<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Raspberry Cake Day'. . Raspberries, cake mix, gelatin, eggs,
oil and water for the batter. More Raspberries and whipped cream on top.
- From Wikipedia (Raspberry):
'The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the
genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus
Idaeobatus the name also applies to these plants themselves.
Raspberries are perennial with woody stems.
The aggregate fruit structure contributes to raspberry's nutritional value,
as it increases the proportion of dietary fiber, which is among the highest
known in whole foods, up to 6% fiber per total weight. Raspberries are a
rich source of vitamin C, with 26 mg per 100 g serving (32% Daily Value),
manganese (32% Daily Value) and dietary fiber (26% Daily Value).
Raspberries are a low-glycemic index food, with total sugar content of only
4% and no starch.
Raspberries contain anthocyanin pigments, ellagic acid (from ellagotannins,
see for instance the polyphenol ellagitannin), quercetin, gallic acid,
cyanidins, pelargonidins, catechins, kaempferol and salicylic acid. Yellow
raspberries and others with pale-colored fruits are lower in anthocyanins.
Both yellow and red raspberries contain carotenoids, mostly lutein esters,
but these are masked by anthocyanins in red raspberries'.
[The Hankster says] I like a raspberry layer cake, so you get even more berries.
* 'Jump For Jelly Beans Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Jelly bean):
'Jelly beans are small bean-shaped sugar candies with soft candy shells and
thick gel interiors. The confection comes in a wide variety of colors and
flavors, and is primarily made of sugar.
It is generally thought that jelly beans first surfaced in 1861, when
Boston confectioner William Schrafft urged people to send his jelly beans
to soldiers during the American Civil War. It was not until July 5, 1905,
that jelly beans were mentioned in the Chicago Daily News. The
advertisement publicised bulk jelly beans sold by volume for nine cents per
pound, according to the book The Century in Food: America's Fads and
Favorites. Today, most historians contend that jellybeans were first linked
with celebrations of Easter in the United States sometime in the 1930s for
their egg-like shape.
The American National Jelly Bean Day is on April 2'.
[The Hankster says] Save the black ones for me.
* 'National Cotton Candy Day'. . On July 31 and December 7.
- From Wikipedia (Cotton candy):
'Cotton candy (U.S., Bangladesh, India, Canada), candy floss (UK,
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Canada),
tooth floss (South Africa), or fairy floss (Australia) is a form of spun
sugar. According to the New York Times, the confection is almost 99.999
percent sugar, with dashes of flavoring and food coloring.
Made by heating and liquefying sugar and spinning it out through minute
holes, where it re-solidifies in minutely thin strands of sugar glass, the
final cotton candy contains mostly air, with a typical serving weighing
approximately 1 ounce or 30 grams.
Often served at fairs, circuses, carnivals, and Japanese festivals, cotton
candy is sold on rolled up paper, on a kebab stick or in plastic bags. Food
coloring can be used to change the natural white color, and numerous
flavorings are available to change the taste.
Similar confections include the Indian Sohan papdi, the Persian Pashmak,
and the Turkish Pismaniye, although the latter is made with flour and water
in addition to sugar.
There are multiple claims for the origin of cotton candy, with some sources
tracing it to a form of spun sugar found in Europe in the 19th century. At
that time, spun sugar was an expensive, labor-intensive endeavor and was
not generally available to the average person. Others suggest versions of
spun sugar originated in Italy as early as the 15th century.
Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by the dentist William
Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton and first introduced to a wide
audience at the 1904 World's Fair as Fairy Floss with great success,
selling 68,655 boxes at 25¢ per box (equivalent to $7 per box today).
Joseph Lascaux, a dentist from New Orleans, Louisiana, invented a similar
cotton candy machine in 1921. In fact, the Lascaux patent named the sweet
confection “cotton candy” and the fairy floss name faded away, although it
retains this name in Australia. In the 1970s an automatic cotton candy
machine was created which made the product and packaged it. This made it
easier to produce and available to sell at carnivals, fairs, and stores in
the 1970s and on.
Tootsie Roll of Canada Ltd., the world's largest cotton-candy manufacturer,
makes a bagged, fruit-flavored version called Fluffy Stuff.
The United States celebrates National Cotton Candy Day on December 7'.
[The Hankster says The spinning machine was created by a dentist? I smell a conspiracy here.
]
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Harry Potter's Birthday'.
