<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Caviar Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Caviar):
'Caviar is a delicacy consisting of salt-cured fish-eggs of the
Acipenseridae family. The roe can be fresh (non-pasteurized) or
pasteurized, with pasteurization reducing its culinary and economic value.
Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the
Caspian and Black Sea (Beluga, Ossetra and Sevruga caviars). Depending on
the country, caviar may also be used to describe the roe of other fish such
as salmon, steelhead, trout, lumpfish, whitefish, carp, and other species
of sturgeon.
Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or a spread.
Preparation follows a sequence that has not significantly changed over the
last century. First, the ovaries are removed from a sedated female sturgeon
and passed through a sieve to remove the membrane. Freed roes are rinsed to
wash away impurities. Roes are now ready to become caviar by adding a
precise amount of salt for taste and preservation. The fresh product is
tasted and graded according to quality. Finally, the golden eggs are packed
into lacquer-lined tins that will be further processed or sold directly to
customers'.
[The Hankster says] Never tried it.
* 'National Sour Candy Day'.
Sponsored by American Licorice Company .
[The Hankster says] No, I'm not going to say the more sour, the more better. I have tasted some that are just too sour to enjoy.
* 'National Hamiltons Day'.
TGI Fridays has special for $10..
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Get Out of the Dog House Day'.
Third Monday in July.
[The Hankster says] Think of this as your 'Get out of the dog house free' card.
* 'Global Hug Your Kids Day'.
Third Monday in July. Created by Michelle Nichol in 2008.
[The Hankster says] There is also a national version in Jan., but why should you need a special day?
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Other:
* 'World Listening Day'. By World Listening Project (WLP), which focuses
on understanding the world and its natural environment, cultures and
societies through listening and field recording.
* 'Nelson Mandela International Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Mandela Day):
'Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual
international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18
July, Mandela's birthday. The day was officially declared by the United
Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July
2010. However, other groups began celebrating Mandela Day on 18 July 2009.
On 27 April 2009, the 46664 concerts and the Nelson Mandela Foundation
invited the global community to join them in support of an official Mandela
Day. Mandela Day is not meant as a public holiday, but as a day to honour
the legacy of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's former President, and his
values, through volunteering and community service'.
<> Historical events on July 18
* 'In 1768, The Boston Gazette publishes the 'Liberty Song', America's 1st
patriotic song. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Liberty Song is a pre-American Revolutionary War
song with lyrics by Founding Father John Dickinson and not by Mrs. Mercy
Otis Warren, wife of General James Warren, of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The
song is set to the tunes of Heart of Oak, the anthem of the Royal Navy of
the United Kingdom, and Here's a Health, an Irish song of emigration. The
song itself was first published in the Boston Gazette in July 1768.
The song is notable as one of the earliest patriotic songs in the thirteen
colonies. Dickinson's sixth verse offers the earliest known publication of
the phrase that parallels the motto united we stand, divided we fall, a
patriotic slogan that has prominently appeared several times throughout
American history.
The song is also likely to be a variant of the Irish traditional song from
which it often takes its tune, Here's a Health The lyrics of The Liberty
Song also hold the same structure.
The lyrics of the song were updated in 1770 to reflect the growing tensions
between England and the Colonies. This new version was published in
Bickerstaff's almanac, and the title was changed to The Massachusetts Song
of Liberty'.
* 'In 1942, The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in
combat, made its first flight. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German:
Swallow) in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: Storm Bird) in attack
versions, was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft.
Design work started before World War II began, but engine problems and
top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the
Luftwaffe until mid-1944. The Me 262 was faster, and more heavily-armed
than any Allied fighter, including the British jet-powered Gloster Meteor.
One of the most advanced aviation designs in operational use during World
War II, the Me 262 was used in a variety of roles, including light bomber,
reconnaissance, and even experimental night fighter versions.
Me 262 pilots claimed a total of 542 Allied kills, although higher claims
are sometimes made. The Allies countered its potential effectiveness in the
air by attacking the aircraft on the ground and during takeoff and landing.
Engine reliability problems, from the pioneering nature of its Junkers Jumo
004 axial-flow turbojet engines—the first ever placed in mass
production—and attacks by Allied forces on fuel supplies during the
deteriorating late-war situation also reduced the effectiveness of the
aircraft as a fighting force. In the end, the Me 262 had a negligible
impact on the course of the war as a result of its late introduction and
the consequently small numbers put in operational service.
While German use of the aircraft ended with the close of the Second World
War, a small number were operated by the Czechoslovak Air Force until 1951.
Captured Me 262s were studied and flight tested by the major powers, and
ultimately influenced the designs of a number of post-war aircraft such as
the North American F-86 Sabre and Boeing B-47 Stratojet. A number of
aircraft have survived on static display in museums, and there have also
been several privately built flying reproductions'.
* 'In 1953, Elvis Presley recorded 'My Happiness' as a gift for his mother.
It was one of the songs he first recorded with SUn. .
- From Wikipedia: 'My Happiness is a pop music standard which was initially
made famous in the mid-twentieth century.
An unpublished version of the melody with different lyrics was written by
Borney Bergantine in 1933.
The most famous version of the song, with lyrics by Betty Peterson Blasco,
was published for the first time in 1948. The first known recording of this
version was in December 1947 by the Marlin Sisters but the song first
became a hit in May 1948 as recorded by Jon and Sondra Steele (Damon 11133)
(#3) with rival versions by The Pied Pipers (Capitol 1628/15094)1 and Ella
Fitzgerald (Decca 24446) entering the charts that June reaching
respectively #4 and #8 with the Marlin Sisters version (Columbia 38217)
finally charting with a #24 peak that July. A version by John Laurenz
(Mercury catalog number 5144, with the flip side Someone Cares), entered
the Billboard magazine charts on August 7, 1948 where it stayed for 2
weeks, peaking at #26.
