<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'International Chicken Wing Day'.
Chicken Wing Fest in Reno First Day of Chicken Wing Weekend 2-4.
[The Hankster says] I like them, hot and spicy.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'I Forgot Day'.
Correct all those you forgot on this half way point in the year.
[The Hankster says] Nope, I won't do it. I will not say that I forgot what I was going to say. However, I wish I could remember what I was going to write.
* 'World UFO Day'.
Since 2001. Corresponds with the US Roswell UFO incident in the first week
of July 1947.
- From Wikipedia (World UFO Day):
'World UFO Day is an awareness day for people to gather together and watch
the skies for unidentified flying objects. The day is celebrated by some on
June 24, and others on July 2. June 24 is the date that aviator Kenneth
Arnold reported what is generally considered to be the first unidentified
flying object sighting in the United States, while July 2 commemorates the
supposed UFO crash in the 1947 Roswell UFO Incident.
The stated goal of the July 2 celebration is to raise awareness of "the
undoubted existence of UFOs" and to encourage governments to declassify
their files on UFO sightings.
[The Hankster says] Unidentified Flying Objects don't bother me. I worry about the Unidentified Landing Objects.
* 'National Tom Sawyer Days'.
;feyou can sneak away from Aunt Polly, the celebration is in Hannibal
Mo. July 1-4. July 2 is Samuel L. Clemens Arts and Crafts Festival and the
State Fence Painting Contest.
* 'Made In the USA Day'.
Promoting services and products made in the U.S.A.
[The Hankster says] Good idea when you can find them.
* 'Hop-a-Park Day'.
First Saturday in July. Visit a park today.
* 'International Cherry Pit Spitting Day'.
First Saturday in July. At the Tree-Mendus Fruit Farm, EAU CLAIRE, MI.
- From Wikipedia (Cherry pit spitting):
'A cherry pit, the pit of a cherry, is very small, about the size of a
front tooth, and is very slippery when first removed from the cherry,
making it easy to spit. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the
record distance is 95 feet and 6.5 inches (29.12
[The Hankster says] I do better at watermelon seed spitting.
* 'Roswell NM UFO Festival,'.
June 30 - July 3 2016.
- From Wikipedia (Roswell UFO incident):
'The Roswell UFO incident refers to an event in mid 1947, when a United
States Air Force surveillance balloon crashed at a ranch near Roswell, New
Mexico, prompting claims alleging the crash was of an extraterrestrial
spaceship.
After an initial spike of interest, the military reported that the crash
was merely of a conventional weather balloon. Interest subsequently waned
until the late 1970s when ufologists began promulgating a variety of
increasingly elaborate conspiracy theories, claiming that one or more alien
spacecraft had crash-landed, and that the extraterrestrial occupants had
been recovered by the military who then engaged in a cover-up.
In the 1990s, the US military published reports disclosing the true nature
of the crashed Project Mogul balloon. Nevertheless, the Roswell incident
continues to be of interest in popular media, and conspiracy theories
surrounding the event persist. Roswell has been called "the world's most
famous, most exhaustively investigated, and most thoroughly debunked UFO
claim"'
[The Hankster says] See, what did I say. They are worse when they land.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Sports Journalists Day'. As of 1994 by the International Sports
Press Association (AIPS) .
- From Wikipedian (Sports journalism):
'Also, some organizations are devoted entirely to sports reporting —
newspapers and magazines such as L'Equipe in France, La Gazzetta dello
Sport in Italy, Marca in Spain, the defunct Sporting Life in Britain, and
American Sports Illustrated and Sporting News television networks such as
Eurosport, Fox Sports, ESPN sports radio stations such as BBC Radio 5 Live,
ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio and TSN Radio and The Sports Network (TSN) and
websites such as ESPN.com, Foxsports.com, and Yahoo! Sports.
o Other:
* 'International Day of Cooperatives'. A U.N. observance on the first
Saturday of July. Since 1992 to raise public awareness on cooperatives.
