<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Tapioca Day'. . A starch and thickening agent (from cassava
root), pudding base and is the main ingredient in gluten-free food.
- From Wikipedia (Tapioca):
'Tapioca is a starch extracted from cassava root (Manihot esculenta). This
species is native to the North Region of Brazil, but spread throughout the
South American continent. The plant was carried by Portuguese and Spanish
explorers to most of the West Indies, and continents of Africa and Asia,
including the Philippines and Taiwan. It is now cultivated worldwide.
A staple food in many world regions, tapioca is used as a thickening agent
in various foods.
In Brazil, cassava is called mandioca or aipim while its starch is called
tapioca, a word derived from the word tipi'óka, its name in the Tupí
language spoken by natives when the Portuguese first arrived in the
Northeast Region of Brazil. This Tupí word refers to the process by which
the cassava starch is made edible.
Tapioca is one of the purest forms of starch food, and the production
varies from region to region.
The cassava plant has either red or green branches with blue spindles on
them. The root of the green-branched variant requires treatment to remove
linamarin, a cyanogenic glycoside occurring naturally in the plant, which
otherwise may be converted into cyanide. Konzo (also called mantakassa) is
a paralytic disease associated with several weeks of almost exclusive
consumption of insufficiently processed bitter cassava.
In the North and Northeast of Brazil, traditional community based
production of tapioca is a by-product of manioc flour production from
cassava roots. In this process, the manioc (after treatment to remove
toxicity) is ground to a pulp with a small hand- or diesel-powered mill.
This masa is then squeezed to dry it out. The wet masa is placed in a long
woven tube called a tipiti. The top of the tube is secured while a large
branch or lever is inserted into a loop at the bottom and used to stretch
the entire implement vertically, squeezing a starch-rich liquid out through
the weave and ends. This liquid is collected and the water allowed to
evaporate, leaving behind a fine-grained tapioca powder similar in
appearance to corn starch.
Commercially, the starch is processed into several forms: hot soluble
powder, meal, pre-cooked fine/coarse flakes, rectangular sticks, and
spherical "pearls". Pearls are the most widely available shape sizes
range from about 1 mm to 8 mm in diameter, with 2–3 mm being the most
common.
Flakes, sticks, and pearls must be soaked well before cooking, in order to
rehydrate, absorbing water up to twice their volume. After rehydration,
tapioca products become leathery and swollen. Processed tapioca is usually
white, but sticks and pearls may be colored. Since old times, the most
common color applied to tapioca has been brown, but recently pastel colors
have been available. Tapioca pearls are generally opaque when raw, but
become translucent when cooked in boiling water.
Brazil in South America, Thailand in Asia, and Nigeria in Africa are the
world's largest producers of cassava. Currently, Thailand accounts for
about 60% of worldwide exports.
Tapioca predominantly consists of carbohydrates, with each cup containing
23.9 grams for a total of 105 calories it is low in saturated fat, protein
and sodium. It has no significant essential vitamins or dietary minerals.
One serving of tapioca pudding contains no dietary fiber, a small amount of
oleic acid, and no omega-3 or omega-6 fatty acids.
While frequently associated with tapioca pudding, a dessert in the United
States, tapioca is also used in other courses. People on gluten-free diets
can eat bread made with tapioca flour (although these individuals have to
be careful, as some tapioca flour has wheat added to it)'.
[The Hankster says] It's only right that we celebrate Tapioca today since we celebrated Chocolate pudding recently. I use to watch my mom make both from power and milk in a pot over the stove.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Paul Bunyan Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Paul Bunyan):
'Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack in American folklore. His exploits
revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is
customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in
the oral tradition of North American loggers, and was later popularized by
freelance writer William B. Laughead (1882–1958) in a 1916 promotional
pamphlet for the Red River Lumber Company. He has been the subject of
various literary compositions, musical pieces, commercial works, and
theatrical productions. His likeness is displayed in several statues across
North America.
There are many hypotheses about the etymology of the name Paul Bunyan. Much
of the commentary focuses on a Franco-Canadian origin for the name.
