart.
In 1933 surgeon Yuriy Voroniy from Kherson in the Soviet Union attempted
the first human kidney transplant, using a kidney removed 6 hours earlier
from the deceased donor to be reimplanted into the thigh. He measured
kidney function using a connection between the kidney and the skin. His
first patient died 2 days later as the graft was incompatible with the
recipient's blood group and was rejected.
It was not until June 17, 1950, when a successful transplant could be
performed on Ruth Tucker, a 44-year-old woman with polycystic kidney
disease, at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois.
Although the donated kidney was rejected ten months later because no
immunosuppressive therapy was available at the time—the development of
effective antirejection drugs was years away—the intervening time gave
Tucker's remaining kidney time to recover and she lived another five years.
* 'In 1957, 'At the Hop' was released by Danny & the Juniors. .
- From Wikipedia: 'At the Hop is a rock and roll/doo-wop song written by
Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White and originally released by Danny
and the Juniors. The song was released in the fall of 1957, and reached
number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, thus becoming one of the
top-selling singles of 1958. At the Hop also hit number one on the R and B
Best Sellers list. Somewhat more surprisingly, the record reached #3 on the
Music Vendor country charts.
The song became more prominent after it was performed by rock and roll
revival act Sha Na Na at the 1969 Woodstock Festival and featured in the
1973 coming-of-age teen drama American Graffiti. Musically, it's notable
for combining several of the most popular formulas in 1950s rock'n'roll,
the twelve-bar blues, boogie-woogie piano and the 50s progression'.
* 'In 1964, The Supremes' 'Where Did Our Love Go' was released. It became
their first #1.
- From Wikipedia: 'Where Did Our Love Go is a 1964 song recorded by
American music group the Supremes for the Motown label.
Written and produced by Motown's main production team
Holland–Dozier–Holland, Where Did Our Love Go was the first single by the
Supremes to go to the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop
singles chart in the United States, a position it held for two weeks, from
August 16 to August 29, 1964. It was also the first of five Supremes songs
in a row to reach number one (the others being Baby Love, Come See About
Me, Stop! In the Name of Love, and Back in My Arms Again). The song also
reached number one on the Cash Box R and B singles chart.
The Supremes' version is ranked #475 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs
of All Time and was selected for preservation in the National Recording
Registry in 2016 due to its ";cultural, historic, or artistic
significance.
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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