<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Turkey Lovers’ Day'. Third Sunday in June By National
Turkey Federation.
- From Wikipedia ()Turkey meat - Nutritional value:
'Turkey contains more protein per ounce than other meats. The white meat of
turkey is generally considered healthier than dark meat because of its
lower saturated fat content, but the nutritional differences are small.
Turkey is reputed to cause sleepiness, but holiday dinners are commonly
large meals served with carbohydrates, fats, and alcohol in a relaxed
atmosphere, all of which are bigger contributors to post-meal sleepiness
than the tryptophan in turkey.
[The Hankster says] I hope you read the definition before you got here. Now, even though some of my post are foul and my jokes are of the bird brain nature, and I have been known to gobble my food, be nice.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Father's Day'.
Third Sunday in June in many countries. The first official Father's
Day in the U.S.A. was on June 19 1908. See the history section for more.
* 'World Sauntering Day'.
- From Wikipedia:
'World Sauntering Day is celebrated on June 19 every year. The purpose is
to remind people to slow down and enjoy life as opposed to rushing through
it. It is also sometimes referred to as International Sauntering Day.
The holiday was created in 1979 by W.T. Rabe in response to the growing
popularity of jogging. It is believed to have begun at the Grand Hotel on
Mackinac Island in Michigan, USA. The Grand Hotel has the world's longest
porch at 660 feet (200 m). The idea behind the day was to encourage people
to slow down and appreciate the world around them.
In some places, World Sauntering Day is celebrated on August 28.
[The Hankster says] By definition: 'walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort.'.
* 'Garfield The Cat Day'.
Celebrates his first cartoon strip in 1978. See 1978 in the history section
[The Hankster says] Any animal that loves lasagna, is alright by me.
* 'Juneteenth'.
Celebration of the announcement of the end of slavery. See more in the
history section for 1865.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Sickle Cell Day'.
- From Wikipedia
'Sickle-cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetically passed down blood
disorders. The most common type is known as sickle-cell anaemia (SCA). It
results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found
in red blood cells. This leads to a rigid, sickle-like shape under certain
circumstances. Problems in sickle cell disease typically begin around 5 to
6 months of age. A number of health problems may develop, such as attacks
of pain ("sickle-cell crisis"), anemia, bacterial infections, and
stroke. Long term pain may develop as people get older. The average life
expectancy in the developed world is 40 to 60 years.
As of 2013 about 3.2 million people have sickle-cell disease while an
additional 43 million have sickle-cell trait. About 80% of sickle-cell
disease cases are believed to occur in sub-Saharan Africa. It also occurs
relatively frequently in parts of India, the Arabian peninsula, and among
people of African origin living in other parts of the world. In 2013, it
resulted in 176,000 deaths, up from 113,000 deaths in 1990. The condition
was first described in the medical literature by the American physician
James B. Herrick in 1910. In 1949 the genetic transmission was determined
by E. A. Beet and J. V. Neel. In 1954 the protective effect against malaria
of sickle-cell trait was described.
* 'International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict'. A
U.N. observance.
- From Wikipedia:
'United Nations Action Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is an
international body within the United Nations system. Its stated purpose is
to unite the work of 13 UN entities with the goal of ending sexual violence
in conflict. It is a concerted effort by the United Nations to improve
coordination and accountability, amplify programming and advocacy, and
support national efforts to prevent sexual violence and respond effectively
to the needs of survivors.
The United Nations established United Nations Action Against Sexual
Violence in Conflict in response to calls from women’s rights
organizations, NGOs and rape survivors for the United Nations to do much
more to address sexual violence and other forms of gender-based violence
within a humanitarian and human rights legal framework. It reinforces
efforts by United Nations entities to better coordinate and streamline
their activities, working as “one United Nations” at country and global
levels.
<> Historical events on June 19
* 'In 1910, Father's Day is celebrated for first time in Spokane,
Washington. . 'd, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society.
Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, though it is also
celebrated widely on other days by many other countries.
Father's Day was inaugurated in the early 20th century to complement
Mother's Day in celebrating fathers and male parenting.
