<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Ice Cream Soda Day'. . The invention is attributed to Robert
McCay Green, 1874, in Philadelphia, Penn.
- From Wikipedia (Ice cream float):
'An ice cream float or soda (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South
Africa and East Asia), coke float (United Kingdom), root beer float (United
States, Canada) or spider (Australia and New Zealand), is a beverage that
consists of ice cream in either a soft drink or in a mixture of flavored
syrup and carbonated water.
The ice cream float was invented by Robert McCay Green in Philadelphia, PA,
in 1874 during the sesquicentennial celebration. The traditional story is
that, on a particularly hot day, Mr. Green ran out of cold ice for the
flavored drinks he was selling and used vanilla ice cream from a
neighboring vendor, thus inventing a new drink.
His own account, published in Soda Fountain magazine in 1910, states that
while operating a soda fountain at the Franklin Institute's semicentennial
celebration in Philadelphia in 1874, he wanted to create a new treat to
attract customers away from another vendor who had a fancier, bigger soda
fountain. After some experimenting, he decided to combine ice cream and
soda water. During the celebration, he sold vanilla ice cream with soda
water and a choice of 16 different flavored syrups. The new treat was a
sensation and soon other soda fountains began selling ice cream floats.
Green's will instructed that "Originator of the Ice Cream Soda" was
to be engraved on his tombstone.
There are at least three other claimants for the invention of ice cream
float: Fred Sanders, Philip Mohr, and George Guy, one of Robert Green's own
employees. Guy is said to have absent-mindedly mixed ice cream and soda in
1872, much to his customer's delight.
Regardless of its origins, the beverage quickly became very popular, to
such a degree that it was almost socially obligatory among teens, although
many adults did not like it. According to some accounts, it was banned,
either entirely or on holy days, by some local governments, giving rise to
a substitute treat, the sodaless ice cream sundae. As carbonated drinks
were marketed as a miracle cure, they were often considered a substance
that required oversight and control like alcohol, another controlled
substance that could not be served or purchased on Sundays in many
conservative areas. Many soda fountains had to figure out a way to turn a
profit on Sundays when selling their product was considered illegal. The
solution was to serve ice cream on these days, as it is merely a food
product and not a controlled substance. Soda fountains then coined the term
"Sundaes" for the ice cream concoctions that they served on
"soda's day of rest"'.
Some types:
. Black Cow - Root beer and vanilla ice cream
. Brown Cow - Coke vanillaice cream
. Boston Cooler - Ginger Ale and vanilla ice cream
. Butterbeer - Cream soda and butterscotch, and vanilla ice cream
. Snow White - 7 up (or other lemon-lime drink) and vanilla ice cream
. Sherbet cooler - orangeor watermelon sherbet, vanilla syrup and seltzer water
. Helado Flotante - in Mexico - coke and lemon sherbet
. Orange Float - orange soda and vanilla ice cream
[The Hankster says] We had the Black Cow a few days ago, so pick any one from the list above, or create your own.
* 'National Vanilla Milkshake Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Milkshake):
'A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is usually made from milk, ice
cream, or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch,
caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or fruit syrup. Outside the United States,
milkshakes using ice cream or iced milk are sometimes called a thick
milkshake or thick shake in New England, the term frappe may be used to
differentiate it from thinner forms of flavored milk.
1880s–1930s When the term "milkshake" was first used in print in
1885, milkshakes were an alcoholic whiskey drink that has been described as
a "sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink, with eggs, whiskey, etc.,
served as a tonic as well as a treat". However, by 1900, the term
referred to "wholesome drinks made with chocolate, strawberry, or
vanilla syrups." By the "early 1900s people were asking for the new
treat, often with ice cream." By the 1930s, milkshakes were a popular
drink at malt shops, which were the "typical soda fountain of the
period... used by students as a meeting place or hangout."
