<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Bomb Pop Day'. . Last Thursday in June.
- From Wikipedia (Bomb Pop):
'Bomb Pops are a frozen confection currently manufactured by Wells
Enterprises. The original flavor contains Cherry, Lime, and Blue Raspberry
flavorings. As of 2015, there are 8 main Bomb Pop flavors. The current Bomb
Pop flavors are Original, Watermelon, Hawaiian Punch, WARHEADS, Jolly
Rancher, Original Sugar Free, Banana Fudge, and Tongue Splashers.
Bomb Pops were invented by James S. Merritt and D.S. Abernethy in Kansas
City, Missouri on July 30, 1955. When D.S Abernethy's company Merritt Foods
closed down, Wells' Dairy bought the business including Bomb Pops.
In 1999, Stephen Labaton of The New York Times used bombpop.com as an
example of why there needs to be new rules to protect children's privacy.
Any child that wanted to win a Nintendo Game Boy had to fill out their
personal information including their address.
In 2003, The Walt Disney Company made a deal with Wells' Dairy to release
Buzz Lightyear Bomb Pops.
Blue Bunny celebrated Bomb Pops' 50th anniversary in 2005 by starting a
sweepstakes. The sweepstakes included giving a trip to Disneyland to two
winners and giving 50 winners a Game Boy Advance. The 50th anniversary was
also the start of National Bomb Pop Day which is celebrated on the last
Thursday in June.
[The Hankster says] They were a great summer treat when I was a kid.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Meteor Watch Day'.
On the 1908 anniversary of the Siberian Tunguska event. See more in the
history section. Also Sky Day and Asteroid Day.
[The Hankster says] I prefer to watch them from far, far away.
* 'Sky Day'.
[The Hankster says] For those who can't stay up and watch the sky for meteors at night, can just look up and appreciate the beautiful daytime sky.
* 'Social Media Day'.
Since 2010.
[The Hankster says] Let me see, ah yes, that is what allows me to post this trivia and silliness. No, you may not start a band social media day.
* 'National Handshake Day'.
Last Thursday in June.
- From Wikipedia:
'A handshake is a short ritual in which two people grasp one of each
other's like hands, in most cases accompanied by a brief up and down
movement of the grasped hands.
Using the right hand is generally considered proper etiquette. Customs
surrounding handshakes are specific to cultures. Different cultures may be
more or less likely to shake hands, or there may be different customs abouthow or when to shake hands. Handshakes are known to spread germs.
[The Hankster says] There is also the concept that ancient warriors, before doing hand-to-hand combat, would shake hands, not as a nicety, but to insure the opponent did not have a hidden weapon up his sleeve. They grasped forearms not hands.
* 'Asteroid Day'.
Held on the anniversary of the 1908 Siberian Tunguska event
- From Wikipedia: 'Asteroid Day is an annual global awareness movement that brings people from around the world together to learn about asteroids and what we can do to protect our planet, our families, communities, and future generations. Asteroid Day is held on the anniversary of the June 30, 1908 Siberian Tunguska event, the largest asteroid impact on Earth in recent history.
It was co-founded by filmmaker Grigorij Richters and Dr. Brian May, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist. Over 100 astronauts, scientists, technologists and artists, including Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, Peter Gabriel, Jim Lovell, Alexei Leonov, Bill Anders, Kip Thorne, Lord Martin Rees, Chris Hadfield, Rusty Schweickart and Brian Cox co-signed the Asteroid Day Declaration. Asteroid Day was officially launched on December 3, 2014.
[The Hankster says] No rest tomorrow. After watching the sky all day, you now have to watch the sky at night.
<> Historical events on June 30
* 'In 1859, Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
It was the first of several times for him. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28
February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and
acrobat.
Blondin went to the United States in 1855. He was engaged by William Niblo
to perform with the Ravel troupe in New York City and was subsequently part
proprietor of a circus. He especially owed his celebrity and fortune to his
idea of crossing the Niagara Gorge (located on the American-Canadian
border) on a tightrope, 1,100 ft (340 m) long, 3.25 in (8.3 cm) in diameter
and 160 ft (49 m) above the water, near the location of the current Rainbow
Bridge. This he did on 30 June 1859, and a number of times thereafter,
always with different theatrical variations: blindfolded, in a sack,
trundling a wheelbarrow, on stilts, carrying a man (his manager, Harry
Colcord) on his back, sitting down midway while he cooked and ate an
omelette and standing on a chair with only one chair leg on the rope.
