<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Almond Buttercrunch Day'. . Similar to toffee (a little less
butter). Made with butter, sugar, corn syrup nuts and covered with chocolate. Made
popular during WW II.
[The Hankster says] Yummy, I love toffee candy.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Waffle Iron Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Waffle iron):
'A waffle iron is a utensil or appliance used to cook waffles. It usually
consists of two hinged metal plates, molded to create the honeycomb pattern
found on waffles. The iron is heated and either batter is poured or dough
is placed between the plates, which are then closed to bake the waffle.
The earliest waffle irons originated in the Low Countries around the 14th
century. These waffle irons were constructed of two hinged iron plates
connected to two long, wooden handles. The plates were often made to
imprint elaborate patterns on the waffle, including coat of arms,
landscapes, or religious symbols. The waffles would be baked over the
hearth fire.
In the 19th century, the design of waffle irons adapted to the increasingly
common kitchen stove. In 1869, American Cornelius Swartwout patented a
waffle iron for stovetop use consisting of cast iron plates joined by a
hinge that swiveled in a cast iron collar. In 1891 John Kleimbach, a German
immigrant living in Shamokin, Pennsylvania became a traveling salesman of
waffles after fashioning an iron for the Mansion House Hotel. Kliembach
sold waffles for a penny each or ten cents for a dozen. He was a sensation
at the Chicago World's Fair.
In 1911, General Electric produced a prototype electric waffle iron,
although production did not begin until around 1918. Later, as the waffle
iron became more prevalent, designers worked on making the appliance more
attractive on the countertop'.
[The Hankster says] Now aren't you glad you read the whole thing. This is not a new breakfast restaurant, nor the waffle itself.
* 'National Camera Day'.
[The Hankster says] Can't find any particular reason for the day selected. I wonder if this will be changed to Smart Phone Day soon?
<> Historical events on June 29
* 'In 1888, The first (known) recording of classical music is made in
London (on Edison wax cylinders) of Handel's 'Israel in Egypt'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'For a long time, the earliest known recording of music
known to still exist was an excerpt from this oratorio conducted by August
Manns. The recording was of several thousand singers singing Moses and the
Children of Israel in the Crystal Palace Handel Festival of June 29, 1888,
recorded by Col. George Gouraud on Edison's yellow paraffin cylinder. The
limitations of recording technology at that time, together with the number
of voices, the distance of the recording device from the singers and the
acoustics of the Crystal Palace, mean that the recorded sound was dim to
begin with, and it has since then become badly degraded. What survives is
barely audible but still identifiable by ear, and gives some insight into
performance practices at the height of the Handel Festival phenomenon
* 'In 1927, The first West Coast of the U.S. to Hawaii flight was made. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Bird of Paradise was a military airplane used by the
United States Army Air Corps in 1927 to experiment with the application of
radio beacon aids in air navigation. On June 28–29, 1927, the Bird of
Paradise, crewed by 1st Lt. Lester J. Maitland and 1st Lt. Albert F.
Hegenberger, completed the first flight over the Pacific Ocean, from
California to Hawaii, a feat for which the crew received the Mackay Troph
The Bird of Paradise was one of three Atlantic-Fokker C-2 trimotor
transport planes developed for the Air Corps from the civilian Fokker
F.VIIa/3m airliner design. Its two-ton carrying capacity gave it the
ability to carry sufficient fuel for the 2,500 miles (4,000 km) flight and
its three motors provided an acceptable safety factor in the event one
engine failed. Moreover, although modified for the long distance flight,
the C-2 was a widely used standard design, demonstrating the practicality
of flying long distances.
Although the recognition accorded Maitland and Hegenberger was less in
comparison with the extensive adulation given to Charles Lindbergh for his
transatlantic flight only five weeks earlier, their feat was arguably more
significant from a navigational standpoint.
* 'In 1929, The first high-speed jet wind tunnel was completed at Langley
Field, VA. .
- From Wikipedia: Langley Research Center (LaRC) is the oldest of NASA's
field centers, located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It directly
borders Poquoson, Virginia and Langley Field. LaRC focuses primarily on
aeronautical research, though the Apollo lunar lander was flight-tested at
the facility and a number of high-profile space missions have been planned
and designed on-site.
Langley Field and NACA began parallel growth as air power proved its
utility during World War I. The center was originally established to
explore the field of aerodynamic research involving airframe and propulsion
engine design and performance. In 1934 the world's largest wind tunnel at
that time was constructed at Langley Field with a 30 × 60 foot test
section, which was large enough to test full scale aircraft, one of the
first wind tunnels able to do this. (The 40 × 80 foot tunnel built at NASA
Ames in California in the following decade stole away the "World's
Largest" title).
* 'In 1932, 'Vic and Sade' (situation comedy) debuted on NBC radio. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Vic and Sade was an American radio program created and
written by Paul Rhymer. It was regularly broadcast on radio from 1932 to
1944, then intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television
in 1949 and again in 1957.
During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most
popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according
to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the
majority of its span on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute
episodes without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known as
radio's home folks, were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van Harvey ),
his wife Sade (Bernardine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush (Bill Idelson).
The three lived on Virginia Avenue in the small house halfway up in the
next block"',.
* 'In 1956, The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially
creating the United States Interstate Highway System. .
- From Wikipedia: 'e Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as
the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was
enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the
bill into law. With an original authorization of US$25 billion for the
construction of 41,000 miles (66,000 km) of the Interstate Highway System
supposedly over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project
in American history through that time.
The addition of the term Defense in the Act's title was for two reasons:
First, some of the original cost was diverted from defense funds. Secondly,
most US Air Force bases have a direct link to the system. The purpose was
to provide access in order to defend them during an attack. All of these
links were in the original plans, although some, such as Wright Patterson
were not connected up in the 1950s, but only somewhat later.
The money for the Interstate Highway and Defense Highways was handled in a
Highway Trust Fund that paid for 90 percent of highway construction costs
with the states required to pay the remaining 10 percent. It was expected
that the money would be generated through new taxes on fuel, automobiles,
trucks, and tires. As a matter of practice, the federal portion of the cost
of the Interstate Highway System has been paid for by taxes on gasoline and
diesel fuel'.
* 'In 1995, Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the
Russian space station Mir for the first time. .
- From Wikipedia: 'STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian
Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space
station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle
Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The
shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and
Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman
Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight. It was
the first of seven straight missions to Mir flown by Atlantis'.
* 'In 2007, Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. .
- From Wikipedia: 'iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by
Apple Inc. They run Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first
generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007 the most recent iPhone
model is the iPhone SE, which was unveiled at a special event on March 21,
2016'.
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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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