Phonetically Bunyan is similar to the Québécois expression "bon
yenne!" expressing surprise or astonishment. The English surname Bunyan
is derived from the same root as bunion in the Old French bugne, referring
to a large lump or swelling. Several researchers have attempted to trace
Paul Bunyan to the character of Bon Jean or Tit Jean of French Canadian
folklore.
[The Hankster says] A big blue ox, now really. I can accept little yellow bares in a red vest or elephants with big ears who could fly, but a big blue ox?
* 'Insurance Awareness Day'.
[The Hankster says] You may have enough, do you?
* 'International Cap Locks Day'.
Celebrated on Oct. 22 and Jun 28.
[The Hankster says] I hate it when YOU ACCIDENTALLY HIT THAT KEY AND HAVE TO REDO STUFF, or just let it go.
* 'International Body Piercing Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Body piercing):
'Body piercing, a form of body modification, is the practice of puncturing
or cutting a part of the human body, creating an opening in which jewellery
may be worn. The word piercing can refer to the act or practice of body
piercing, or to an opening in the body created by this act or practice.
Although the history of body piercing is obscured by popular misinformation
and by a lack of scholarly reference, ample evidence exists to document
that it has been practiced in various forms by both sexes since ancient
times throughout the world.
Contemporary body piercing practices emphasize the use of safe body
piercing materials, frequently utilizing specialized tools developed for
the purpose. Body piercing is an invasive procedure with some risks,
including allergic reaction, infection, excessive scarring and
unanticipated physical injuries, but such precautions as sanitary piercing
procedures and careful aftercare are emphasized to minimize the likelihood
of encountering serious problems. The healing time required for a body
piercing may vary widely according to placement, from as little as a month
for some genital piercings to as much as two full years for the navel.
[The Hankster says] Not for me. The only piercing I do is accidentally and even then, I even hide it with a Band-Aid, which as a kid I always pronounced Band-Dade.
* 'Tau Day!'.
Tau is a not widely accepted way to determine the circumference of a circle
to its radius, not its diameter as with Pi. There is a Pi day on 3.14 or
3/14 or March 14. Tau is celebrated on 6/28 or 6/28 or June 28. That makes
tau 2 times the measure of Pi and is supposed to be easier to use.
[The Hankster says] it's that math stuff again. I'll leave any comment for others.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'CDH Awareness Day'. By CDH Support Charity in Great Britain. An
awareness, support, and fund raiser for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
(CDH).
- From Wikipedia (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia):
'Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm.
The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia other types include
Morgagni hernia, diaphragm eventration and central tendon defects of the
diaphragm. Malformation of the diaphragm allows the abdominal organs to
push into the chest cavity, hindering proper lung formation.
CDH is a life-threatening pathology in infants and a major cause of death
due to two complications: pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension.
Experts disagree on the relative importance of these two conditions, with
some focusing on hypoplasia, others on hypertension. Newborns with CDH
often have severe respiratory distress which can be life-threatening unless
treated appropriately.
<> Historical events on June 28
* 'In 1820, The Tomato was proven to be nonpoisonous. .
* 'In 1894, Labor Day becomes an official US holiday as the first Monday in
September.. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union
and labor movements grew, different groups of trade unionists chose a
variety of days on which to celebrate labor. In the United States and
Canada, a September holiday, called Labor or Labour Day, was first proposed
in the 1880s. In 1882, Matthew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed a Labor
Day holiday while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union (CLU) of
New York. Some maintain that Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of
Labor put forward the first proposal in May 1882, after witnessing the
annual labour festival held in Toronto, Canada. In 1887 Oregon became the
first state of the United States to make Labor Day an official public
holiday. By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty
U.S. states officially celebrated Labor Day. Thus by 1887 in North America,
Labor Day was an established, official holiday.