The history of the electric blender, malted milk drinks, and milkshakes are
interconnected. Before the widespread availability of electric blenders,
milkshake-type drinks were more like eggnog, or they were a hand-shaken
mixture of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavorings. Hamilton Beach's
drink mixers began being used at soda fountains in 1911 and the electric
blender or drink mixer was invented by Steven Poplawski in 1922. With the
invention of the blender, milkshakes began to take their modern, whipped,
aerated, and frothy form. Malted milk drinks are made with malted milk
powder, which contains dried milk, malted barley, and wheat flour. Malted
milk powder was invented in 1897 by William Horlick as an easily digested
restorative health drink for disabled people and children, and as an
infant's food.
[The Hankster says] I knew you would be wondering about the difference between a soda and a shake.
* 'National Kouign Amann Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Kouign-amann):
'Kouign-amann (pronounced Breton pl. kouignoù-amann) is a Breton cake. It
is a round crusty cake, made with viennoiserie dough containing layers of
butter and sugar folded in, similar in fashion to puff pastry albeit with
fewer layers. The resulting cake is slowly baked until the butter puffs up
the dough (resulting in the layered aspect of it) and the sugar
caramelizes. The effect is similar to a muffin shaped and caramelized
croissant. The name derives from the Breton words for cake ("kouign")
and butter ("amann"). Kouign-amann is a speciality of the town of
Douarnenez in Finistère, Brittany, where it originated around 1860. The
strict recipe of Douarnenez requires a ratio of 40 percent dough, 30
percent butter, and 30 percent sugar. The more traditional method of
serving is as slices from a large cake, although recently especially in
North America, individual cupcake sized pastries are becoming more popular.
The Welsh equivalent is the etymologically identical Cacan menin, literally
'cake, butter'.
[The Hankster says] Sounds good. Never had any.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'American Eagle Day'.
Bald Eagle recognition and conservation. Also the date in 1782, that the US
National Seal (with Eagle) was adopted. There is more on the National Seal
in the history section for 1782.
- From Wikipedia (Bald eagle):
'The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus, from Greek hali "sea",
aietos "eagle", leuco "white", cephalos "head") is a bird
of prey found in North America. A sea eagle, it has two known subspecies
and forms a species pair with the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus
albicilla). Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the
contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large
bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for
nesting.
The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish,
which it swoops down and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds
the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever
recorded for any animal species, up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
wide, and 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons) in weight. Sexual maturity is
attained at the age of four to five years.
Bald eagles are not actually bald the name derives from an older meaning of
the word, "white headed". The adult is mainly brown with a white head
and tail. The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are about 25
percent larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the
immature is brown.
The bald eagle is both the national bird and national animal of the United
States of America. The bald eagle appears on its seal. In the late 20th
century it was on the brink of extirpation in the contiguous United States.
Populations have since recovered and the species was removed from the U.S.
government's list of endangered species on July 12, 1995 and transferred to
the list of threatened species. It was removed from the List of Endangered
and Threatened Wildlife in the Lower 48 States on June 28, 2007.
* 'First Day of Summer (The Summer Solstice)'.
in the Northern Hemisphere. June 20 in 2016.
- From Wikipedia (Summer solstice):
'The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of a planet's semi-axis, in
either northern or southern hemispheres, is most inclined toward the star
that it orbits. Earth's maximum axial tilt toward the Sun is 23° 26'. This
happens twice each year (once in each hemisphere), at which times the Sun
reaches its highest position in the sky as seen from the north or the south
pole.
The summer solstice occurs during a hemisphere's summer. This is the
northern solstice in the northern hemisphere and the southern solstice in
the southern hemisphere. Depending on the shift of the calendar, the summer
solstice occurs some time between June 20 and June 22 in the northern
hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the
southern hemisphere. The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred
to as the winter solstice. When on a geographic pole, the Sun reaches its
greatest height, the moment of solstice, it can be noon only along that
longitude which at that moment lies in the direction of the Sun from the
pole. For other longitudes, it is not noon. Noon has either passed or has
yet to come. Hence the notion of a solstice day is useful. The term is
colloquially used like midsummer to refer to the day on which solstice
occurs. The summer solstice day has the longest period of daylight – except
in the polar regions, where daylight is continuous, from a few days to six
months around the summer solstice.
Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand
still).
* 'Flitch of Bacon Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Flitch of bacon custom):
'The awarding of a flitch of bacon to married couples who can swear to not
having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition,
the remnants of which still survive in some pockets in England. The
tradition was maintained at Wychnoure until at least the eighteenth century
but now remains only as a carving over the fireplace. At Little Dunmow in
Essex a similar ceremony also survived into the eighteenth century. The
tradition can be traced back to at least the fourteenth century at both
sites and the Dunmow flitch is referred to in Chaucer. The awarding of a
flitch at both sites seems to have been an exceedingly rare event.
The Dunmow tradition was revived in Victorian times, largely inspired by a
book (The Flitch of Bacon) by William Harrison Ainsworth. Flitch trials are
still held in modern times at Great Dunmow. A counsel is employed to
cross-examine the nominated couples and attempt to show they are
undeserving of the award.
There is evidence that the flitch of bacon tradition existed outside
Britain in mainland Europe and some would push its origins back as far as
Saxon times. Historian Hélène Adeline Guerber associates the origins of the
flitch of bacon ceremony with the Yule feast of Norse tradition in which
boar meat is eaten in honour of the god Freyr.
It is referred to in Chaucer (1343–1400) in a way that makes clear the
reference would already be well known to the reader. It continued to be
awarded until the middle of the 18th century, the last successful claim
being made on 20 June 1751. The ceremony of this last flitch award was
recorded by the artist David Ogborne who was present at the time to make
sketches and, later, engravings. His images were later used as source
material by Ainsworth for his novel, The Flitch of Bacon. Ainsworth's 1854
novel proved so popular that it revived the custom which has continued in
one form or another down to the present day and is now held every leap
year.
* 'International Surfing Day'.
- From Wikipedia ():
'International Surfing Day, held annually on or near the date of the summer
solstice (held June 20), is an unofficial, environmentally conscious
sports-centered holiday that celebrates the sport of surfing and the
surfing lifestyle, and the sustainability of ocean resources. Contests and
prizes are also part of the celebration, with surfing-related industries
donating prizes such as surfboards and wetsuits. Another purpose of the
celebration is to promote the popularity of surfing and to attract new
participants.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Refugee Day'. Since 2004 by the U.N.
- From Wikipedia:
'World Refugee Day, international observance observed June 20th each year,
is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout
the world.
On 4 December 2000, the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 55/76
decided that, from 2001, 20 June would be celebrated as World Refugee Day.
In this resolution, the General Assembly noted that 2001 marked the 50th
anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.
* 'The Longest Day'. In the U.S.A., an Alzheimer's awareness day, by the
Alzheimer's Association.
- From Wikipedia (Alzheimer's disease):
'Alzheimer's disease (AD), also known as just Alzheimer's, is a chronic
neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and gets worse over
time. It is the cause of 60% to 70% of cases of dementia. The most common
early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events (short-term memory
loss). As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with
language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss
of motivation, not managing self care, and behavioural issues. As a
person's condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society.
Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death. Although
the speed of progression can vary, the average life expectancy following
diagnosis is three to nine years.
The cause of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood. About 70% of the
risk is believed to be genetic with many genes usually involved. Other risk
factors include a history of head injuries, depression, or hypertension.
