<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Tapioca Pudding Day'.
-From Wikipedia (Tapioca pudding). 'Tapioca pudding
(similar to sago pudding) is a sweet pudding made with tapioca and either
milk or cream. Coconut milk is also used in cases in which the flavor is
preferred or in areas in which it is a commonplace ingredient for cooking.
It is made in many cultures with equally varying styles, and may be
produced in a variety of ways. Its consistency ranges from thin (runny), to
thick, to firm enough to eat with a fork.
The pudding can be made from scratch using tapioca in a variety of forms:
flakes, coarse meal, sticks, and pearls. Many commercial packaged mixes are
also available.
British schoolchildren have traditionally nicknamed the dish frog spawn,
due to its appearance. The Guardian described it as Britain's most hated
school pudding, with names such as fish eyes, frogspawn and eyeball
pudding. It is however making a comeback in the 21st century in
Michelin-starred restaurants and less exalted places'.
- From Wikipedia (Tapioca):
'Tapioca is a starch extracted from cassava root (Manihot esculenta). This
species is native to the North Region of Brazil, but spread throughout the
South American continent. The plant was carried by Portuguese and Spanish
explorers to most of the West Indies, and continents of Africa and Asia,
including the Philippines and Taiwan. It is now cultivated worldwide.
A staple food in many world regions, tapioca is used as a thickening agent
in various foods'.
[The Hankster says] I love it.
* 'Gummi Worm Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Gummi candy):
'Gummi candy, gummy candy, gummies, or jelly sweets are a broad category of
gelatin-based, chewy candies. In the United States and Germany, gummi bears
are the most popular and best known of the gummi candies. Other common
shapes include bottles, worms, frogs, hamburgers, sharks, toy soldiers,
full-size rats, large human body parts (hearts, feet, faces), Ampelmännchen
and Smurfs.
Gummi candy is sometimes combined with other forms of candy, such as
marshmallow, chocolate, or sour sugar.
There are many types of Worm Gummies, and Trolli produces Glow worm
Gummies, with glowing color and sour sugar'.
[The Hankster says] Hey, kids. Next time your mom serves tapioca pudding for dessert, stick a few Gummy Worms just under the surface to give her a nice surprise.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Give Something Away Day'.
[The Hankster says] If you have as much as you will use, give something to someone who has less than they need. Or, just do something nice for someone.
* 'National I Love Horses Day'.
The ASPCA has a Help Horses Day in April
[The Hankster says] Never ridden a horse, but would like to some day.
* 'St. Swithin's Day'.
On July 15, the weather that day will forecast the same whether for the
next 40 days.
- From Wikipedia (Swithun):
'Swithun (or Swithin, Old English: Swiþhun, Latin: Swithunus died c. 862
AD) was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester and subsequently patron saint
of Winchester Cathedral. His historical importance as bishop is
overshadowed by his reputation for posthumous miracle-working. According to
tradition, the weather on his feast day (15 July) will continue for forty
days. The precise meaning and origin of Swithun's name is unknown, but it
most likely derives from the Old English word swiþ, 'strong'.
Swithun was initially buried out of doors, rather than in his cathedral,
apparently at his own request. William of Malmesbury recorded that the
bishop left instructions that his body should be buried outside the church,
ubi et pedibus praetereuntium et stillicidiis ex alto rorantibus esset
obnoxius , which has been taken as indicating that the legend was already
well known in the 12th century.
In 971 it was decided to move his body to a new indoor shrine, and one
theory traces the origin of the legend to a heavy shower by which, on the
day of the move, the saint marked his displeasure towards those who were
removing his remains. This story, however, cannot be traced further back
than the 17th or 18th century. Also, it is at variance with the 10th
century writers, who all agreed that the move took place in accordance with
the saint's desire expressed in a vision. James Raine suggested that the
legend was derived from the tremendous downpour of rain that occurred,
according to the Durham chroniclers, on St. Swithun's Day, 1315'.