The fictional characters birthday on July 31 1980.
* 'Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day'.
[The Hankster says] I'm sure the cupped hand under the arm pit is one of the.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Animal and Pet:
* 'National Mutt Day'. On July 31 and December 2.
o Other:
* 'World Ranger Day '. Concerns Park Rangers. Promoted by the International
Ranger Federation (IRF) . From the internationalrangers.org web site:
'World Ranger Day commemorates rangers killed or injured in the line of
duty, and celebrates the work rangers do to protect the world’s natural and
cultural treasure'
- From Wikipedia (International Ranger Federation):
'The International Ranger Federation is an organisation which represents
Park Rangers and Park Wardens across the world.
Many countries have agencies that undertake the protection and management
of natural areas. The rangers within these organisations are represented at
the international level by the International Ranger Federation (IRF). The
IRF seeks to represent Park Rangers on a professional level. A number of
countries also have affiliated organisations with the same goals'.
* 'Flag Day in Hawaii'. 'Flag Day (Ka Hae Hawaii Day) was proclaimed by
Governor of Hawaii John D. Waihee III on July 31 in 1990'
<> Historical events on July 31
* 'In 1876, The US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New
Bedford MA) .
- From Wikipedia: 'Founded in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy
(USCGA) is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located
in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service
academies. The academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in
one of eight major fields of study.
Unlike the other service academies, admission to the academy does not
require a congressional nomination. Students are officers-in-training and
are referred to as cadets. Tuition for cadets is fully funded by the Coast
Guard in exchange for an obligation of five years active duty service upon
graduation. This obligation increases if the cadet chooses to go to flight
school or graduate school. Approximately 250 cadets enter the academy each
summer with about 200 cadets graduating. Graduates are commissioned as
ensigns. The academic program grants a Bachelor of Science degree in one of
eight majors, with a curriculum that grades cadets' performance upon a
holistic education of academics, physical fitness, character and
leadership. Cadets are required to adhere to the academy's Honor Concept,
Who lives here reveres honor, honors duty, which is emblazoned in the halls
of the academy's entrance.
The academy's motto is Scientiæ cedit mare, which is Latin for the sea
yields to knowledge (the trident, emblem of the Roman god Neptune,
represents seapower).
The Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and
Colleges, ABET, and AACSB for its various programs'.
* 'In 1893, Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
- From Wikipedia: 'Henry Drushel Perky (7 December 1843 – 29 June 1906) was
a lawyer, businessman, promoter and inventor. Perky is the inventor of
shredded wheat.
Sometime in the early 1890s, at a Nebraska hotel, Perky — who suffered from
diarrhea — encountered a man similarly afflicted, who was eating boiled
wheat with cream. The idea cooked for a while in Perky’s mind, and in 1892,
he took his idea of a product made of boiled wheat to his friend, William
H. Ford, in Watertown, New York — a machinist by trade. Here they developed
the machine for making what Perky called little whole wheat mattresses,
known worldwide as shredded wheat. They presented the machine at the 1893
Columbian Exposition, probably while Perky was trying to drum up buyers for
his cylindrical steel rail passenger car.
His original intention was to sell the machines, not the biscuits. He
returned to Denver and began distributing the biscuits from a horse-drawn
wagon in an attempt to popularize the idea. There he founded the Cereal
Machine Company. In 1895, Perky received United States Patent Number
548,086, dated 15 October 1895.
The biscuits proved more popular than the machines, so Perky moved East and
opened his first bakery in Boston, Massachusetts and then in Worcester,
Massachusetts in 1895, retaining the name of The Cereal Machine Company,
and adding the name of the Shredded Wheat Company.
Whether he developed his ideas on nutrition before the machine or after,
Perky was a food faddist who believed the fundamental issue was how to
nourish a man so that his condition will be natural. Although John Harvey
Kellogg and Charles William Post are better known, Perky was a pioneer of
the cookless breakfast food and it was he who first mass-produced and
nationally distributed ready-to-eat cereal. By 1898, shredded wheat was
being sold all over North and South America and Europe.