The disease process is associated with plaques and tangles in the brain. A
probable diagnosis is based on the history of the illness and cognitive
testing with medical imaging and blood tests to rule out other possible
causes. Initial symptoms are often mistaken for normal aging. Examination
of brain tissue is needed for a definite diagnosis. Mental and physical
exercise, and avoiding obesity may decrease the risk of AD. There are no
medications or supplements that decrease risk. Affected people increasingly
rely on others for assistance, often placing a burden on the caregiver the
pressures can include social, psychological, physical, and economic
elements. Exercise programmes are beneficial with respect to activities of
daily living and can potentially improve outcomes. Treatment of behavioural
problems or psychosis due to dementia with antipsychotics is common but not
usually recommended due to there often being little benefit and an
increased risk of early death.
In 2015, there were approximately 48 million people worldwide with AD. It
most often begins in people over 65 years of age, although 4% to 5% of
cases are early-onset Alzheimer's which begin before this. It affects about
6% of people 65 years and older. In 2010, dementia resulted in about
486,000 deaths. It was first described by, and later named after, German
psychiatrist and pathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906. In developed
countries, AD is one of the most financially costly diseases.
* 'Learning Disability Week'. June 20-26 in Great Bratian by Mencap.
- From Wikipedia (Learning disability):
'Learning disability is a classification that includes several areas of
functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner,
usually caused by an unknown factor or factors. Given the "difficulty
learning in a typical manner", this does not exclude the ability to
learn in a different manner. Therefore, some people can be more accurately
described as having a "Learning Difference", thus avoiding any
misconception of being disabled with a lack of ability to learn and
possible negative stereotypin
While learning disability, learning disorder and learning difficulty are
often used interchangeably, they differ in many ways. Disorder refers to
significant learning problems in an academic area. These problems, however,
are not enough to warrant an official diagnosis. Learning disability on the
other hand, is an official clinical diagnosis, whereby the individual meets
certain criteria, as determined by a professional (psychologist,
pediatrician, etc.). The difference is in degree, frequency, and intensity
of reported symptoms and problems, and thus the two should not be confused.
When the term "learning disorder" is used, it describes a group of
disorders characterized by inadequate development of specific academic,
language, and speech skills. Types of learning disorders include reading
(dyslexia), mathematics (dyscalculia) and writing (dysgraphia).
The unknown factor is the disorder that affects the brain's ability to
receive and process information. This disorder can make it problematic for
a person to learn as quickly or in the same way as someone who is not
affected by a learning disability. People with a learning disability have
trouble performing specific types of skills or completing tasks if left to
figure things out by themselves or if taught in conventional ways.
Individuals with learning disabilities can face unique challenges that are
often pervasive throughout the lifespan. Depending on the type and severity
of the disability, interventions and current technologies may be used to
help the individual learn strategies that will foster future success. Some
interventions can be quite simplistic, while others are intricate and
complex. Current technologies may require student training to be effective
classroom supports. Teachers, parents and schools can create plans together
that tailor intervention and accommodations to aid the individuals in
successfully becoming independent learners. School psychologists and other
qualified professionals quite often help design the intervention and
coordinate the execution of the intervention with teachers and parents.
Social support may improve the learning for students with learning
disabilities.
o Other:
* 'Ride to Work Day'. Third Monday in June. A focus on riding to work on a
motorcycle or scooter.
- From Wikipedia (Ride To Work):
'Ride To Work is a Minnesota-based 501(c)(4) charitable organization
devoted to increasing awareness of motorcycling as a transportation
alternative, mainly through the annual Ride to Work Day. The organization
was incorporated in 2000 by Andy Goldfine, the owner of Aerostich.
Ride to Work Day started in 1992 as an informal event, before the Ride To
Work organization existed. Since 2008, Ride to Work Day has been held on
the third Monday in June. According to a 2006 statement to the National
Transportation Safety Board by Goldfine, Ride to Work Day is the largest
motorcycle event by number of participants, with over one million American
commuter participants annually in the early 2010s according to the
Congressional Motorcycle Safety Caucus and press sources.