* 'In 1864, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to
California for 'public use, resort and recreation'. .
- From Wikipedia: Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National
Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of Northern California. The
valley is about 8 miles (13 km) long and up to a mile deep, surrounded by
high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested
with pines. The valley is drained by the Merced River and a multitude of
streams and waterfalls including Tenaya, Illilouette, Yosemite and
Bridalveil Creeks. Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in North
America, and is a big attraction especially in the spring when the water
flow is at its peak. The valley is renowned for its natural beauty, and is
widely regarded as the centerpiece of Yosemite National Park, attracting
visitors from around the world.
'The work of Ayres gave easterners an appreciation for Yosemite Valley and
started a movement to preserve it. Influential figures such as Galen Clark,
clergyman Thomas Starr King and leading landscape architect Frederick Law
Olmsted were among those who urged Senator John Conness of California to
try to preserve Yosemite.
President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill on June 30, 1864 granting Yosemite
Valley and the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias to the State of California
for public use, resort and recreation, the two tracts shall be inalienable
for all time This was the first time in history that a federal government
had set aside scenic lands simply to protect them and to allow for their
enjoyment by all people.
* 'In 1898, Winton Motor Carriage Company publishes the first known
automobile ad in Scientific American using the headline 'dispense with a
horse.' .
- From Wikipedia: The Winton Motor Carriage Company was a pioneer United
States automobile manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio. Winton was one of
the first American companies to sell a motor car.
'Alexander Winton, in Cleveland, Ohio sold his first manufactured
semi-truck in 1899. On March 24, 1898, Robert Allison of Port Carbon,
Pennsylvania, became the first person to buy a Winton automobile after
seeing the first automobile advertisement in Scientific American. Later
that year the Winton Motor Carriage Company sold twenty-one more vehicles,
including one to James Ward Packard, who later founded the Packard
automobile company after Winton challenged a very dissatisfied Packard to
do better. Winton sold 22 cars that year.
* 'In 1905, Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of
Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Einstein's Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper (On the
Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies), his third paper that year, was received
on June 30 and published September 26. It reconciles Maxwell's equations
for electricity and magnetism with the laws of mechanics by introducing
major changes to mechanics close to the speed of light. This later became
known as Einstein's special theory of relativity. The paper mentions the
names of only five other scientists, Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell,
Heinrich Hertz, Christian Doppler, and Hendrik Lorentz. It does not have
any references to any other publications. Many of the ideas had already
been published by others, as detailed in history of special relativity and
relativity priority dispute. However, Einstein's paper introduces a theory
of time, distance, mass, and energy that was consistent with
electromagnetism, but omitted the force of gravity.
At the time, it was known that Maxwell's equations, when applied to moving
bodies, led to asymmetries (Moving magnet and conductor problem), and that
it had not been possible to discover any motion of the Earth relative to
the 'light medium'. Einstein puts forward two postulates to explain these
observations. First, he applies the principle of relativity, which states
that the laws of physics remain the same for any non-accelerating frame of
reference (called an inertial reference frame), to the laws of
electrodynamics and optics as well as mechanics. In the second postulate,
Einstein proposes that the speed of light has the same value in all
inertial frames of reference, independent of the state of motion of the
emitting body.
save Special relativity is thus consistent with the result of the
Michelson–Morley experiment, which had not detected a medium of conductance
(or aether) for light waves unlike other known waves that require a medium
(such as water or air).
The speed of light is fixed, and thus not relative to the movement of the
observer. This was impossible under Newtonian classical mechanics.
