<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Sugar Cookie Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Sugar cookie):
'A sugar cookie is a cookie with main ingredients like sugar, flour,
butter, eggs, vanilla, and either baking powder or baking soda. Sugar
cookies may be formed by hand or rolled and cut into shapes. They are
commonly decorated with frosting, sprinkles, or a combination of both.
Decorative shapes and figures can be cut into the spread dough using a
cookie cutter. In North America, sugar cookies are popular during the
holidays of Christmas, Halloween, and Hannukah'.
[The Hankster says] A simple treat. Great with a tall glass of cold milk, and even better with some Blue Bell vanilla ice cream.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Rock N Roll Day'.
I can find two relate events for this day. 1) In 1955, Bill Haley and His
Comets' 'Rock Around the Clock' tops billboards charts. See history
section. 2) In 1956, Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American
Bandstand. See more in the history section.
- From Wikipedia (Rock and roll):
'Rock and roll (often written as rock ' roll or rock 'n' roll) is a
genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States
during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from a combination of
African-American genres such as blues, boogie-woogie, jump blues, jazz, and
gospel music, together with Western swing and country music. Though
elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and
in country records of the 1930s, the genre did not acquire its name until
the 1950s.
Rock and roll can refer either to the first wave of music that originated
in the US in the 1950s prior to its development into rock music, or more
broadly to rock music and culture. For the purpose of differentiation, this
article deals with the first definition.
In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s,
either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were
generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s.
The beat is essentially a blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the
latter almost always provided by a snare drum. Classic rock and roll is
usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm), a
string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and a drum
kit.
Beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in movies and on
television, influenced lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. In
addition, rock and roll may have contributed to the civil rights movement
because both African-American and white American teens enjoyed the music.
It went on to spawn various genres, often without the initially
characteristic backbeat, that are now more commonly called simply rock
music or rock
The term rock and roll now has at least two different meanings, both in
common usage. The American Heritage Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster
Dictionary both define rock and roll as synonymous with rock music.
Encyclopædia Britannica, on the other hand, regards it as the music that
originated in the mid-1950s and later developed into the more encompassing
international style known as rock music
The phrase rocking and rolling originally described the movement of a ship
on the ocean, but was used by the early twentieth century, both to describe
the spiritual fervor of black church rituals and as a sexual analogy.
Various gospel, blues and swing recordings used the phrase before it became
used more frequently – but still intermittently – in the 1940s, on
recordings and in reviews of what became known as rhythm and blues music
aimed at a black audience.
In 1934, the song Rock and Roll by Boswell Sisters appeared in the film
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round. In 1942, Billboard magazine columnist Maurie
Orodenker started to use the term rock-and-roll to describe upbeat
recordings such as Rock Me by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. By 1943, the Rock and
Roll Inn in South Merchantville, New Jersey, was established as a music
venue. In 1951, Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed began playing this
music style while popularizing the phrase to describe it'.
[The Hankster says] I know that as a kid, my ear was glued to my 6 transistor radio.
* 'Carver Day'.
At the George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Missouri.
- From Wikipedia (George Washington Carver National Monument):
'George Washington Carver National Monument is a unit of the National Park
Service located about two miles west of Diamond, Missouri the national
monument was founded on July 14, 1943, by Franklin Delano Roosevelt who
dedicated $30,000 US to the monument. It was the first national monument
dedicated to a black American and first to a non-President.
The site preserves of the boyhood home of George Washington Carver, as well
as the 1881 Moses Carver house and the Carver cemetery. His boyhood home
consists of rolling hills, woodlands, and prairies. The 210-acre (85 ha)
park has a 3/4 mile (1.2 km) nature trail, museum, and an interactive
exhibit area for students. It is open year round, from 9 am–5 pm'.
[The Hankster says] Any man who loves peanuts as much as I do, is all right by me.
<> Awareness / Observances:None.
<> Historical events on July 9
* 'In 1776,– George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be
read out loud to members of the Continental Army in New York, New York, for
the first time. .