<> Historical events on June 20
* 'In 1782, Great Seal of the US / eagle adopted. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Great Seal of the United States is used to
authenticate certain documents issued by the U.S. federal government. The
phrase is used both for the physical seal itself (which is kept by the U.S.
Secretary of State), and more generally for the design impressed upon it.
The Great Seal was first used publicly in 1782.
The obverse of the great seal is used as the national coat of arms of the
United States. It is officially used on documents such as United States
passports, military insignia, embassy placards, and various flags. As a
coat of arms, the design has official colors the physical Great Seal
itself, as affixed to paper, is monochrome.
Since 1935, both sides of the Great Seal have appeared on the reverse of
the one-dollar bill. The Seal of the President of the United States is
directly based on the Great Seal, and its elements are used in numerous
government agency and state seals.
The design was submitted to Congress on June 20, 1782 and was accepted the
same day. Thomson included a page of explanatory notes, but no drawing was
submitted. This remains the official definition of the Great Seal today.
* 'In 1787, Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the
government the 'United States Government', and not the proposed term
'National Government of United States' .
- From Wikipedia: 'Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807)
was an American lawyer and politician, a revolutionary against British
rule, a drafter of the United States Constitution, United States Senator
from Connecticut, and the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. While
at the Federal Convention, Ellsworth moved to strike the word National from
the motion made by Edmund Randolph of Virginia. Randolph had moved
successfully to call the government the National Government of United
States. Ellsworth moved that the government should continue to be called
the United States Government.
* 'In 1819, The U.S. vessel SS Savannah arrives at Liverpool, United
Kingdom. It is the first steam-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic,
although most of the journey is made under sail. .
- From Wikipedia: 'SS Savannah was an American hybrid sailing
ship/sidewheel steamer built in 1818. She is notable for being the first
steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, a feat that was accomplished from
May to June 1819, although only a fraction of the distance was covered with
the ship under steam power. The rest was sailed by wind power. In spite of
her historic voyage, Savannah was not a commercial success as a steamship
and was converted back into a sailing ship shortly after returning from
Europe.
* 'In 1840, Samuel F.B. Morse received a patent for telegraphy signals
(U.S. No. 1,647). .
- From Wikipedia: 'Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2,
1872) was an American painter and inventor. After having established his
reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to
the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European
telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop
the commercial use of telegraph
As noted, in 1825 New York City had commissioned Morse to paint a portrait
of Lafayette in Washington, DC. While Morse was painting, a horse messenger
delivered a letter from his father that read, Your dear wife is
convalescent The next day he received a letter from his father detailing
his wife's sudden death. Morse immediately left Washington for his home at
New Haven, leaving the portrait of Lafayette unfinished. By the time he
arrived, his wife had already been buried. Heartbroken that for days he was
unaware of his wife's failing health and her death, he decided to explore a
means of rapid long distance communication.
While returning by ship from Europe in 1832, Morse encountered Charles
Thomas Jackson of Boston, a man who was well schooled in electromagnetism.
Witnessing various experiments with Jackson's electromagnet, Morse
developed the concept of a single-wire telegraph. He set aside his
painting, The Gallery of the Louvre. The original Morse telegraph,
submitted with his patent application, is part of the collections of the
National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. In time
the Morse code, which he developed, would become the primary language of
telegraphy in the world. It is still the standard for rhythmic transmission
of data.
Meanwhile, William Cooke and Professor Charles Wheatstone had learned of
the Wilhelm Weber and Carl Gauss electromagnetic telegraph in 1833. They
had reached the stage of launching a commercial telegraph prior to Morse,
despite starting later. In England, Cooke became fascinated by electrical
telegraphy in 1836, four years after Morse. Aided by his greater financial
resources, Cooke abandoned his primary subject of anatomy and built a small
electrical telegraph within three weeks. Wheatstone also was experimenting
with telegraphy and (most importantly) understood that a single large
battery would not carry a telegraphic signal over long distances. He
theorized that numerous small batteries were far more successful and
efficient in this task. (Wheatstone was building on the primary research of
Joseph Henry, an American physicist). Cooke and Wheatstone formed a
partnership and patented the electrical telegraph in May 1837, and within a
short time had provided the Great Western Railway with a 13-mile (21 km)
stretch of telegraph. However, within a few years, Cooke and Wheatsto
ne's multiple-wire signaling method would be overtaken by Morse's cheaper
method.
