<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Coffee Milkshake Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Milkshake):
'A milkshake is a sweet, cold beverage which is usually made from milk, ice
cream, or iced milk, and flavorings or sweeteners such as butterscotch,
caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or fruit syrup. Outside the United States,
milkshakes using ice cream or iced milk are sometimes called a thick
milkshake or thick shake in New England, the term frappe may be used to
differentiate it from thinner forms of flavored milk.
Full-service restaurants, soda fountains, and diners usually prepare and
mix the shake by hand from scoops of ice cream and milk in a blender or
drink mixer using a stainless steel cup. Many fast food outlets do not make
shakes by hand with ice cream. Instead, they make shakes in automatic
milkshake machines which freeze and serve a premade milkshake mixture
consisting of milk, a sweetened flavoring agent, and a thickening agent.
However, some fast food outlets still follow the traditional method, and
some serve milkshakes which are prepared by blending soft-serve ice cream
(or ice milk) with flavoring or syrups.
When the term milkshake was first used in print in 1885, milkshakes were an
alcoholic whiskey drink that has been described as a sturdy, healthful
eggnog type of drink, with eggs, whiskey, etc., served as a tonic as well
as a treat However, by 1900, the term referred to wholesome drinks made
with chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrups. By the early 1900s people
were asking for the new treat, often with ice cream. By the 1930s,
milkshakes were a popular drink at malt shops, which were the typical soda
fountain of the period... used by students as a meeting place or hangout.
The history of the electric blender, malted milk drinks, and milkshakes are
interconnected. Before the widespread availability of electric blenders,
milkshake-type drinks were more like eggnog, or they were a hand-shaken
mixture of crushed ice and milk, sugar, and flavorings. Hamilton Beach's
drink mixers began being used at soda fountains in 1911 and the electric
blender or drink mixer was invented by Steven Poplawski in 1922. With the
invention of the blender, milkshakes began to take their modern, whipped,
aerated, and frothy form. Malted milk drinks are made with malted milk
powder, which contains dried milk, malted barley, and wheat flour. Malted
milk powder was invented in 1897 by William Horlick as an easily digested
restorative health drink for disabled people and children, and as an
infant's food.
The use of malted milk powder in milkshakes was popularized in the USA by
the Chicago drugstore chain Walgreens. In 1922, Walgreens' employee Ivar
Pop Coulson made a milkshake by adding two scoops of vanilla ice cream to
the standard malted milk drink recipe (milk, chocolate syrup, and malt
powder). This item, under the name Horlick's Malted Milk, was featured by
the Walgreen drugstore chain as part of a chocolate milk shake, which
itself became known as a malted or malt and became one of the most popular
soda-fountain drinks.
The automation of milkshakes developed in the 1930s, after the invention of
freon-cooled refrigerators, provided a safe, reliable way of automatically
making and dispensing ice cream. In 1936, inventor Earl Prince used the
basic concept behind the freon-cooled automated ice cream machine to
develop the Multimixer, a five-spindled mixer that could produce five
milkshakes at once, all automatically, and dispense them at the pull of a
lever into awaiting paper cups.
In the late 1930s, several newspaper articles show that the term frosted
was used to refer to milkshakes made with ice cream. In 1937, the Denton
Journal in Maryland stated that For a 'frosted' shake, add a dash of your
favorite ice cream. In 1939, the Mansfield News in Ohio stated that A
frosted beverage, in the vernacular, is something good to which ice cream
has been added. Example par excellence is frosted coffee—that hot, tasty
beverage made chilly with ice and frosty with ice cream'. .
[The Hankster says] I don't like milk in my coffee, but coffee in my milk, yes.
* 'National Bagelfest Day'. . Started by Murray Lender, the owner of
Lenders Bagels, in 1986.