The theory, now called the special theory of relativity, distinguishes it
from his later general theory of relativity, which considers all observers
to be equivalent. Special relativity gained widespread acceptance
remarkably quickly, confirming Einstein's comment that it had been ripe for
discovery in 1905. Acknowledging the role of Max Planck in the early
dissemination of his ideas, Einstein wrote in 1913 The attention that this
theory so quickly received from colleagues is surely to be ascribed in
large part to the resoluteness and warmth with which he intervened for
this theory In addition, the improved mathematical formulation of the
theory by Hermann Minkowski in 1907 was influential in gaining acceptance
for the theory. Also, and most importantly, the theory was supported by an
ever-increasing body of confirmatory experimental evidence.
* 'In 1906, The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and
Pure Food and Drug Act. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is a
United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded
meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and
meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
These requirements also apply to imported meat products, which must be
inspected under equivalent foreign standards. USDA inspection of poultry
was added by the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957. The Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to
provide inspection services for all livestock and poultry species not
listed in the FMIA or PPIA, including venison and buffalo. The Agricultural
Marketing Act authorizes the USDA to offer voluntary, fee-for-service
inspection services for these same species.
* 'In 1908, The Tunguska event occurs in remote Siberia. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Tunguska event was a large explosion that occurred
near the Stony Tunguska River, in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk
Krai), Russian Empire, on the morning of 30 June 1908 (N.S.). The explosion
over the sparsely populated Eastern Siberian Taiga flattened 2,000 km2 (770
sq mi) of forest (it caused no known casualties among humans). The cause of
the explosion is generally thought to have been a meteor. It is classified
as an impact event, even though no impact crater has been found the meteor
is thought to have burst in mid-air at an altitude of 5 to 10 kilometres (3
to 6 miles) rather than hit the surface of the Earth.
Different studies have yielded varying estimates of the superbolide's size,
on the order of 60 to 190 metres (200 to 620 feet), depending on whether
the meteor was a comet or a denser asteroid. It is the largest known impact
event on Earth in recorded history.
Since the 1908 event, there have been an estimated 1,000 scholarly papers
(mainly in Russian) published on the Tunguska explosion. Many scientists
have participated in Tunguska studies: the best known are Leonid Kulik,
Yevgeny Krinov, Kirill Florensky, Nikolai Vladimirovich Vasiliev, and
Wilhelm Fast. In 2013, a team of researchers led by Victor Kvasnytsya of
the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine published analysis results of
micro-samples from a peat bog near the center of the affected area showing
fragments that may be of meteoritic origin.
Early estimates of the energy of the air burst range from 10–15 megatons of
TNT (42–63 PJ), to 30 megatons of TNT (130 PJ), depending on the exact
height of burst estimated when the scaling-laws from the effects of nuclear
weapons are employed. However, modern supercomputer calculations that
include the effect of the object's momentum estimate that the airburst had
an energy range from 3 to 5 megatons of TNT (13 to 21 PJ), and that more of
this energy was focused downward than would be the case from a nuclear
explosion.
Using the 15 megaton (Mt) derived estimate is an energy about 1,000 times
greater than that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan roughly
equal to that of the United States' Castle Bravo (15.2 Mt) ground-based
thermonuclear test detonation on 1 March 1954 and about one-third that of
the Soviet Union's later Tsar Bomba (at 50 Mt was the largest nuclear
weapon ever detonated).
It is estimated that the Tunguska explosion knocked down some 80 million
trees over an area of 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi), and that the
shock wave from the blast would have measured 5.0 on the Richter magnitude
scale. An explosion of this magnitude would be capable of destroying a
large metropolitan area, but due to the remoteness of the location, no
fatalities were documented. This event has helped to spark discussion of
asteroid impact avoidance.
* 'In 1937, The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is
introduced in London. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The first emergency number system to be deployed
anywhere in the world was in London on 1 July 1937 using the number 999,
and this was later extended to cover the entire country. When 999 was
dialled, a buzzer sounded and a red light flashed in the exchange to
attract an operator's attention.
Because of loop disconnect dialing, attention was devoted to making the
numbers difficult to dial accidentally by making them involve long
sequences of pulses, such as with the UK 999 emergency number. However, in
modern times, where repeated sequences of numbers are easily accidentally
dialled on mobile phones, this is problematic, as mobile phones will dial
an emergency number while the keypad is locked or even without a SIM card.