In an 1848 letter to a friend, Morse describes how vigorously he fought to
be called the sole inventor of the electromagnetic telegraph despite the
previous inventions.
* 'In 1863, The first US bank is chartered in Philadelphia (First National
Bank of Philadelphia) .
- From Wikipedia: 'First National Bank was a bank in Philadelphia.
Chartered in 1863, it was the first national bank created under the Civil
War banking reforms that began to define the modern U.S. banking system,
and the first commercial bank to issue a federal banknote. It operated
independently until 1955, when it was merged into the Bank of North America
and Trust Company, today part of Wells Fargo.
* 'In 1863, West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state. .
- From Wikipedia: 'West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian
region of the Southern United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the
southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania
to the north (and, slightly, east), and Maryland to the northeast. West
Virginia is the 41st largest by area and the 38th most populous of the 50
United States. The capital and largest city is Charleston.
West Virginia became a state following the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, in
which delegates from some Unionist counties of northwestern Virginia
decided to break away from Virginia during the American Civil War, although
they included many secessionist counties in the new state. West Virginia
was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key Civil War border
state. West Virginia was the only state to form by separating from a
Confederate state, the first to separate from any state since Maine
separated from Massachusetts, and was one of two states formed during the
American Civil War (the other being Nevada, which separated from Utah
Territory).
* 'In 1939, The first rocket plane using liquid propellants is test flown.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Heinkel He 176 was a German rocket-powered aircraft.
It was the world's first aircraft to be propelled solely by a
liquid-fuelled rocket, making its first powered flight on 20 June 1939 with
Erich Warsitz at the controls. It was a private venture by the Heinkel
company in accordance with director Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on developing
technology for high-speed flight. The performance of the He 176 was not
spectacular, but it did provide proof of concept" for rocket
propulsion.
* 'In 1944, During World War II, The Battle of the Philippine Sea concludes
with a decisive U.S. naval victory. The lopsided naval air battle is also
known as the 'Great Marianas Turkey Shoot'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944) was
a decisive naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial
Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took
place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands
during the Pacific War. The battle was the last of five major
carrier-versus-carrier engagements between American and Japanese naval
forces, and involved elements of the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet as
well as ships and land-based aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy's
Mobile Fleet and nearby island garrisons.
The aerial theatre of the battle was nicknamed the Great Marianas Turkey
Shoot by American aviators for the severely disproportional loss ratio
inflicted upon Japanese aircraft by American pilots and anti-aircraft
gunners. During a debriefing after the first two air battles a pilot from
USS Lexington remarked Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot
down home! The outcome is generally attributed to American improvements in
pilot and crew training and tactics, war technology (including the
top-secret anti-aircraft proximity fuze), and ship and aircraft design.
Although at the time the battle appeared to be a missed opportunity to
destroy the Japanese fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy had lost the bulk of
its carrier air strength and would never recover. During the course of the
battle, American submarines torpedoed and sank two of the largest Japanese
fleet carriers taking part in the battle.:331–333
This was the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history.
* 'In 1948, 'The Ed Sullivan Show' debuts. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that
ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948, to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was
hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in
September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and
was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan
Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In
2013, the series finished No. 31 in TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of
All Time.
From 1948 until its cancellation in 1971, the show ran on CBS every Sunday
night from 8–9 p.m. E.T., and is one of the few entertainment shows to have
run in the same weekly time slot on the same network for more than two
decades. (During its first season, it ran from 9 to 10 p.m. E.T.) Virtually
every type of entertainment appeared on the show opera singers, popular
artists, songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing
monologues from plays, and circus acts were regularly featured. The format
was essentially the same as vaudeville, and although vaudeville had died a
generation earlier, Sullivan presented many ex-vaudevillians on his show.