- From Wikipedia: 'After Congress approved the final wording of the
Declaration on July 4, a handwritten copy was sent a few blocks away to the
printing shop of John Dunlap. Through the night Dunlap printed about 200
broadsides for distribution. Before long, the Declaration was read to
audiences and reprinted in newspapers across the thirteen states. The first
official public reading of the document was by John Nixon in the yard of
Independence Hall on July 8 public readings also took place on that day in
Trenton, New Jersey, and Easton, Pennsylvania. A German translation of the
Declaration was published in Philadelphia by July 9.
President of Congress John Hancock sent a broadside to General George
Washington, instructing him to have it proclaimed at the Head of the Army
in the way you shall think it most proper Washington had the Declaration
read to his troops in New York City on July 9, with thousands of British
troops on ships in the harbor. Washington and Congress hoped the
Declaration would inspire the soldiers, and encourage others to join the
army. After hearing the Declaration, crowds in many cities tore down and
destroyed signs or statues representing royal authority. An equestrian
statue of King George in New York City was pulled down and the lead used to
make musket balls'.
* 'In 1868, The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is
ratified guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in
the United States due process of law. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United
States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the
Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and
equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues
related to former slaves following the American Civil War. The amendment
was bitterly contested, particularly by Southern states, which were forced
to ratify it in order for them to regain representation in Congress. The
Fourteenth Amendment, particularly its first section, is one of the most
litigated parts of the Constitution, forming the basis for landmark
decisions such as Roe v. Wade (1973) regarding abortion, Bush v. Gore
(2000) regarding the 2000 presidential election, and Obergefell v. Hodges
(2015) regarding same-sex marriage. The amendment limits the actions of all
state and local officials, including those acting on behalf of such an
official.
The amendment's first section includes several clauses: the Citizenship
Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal
Protection Clause. The Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of
citizenship, overruling the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v.
Sandford (1857), which had held that Americans descended from African
slaves could not be citizens of the United States. The Privileges or
Immunities Clause has been interpreted in such a way that it does very
little.
The Due Process Clause prohibits state and local government officials from
depriving persons of life, liberty, or property without legislative
authorization. This clause has also been used by the federal judiciary to
make most of the Bill of Rights applicable to the states, as well as to
recognize substantive and procedural requirements that state laws must
satisfy.
The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection
under the law to all people within its jurisdiction. This clause was the
basis for Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court decision
that precipitated the dismantling of racial segregation, and for many other
decisions rejecting irrational or unnecessary discrimination against people
belonging to various groups.
The second, third, and fourth sections of the amendment are seldom
litigated. However, the second section's reference to rebellion and other
crime has been invoked as a constitutional ground for felony
disenfranchisement. The fifth section gives Congress the power to enforce
the amendment's provisions by appropriate legislation However, under City
of Boerne v. Flores (1997), Congress's enforcement power may not be used to
contradict a Supreme Court interpretation of the amendment'.
* 'In 1877, The Wimbledon tournament begins. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as
Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely
considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club
in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis
tournaments, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open and the
US Open. Since the Australian Open shifted to hardcourt in 1988, Wimbledon
is the only major still played on grass.
The tournament takes place over two weeks in late June and early July,
culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Final, scheduled
always for the second Saturday and Sunday respectively. Five major, junior,
and invitational events are held each year. Wimbledon traditions include a
strict dress code for competitors, the eating of strawberries and cream by
the spectators, and Royal patronage. The tournament is also notable for the
absence of sponsor advertising around the courts. In 2009, Wimbledon's
Centre Court was fitted with a retractable roof to lessen the loss of
playing time due to rain'.
* 'In 1877 - Alexander Graham Bell, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Thomas Sanders
and Thomas Watson formed the Bell Telephone Company. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Bell Telephone Company, a common law joint stock
company, was organized in Boston, Massachusetts on July 9, 1877, by
Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also
helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph
Company. The Bell Telephone Company was started on the basis of holding
potentially valuable patents, principally Bell's master telephone patent
#174465.