[The Hankster says] I'll stick to the Groundhog.
* 'Social Media Giving Day'.
Since 2013 by Givver.com and dedicated to fund raising.
- From Wikipedia (Social Media Giving Day):
'Social Media Giving Day is an online holiday created by St. Louis-based
technology and social philanthropy organization Givver.com . Givver.com was
beta tested with the Obama for America campaign in 2012. Givver spent 5
months working with elected officials around the country, charitable
organizations and social media influencers to promote the day as a way to
use social media for social good and to leverage social media as a means to
#give to their favorite charity or cause. Governors and Mayors around
America declared July 15th Social Media Giving Day The online holiday was
trail-blazed by founder of Givver Chris Sommers The inaugural celebration
of Social Media Giving Day occurred on July 15, 2013 This day was marked
as the first social media giving day in the U.S. July 15th is also the
anniversary date of the public launch of Twitter in 2006'.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Animal and Pet:
* 'National Pet Fire Safety Day'. The American Kennel Club and ADT Security
Services provide information about pets and fire safety.
o Other:
* 'World Youth Skills Day '. A U.N. observances.
<> Historical events on July 15
* 'In 1799, The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta
by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian
Campaign. . . -
- From Wikipedia: 'The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed
with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy
V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian
hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient
Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts
(with some minor differences among them), it provided the key to the modern
understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs'
* 'In 1834, The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly
356 years. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition
(Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as
the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1480 by
Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was
intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace
the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most
substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Christian
Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition.
The Spanish Inquisition may be defined broadly, operating in Spain and in
all Spanish colonies and territories, which included the Canary Islands,
the Spanish Netherlands, the Kingdom of Naples, and all Spanish possessions
in North, Central, and South America. (For the period during which Portugal
and Spain were under common rule consult Portuguese Inquisition and Goa
Inquisition.)
The Inquisition was originally intended primarily to ensure the orthodoxy
of those who converted from Judaism and Islam. The regulation of the faith
of the newly converted was intensified after the royal decrees issued in
1492 and 1502 ordering Jews and Muslims to convert or leave Spain. Various
motives have been proposed, such as increasing political authority,
weakening opposition, suppressing conversos, profiting from confiscation of
the property of convicted heretics, reducing social tensions, and
protecting the kingdom from the danger of a fifth column. The Inquisition
was not definitively abolished until 1834, during the reign of Isabella II,
after a period of declining influence in the preceding century.
The Spanish Inquisition is often cited in popular literature and history as
an example of Catholic intolerance and repression. Modern historians have
tended to question earlier and wildly exaggerated accounts concerning the
severity of the Inquisition. Henry Kamen asserts that the 'myth' of the
all-powerful, torture-mad inquisition is largely an invention of nineteenth
century Protestant authors with an agenda to discredit the Papacy. Although
records are incomplete, about 150,000 persons were charged with crimes by
the Inquisition and about 3,000 were executed'.
* 'In 1916, In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad
Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing). .
- From Wikipedia: The Boeing Company is an American multinational
corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft,
rockets, and satellites worldwide. It also provides leasing and product
support services. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft
manufacturers, is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based
on 2013 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar
value. Boeing stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
'In March 1910, William E. Boeing bought Heath's shipyard in Seattle on the
Duwamish River, which later became his first airplane factory. Boeing was
incorporated in Seattle by William Boeing, on July 15, 1916, as Pacific
Aero Products Co Boeing was later incorporated in Delaware, the original
Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of
Delaware on July 19, 1934. Boeing, who studied at Yale University, worked
initially in the timber industry, where he became wealthy and learned about
wooden structures. This knowledge proved invaluable in his subsequent
design and assembly of airplanes. The company stayed in Seattle to take
advantage of the local supply of spruce wood'.
* 'In 1942, Glenn Miller and his band recorded 'Jukebox Saturday Night.' .