Some people have reported accidentally dialling 112 by loop-disconnect for
various technical reasons, including while working on extension telephone
wiring, and point to this as a disadvantage of the 112 emergency number,
which takes only four loop disconnects to activate.
Southern California Telephone Co. began using 116 as an emergency line for
Los Angeles, California in 1946. The emergency number 999 was adopted in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1959 at the urging of Stephen Juba, mayor of
Winnipeg at the time. The city changed the number to 911 in 1972, in order
to be consistent with the newly adopted U.S. emergency number.
The first 911 emergency phone systems went into use in Haleyville, Alabama
in 1968. On February 16, 1968, the first-ever 9-1-1 call was placed by
Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite, from Haleyville City Hall, to
U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill, at the city's police station. However, 911 systems
were not in widespread use until the 1980s when the number 911 was adopted
as the standard number across most of the country under the North American
Numbering Plan.
Gradually, various problems were overcome smart or enhanced 911 systems
were developed that not only would display the caller's number and address
at the dispatch center but also could be configured so that 911 calls were
automatically routed to the correct dispatch center, regardless of what
central office the caller was served from. In the United States, most
cities have E911 systems either in use, or in their emergency systems
design plans.
The rapid replacement of electromechanical switching systems in the 1980s
with electronic or digital systems eliminated the problem of older switches
that would not recognize 911. At this point, 911 service is available in
most of North America, but there are still small, sparsely-populated, or
remote areas (such as Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Canada's
Arctic) that do not have it.
The CEPT recommended the use of 112 in 1972. The European Union
subsequently adopted the 112 number as a standard on 29 July 1991. It is
now a valid emergency number throughout EU countries and in many other CEPT
countries. It works in parallel with other local emergency numbers in about
2/3 of EU states.
* 'In 1938, Superman first appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue
#1 for June. .
- From Wikipedia: Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American
comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer
Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school students living in
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933. They sold Superman to Detective Comics, the
future DC Comics, in 1938. Superman debuted in Action Comics #1
(cover-dated June 1938) and subsequently appeared in various radio serials,
newspaper strips, television programs, films, and video games. With this
success, Superman helped to create the superhero archetype and establish
its primacy within the American comic book.
The origin story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the alien
planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his
scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered
and adopted by a Kansas farmer and his wife, the child is raised as Clark
Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early on he started to
display various superhuman abilities, which, upon reaching maturity, he
resolved to use for the benefit of humanity through a secret Superman
identity.
Superman resides and operates in the fictional American city of Metropolis.
As Clark Kent, he is a journalist for the Daily Planet, a Metropolis
newspaper. Superman's love interest is generally Lois Lane, and his
archenemy is supervillain Lex Luthor. He is typically a member of the
Justice League and close ally of Batman and Wonder Woman. Like other
characters in the DC Universe, several alternate versions of Superman have
been depicted over the years. >br /> 'In early 1933, Cleveland high school
student Jerry Siegel wrote a short story, illustrated by his friend and
classmate Joe Shuster, titled The Reign of the Superman, which Siegel
self-published in his fanzine, Science Fiction #3. The titular character is
a vagrant who gains vast psychic powers from an experimental drug and uses
them maliciously for profit and amusement, only to lose them and become a
vagrant again, ashamed that he will be remembered only as a villain.
In June 1933, Siegel developed a new character, also named Superman, but
now a heroic character, which Siegel felt would be more marketable. This
was a journalist named Clark Kent who pretended to be meek and
mild-mannered but was secretly the mighty Superman. He was enamored with
Lois Lane, but she scorned Clark Kent and was attracted to Superman, not
knowing that Kent and Superman were the same person. This early prototype
of Superman was merely a strong human who had no superpowers, nor his
familiar costume.
Siegel shared his idea with Shuster and they hastily put together a comic
story titled The Superman and submitted it to Humor Publishing in Chicago,
which released three proto-comic books in 1933. Although the duo received
an encouraging letter, Humor published no further comics.
* 'In 1953, The first Chevrolet Corvette is completed. .