- From Wikipedia (International Co-operative Day):
'International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the
co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by
the International Co-operative Alliance.
On December 16, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in
resolution 47/90 "the first Saturday of July 1995 to be International
Day of Cooperatives, marking the centenary of the establishment of the
International Cooperative Alliance." Since 1995 the United Nations'
International Day of Co-operatives has been observed jointly alongside
International Co-operative Day.
Co-operatives around the world celebrate the day in various fashions and
each year the organising institutions agree on a theme for the
celebrations. The 2010 theme was Cooperative Enterprise Empowers Women, to
coincide with the 15th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action.
<> Historical events on July 2
* 'In 1698, Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. .
- From Wikipedia: 'On 2 July 1698 Savery patented an early steam engine, A
new invention for raising of water and occasioning motion to all sorts of
mill work by the impellent force of fire, which will be of great use and
advantage for drayning mines, serveing townes with water, and for the
working of all sorts of mills where they have not the benefitt of water nor
constant windes. He demonstrated it to the Royal Society on 14 June 1699.
The patent has no illustrations or even description, but in 1702 Savery
described the machine in his book The Miner's Friend or, An Engine to Raise
Water by Fire, in which he claimed that it could pump water out of mines.
Savery's engine had no piston, and no moving parts except from the taps. It
was operated by first raising steam in the boiler the steam was then
admitted to the working vessel, allowing it to blow out through a downpipe
into the water that was to be raised. When the system was hot and therefore
full of steam the tap between the boiler and the working vessel was shut,
and if necessary the outside of the vessel was cooled. This made the steam
inside it condense, creating a partial vacuum, and atmospheric pressure
pushed water up the downpipe until the vessel was full. At this point the
tap below the vessel was closed, and the tap between it and the up-pipe
opened, and more steam was admitted from the boiler. As the steam pressure
built up, it forced the water from the vessel up the up-pipe to the top of
the mine.
However, his engine had four serious problems. First, every time water was
admitted to the working vessel much of the heat was wasted in warming up
the water that was being pumped. Secondly, the second stage of the process
required high-pressure steam to force the water up, and the engine's
soldered joints were barely capable of withstanding high pressure steam and
needed frequent repair. Thirdly, although this engine used positive steam
pressure to push water up out of the engine (with no theoretical limit to
the height to which water could be lifted by a single high-pressure engine)
practical and safety considerations meant that in practice, to clear water
from a deep mine would have needed a series of moderate-pressure engines
all the way from the bottom level to the surface. Fourthly, water was
pushed up into the engine only by atmospheric pressure (working against a
condensed-steam 'vacuum'), so the engine had to be no more than about 30
feet (9.1 m) above the water level – requiring it to be installed,
operated, and maintained far down in the mine.
* 'In 1776, The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with
the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration
of Independence is not approved until July 4. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Second Continental Congress was a convention of
delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of
1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the
American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental
Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in
Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and
moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States
Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. By raising armies, directing
strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties such as the
Olive Branch Petition, the Congress acted as the de facto national
government of what became the United States.
* 'In 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President
James Garfield, who eventually dies from an infection on September 19. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Charles Julius Guiteau September 8, 1841 – June 30,
1882, was an American writer and lawyer who was convicted of the
assassination of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United
States. Guiteau was offended by Garfield's rejections of his various job
applications, and so shot Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. Garfield died two months later
from infections related to the injury. Guiteau was hanged for the crime.
* 'In 1897, Guglielmo Marconi, an Italian scientist and father of long
distance radio transmission, obtains a patent for radio in London. .