- From Wikipedia: 'Jukebox Saturday Night is a song written by Al Stillman
and Paul McGrane, recorded by Glenn Miller and later covered by Nino and
the Ebb Tides whose version charted at #57 on Billboard's Top 100'.
* 'In 1975, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo
spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States
human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft,
and the Saturn family of rockets. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), Eksperimantalniy
polyot Soyuz-Apollon, lit. Experimental flight Soyuz-Apollo), conducted in
July 1975, was the first joint U.S.–Soviet space flight, as a symbol of the
policy of détente that the two superpowers were pursuing at the time. It
involved the docking of an Apollo Command/Service Module with the Soviet
Soyuz 19. The unnumbered Apollo vehicle was a surplus from the terminated
Apollo program and the last one to fly. This mission ceremoniously marked
the end of the Space Race that had begun in 1957 with the Sputnik launch.
The mission included both joint and separate scientific experiments
(including an engineered eclipse of the Sun by Apollo to allow Soyuz to
take photographs of the solar corona), and provided useful engineering
experience for future joint US–Russian space flights, such as the
Shuttle–Mir Program and the International Space Station.
ASTP was the last manned US space mission until the first Space Shuttle
flight in April 1981. It was also U.S. astronaut Donald Deke Slayton's only
space flight. He was chosen as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts
in April 1959, but had been grounded until 1972 for medical reasons'.
* 'In 2003, AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation.
The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that
exists to support and collectively lead the open source Mozilla project.
Founded in July 2003, the organization sets the policies that govern
development, operates key infrastructure and controls Mozilla trademarks
and copyrights. It owns a taxable subsidiary: the Mozilla Corporation,
which employs many Mozilla developers and coordinates releases of the
Mozilla Firefox web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird email client. The
subsidiary is 100% owned by the parent, and therefore follows the same
non-profit principles. The Mozilla Foundation was founded by the
Netscape-affiliated Mozilla Organization. The organization is currently
based in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View, California, United
States.
The Mozilla Foundation describes itself as a non-profit organization that
promotes openness, innovation and participation on the Internet. The
Mozilla Foundation is guided by the Mozilla Manifesto, which lists 10
principles which Mozilla believes are critical for the Internet to continue
to benefit the public good as well as commercial aspects of life'.
* 'In 2006, Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media
platforms in the world. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Twitter is an online social networking service that
enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called tweets
Registered users can read and post tweets, but those who are unregistered
can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS
or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has more
than 25 offices around the world.
Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone,
and Noah Glass and launched in July 2006. The service rapidly gained
worldwide popularity, with more than 100 million users posting 340 million
tweets a day in 2012. The service also handled 1.6 billion search queries
per day. In 2013, it was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been
described as the SMS of the Internet As of March 2016, Twitter has more
than 310 million monthly active users'.
* 'In 2010, After almost 3 months - the leak from the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill is finally capped - but 4.9 million barrels of crude oil are released
into the Gulf of Mexico. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (also referred to as the
BP oil spill, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the
Macondo blowout) began on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico on the
BP-operated Macondo Prospect. Following the explosion and sinking of the
Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, until
it was capped on July 15, 2010. Eleven people went missing and were never
found and it is considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the
history of the petroleum industry, an estimated 8% to 31% larger in volume
than the previously largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill. The US Government
estimated the total discharge at 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal
780,000 m3). After several failed efforts to contain the flow, the well was
declared sealed on September 19, 2010. Reports in early 2012 indicated the
well site was still leaking.
Numerous investigations explored the causes of the explosion and
record-setting spill. Notably, the U.S. government's September 2011 report
pointed to defective cement on the well, faulting mostly BP, but also rig
operator Transocean and contractor Halliburton. Earlier in 2011, a White
House commission likewise blamed BP and its partners for a series of
cost-cutting decisions and an insufficient safety system, but also
concluded that the spill resulted from systemic root causes and absent
significant reform in both industry practices and government policies,
might well recur'.
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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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