<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Watermelon Day'.
Ninety two percent water, six percent sugar.
- From Wikipedia (Watermelon):
'Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus, family Cucurbitaceae) is a
vine-like (scrambler and trailer) flowering plant originally from southern
Africa. It is a large, sprawling annual plant with coarse, hairy
pinnately-lobed leaves and white to yellow flowers. It is grown for its
edible fruit, also known as a watermelon, which is a special kind of berry
botanically called a pepo. The fruit has a smooth hard rind, usually green
with dark green stripes or yellow spots, and a juicy, sweet interior flesh,
usually deep red to pink, but sometimes orange, yellow, or white, with many
seeds.
Considerable breeding effort has been put into disease-resistant varieties
and into developing a seedless strain. Many cultivars are available,
producing mature fruit within 100 days of planting the crop. The fruit can
be eaten raw or cooked.
The watermelon is thought to have originated in southern Africa, where it
is found growing wild. It reaches maximum genetic diversity there, with
sweet, bland and bitter forms. In the 19th century, Alphonse de Candolle
considered the watermelon to be indigenous to tropical Africa. Citrullus
colocynthis is often considered to be a wild ancestor of the watermelon and
is now found native in north and west Africa. However, it has been
suggested on the basis of chloroplast DNA investigations, that the
cultivated and wild watermelon diverged independently from a common
ancestor, possibly C. ecirrhosus from Namibia.
In a 100 gram serving, watermelon fruit supplies 30 calories and low
amounts of essential nutrients. Only vitamin C is present in appreciable
content at 10% of the Daily Value.
Watermelon fruit is 91% water, contains 6% sugars, and is low in fat'.
[The Hankster says] Always has been one of my favorites. I was always a good seed spitter, also.
* 'Grab Some Nuts Day'. . Promotes adding a small handful of nuts to your
daily diet for the health benefits.
- From Wikipedia (Nut (fruit)):
'A nut is a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, which is generally
edible. In a general context, however, a wide variety of dried seeds are
called nuts, but in a botanical context, there is an additional requirement
that the shell does not open to release the seed (indehiscent). The
translation of nut in certain languages frequently requires paraphrases, as
the word is ambiguous.
Most seeds come from fruits that naturally free themselves from the shell,
unlike nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell
walls and originate from a compound ovary. The general and original usage
of the term is less restrictive, and many nuts (in the culinary sense),
such as almonds, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, and Brazil nuts, are not nuts
in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any
hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut.
Nuts are the source of energy and nutrients for the new plant. They contain
a relatively large quantity of calories, essential unsaturated and
monounsaturated fats including linoleic acid and linolenic acid, vitamins,
and essential amino acids. Many nuts are good sources of vitamin E, vitamin
B2, folate, fiber, and the essential minerals magnesium, phosphorus,
potassium, copper, and selenium. Nuts are most healthy in their raw
unroasted form, because up to 15% of the fats are destroyed during the
roasting process. Unroasted walnuts have twice as many antioxidants as
other nuts or seeds. It is controversial whether increasing dietary
antioxidants confers benefit or harm'.
[The Hankster says] Nuts and seeds are my favorite snack. Is pizza a snack. No, a main dish you say. Then I was correct, nuts and seeds are my favorite snack.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Clean Your Floors Day'.
[The Hankster says] Sorry for inserting this one, but with all those shells and slippery watermelon seeds on the floor, it is probably a good idea.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Homelessness Week'. August 3-9 in Australia, by Homeless Australia..
<> Historical events on August 3
* 'In 1492, Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera,
Spain. .
- From Wikipedia: ' On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from
Palos de la Frontera with three ships: a larger carrack, the Santa María
ex-Gallega (Galician), and two smaller caravels, the Pinta (The Pint, The
Look, or The Spotted One) and the Santa Clara, nicknamed the Niña (Girl)
after her owner Juan Niño of Moguer. The monarchs forced the Palos
inhabitants to contribute to the expedition. The Santa María was owned by
Juan de la Cosa and captained by Columbus. The Pinta and the Niña were
piloted by the Pinzón brothers (Martín Alonso and Vicente Yáñez).
Columbus first sailed to the Canary Islands, which belonged to Castile,
where he restocked the provisions and made repairs. After stopping over in
Gran Canaria, he departed from San Sebastián de La Gomera on 6 September,
for what turned out to be a five-week voyage across the ocean. A lookout on
the Pinta, Rodrigo de Triana (also known as Juan Rodríguez Bermeo), spotted
land about 2:00 on the morning of 12 October, and immediately alerted the
rest of the crew with a shout. Thereupon, the captain of the Pinta, Martín
Alonso Pinzón, verified the discovery and alerted Columbus by firing a
lombard. Columbus later maintained that he himself had already seen a light
on the land a few hours earlier, thereby claiming for himself the lifetime
pension promised by Ferdinand and Isabella to the first person to sight
land.