Following the deaths of workers at the hands of United States Army and
United States Marshals Service during the Pullman Strike of 1894, the
United States Congress unanimously voted to approve legislation to make
Labor Day a national holiday and President Grover Cleveland signed it into
law six days after the end of the strike. Cleveland supported the creation
of the national holiday in an attempt to shore up support among trade
unions following the Pullman Strike. The date of May 1 (an ancient European
holiday known as May Day) was an alternative date, celebrated then (and
now) as International Workers Day, but President Cleveland was concerned
that observance of Labor Day on May 1 would encourage Haymarket-style
protests and would strengthen socialist and anarchist movements that,
though distinct from one another, had rallied to commemorate the Haymarket
Affair in International Workers' Day.
All U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the United States
territories have made Labor Day a statutory holiday.
* 'In 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are
assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It was
the casus belli (an act or situation provoking or justifying war) of World
War I. .
- From Wikipedia: World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World
War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that from 28
July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel,
including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars
in history. Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a
result of the war (including the victims of a number of genocides), a
casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial
sophistication, and the tactical stalemate caused by gruelling trench
warfare. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and paved the
way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the
nations involved.
The trigger for the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
of Austria, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Yugoslav nationalist
Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. This set off a diplomatic
crisis when Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to the Kingdom of
Serbia, and entangled international alliances formed over the previous
decades were invoked. Within weeks, the major powers were at war and the
conflict soon spread around the world.
'On 28 June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited the Bosnian
capital, Sarajevo. A group of six assassins (Cvjetko Popovic, Gavrilo
Princip, Muhamed Mehmedbašic, Nedeljko Cabrinovic, Trifko Grabež, Vaso
Cubrilovic) from the nationalist group Mlada Bosna, supplied by the Black
Hand, had gathered on the street where the Archduke's motorcade would pass,
with the intention of assassinating the Archduke. Cabrinovic threw a
grenade at the car, but missed. Some nearby were injured by the blast, but
Franz Ferdinand's convoy carried on. The other assassins failed to act as
the cars drove past them.
About an hour later, when Franz Ferdinand was returning from a visit at the
Sarajevo Hospital with those wounded in the assassination attempt, the
convoy took a wrong turn into a street where, by coincidence, Princip
stood. With a pistol, Princip shot and killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife
Sophie. The reaction among the people in Austria was mild, almost
indifferent. As historian Zbynek Zeman later wrote, the event almost failed
to make any impression whatsoever. On Sunday and Monday (28 and 29 June),
the crowds in Vienna listened to music and drank wine, as if nothing had
happened.
The Austro-Hungarian authorities encouraged the anti-Serb riots in
Sarajevo, in which Croats and Bosniaks killed two ethnic Serbs and damaged
numerous Serb-owned buildings. Violent actions against ethnic Serbs
were also organized outside Sarajevo, in large Austro-Hungarian cities in
modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia. Austro-Hungarian
authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina imprisoned and extradited
approximately 5,500 prominent Serbs, 700 to 2,200 of whom died in prison. A
furthe r 460 Serbs were sentenced to death and a predominantly Bosniak
special militia known as the Schutzkorps was established and carried out
the persecution of Serbs'.
* 'In 1917, Raggedy Ann doll first sold in stores. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer
Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated
for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and
has a triangle nose. Johnny Gruelle received US Patent D47789 for his
Raggedy Ann doll on September 7, 1915. The character was created in 1915 as
a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann
Stories. When a doll was marketed with the book, the concept had great
success. A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories (1920), introduced the character of
her brother, Raggedy Andy, dressed in sailor suit and hat.
* 'In 1919, The Treaty of Versailles is signed in Paris, bringing fighting
to an end the conflict between Germany and the Allies of World War I. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Treaty of Versailles (French: Traité de Versailles)
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state
of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June
1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of World War I were
dealt with in separate treaties. Although the armistice, signed on 11
November 1918, ended the actual fighting, it took six months of
negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference to conclude the peace treaty.
The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on 21
October 1919.
* 'In1940, The radio show 'Quiz Kids?' premieres on radio and runs for 13
years. Later on TV..Five kids answer questions sent in from listeners. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Quiz Kids was a radio and TV series of the 1940s and
1950s. Created by Chicago public relations and advertising man Louis G.