- From Wikipedia (Lender's Bagels):
'Lender's Bagels is a brand of bagels that pioneered the pre-packaged bagel
industry in the United States. Established in 1927 in New Haven,
Connecticut by the Lender family, it became a North American leader in the
marketing, distribution and sales of bagels. Lender's introduced frozen
bagels and sold the first packaged bagels in supermarkets, eventually
becoming the world's biggest bagel producer. The company was sold to Kraft
Foods in 1984 and has been part of Pinnacle Foods since 2003. Non-frozen
room temperature fresh bagels began production in 1994. In 2012, Lender's
revenue was about 70 million dollars.
In the spring of 1984, the Lender family sold Lender's Frozen Bagels to
Kraft Foods, with the stipulation that Marvin would remain president and
Murray spokesman for the next two years. Murray Lender publicized the sale
in characteristic form, by holding the marriage of the century, with Murray
and Marvin escorting a 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) Lender’s Bagel, Len, down the
aisle to meet his new bride, Phyl, a Kraft Philadelphia brand cream cheese.
In 1987, Lender's had three plants in West Haven, a plant in New Haven, one
in Buffalo, New York, and one in Mattoon, Illinois the last is the site of
the annual Bagelfest, and also the only surviving Lender's Bagel plant in
operation today. Kraft, which reportedly spent $12 to $15 million annually
to advertise Lender's bagels, sold the company to Kellogg Company in 1996
for $455 million'.
[The Hankster says] It's whats for breakfast. Just put a scrambled egg and bacon between the slices. Don't forget the hot sauce.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Aunt and Uncle’s Day'.
This day is a worthy but 'unofficial' holiday.
* 'All or Nothing Day'.
Let go of the fear of indecision and accept the consequences of all or
nothing.
* 'FBI Day'.
It's founding day in 1908. See more in the history section.
<> Awareness / Observances:
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* 'Disability Independence Day'. The anniversary of the signing of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26th, 1990.
- From Wikipedia (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990):
'The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a wide-ranging civil
rights law that is intended to protect against discrimination based on
disability. Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990, it affords similar
protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race,
religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. In
addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires covered
employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with
disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public
accommodations.
In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended enactment of an
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and drafted the first version of the
bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. The final
version of the bill was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President
George H. W. Bush. It was later amended in 2008 and signed by President
George W. Bush with changes effective as of January 1, 2009'.
<> Historical events on July 26
* 'In 1775, A postal system was established by the 2nd Continental Congress
of the United States. The first Postmaster General was Benjamin Franklin. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The United States Postal Service, also known as the Post
Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, often abbreviated as USPS, is an
independent agency of the United States government responsible for
providing postal service in the United States. It is one of the few
government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States
Constitution.
The U.S. Mail traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental
Congress, where Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster
general. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 from Franklin's
operation, elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and transformed
in 1971 into the U.S. Postal Service as an agency of the U.S. government'.
* 'In 1893, Commercial production of the Addressograph (addressing
machine), the 'Baby O'm started in Chicago, IL. .
- From Wikipedia:
'An addressograph is an address labeler and labeling system.
In 1896, the first U.S. patent for an addressing machine, the Addressograph
was issued to Joseph Smith Duncan of Sioux City, Iowa. It was a development of
the invention he had made in 1892. His earlier model consisted of a hexagonal
wood block onto which he glued rubber type which had been torn from rubber
stamps. While revolving, the block simultaneously inked the next name and
address ready for the next impression. The "Baby O" model was put into
production on the July 26, 1893, in a small back room of the old Caxton
Building in Chicago, Illinois.
The original company which manufactured the Addressograph, Addressograph
International, merged in 1932 with American Multigraph of Cleveland, Ohio, to
form the Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation manufacturing highly efficient
addressograph and duplicating machines. In 1978 the corporate headquarters
moved from Cleveland to Los Angeles, California, and the corporation name
changed in 1979 to AM International. In 1982, the firm filed for bankruptcy
under Chapter 11.