Originally co-created and produced by Marlo Lewis, the show was first
titled Toast of the Town, but was widely referred to as The Ed Sullivan
Show for years before September 25, 1955, when that became its official
name. In the show's June 20, 1948 debut, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
performed along with singer Monica Lewis and Broadway composers Richard
Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II previewing the score to their then-new
show South Pacific, which opened on Broadway in 1949.
* 'In 1963, The so-called 'red telephone' link (Washington-Moscow Direct
Communications Link) is established between the Soviet Union and the United
States following the Cuban Missile Crisis. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Moscow–Washington hotline (formally known in the
United States as the Washington-Moscow Direct Communications Link) is a
system that allows direct communication between the leaders of the United
States and the Russian Federation. This hotline was established in 1963 and
links the Pentagon with the Kremlin (historically, with Soviet Communist
Party leadership across the square from the Kremlin itself). Although in
popular culture known as the red telephone, the hotline was never a
telephone line, and no red phones were used. The first implementation used
Teletype equipment, and shifted to fax machines in 1986. Since 2008, the
Moscow–Washington hotline is a secure computer link over which messages are
exchanged by email.
* 'In 1975, 'Jaws', is released. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven
Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name. The
prototypical summer blockbuster, its release is regarded as a watershed
moment in motion picture history. In the story, a giant man-eating great
white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England
summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the
help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter. The film stars
Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as shark hunter
Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Murray Hamilton as
Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity Island and Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife,
Ellen. The screenplay is credited to both Benchley, who wrote the first
drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during
principal photography.
* 'In 1980, 'The Blues Brothers' with Dan Akwoyd and John Belushi opens in
594 theaters. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical crime
comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd
as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from The Blues
Brothers musical sketch on the NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The
film's screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical
numbers by rhythm and blues (R and B), soul, and blues singers James Brown,
Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and John Lee Hooker. The film
is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed. It features
non-musical supporting performances by John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Charles
Napier, and Henry Gibson.
The story is a tale of redemption for paroled convict Jake and his brother
Elwood, who set out on a mission from God to save from foreclosure the
Catholic orphanage in which they were raised. To do so, they must reunite
their R and B band and organize a performance to earn $5,000 needed to pay
the orphanage's property tax bill. Along the way, they are targeted by a
destructive mystery woman, Neo-Nazis, and a country and western band—all
while being relentlessly pursued by the police.
Released in the United States on June 20, 1980, it received generally
positive reviews. It earned just under $5 million in its opening weekend
and went on to gross over $115 million in theaters worldwide before its
release on home video. It has become a cult classic, spawning the sequel,
Blues Brothers 2000, 18 years later, which was a critical and commercial
failure.
* 'In 1980,The song It's Still Rock and Roll To Me, became Billy Joel's
first #1 hit. .
- From Wikipedia: 'It's Still Rock and Roll to Me is a hit 1980 song
performed by Billy Joel, from the hit album Glass Houses. The song was #1
on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for two weeks, from July 19 through August
1, 1980. The song spent 11 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and
was the 7th biggest hit of 1980 according to American Top 40. The song is
an examination of the themes of a musician's degrading fame and public
tastes that were expressed in his 1975 hit The Entertainer
The single eventually reached Platinum status from the RIAA for sales of
over 2 million copies in the United States.
* 'In 2003, The Wikimedia Foundation is founded in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- From Wikipedia: 'Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF) is an American
non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco,
California. It is mostly known for participating in the Wikimedia movement.
It owns the internet domain names of most movement projects and hosts sites
like Wikipedia. The foundation was founded in 2003 by Jimmy Wales as a way
to fund Wikipedia and its sister projects through non-profit means.
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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