- From Wikipedia:
The first generation of Corvette was introduced late in the 1953 model
year. Originally designed as a show car for the 1953 Motorama display at
the New York Auto Show, it generated enough interest to induce GM to make a
production version to sell to the public. First production was on June 30,
1953.
This generation was often referred to as the solid-axle models (the
independent rear suspension was not introduced until the second
generation). 300 hand-built polo white Corvette convertibles were produced
for the 1953 model year.
The 1954 model year vehicles could be ordered in Pennant Blue, Sportsman
Red, Black, or Polo White. 3,640 were built, and sold slowly.
The 1955 model offered a 265 cu in (4.34 L) V8 engine as an option. With a
large inventory of unsold 1954 models, GM limited production to 700 for
1955. With the V8, 0-60 mph time improved to 8.5 seconds. 1956 Chevrolet
Corvette Transistorized Hybrid (vacuum tubes and transistors) Car Radio
option.
A new body was introduced for the 1956 model featuring a new face and side
coves the taillamp fins were also gone. An optional fuel injection system
was made available in the middle of the 1957 model year. It was one of the
first mass-produced engines in history to reach 1 bhp (0.75 kW) per cubic
inch (16.4 cubic cm) and Chevrolet's advertising agency used a one hp per
cubic inch slogan for advertising the 283 bhp (211 kW) 283 cu in (4.64 L)
Small-Block engine. Other options included power windows (1956),
hydraulically operated power convertible top (1956), heavy duty brakes and
suspension (1957), and four speed manual transmission (late 1957). Delco
Radio transistorized signal-seeking hybrid car radio, which used both
vacuum tubes and transistors in its radio's circuitry (1956 option).
The 1958 Corvette received a body and interior freshening which included a
longer front end with quad headlamps, bumper exiting exhaust tips, a new
steering wheel, and a dashboard with all gauges mounted directly in front
of the driver. Exclusive to the 1958 model were hood louvers and twin trunk
spears. The 1959–60 model years had few changes except a decreased amount
of body chrome and more powerful engine offerings.
In 1961, the rear of the car was completely redesigned with the addition of
a duck tail with four round lights. The light treatment would continue for
all following model year Corvettes until 2014. In 1962, the Chevrolet 283
cu in (4.64 L) Small-Block was enlarged to 327 cu in (5.36 L). In standard
form it produced 250 bhp (190 kW). For an extra 12% over list price, the
fuel-injected version produced 360 bhp (270 kW), making it the fastest of
the C1 generation. 1962 was also the last year for the wrap around
windshield, solid rear axle, and convertible-only body style. The trunk lid
and exposed headlamps did not reappear for many decades.
* 'In 1952, The 'Guiding Light' soap opera moves from radio to TV. When it
was discontinued in 2009, it had been the longest-running drama in
American television. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975)
is an American television soap opera listed in Guinness World Records as
the longest-running drama in television in American history, broadcast on
CBS for 57 years from June 30, 1952, until September 18, 2009, preceded by
a 15-year broadcast on radio. Guiding Light is the longest running soap
opera and the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history
only the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry (first
broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program The Daily Service (1928), the
CBS religious program Music and the Spoken Word (1929), and the Norwegian
children's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen (first aired in 1924, cancelled
in 2010) have been on the air longer.
* 'In 1955, The Johnny Carson Show (a variety show premieres on CBS. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Johnny Carson Show is a 1955-56 half-hour prime time
television variety show starring Johnny Carson.
While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton Show, local Los Angeles
television comedian Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured
during a show rehearsal. As a result of Carson’s performance, CBS created
the primetime variety program The Johnny Carson Show, a traditional
potpourri of comedy, music, dance, skits and monologues. It aired on
Thursday nights at 10pm ET.
The short-lived 1955-56 series served as a precursor of what would come
later for Carson, planting the seeds for sketches he would perform on the
later The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson such as Mighty Carson Art
Players However, the show flopped in the ratings and was quickly cancelled.
This show was produced in Los Angeles at CBS Television City. The show was
alternately sponsored by Revlon, and General Foods (Jell-O, instant Sanka,
and Minute Rice).