- From Wikipedia: 'By 1897, Guglielmo Marconi conducted a series of
demonstrations with a radio system for signalling for communications over
long distances. Marconi is said to have read, while on vacation in 1894,
about the experiments that Hertz did in the 1880s. Marconi also read parts
of Thomas Commerford Martin's book about the inventions of Nikola Tesla and
Scientific American. It was at this time that Marconi began to understand
that radio waves could be used for wireless communications. Marconi's early
apparatus was a development of Hertz’s laboratory apparatus into a system
designed for communications purposes. At first, Marconi used a transmitter
to ring a bell in a receiver in his attic laboratory. He then moved his
experiments out-of-doors on the family estate near Bologna, Italy, to
communicate farther. He replaced Hertz’s vertical dipole with a vertical
wire topped by a metal sheet, with an opposing terminal connected to the
ground. On the receiver side, Marconi replaced the spark gap with a metal
powder coherer, a detector developed by Edouard Branly and other
experimenters. Marconi transmitted radio signals for about a mile at the
end of 1895.
* 'In 1900, The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near
Friedrichshafen, Germany. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's serious interest in
airship development began in 1874, when he took inspiration from a lecture
given by Heinrich von Stephan on the subject of World Postal Services and
Air Travel to outline the basic principle of his later craft in a diary
entry dated 25 March 1874. This describes a large rigidly framed outer
envelope containing several separate gasbags. He had previously encountered
Union Army balloons in 1863 when he visited the United States as a military
observer during the American Civil War.
Count Zeppelin began to seriously pursue his project after his early
retirement from the military in 1890 at the age of 52. Convinced of the
potential importance of aviation, he started working on various designs in
1891, and had completed detailed designs by 1893. An official committee
reviewed his plans in 1894, and he received a patent, granted on 31 August
1895, with Theodor Kober producing the technical drawings.
... construction of the first airship began in 1899 in a floating
assembly-hall in the Bay of Manzell near Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance
(the Bodensee). The intention behind the floating hall was to facilitate
the difficult task of bringing the airship out of the hall, as it could
easily be aligned with the wind. The LZ 1 (LZ for Luftschiff Zeppelin, or
Zeppelin Airship) was 128 metres (420 ft) long with a hydrogen capacity of
11,000 m3 (400,000 cu ft), was driven by two 15 horsepower (11 kW) Daimler
engines each driving a pair of propellers mounted either side of the
envelope via bevel gears and a driveshaft, and was controlled in pitch by
moving a weight between its two nacelles.
The first flight took place on 2 July 1900 over Lake Constance. Damaged
during landing, it was repaired and modified and proved its potential in
two subsequent flights made on 17 and 24 October 1900, bettering the 6 m/s
(21.6 km/h, 13.4 mph) velocity attained by the French airship La France.
Despite this performance, the shareholders declined to invest more money,
and so the company was liquidated, with Count von Zeppelin purchasing the
ship and equipment. The Count wished to continue experimenting, but he
eventually dismantled the ship in 1901'.";.
* 'In 1937, Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world, but her
aircraft goes missing. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Amelia Mary Earhart, July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2,
1937, was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first
female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She received the U.S.
Distinguished Flying Cross for this record. She set many other records,
wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental
in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in
1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help
inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the
National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights
Amendment.
Many researchers believe the Electra ran out of fuel and that Earhart and
Noonan ditched at sea. Navigator and aeronautical engineer Elgen Long and
his wife Marie K. Long devoted 35 years of exhaustive research to the crash
and sink theory, which is the most widely accepted explanation for the
disappearance. United States Navy Captain Laurance Safford (retired) who
was responsible for the interwar Mid-Pacific Strategic Direction Finding
Net, and the decoding of the Japanese Purple cipher messages for the attack
on Pearl Harbor, began a lengthy analysis of the Earhart flight during the
1970s. His research included the intricate radio transmission
documentation. Safford came to the conclusion, poor planning, worse
execution Rear Admiral Richard R. Black, USN, who was in administrative
charge of the Howland Island airstrip and was present in the radio room on
the Itasca, asserted in 1982 that the Electra went into the sea about 10
am, July 2, 1937 not far from Howland British aviation historian Roy Nesbit
interpreted evidence in contemporary accounts and Putnam's correspondence
and concluded Earhart's Electra was not fully fueled at Lae. William L.