An addressograph machine of the 1960s was essentially a steel frame with an
integrated keyboard for stamping out address plates, a cassette-style plate
feeder, a heavy-duty, rapidly moving inked ribbon, a platten for hand-feeding
the mail piece, and a foot pedal for stamping the address. The individual
steel address plates were inserted into card-sized frames which had a series
of slots along the top where colored metal flags could also be inserted for
sorting purposes. The plate assemblies were placed in steel cassettes
resembling library card catalogue drawers, which were manually inserted into
the machine. At the press of the foot pedal the plate assemblies were swapped
in sequence in a similar fashion to a slide projector, placing an impression
of the raised type onto the mail piece.
Addressograph was one of the comparator companies in the book Good to Great.
An Addressograph was used by the artist Jean Tinguely in his famous Homage to
New York (1960) machine performance'.
* 'In 1908, The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is founded. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the
domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which
simultaneously serves as the nation's prime federal law enforcement agency.
Operating under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI
is concurrently a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to
both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. A
leading U.S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal
investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of
more than 200 categories of federal crimes.
Although many of the FBI's functions are unique, its activities in support
of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and the
Russian FSB. Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law
enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection overseas,
the FBI is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 56 field offices in
major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident
agencies in lesser cities and areas across the nation. At an FBI field
office, a senior-level FBI officer concurrently serves as the
representative of the Director of National Intelligence.
Despite its domestic focus, the FBI also maintains a significant
international footprint, operating 60 Legal Attache (LEGAT) offices and 15
sub-offices in U.S. embassies and consulates across the globe. These
overseas offices exist primarily for the purpose of coordination with
foreign security services and do not usually conduct unilateral operations
in the host countries. The FBI can and does at times carry out secret
activities overseas, just as the CIA has a limited domestic function these
activities generally require coordination across government agencies.
The FBI was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). Its
name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935. The
FBI headquarters is the J. Edgar Hoover Building, located in Washington,
D.C.
The Bureau of Investigation (BOI) was created on July 26, 1908, after
Congress had adjourned for the summer. Attorney General Bonaparte, using
Department of Justice expense funds, hired thirty-four people, including
some veterans of the Secret Service, to work for a new investigative
agency. Its first chief (the title is now known as director) was Stanley
Finch. Bonaparte notified Congress of these actions in December 1908.
The bureau's first official task was visiting and making surveys of the
houses of prostitution in preparation for enforcing the White Slave Traffic
Act, or Mann Act, passed on June 25, 1910. In 1932, the bureau was renamed
the United States Bureau of Investigation. The following year it was linked
to the Bureau of Prohibition and rechristened the Division of Investigation
(DOI) before finally becoming an independent service within the Department
of Justice in 1935. In the same year, its name was officially changed from
the Division of Investigation to the present-day Federal Bureau of
Investigation, or FBI'.
* 'In 1942, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly recorded 'For Me and My Gal'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'For Me And My Gal is a 1917 popular standard song by
George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, and E. Ray Goetz and recorded by Van and
Schenck.
This song was used in the 1942 film of the same name, where it is the first
song that Jo Hayden (Judy Garland) and Harry Palmer (Gene Kelly) perform
together.
The Decca single release of the Garland/Kelly version was a major hit of
1943. In 1961, rock'n'roll singer Freddy Cannon revived the song.
The song was included on the Al Jolson compilation album The Jolson Story:
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby (1957)'.
* 'In 1947,U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act
of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency,
United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs
of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The National Security Act of 1947 was a major
restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence
agencies following World War II. The majority of the provisions of the Act
took effect on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James
Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense. His power was initially
limited and it was difficult for him to exercise the authority to make his
office effective. This was later changed in the amendment to the act in
1949, creating what was to be the Department of Defense.