* 'In 1971, Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the
United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government
from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the
United States who are at least eighteen years old. The drive to lower the
voting age from 21 to 18 grew across the country during the 1960s, driven
in large part by the broader student activism movement protesting the
Vietnam War. The impetus for drafting an amendment to lower the voting age
arose following the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell, 400
U.S. 112 (1970), which held that Congress may establish a voting age for
federal elections, but not for state or local elections.
On March 23, 1971, a proposal to extend the right to vote to citizens
eighteen years of age and older was adopted by both houses of Congress and
sent to the states for ratification. The amendment became part of the
Constitution on July 1, 1971, three months and eight days after the
amendment was submitted to the states for ratification, making this
amendment the quickest to be ratified.
* 'In 1977, US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC). .
- From Wikipedia: 'In the United States, a railway post office, commonly
abbreviated as RPO, was a railroad car that was normally operated in
passenger service as a means to sort mail en route, in order to speed
delivery. The RPO was staffed by highly trained Railway Mail Service postal
clerks, and was off-limits to the passengers on the train. In the UK, the
equivalent term was Travelling Post Office (TPO).
From the middle of the 19th century, many American railroads earned
substantial revenues through contracts with the U.S. Post Office Department
(USPOD) to carry mail aboard high-speed passenger trains and the Railway
Mail Service enforced various standardized designs on RPOs. In fact, a
number of companies maintained passenger routes where the financial losses
from moving people were more than offset by transporting the mai..
At their height, RPO cars were used on over 9,000 train routes covering
more than 200,000 route miles in North America. While the majority of this
service consisted of one or more cars at the head end of passenger trains,
many railways operated solid mail trains between major cities these solid
mail trains would often carry 300 tons of mail daily.
After 1948, the railway post office network began its decline although it
remained the principal intercity mail transportation and distribution
function within the Post Office Department (POD). There were 794 RPO lines
operating over 161,000 miles of railroad in that year. Only 262 RPO routes
were still operating by January 1, 1962. In 1942, the POD began
experimenting with a highway version of the RPO to serve the same purposes
along routes where passenger train service was not available. These highway
post office (HPO) vehicles were initially intended to supplement RPO
service, but in the 1950s and 1960s, HPOs often replaced railway post
office cars after passenger train service was discontinued. The last
interurban RPO service was operated by Pacific Electric Railway on its
route between Los Angeles and San Bernardino, California. When the post
office made a controversial policy change to process mail in large regional
sectional centers, mail was now sorted by large machines, not by people,
and the remaining railway post office routes, along with all highway post
office routes, were phased out of service. In September 1967 the POD
cancelled all rail by mail contracts, electing to move all First Class mail
via air and other classes by road (truck) transport. This announcement had
a devastating effect on passenger train revenues the Santa Fe, for example,
lost $35 million (US) in annual business, and led directly to the ending of
many passenger rail routes.
After 113 years of railway post office operation, the last surviving
railway post office running on rails between New York and Washington, D.C.
was discontinued on June 30, 1977. The last route with a railway post
office title was actually a boat run that lasted a year longer. This Boat
Railway Post Office was the Lake Winnipesaukee RPO operating between The
Weirs, New Hampshire, and Bear Island on Lake Winnipesaukee. The final date
it operated with a postmark was September 30, 1978'.
* 'In 1985, Yul Brynner left his role as the King of Siam after 4,600
performances in 'The King and I.', in a special performance. .
- From Wikipedia:The King and I is a musical, the fifth by the team of
composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on
the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, which is in
turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children
of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical's plot relates the
experiences of Anna, a British schoolteacher hired as part of the King's
drive to modernize his country. The relationship between the King and Anna
is marked by conflict through much of the piece, as well as by a love that
neither can admit. The musical premiered on March 29, 1951, at Broadway's
St. James Theatre. It ran nearly three years, then the fourth
longest-running Broadway musical in history, and has had many tours and
revivals.
In 1950, theatrical attorney Fanny Holtzmann was looking for a part for her
client, veteran leading lady Gertrude Lawrence. Holtzmann realized that
Landon's book would provide an ideal vehicle and contacted Rodgers and
Hammerstein, who were initially reluctant but agreed to write the musical.