The two companies merged on February 17, 1879, to form two new entities,
the National Bell Telephone Company of Boston, and the International Bell
Telephone Company, soon after established by Hubbard and which became
headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Theodore Vail then took over its
operations at that point, becoming a central figure in its rapid growth and
commercial success.
The National Bell Telephone Company merged with other companies on March
20, 1880, to form the American Bell Telephone Company, also of Boston,
Massachusetts.
Upon its inception, the Bell Telephone Company was organized with Hubbard
as trustee, although he was additionally its de facto president, since he
also controlled his daughter's shares by power of attorney, and with Thomas
Sanders, its principal financial backer, as treasurer. The American Bell
Telephone Company evolved into the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
(AT and T), at times the world's largest telephone company'.
* 'In 1878, The corncob pipe was patented by Henry Tibbe at the Missouri
Meerschaum Company, after he devised a way to make it fireproof. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Missouri Meerschaum Company is a tobacco smoking
pipe manufacturer located in Washington, Missouri. It is the world's oldest
and largest manufacturer of corncob pipes.
The company was founded in 1869 when Dutch-American woodworker Henry Tibbe
began producing corncob pipes and selling them in his shop. Tibbes likened
the pipes to meerschaum pipes and thus named them Missouri Meerschaum. In
1878 Tibbe patented his method of fireproofing the pipes by applying a
plaster-like substance to the outside of the cob. In 1883 Tibbe and his son
Anton applied for a U.S. Patent to trademark their Missouri Meerschaum
pipe. In 1907 H. Tibbe and Son Co. became the Missouri Meerschaum Company.
The Missouri Meerschaum Company's factory currently produces 3,500 pipes
per day and ships these pipes to every U.S. state and several foreign
countries'.
* 'In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100
meters freestyle in less than a minute. .
- From Wikipedia: 'As a teen, Weissmuller attended Lane Technical College
Prep High School before dropping out to work various jobs including a stint
as a lifeguard at a Lake Michigan beach. While working as an elevator
operator and bellboy at the Illinois Athletic Club, Weissmuller caught the
eye of swim coach William Bachrach, who trained Weissmuller and in August
1921, Weissmuller won the national championships in the 50-yard and
220-yard distances. Although foreign-born, Weissmuller gave his birthplace
as Tanneryville, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and his birth date as that
of his younger brother, Peter Weissmuller. This was to ensure his
eligibility to compete as part of the United States Olympic team, and was a
critical issue in being issued a United States passport.
On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record in the
100-meter freestyle, swimming it in 58.6 seconds. He won the title for that
distance at the 1924 Summer Olympics, beating Kahanamoku for the gold. He
also won the 400-meter freestyle and was a member of the winning U.S. team
in the 4×200-meter relay.
As a member of the U.S. water polo team, he won a bronze medal. Four years
later, at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, he won another two gold
medals. It was during this period that Weissmuller became an enthusiast for
John Harvey Kellogg's holistic lifestyle views on nutrition, enemas and
exercise. He came to Kellogg's Battle Creek, Michigan sanatorium to
dedicate its new 120-foot swimming pool, and would go on to break one of
his own previous swimming records after adopting the vegetarian diet
prescribed by Kellogg.
In 1927, Weissmuller set a new world record of 51.0 seconds in the 100-yard
freestyle, which stood for 17 years. He improved it to 48.5 seconds at
Billy Rose World's Fair Aquacade in 1940, aged 36, but this result was
discounted as he was competing as a professional.
In all, Weissmuller won five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal,
fifty-two United States national championships, and set sixty-seven world
records. He was the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle under one
minute and the 440-yard freestyle under five minutes. He never lost a race
and retired with an unbeaten amateur record. In 1950, he was selected by
the Associated Press as the greatest swimmer of the first half of the 20th
Century.
Weissmuller would later, upon moving to the prosperous Bel Air section of
Los Angeles, (specifically to an area known today as East Gate Bel Air),
famously commission architect Paul Williams to design a large home with a
300-foot serpentine swimming pool that curled around the house (and which
still exists to this day)'.