Connie Francis — whose favorite song at the age of eight had been the Jon
and Sondra Steele version of My Happiness — remade the song in a 6 November
1958 session at the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, CA produced by
Morton Craft and Jesse Kaye David Rose conducted the orchestra. The song
almost became Francis's first #1 hit in the first months of 1959 but was
kept at #2 by another remake of a standard: the Platters' version of Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes
My Happiness is reportedly one of two songs — the other being That’s When
Your Heartaches Begin — Elvis Presley recorded in his first recording
session at the Memphis Recording Service (Sun Studios)'.
* 'In 1960, Elvis Presley's, It's Now Or Never, was released. .
- From Wikipedia: 'It's Now or Never is a ballad recorded by Elvis Presley
and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, in 1960.
It is one of two popular songs based on the Italian song 'O Sole mio (music
by Eduardo di Capua), the other being There's No Tomorrow, recorded by U.S.
singer Tony Martin in 1949, which inspired Presley's version. The lyrics
were written by Aaron Schroeder and Wally Gold. The single is the second
best-selling single by Presley, and one of the best-selling singles of all
time.
In the late 1950s, while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, Presley
heard Martin's recording. According to The New York Times, quoting from the
1986 book Behind The Hits, he told the idea to his music publisher, Freddy
Bienstock, who was visiting him in Germany... Mr. Bienstock, who many times
found songwriters for Presley, returned to his New York office, where he
found songwriters, Mr. Schroeder and Wally Gold, the only people in that
day. The two wrote lyrics in half an hour. Selling more than 20 million
records, the song became number one in countries all around and was
Presley's best selling single ever... a song finished in 20 minutes to a
half hour was the biggest song of career.
In 1960, It's Now or Never was a number-one record in the U.S., spending
five weeks at number one and the UK, where it spent eight weeks at the top
in 1960 and an additional week at number one in 2005 as a re-issue, and
numerous other countries, selling in excess of 25 million copies worldwide,
Elvis Presley's biggest international single ever. Its British release was
delayed for some time because of rights issues, allowing the song to build
up massive advance orders and to enter the UK Singles Chart at number one,
a very rare occurrence at the time. It's Now or Never peaked at number
seven on the R and B charts.
A live version featuring 'O Sole mio is available on the 1977 live album
Elvis in Concert. 'O Sole mio is sung by tenor Sherrill Nielson.
In
early 2005, the song was re-released along with the other Presley singles
in the UK, and again reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for the
week of 5 February 2005. The song also appears in the TV mini-series
Elvis'.
* 'In 1966, Australian children's television series Play School airs for
the first time, going on to become the longest-running children's show in
Australia, and the second longest running children's show in the world. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Play School is an Australian Logie Hall of Fame-winning
educational television show for children produced by the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation. It is the longest-running children's show in
Australia, and the second-longest-running children's show worldwide. An
estimated 80% of pre-school children under six watch the programme at least
once a week. It is screened four times each weekday on ABC Kids, at 6.00
am, 9.30 am, 12.30 pm and 3.30 pm (from 7 July 2014) and twice daily each
weekend at 9.30 am and 3.30 pm'.
* 'In 1968, The Intel Corporation is founded and incorporated in Santa
Clara, California. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Intel Corporation (better known as Intel, stylized as
intel) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in
Santa Clara, California. Intel is one of the world's largest and highest
valued semiconductor chip makers, based on revenue. It is the inventor of
the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal
computers. Intel supplies processors for computer system manufacturers such
as Apple, Samsung, HP and Dell. Intel also makes motherboard chipsets,
network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory,
graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to
communications and computing. Intel Corporation was founded on July 18,
1968, by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and widely
associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel
combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing
capability'.,
* 'In 1976 Nadia Comaneci is first person in Olympic Games to score perfect
10 in gymnastics at the Summer Olympics of 1976. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Nadia Elena Comaneci (born November 12, 1961) is a
former Romanian gymnast, winner of three gold medals at the 1976 Summer
Olympics in Montreal and the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of
10 in an Olympic gymnastics event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980
Summer Olympics in Moscow. She is one of the best-known gymnasts in the
world and is credited with popularizing the sport around the world. In
2000, Comaneci was named as one of the Athletes of the Century by the
Laureus World Sports Academy'.
* 'In 1995, 'Dreaming of You' by Selena, released posthumously, became the
best-selling Latin album in the United States. It was noted by Billboard
magazine as a 'historic event' for Latin music. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Dreaming of You is the fifth and final studio album by
American singer Selena. Released posthumously on July 18, 1995 by EMI Latin
and EMI Records, it was an immediate commercial and critical success,
debuting atop the United States Billboard 200—the first predominately
Spanish-language album to do so. It sold 175,000 copies on its first day of
release in the U.S.—a then-record for a female vocalist. With first week
sales of 331,000 units, it became the second-highest first-week sales for a
female musician since Nielsen Soundscan began monitoring album sales in
1991. Billboard magazine declared it a historic event, while Time said the
recording elevated Selena's music to a wider audience. It won Album of the
Year at the 1996 Tejano Music Awards and Female Pop Album of the Year at
the 2nd annual Billboard Latin Music Awards'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
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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