The pair initially sought Rex Harrison to play the supporting part of the
King, a role that he had played in the 1946 film made from Landon's book,
but he was unavailable. They settled on the young actor and television
director Yul Brynner.
The musical was an immediate hit, winning Tony Awards for Best Musical,
Best Actress (for Lawrence) and Best Featured Actor (for Brynner). Lawrence
died unexpectedly of cancer a year and a half after the opening, and the
role of Anna was played by several actresses during the remainder of the
Broadway run of 1,246 performances. A hit London run and U.S. national tour
followed, together with a 1956 film for which Brynner won an Academy Award,
and the musical was recorded several times. In later revivals, Brynner came
to dominate his role and the musical, starring in a four-year national tour
culminating in a 1985 Broadway run shortly before his death.
* 'In 1998, Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War
serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National
Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot get linku.txt Michael
J. Blassie. .
- From Wikipedia: 'First Lieutenant Michael Joseph Blassie (April 4, 1948 –
May 11, 1972) was an officer in the United States Air Force. Prior to
identification of his remains, Blassie was the unknown service member from
the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown
After Blassie's family secured permission, the remains of Blassie were
exhumed on May 14, 1998. Based on mitochondrial DNA testing, Department of
Defense scientists were able to identify Blassie's remains. On June 30,
1998 the Defense Department announced that the Vietnam Unknown had been
identified. On July 10, Blassie's remains were transported to his family in
Saint Louis, Missouri and were later reinterred at Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery. The Medal of Honor bestowed upon him as the Vietnam
Unknown was not transferred to Blassie after his remains were identified.
Following the removal of Lt. Blassie's remains from the Tomb of the
Unknowns, the marker at Arlington was replaced with one that read Honoring
and Keeping Faith with America's Missing Servicemen. Advances in
technology, such as those that allowed the identification of Lt. Blassie,
may lead to the eventual identification of all interments marked
"unknown" from Vietnam.
* 'In 2004, The international Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit.
The craft had been on a nearly seven-year journey. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Cassini–Huygens is an unmanned spacecraft sent to the
planet Saturn. It is a flagship-class NASA–ESA–ASI robotic spacecraft.
Cassini is the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter
orbit, and its mission is ongoing as of 2016. It has studied the planet and
its many natural satellites since arriving there in 2004.
Development started in the 1980s. Its design includes a Saturn orbiter and
a lander for the moon Titan. The lander, called Huygens, landed on Titan in
2005. The two-part spacecraft is named after astronomers Giovanni Cassini
and Christiaan Huygens.
The spacecraft launched on October 15, 1997 aboard a Titan IVB/Centaur and
entered orbit around Saturn on July 1, 2004, after an interplanetary voyage
that included flybys of Earth, Venus, and Jupiter. On December 25, 2004,
Huygens separated from the orbiter and reached Saturn's moon Titan on
January 14, 2005. It entered Titan's atmosphere and descended to the
surface. It successfully returned data to Earth, using the orbiter as a
relay. This was the first landing ever accomplished in the outer Solar
System.
On July 1, 2004, the spacecraft flew through the gap between the F and G
rings and achieved orbit, after a seven-year voyage. It is the first
spacecraft to ever orbit Saturn.
The Saturn Orbital Insertion (SOI) maneuver performed by Cassini was
complex, requiring the craft to orient its High-Gain Antenna away from
Earth and along its flight path, to shield its instruments from particles
in Saturn's rings. Once the craft crossed the ring plane, it had to rotate
again to point its engine along its flight path, and then the engine fired
to decelerate the craft by 622 meters per second to allow Saturn to capture
it. Cassini was captured by Saturn's gravity at around 8:54 pm Pacific
Daylight Time on June 30, 2004. During the maneuver Cassini passed within
20,000 km (12,000 mi) of Saturn's cloud tops.
Although it is in Saturn orbit, departure from the Saturn system was
evaluated in 2008 during end of mission planning.
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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
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June origin (from Wikipedia): Perhaps to honor goddess Juno, or from the Latin word iuniores (younger ones).
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beginning of the meteorological winter is 1 June."
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