In 1901, drawn by the idea of inexpensive electrical power for baking, and
the natural draw of a popular tourist attraction, he hired Edward A. Deeds
to build a new plant at Niagara Falls, New York. Deeds became a director of
the National Food Company. Perky invited a large number of notables to a
special luncheon. Canadian author Pierre Berton describes the bill of
fare'..a Shredded Wheat drink, Shredded Wheat biscuit toast, roast turkey
stuffed with Shredded Wheat, and Shredded Wheat ice cream The factory
itself was called the Palace of Light, and was white-tiled,
air-conditioned, well-lit with floor to ceiling windows, and equipped with
showers, lunchrooms (a free lunch for women – men had to pay 10¢), and
auditoriums for the employees. It even had a roof garden with a view of the
falls. A representation of the factory appeared on the Shredded Wheat boxes
for decades'.
* 'In 1928, MGM's lion Jackie (current is Leo) roared for the first time.
He introduced MGM's first talking picture, 'White Shadows on the South
Seas'. The Lions: 1 Slats (1924–1928), 2 Jackie (1928–1956) 3 Telly
(1927–1932) and Coffee (1932–1934), 4 Tanner (1934–1956), 5 George
(1956–1958), 6 Leo (1957–present).
- From Wikipedia: 'Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and one of its predecessors, Goldwyn Pictures, featured
in the studio's production logo, which was created by the Paramount Studios
art director Lionel S. Reiss.
Since 1917 (and when the studio was formed by the merger of Samuel
Goldwyn's studio with Marcus Loew's Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer's
company in 1924), there have been seven different lions used for the MGM
logo. Though MGM has referred to all of the lions used in their trademark
as Leo the Lion, only the current lion, in use since 1957, was actually
named Leo'.
* 'In 1930, The radio mystery program 'The Shadow' airs for the first time.
It was CBS's Detective Story Hour. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Shadow is a collection of serialized dramas,
originally in 1930s pulp novels, and then in a wide variety of media. One
of the most famous adventure heroes of the 20th century United States, The
Shadow has been featured on the radio, in a long-running pulp magazine
series, in comic books, comic strips, television, serials, video games, and
at least five films. The radio drama included episodes voiced by Orson
Welles.
Originally simply a mysterious radio narrator which hosted a program
designed to promote magazine sales for Street and Smith Publications, The
Shadow was developed into a distinctive literary character, later to become
a pop culture icon, by writer Walter B. Gibson in 1931. The character has
been cited as a major influence on the subsequent evolution of comic book
superheroes, particularly Batman.
The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930, as the mysterious narrator of the
Street and Smith radio program Detective Story Hour developed in an effort
to boost sales of Detective Story Magazine. When listeners of the program
began asking at newsstands for copies of That Shadow detective magazine,
Street and Smith decided to create a magazine based around The Shadow and
hired Gibson to create a character concept to fit the name and voice and
write a story featuring him. The first issue of The Shadow Magazine went on
sale on April 1, 1931, a pulp series.
On September 26, 1937, The Shadow radio drama, a new radio series based on
the character as created by Gibson for the pulp magazine, premiered with
the story The Deathhouse Rescue, in which The Shadow was characterized as
having the power to cloud men's minds so they cannot see him. As in the
magazine stories, The Shadow was not given the literal ability to become
invisible.
The introduction from The Shadow radio program Who knows what evil lurks in
the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!, spoken by actor Frank Readick Jr.,
has earned a place in the American idiom. These words were accompanied by
an ominous laugh and a musical theme, Camille Saint-Saëns' Le Rouet
d'Omphale (Omphale's Spinning Wheel, composed in 1872). At the end of each
episode The Shadow reminded listeners that, The weed of crime bears bitter
fruit. Crime does not pay... The Shadow knows!'.
* 'In 1942, Harry James and his Orchestra recorded 'I’ve Heard that Song
Before'. Helen Forrest provided vocals. .
- From Wikipedia: 'I've Heard That Song Before is a 1942 popular song with
music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced by Martha
O'Driscoll (dubbed by Margaret Whiting) in the 1942 film Youth on Parade.
It was recorded by Harry James and his Orchestra with Helen Forrest on
vocal on July 31, 1942. This was the last day of recording before the
Musician Union's ban. The recording was issued on Columbia 36668 and became
a number one hit on both the pop and the Harlem Hit Parade in the USA in
early 1943. This version of the song can be heard in Woody Allen's movie
Hannah and Her Sisters'.
* 'In 1948, At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport
(later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated. .