Grace Golden Clayton may have been inspired by Anna Jarvis' work to
establish Mother's Day two months prior, Jarvis had held a celebration for
her dead mother in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24 km)
away from Fairmont.
After Anna Jarvis' successful promotion of Mother's Day in Grafton, West
Virginia, the first observance of a "Father's Day" was held on July 5,
1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church. Grace
Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father when, on December 1907,
the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them
fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested
her pastor Robert Thomas Webb to honor all those fathers.
Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside of Fairmont for several
reasons, among them: the city was overwhelmed by other events, the
celebration was never promoted outside of the town itself and no
proclamation was made in the city council. Also two events overshadowed
this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000
attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took
over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old
girl on July 4. The local church and council were overwhelmed and they did
not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for
many years. The original sermon was not reproduced in press and it was
lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event or
even talked to other persons about it.
* 'In 1934, The Communications Act of 1934 is entered into law by President
Roosevelt replacing the Federal Radio Commission with the FCC. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an
independent agency of the United States government, created by
Congressional statute to regulate interstate communications by radio,
television, wire, satellite, and cable in all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and U.S. territories. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas
of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the media, public safety and
homeland security, and modernizing itself.
The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio
regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over
wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The
FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
and Political divisions of the United States. The FCC also provides varied
degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar
communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is
funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2016 budget
of US$388 million. It has 1,720 federal employees.
* 'In 1947, The P-80 (test plane), flown by Albert Boyd, is the first to
exceed 600 mph. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet
fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the
start of the design process, production models were flying but not ready
for service by the end of World War II. Designed with straight wings, the
type saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force (USAF)
as the F-80. America's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft,
it helped usher in the jet age in the USAF, but was outclassed with the
appearance of the swept-wing transonic MiG-15 and was quickly replaced in
the air superiority role by the transonic F-86 Sabre. The F-94 Starfire, an
all-weather interceptor on the same airframe, also saw Korean war service.
The closely related T-33 Shooting Star trainer would remain in service with
the U.S. Air Force and Navy well into the 1980s, with the last NT-33
variant not retired until April 1997. Many still serve in a military role
in foreign air arms or are in private hands.
On 27 January 1946, Colonel William H. Councill flew a P-80 nonstop across
the U.S. to make the first transcontinental jet flight. He completed the
2,457 miles (3,954 km) run between Long Beach and New York in 4 hours, 13
minutes 26 seconds at an average speed of 584 mph (940 km/h) to set a
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record. The P-80B prototype,
modified as a racer and designated P-80R, was piloted by Colonel Albert
Boyd to a world air speed record of 623.73 mph (1,004.2 km/h) on 19 June
1947.
* 'In 1865, Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in
Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The
anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous
states as Juneteenth. .
- From Wikipedia:
'Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence
Day or Freedom Day, is a holiday that commemorates the announcement of the
abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, and more generally the
emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the Confederate South.
Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth and
is recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in most
states.
During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, with an effective date of
January 1, 1863. It declared all slaves to be freed in the Confederate
States of America in rebellion and not in Union hands (this excluded
Maryland, Delaware, Tennessee, West and Southeast Virginia and lower
Louisiana, which were occupied by the Union). It also announced that the
Union would start recruiting former slaves and free blacks to serve in the
military and recruitment began in the spring of 1863. Slaves often escaped
to Union lines for protection and many began to serve in the military. In
some areas, contraband camps were set up to house the freedmen temporarily,
as well as start schools and put adults to work. Lincoln had urged the
governments in the Border States, which had remained in the Union, to free
their slaves under a system of gradual abolition but none did so. Those
slaves were not emancipated until the end of the war.
More isolated geographically, Texas was not a battleground, and thus its
slaves were not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation unless they
escaped. Planters and other slaveholders had migrated into Texas from
eastern states to escape the fighting, and many brought their slaves with
them, increasing by the thousands the number of slaves in the state at the
end of the Civil War.
Although most slaves lived in rural areas, more than 1000 resided in both
Galveston and Houston by 1860, with several hundred in other large towns.