Cowan, and originally sponsored by Alka-Seltzer, the series was first
broadcast on NBC from Chicago, June 28, 1940, airing as a summer
replacement show for Alec Templeton Time. It continued on radio for the
next 13 years. On television, the show was seen on NBC and CBS from July 6,
1949 to July 5, 1953, with Joe Kelly as quizmaster, and again from January
12 to September 27, 1956, with Clifton Fadiman as host.
The premise of the original show involved Kelly asking questions sent in by
listeners and researched by Eliza Hickok and Rachel Stevenson. Kelly often
said that he was not an intellectual, and that he could not have answered
any of the questions without knowing the answer from his flash card. Yet he
was remarkably kind and affable, and put even novice young contestants at
ease immediately. The answers were supplied by a panel of five children,
chosen for their high IQs, strong academic interests, and appealing
personalities, as well as such qualities as poise, quickness, and sense of
humor. One of the first Quiz Kids was seven-year-old nature expert Gerard
Darrow. For the initial premiere panel he was joined by Mary Ann Anderson,
Joan Bishop, Van Dyke Tiers and Charles Schwartz.
Other Quiz Kids of the 1940s were Joan Alizier, Lois Jean Ashbeck, Claude
Brenner, Geraldine Hamburg, Mary Clare McHugh, war refugee Gunther
Hollander and math experts Joel Kupperman and Richard Williams. Panelists
rotated, with the three top scorers each week joined by two others the
following week they were no longer eligible to participate once they
reached the age of 16.
* 'In 1943, 'The Dreft Star Playhouse' (daytime radio drama) debuted on NBC
radio. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Dreft Star Playhouse was a daytime radio program in
the United States, presenting adaptations of romantic movies in serial
form. It was broadcast on NBC June 28, 1943 – March 30, 1945. The show's
original title was Hollywood Theatre of the Air, but that changed effective
October 18, 1943, o avoid conflict with similar titles";'.
* 'In 1944, 'The Alan Young Show' debuted on NBC radio. He was later the
voice of Scrooge McDuck and Mister Ed's buddy. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Alan Young Show is an American radio and television
series presented in diverse formats over a nine-year period and starring
English actor Alan Young.
The series began on NBC Radio as a summer replacement situation comedy in
1944, featuring vocalist Bea Wain. It then moved to ABC Radio with Jean
Gillespie portraying Young's girlfriend Betty. The program was next
broadcast by NBC for a 1946-47 run and was off in 1948. When it returned to
NBC in 1949, Louise Erickson played Betty and Jim Backus was heard as
snobbish playboy Hubert Updike III, a character he later adapted as
Thurston Howell III in Gilligan's Island
In 1950 The Alan Young Show moved to CBS television as a variety, sketch
comedy show, taking an 11-month hiatus in 1952. It finished at No. 22 in
the Nielsen ratings for the 1950-1951 season. When it returned for its
final season in 1953, the tone and format of the show changed into the more
conventional sitcom, with Young playing a bank teller with Dawn Addams cast
as his girlfriend and Melville Faber portraying his son. The show
alternated weeks with Ken Murray's The Ken Murray Show under the title Time
to Smile.
In the last two weeks of the season, the format returned to its earlier
style, but it was cancelled at the end of the season. The Alan Young Show
received two Emmy Awards during its run.
* 'In 1947, 'Temptation' (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits
#1. It was a spoof of the Perry Como hit 'Temptation'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Ingle left in November 1946 after a salary dispute. He
drifted through Radio and Hollywood, even working in light opera, until he
made Tim-Tay-Shun, a spoof recording of the then-popular Perry Como hit
Temptation, with Jo Stafford (under the name Cinderella G. Stump) in 1947.
As the single went on to sell three million copies, Ingle formed a new band
- Red Ingle and His Natural Seven the group included several former City
Slickers, among them Country Washburn, who had arranged Tim-Tay-Shun The
band had several more hits, including Cigareetes, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild
Women, Them Durn Fool Things, and 'A', You're a Dopey Gal. Cigareetes
became a hit because it was banned from radio airplay by all major
networks.