Polhemous, the navigator on Ann Pellegreno's 1967 flight which followed
Earhart and Noonan's original flight path, studied navigational tables for
July 2, 1937, and thought Noonan may have miscalculated the single line
approach intended to hit Howland.'
* 'In 1955, 'Lawrence Welk Show' premieres on ABC. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical
variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk. The series aired
locally in Los Angeles for four years, from 1951 to 1955, then nationally
for another 27½ years via the ABC network, from 1955 to 1971, and first-run
syndication from 1971 to 1982. In the years since first-run syndication
ended, The Lawrence Welk Show has continued to reach new audiences through
repeat episodes, broadcast in the United States by Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS) stations. These airings incorporate an original
program—usually, a color broadcast from 1965 through 1982—in its entirety.
In place of the commercials, newer performance and interview clips from the
original stars and/or a family member of the performers (in the latter
instance, speaking for a well-known Lawrence Welk performer who has since
died) are included these clips are occasionally updated.
* 'In 1956, Elvis Presley records Hound Dog and Don't Be Cruel. .
- From Wikipedia (Hound Dog): 'Hound Dog is a twelve-bar blues song by
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. It was recorded by Willie Mae Big Mama
Thornton on August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles and released by Peacock Records
in March 1953. Hound Dog was Thornton's only hit record, spending 14 weeks
in the R and B charts, including seven weeks at #1. Thornton's recording of
Hound Dog is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs
That Shaped Rock and Roll, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in
February 2013.
Hound Dog has been recorded more than 250 times. The best-known version of
Hound Dog is the July 1956 recording by Elvis Presley, which is ranked No.
19 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
it is also one of the best-selling singles of all time. Presley's version,
which sold about 10 million copies globally, was his best-selling song and
an emblem of the rock 'n' roll revolution It was simultaneously No. 1 on
the US pop, country, and R and B charts in 1956, and it topped the pop
chart for 11 weeks — a record that stood for 36 years. Presley's 1956 RCA
recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1988, and it is
listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped
Rock and Roll
- From Wikipedia (Don't Be Cruel): 'Don't Be Cruel is a song recorded by
Elvis Presley and written by Otis Blackwell in 1956. It was inducted into
the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2004, it was listed #197 in Rolling
Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is currently
ranked as the 173rd greatest song of all time, as well as the sixth best
song of 1956, by Acclaimed Music'.
* 'In 1957, The first submarine designed (not converted) to fire guided
missiles is launched (USS Grayback (SSG-574)). .
- From Wikipedia: 'The first of the Navy's guided missile submarines to
carry the Regulus II sea-to surface missile, Grayback conducted tests and
shakedown along the West Coast. While operating out of Naval Base Ventura
County in Port Hueneme, California, in September 1958 she conducted the
first successful launching of a Regulus II missile from a submarine, whose
predecessor, Regulus I, had led to the capability of navies to attack land
bases since its deployment in 1957. Regulus II was cancelled in December
1958 except for test firing of missiles already built, so Grayback
operationally deployed with four Regulus I missiles. Departing San Diego,
California, on 30 October, Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor on 8 November
for a month of exercises and maneuvers before returning to Mare Island for
her '10,000 mile checkup.'
* 'In 1962, The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers,
Arkansas. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., doing business as Walmart, is an
American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of
hypermarkets, discount department stores and grocery stores. Headquartered
in Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and
incorporated on October 31, 1969. As of May 31, 2016, Walmart has 11,534
stores and clubs in 28 countries, under a total of 63 banners. The company
operates under the Walmart name in the United States and Canada. It
operates as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico, as Asda in the
United Kingdom, as Seiyu in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has
wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. It also owns and
operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., doing business as Walmart, is an American
multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets,
discount department stores and grocery stores. Headquartered in
Bentonville, Arkansas, the company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and
incorporated on October 31, 1969. As of May 31, 2016, Walmart has 11,534
stores and clubs in 28 countries, under a total of 63 banners. The company
operates under the Walmart name in the United States and Canada. It
operates as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico, as Asda in the
United Kingdom, as Seiyu in Japan, and as Best Price in India. It has
wholly owned operations in Argentina, Brazil, and Canada. It also owns and
operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses.