By 1865, there were an estimated 250,000 slaves in Texas. As news of end of
the war moved slowly, it did not reach Texas until May 1865, and the Army
of the Trans-Mississippi did not surrender until June 2. On June 18, 1865,
Union General Gordon Granger arrived at Galveston Island with 2,000 federal
troops to occupy Texas on behalf of the federal government. On June 19,
standing on the balcony of Galveston's Ashton Villa, Granger read aloud the
contents of "General Order No. 3", announcing the total
emancipation of slaves:
* 'In 1923, Comic Strip 'Moon Mullins' debuts. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Moon Mullins, created by cartoonist Frank Willard
(1893–1958), was a popular American comic strip which had a long run as
both a daily and Sunday feature from June 19, 1923 to June 2, 1991.
Syndicated by the Chicago Tribune/New York News Syndicate, the strip
depicts the lives of diverse lowbrow characters who reside at the Schmaltz
(later Plushbottom) boarding house. The central character, Moon (short for
Moonshine), is a would-be prizefighter—perpetually strapped for cash but
with a roguish appetite for vice and high living. Moon took a room in the
boarding house at 1323 Wump Street in 1924 and never left, staying on for
67 years.
* 'In 1952, The TV panel show I've Got A Secret' debuts on CBS-TV with
Garry Moore as host. .
- From Wikipedia: 'I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark
Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. Created by comedy writers Allan
Sherman and Howard Merrill, it was a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own
panel show What's My Line? Instead of celebrity panelists trying to
determine a contestant's occupation, the panel tries to determine a
contestant's secret: something that is unusual, amazing, embarrassing, or
humorous about that person.
The original version of I've Got a Secret premiered on June 19, 1952 on CBS
and ran until April 3, 1967. This version began broadcasting in black and
white and switched to a color format in 1966, by which time virtually all
commercial network programs were being shown in color.
The show was revived for the 1972–73 season in once-a-week syndication and
again from June 15 to July 6, 1976 as a summer replacement series on CBS.
Oxygen launched a daily revival series in 2000, which ran until 2001. A
second revival by GSN with an all-gay panel premiered on April 17, 2006 and
aired new episodes daily until June 9, 2006.
* 'In 1978, The Garfield comic strip (starring that famous lasagna eating
cat) is first launched. .
- From Wikipedia:
'Garfield is an American comic strip created by
Jim Davis. Published since 1978, it chronicles the life of the title
character, the cat Garfield, Jon, his owner, and Jon's dog, Odie. As of
2013, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held
the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated
comic strip.
Though this is rarely mentioned in print, Garfield is set in Muncie,
Indiana, the home of Jim Davis, according to the television special Happy
Birthday, Garfield. Common themes in the strip include Garfield's laziness,
obsessive eating, and disdain of Mondays and diets. The strip's focus is
mostly on the interactions among Garfield, Jon, and Odie, but recurring
minor characters appear as well. Originally created with the intentions to
come up with a good, marketable character, Garfield has spawned merchandise
earning $750 million to $1 billion annually. In addition to the various
merchandise and commercial tie-ins, the strip has spawned several animated
television specials, two animated television series, two theatrical
feature-length live-action/CGI animated films and three fully CGI animated
direct-to-video movies. Part of the strip's broad appeal is due to its lack
of social or political commentary though this was Davis's original
intention, he also admitted that his grasp of politics isn't strong,
remarking that, for many years, he thought OPEC was a denture adhesive'.
The strip, originally centered on Jon, was first rejected by the King
Features, Post-Hall and the Chicago Tribune-New York News agencies, all of
which asked Davis to focus on the cat, who in their opinion, got the better
lines. United Feature Syndicate accepted the retooled strip in 1978 and
debuted it in 41 newspapers on June 19 of that year (however, after a test
run, the Chicago Sun-Times dropped it, only to reinstate it after readers'
complaints). Garfield's first Sunday page ran on June 25, 1978, being
featured as a third-pager until March 22, 1981. A half-page debuted the
following Sunday, March 29, with the strips for March 14 and 21, 1982,
having a unique nine-panel format, but UFS curtailed further use of it (it
did, however, allow Davis to use the format for his U.S. Acres strip).
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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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