* 'In 1951, Amos 'n' Andy, premieres on CBS TV. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio and television sitcom
set in Harlem, Manhattan's historic black community. The original radio
show, which was popular from 1928 until 1960, was created, written, and
voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played
a number of different characters, including the titular Amos Jones (Gosden)
and Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll).
When the show moved to television, black actors took over the majority of
the roles white characters were infrequent. Amos 'n' Andy began as one of
the first radio comedy series and originated from station WMAQ in Chicago.
After the first broadcast in 1928, the show became a hugely popular radio
series. Early episodes were broadcast from the El Mirador Hotel in Palm
Springs, California.:168–71 The show ran as a nightly radio serial
(1928–43), as a weekly situation comedy (1943–55), and as a nightly
disc-jockey program (1954–60). A television adaptation ran on CBS (1951–53)
and continued in syndicated reruns (1954–66). It would not be shown to a
nationwide audience again until 2012.
Hired by CBS as producers of the television show, Gosden and Correll were
ready to try bringing the show to television as early as 1946 the search
for cast members went on for four years before filming began. According to
a 1950 newspaper story, Gosden and Correll had initial aspirations of
voicing the characters Amos, Andy and Kingfish for television, while the
actors hired for these roles performed and apparently were to lip-sync the
story lines. A year later, both spoke about how they realized they were
visually unsuited to play the television roles, citing difficulties with
making the Check and Double-Check film. No further mention was made about
Gosden and Correll continuing to voice the key male roles in the television
series. Corell and Gosden did record the lines of the main male characters
to serve as a guideline for the television show dialogue at one point. In
1951, the men targeted 1953 for their retirement from broadcasting there
was speculation that their radio roles might be turned over to black actors
at that time.
Adapted to television, The Amos 'n Andy Show was produced from June 1951 to
April 1953 with 78 filmed episodes, sponsored by the Blatz Brewing Company.
The television series used black actors in the main roles, although the
actors were instructed to keep their voices and speech patterns close to
those of Gosden and Correll. Produced at the Hal Roach Studios for CBS, the
show was among the first television series to be filmed with a multicamera
setup, four months before I Love Lucy used the technique. The series' theme
song was based on radio show's The Perfect Song but became Gaetano Braga's
Angel's Serenade, performed by The Jeff Alexander Chorus. The program
debuted on June 28, 1951.
* 'In 1965, The first commercial communications satellite, 'Intelsat 1',
goes live. This allowed for satellite TV transmissions. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Intelsat I (nicknamed Early Bird for the proverb The
early bird catches the worm) was the first commercial communications
satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit, on April 6, 1965. It was
built by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company
(later Hughes Space and Communications Company, and now Boeing Satellite
Systems) for COMSAT, which activated it on June 28. It was based on the
satellite that Hughes had built for NASA to demonstrate that communications
via synchronous-orbit satellite were feasible. Its booster was a Thrust
Augmented Delta (Delta D). After a series of maneuvers, it reached its
geosynchronous orbital position over the Atlantic Ocean at 28° west
longitude, where it was put into service.
It helped provide the first live TV coverage of a spacecraft splashdown,
that of Gemini 6 in December 1965. Originally slated to operate for 18
months, Early Bird was in active service for four years, being deactivated
in January 1969, although it was briefly activated in June of that year to
serve the Apollo 11 flight when the Atlantic Intelsat satellite failed. It
was deactivated again in August 1969 and has been inactive since that time
(except for a brief reactivation in 1990 to commemorate its 25th launch
anniversary), although it remains in orbit.
The Early Bird satellite was the first to provide direct and nearly
instantaneous contact between Europe and North America, handling
television, telephone, and telefacsimile transmissions. It was fairly
small, measuring nearly 76 × 61 cm (2.5 × 2.0 feet) and weighing 34.5 kg
(76 pounds).
Early Bird was one of the satellites used in the then record-breaking
broadcast of Our World.
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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