* 'In 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of
1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub.L. 88–352 , 78 Stat.
241 , enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation
in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color,
religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter
registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the
workplace and by facilities that served the general public (known as public
accommodations).
Powers given to enforce the act were initially weak, but were supplemented
during later years. Congress asserted its authority to legislate under
several different parts of the United States Constitution, principally its
power to regulate interstate commerce under Article One (section 8), its
duty to guarantee all citizens equal protection of the laws under the
Fourteenth Amendment and its duty to protect voting rights under the
Fifteenth Amendment. The Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B.
Johnson on July 2, 1964, at the White House.
* 'In 1982, Larry Walters using lawn chair and 42 helium balloons, rose to
16,000 fr.'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Lawrence Larry Richard Walters, nicknamed Lawnchair
Larry or the Lawn Chair Pilot, (April 19, 1949 – October 6, 1993) was an
American truck driver who took flight on July 2, 1982, in a homemade
airship. Dubbed Inspiration I, the flying machine consisted of an ordinary
patio chair with 45 helium-filled weather balloons attached to it. Walters
rose to an altitude of over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) and floated from his
point of origin in San Pedro, California, into controlled airspace near Los
Angeles International Airport. His flight was widely reported.
* 'In 1992, Chevrolet builds their 1 millionth Corvette. .
* 'In 2001, The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
- From Wikipedia: 'AbioCor was a total artificial heart (TAH) developed by
the Massachusetts-based company AbioMed. It was fully implantable within a
patient, due to a combination of advances in miniaturization, biosensors,
plastics and energy transfer. The AbioCor ran on a rechargeable source of
power. The internal battery was charged by a transcutaneous energy
transmission (TET) system, meaning that no wires or tubes penetrated the
skin, reducing the risk of infection. However, because of its size, this
heart was only compatible with men who had a large frame. It had a product
life expectancy of 18 months.
AbioCor was surgically introduced into 15 total patients, 14 of them during
a clinical trial and one after FDA approval. However, due to insufficient
evidence of its efficacy, AbioMed abandoned further development of the
product.
AbioMed, Inc. began development of the AbioCor device in the 1990s,
beginning animal studies in 1998 in preparation to demonstrate readiness
for formal clinical trials in humans. On January 30, 2001, the FDA granted
AbioMed an investigational device exemption (IDE) for implantation into
humans via a clinical trial. This opened the door for the first
implantation of the AbioCor into Robert Tools on July 2, 2001. He lived for
151 days before having a fatal cerebrovascular accident. Time magazine
awarded the AbioCor its Invention of the Year award in late 2001'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in July
Food
National Blueberries Month
National Grilling Month
National Honey Month
National Ice Cream Month
National Horseradish Month
National Hot Dog Month
Wheat Month
Health
Alopecia Month for Women
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
International Women with Alopecia Month
International Zine Month
Juvenille Arthritis Awareness Month
National Black Family Month
National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
National Cord Blood Awareness Month
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Social Wellness Month
Animal / Pets
National 'Doghouse Repairs' Month
Other
Bioterrorism/Disaster Education and Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Family Golf Month
Independent Retailer Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Month
National Make A Difference to Children Month
National Parks and Recreation Month
National Vacation Rental Month
Smart Irrigation Month
Tour de France Month
Women's Motorcycle Month
July is:
July origin (from Wikipedia): Named by the Roman Senate in honor of Julius Caesar.
"is the seventh month of the year (between June
and August) in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months
with the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of
the Roman general, Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior
to that, it was called Quintilis. It is, on average, the warmest month in
most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer)
and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere (where it
is the second month of winter). The second half of the year commences in
July. In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of
January in the Northern hemisphere."
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