The Act merged the Department of War (renamed as the Department of the
Army) and the Department of the Navy into the National Military
Establishment (NME), headed by the Secretary of Defense. It also created
the Department of the Air Force, which separated the Army Air Forces into
its own service. Initially, each of the three service secretaries
maintained quasi-cabinet status, but the act was amended on August 10,
1949, to ensure their subordination to the Secretary of Defense. At the
same time, the NME was renamed as the Department of Defense. The purpose
was to unify the Army, Navy, and Air Force into a federated structure.
Aside from the military reorganization, the act established the National
Security Council, a central place of coordination for national security
policy in the executive branch, and the Central Intelligence Agency, the
U.S.'s first peacetime intelligence agency. The council's function was to
advise the president on domestic, foreign, and military policies, and to
ensure cooperation between the various military and intelligence agencies.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff was officially established under Title II,
Section 211 of the original National Security Act of 1947 before Sections
209–214 of Title II were repealed by the law enacting Title 10 and Title
32, United States Code (Act of August 10, 1956, 70A Stat. 676) to replace
them.
The act and its changes, along with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall
Plan, were major components of the Truman administration's Cold War
strategy.
The bill signing took place aboard Truman's VC-54C presidential aircraft
Sacred Cow, the first aircraft used for the role of Air Force One'.
* 'In 1971, The launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo 'J-Mission', and
first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the United
States' Apollo program, the fourth to land on the Moon, and the eighth
successful manned mission. It was the first of what were termed J missions,
long stays on the Moon, with a greater focus on science than had been
possible on previous missions. It was also the first mission on which the
Lunar Roving Vehicle was used.
The mission began on July 26, 1971, and ended on August 7. At the time,
NASA called it the most successful manned flight ever achieved.
Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin spent three days
on the Moon, including 18˝ hours outside the spacecraft on lunar
extra-vehicular activity (EVA). The mission landed near Hadley rille, in an
area of the Mare Imbrium called Palus Putredinus (Marsh of Decay). The crew
explored the area using the first lunar rover, which allowed them to travel
much farther from the Lunar Module (LM) than had been possible on missions
without the rover. They collected 77 kilograms (170 lb) of lunar surface
material. At the same time, Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden orbited the
Moon, using a Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) in the Service Module (SM)
to study the lunar surface and environment in great detail with a panoramic
camera, a gamma-ray spectrometer, a mapping camera, a laser altimeter, a
mass spectrometer, and a lunar sub-satellite deployed at the end of Apollo
15's stay in lunar orbit (an Apollo program first).
The mission successfully accomplished its objectives, but was marred by
negative publicity that accompanied disclosure of the crew carrying
unauthorized postage stamps which they had planned to sell after their
return. Ironically, this mission was one of very few that had been honored
with the issue of a commemorative US stamp, with this first use of a lunar
rover happening one decade after the first Mercury astronaut launch'.
* 'In 1971, Nicolette Milnes-Walker completes sailing non-stop
single-handedly across the Atlantic, becoming the first woman to
successfully do so. She was in a 30 ft yacht and took 45 days. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Nicolette Daisy Milnes-Walker, MBE (1943-) was the first
woman to sail non-stop single-handed across the Atlantic. She set sail on
12 June 1971 from Milford Haven, UK and arrived in Newport USA forty five
days later on 26 July. She made her crossing in a 30 ft yacht, Aziz, a
'Pioneer' Class 9 meter designed by Van Der Stadt and constructed by
Southern Ocean Shipyard Ltd, Poole, Dorset'.
* 'In 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law
by President George Bush. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is a
wide-ranging civil rights law that is intended to protect against
discrimination based on disability. Enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1990,
it affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with
disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination
based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics
illegal. In addition, unlike the Civil Rights Act, the ADA also requires
covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with
disabilities, and imposes accessibility requirements on public
accommodations.
In 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended enactment of an
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and drafted the first version of the
bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988. The final
version of the bill was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President
George H. W. Bush. It was later amended in 2008 and signed by President
George W. Bush with changes effective as of January 1, 2009'.
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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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