* 'In 1955, Bill Haley and His Comets' 'Rock Around the Clock' tops
billboards charts. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Rock Around the Clock is a rock and roll song in the
12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the
latter under the pseudonym Jimmy De Knight) in 1952. The best-known and
most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley and His Comets in 1954
for American Decca. It was a number one single on both the US and UK charts
and also re-entered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s.
It was not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful
record of the genre (Bill Haley had American chart success with Crazy Man,
Crazy in 1953, and in 1954, Shake, Rattle and Roll sung by Big Joe Turner
reached No. 1 on the Billboard R andB chart). Haley's recording
nevertheless became an anthem for rebellious 1950s youth and is widely
considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll
into mainstream culture around the world. The song is ranked No. 158 on the
Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights
on March 20, 1954, the more famous version by Bill Haley and His Comets is
not, strictly speaking, a cover version. Myers claimed the song had been
written specifically for Haley but, for various reasons, Haley was unable
to record it himself until April 12, 1954.
The original full title of the song was We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock
Tonight! This was later shortened to (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock,
though this form is generally only used on releases of the 1954 Bill Haley
Decca Records recording most other recordings of this song by Haley and
others (including Sonny Dae) shorten this title further to Rock Around the
Clock
* 'In 1956, Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand. .
- From Wikipedia: 'American Bandstand is an American music-performance show
that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956
until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show
featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark at least one
popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee
Lewis to Run DMC—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their
latest singles. Freddy Boom Boom Cannon holds the record for most
appearances at 110.
The show's popularity helped Dick Clark become an American media mogul and
inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of
the Pops. Clark eventually assumed ownership of the program through his
Dick Clark Productions company.
In late spring of 1956, the ABC television network asked their O andO's and
affiliates for programming suggestions to fill their 3:30 p.m. (ET) time
slot (WFIL had been pre-empting the ABC programming with Bandstand). Clark
decided to pitch the show to ABC president Thomas W. Moore, and after some
badgering the show was picked up nationally, becoming American Bandstand on
August 5, 1957. One show from this first season (December 18, 1957,
indicated as the Second National Telecast) is now in the archives of
Chicago's Museum Of Broadcast Communications'.
* 'In 1981, Donkey Kong, a video game created by Nintendo, is released. The
game marks the debut of Nintendo's future mascot, Mario. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Donkey Kong is an arcade game released by Nintendo in
1981. It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay
focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms
while dodging and jumping over obstacles. In the game, Mario (originally
named Mr. Video but then changed to Jumpman) must rescue a damsel in
distress named Pauline (originally named Lady), from a giant ape named
Donkey Kong. The hero and ape later became two of Nintendo's most popular
and recognizable characters. Donkey Kong is one of the most important
titles from the Golden Age of Video Arcade Games, and is one of the most
popular arcade games of all time.
The game was the latest in a series of efforts by Nintendo to break into
the North American market. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo's president at the
time, assigned the project to a first-time video game designer named
Shigeru Miyamoto. Drawing from a wide range of inspirations, including
Popeye, Beauty and the Beast and King Kong, Miyamoto developed the scenario
and designed the game alongside Nintendo's chief engineer, Gunpei Yokoi.
The two men broke new ground by using graphics as a means of
characterization, including cutscenes to advance the game's plot, and
integrating multiple stages into the gameplay.
Regardless of initial doubts by Nintendo's American staff, Donkey Kong
succeeded commercially and critically in North America and Japan. Nintendo
licensed the game to Coleco, who developed home console versions for
numerous platforms. Other companies cloned Nintendo's hit and avoided
royalties altogether. Miyamoto's characters appeared on cereal boxes,
television cartoons, and dozens of other places. A lawsuit brought on by
Universal City Studios, alleging Donkey Kong violated their trademark of
King Kong, ultimately failed. The success of Donkey Kong and Nintendo's
victory in the courtroom helped to position the company for video game
market dominance from its release in 1981 until the late 1990s
(1996–1999)'.
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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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