- From Wikipedia: 'John F. Kennedy International Airport was originally
Idlewild Airport (IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild
Beach Golf Course that it displaced. It was built to relieve LaGuardia
Airport, which was overcrowded soon after opening in 1939. Construction
began in 1943, and about $60 million was initially spent of governmental
funding, but only 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land on the site of the Idlewild
Golf Course were earmarked for use.
The project was renamed Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport in
1943, after a Queens resident who had commanded a Federalized National
Guard unit in the southern United States and died in late 1942. In March
1948 the New York City Council changed the name to New York International
Airport, Anderson Field, but the common name was Idlewild until 1963'.
* 'In 1948, The USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving
hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests at Bikini Island) and
being used for target practice by three other ships. .
- From Wikipedia: USS Nevada (BB-36), the second United States Navy ship to
be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class
battleships her sister ship was Oklahoma. Launched in 1914, the Nevada was
a leap forward in dreadnought technology four of her new features would be
included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, oil
in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range, and the
all or nothing armor principle. These features made Nevada the first US
Navy super-dreadnought
'Nevada then returned to Pearl Harbor after a brief stint of occupation
duty in Tokyo Bay. Nevada was surveyed and, at 32? years old, was deemed
too old to be kept in the post-war fleet. As a result, she was assigned to
be a target ship in the first Bikini atomic experiments (Operation
Crossroads) of July 1946. The experiment consisted of detonating two atomic
bombs to test their effectiveness against ships. Nevada was the
bombardier's target for the first test, codenamed 'Able', which used an
air-dropped weapon. To help distinguish the target from surrounding
vessels, Nevada was painted a reddish-orange. However, even with the
high-visibility color scheme, the bomb fell about 1,700 yd (1,600 m)
off-target, exploding above the attack transport Gilliam instead. Due in
part to the miss, Nevada survived. The ship also remained afloat after the
second test—'Baker', a detonation some 90 ft (27 m) below the surface of
the water—but was damaged and extremely radioactive from the spray. Nevada
was later towed to Pearl Harbor and decommissioned on 29 August 1946.
After she was thoroughly examined, Iowa and two other vessels used Nevada
as a practice gunnery target on 31 July 1948. The ships did not sink
Nevada, so she was given a coup de grâce with an aerial torpedo hit
amidships'.
* 'In 1964, Ranger 7 photographs the moon. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Ranger 7 was the first American space probe to
successfully transmit close images of the lunar surface back to Earth. It
was also the first completely successful flight of the Ranger program.
Launched on July 28, 1964, Ranger 7 was designed to achieve a lunar-impact
trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface
during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried six
television vidicon cameras - two wide-angle (channel F, cameras A and B)
and four narrow-angle (channel P) - to accomplish these objectives. The
cameras were arranged in two separate chains, or channels, each
self-contained with separate power supplies, timers, and transmitters so as
to afford the greatest reliability and probability of obtaining
high-quality video pictures. Ranger 7 transmitted over 4,300 photographs
during the final 17 minutes of its flight. After 68.6 hours of flight, the
spacecraft landed between Mare Nubium and Oceanus Procellarum. This landing
site was later named Mare Cognitum. The velocity at impact was 1.62 miles
per second, and the performance of the spacecraft exceeded hopes. No other
experiments were carried on the spacecraft'.
* 'In 2012, Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina
for the most medals won at the Olympics. His 22 (18 gold, 2 silver, 2
bronze) hers 14 (6 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze), .
- From Wikipedia: 'As of February 2014, American swimmer Michael Phelps has
won the most Olympic medals with 22 (18 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). Soviet
gymnast Larisa Latynina has won the most medals in individual events, with
14 (6 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze). Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the most decorated
Winter Olympian, with 8 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze (a total of 13 medals).
For the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps originally stated he would
never do eight events again, and would instead try new events. Phelps said,
I keep saying I want to go down and start sprinting, but Bob really isn't
so keen on that ... I don't think that's going to happen ... Over the next
four years, I'd like to try some different events, maybe not do some of the
events I did here. However, at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the
qualifying meet for the 2012 Summer Olympics, Phelps qualified in the same
eight events that he swam in Beijing in 2008. He later dropped the
200-meter freestyle from his program, as he stated he wanted to focus on
the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. During the trials, Phelps finished first
in the 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly,
200-meter individual medley, and second in the 400-meter individual medley.
In making his fourth Olympic team, Phelps holds the record for men for the
most Olympic appearances in swimming representing the United States'.
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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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