Columbus called the island (in what is now The Bahamas) San Salvador the
natives called it Guanahani. Exactly which island in the Bahamas this
corresponds to is unresolved. Based on primary accounts and on what one
would expect from the geographic positions of the islands given Columbus's
course, the prime candidates are San Salvador Island (so named in 1925 on
the theory that it was Columbus's San Salvador), Samana Cay, and Plana
Cays'. . 'Columbus never saw what is now North America, only what are now
the Caribbean Islands, South America and Central America and Cuba.
* 'In 1527, The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut
while at St. John's, Newfoundland. .
- From Wikipedia: 'John Rut (fl. 1512 – 1528) was an English mariner, born
in Essex, who was chosen by Henry VIII to command an expedition to North
America in search of the Northwest Passage on 10 June 1527 he set sail from
Plymouth with two ships, Samson and Mary Guilford. The voyage was set up by
Cardinal Wolsey at the wishes of Robert Thorne, a Bristol merchant. Samson
was commanded by Master Grube and Mary Guilford was commanded by Rut.
During the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, the ships separated during a
storm, and it is assumed that Samson was lost. In early July Mary Guilford
met heavy ice and turned southward they reached the Labrador coast near St.
Lewis Inlet, which they explored. In late July Mary Guilford set sail for
St. John's. They entered St. John's harbour on 3 August where they had
reported encountering eleven Norman fishing vessels, one Breton fishing
vessel and two from Portugal.
It was at St. John's, Newfoundland on 3 August 1527 that the first known
letter in English was sent from North America. While in St. John's, Rut had
written a letter to King Henry on his findings and his planned voyage
southward to seek his fellow explorer'.
* 'In 1852, Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale
University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate
athletic event. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Harvard–Yale Regatta or Harvard-Yale Boat Race
(often abbreviated The Race) is an annual rowing race between the men's
heavyweight rowing crews of Yale University and Harvard University. First
contested in 1852, it has been held annually since 1859 except during major
wars fought by the United States. The Race is America's oldest collegiate
athletic competition, pre-dating The Game by 23 years. It is sometimes
referred to as the Yale-Harvard regatta, though most official regatta
programs brand it as Harvard-Yale.
Originally rowed on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, it has since moved
to the Thames River, near New London, Connecticut. Although other locations
for the race have included the Connecticut River at Springfield,
Massachusetts, and Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Massachusetts, the
Thames has hosted The Race on all but five occasions since 1878 and both
teams have erected permanent training camps on the Thames at Gales Ferry
for Yale and at Red Top for Harvard.
The race has been exclusively between Yale and Harvard except for 1897 when
the race was held as part of a three-boat race with Cornell on the Hudson
River at Poughkeepsie, New York, where, although it lost to Cornell, Yale
was deemed the winner of the Harvard-Yale race'.
* 'In 1900, The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American
tire company founded by Harvey Samuel Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic
tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common
in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for
automobiles. The company was a pioneer in the mass production of tires.
Harvey Firestone had a friendship with Henry Ford. Firestone used this
relationship to become the original equipment supplier of Ford Motor
Company automobiles, and was also active in the replacement market.
In 1988, the company was sold to the Japanese Bridgestone Corporation.
Firestone was originally based in Akron, Ohio, also the hometown of its
archrival, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and another two mid-sized
competitors, General Tire and Rubber and BF Goodrich. Founded on August 3,
1900, the company initiated operations with 12 employees. Together,
Firestone and Goodyear were the largest suppliers of automotive tires in
North America for over 75 years. In 1906 Henry Ford chose Firestone for
Model T original equipment tires'.
* 'In 1914, Germany declares war against France, in WW I. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The German government issued demands to France that it
remain neutral as they had to decide which deployment plan to implement, it
being difficult if not impossible to change the deployment whilst it was
underway. The modified German Schlieffen Plan, Aufmarsch II West, would
deploy 80% of the army in the west, and Aufmarsch I Ost and Aufmarsch II
Ost would deploy 60% in the west and 40% in the east as this was the
maximum that the East Prussian railway infrastructure could carry. The
French did not respond but sent a mixed message by ordering their troops to
withdraw 10 km (6 mi) from the border to avoid any incidents, but at the
same time ordered the mobilisation of her reserves. Germany responded by
mobilising its own reserves and implementing Aufmarsch II West. Germany
attacked Luxembourg on 2 August and on 3 August declared war on France. On
4 August, after Belgium refused to permit German troops to cross its
borders into France, Germany declared war on Belgium as well. Britain
declared war on Germany at 19:00 UTC on 4 August 1914 (effective from 11
pm), following an unsatisfactory reply to the British ultimatum that
Belgium must be kept neutral'.
* 'In 1921, The first aerial cropdusting by a heavier than air machine
takes place in Troy Ohio to kill caterpillars. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The first known use of a heavier-than-air machine to
disperse products occurred on 3 August 1921. Crop dusting was developed
under the joint efforts of the U.S. Agriculture Department, and the U.S.
Army Signal Corps's research station at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. Under
the direction of McCook engineer Etienne Dormoy, a United States Army Air
Service Curtiss JN4 Jenny piloted by John A. Macready was modified at
McCook Field to spread lead arsenate to kill catalpa sphinx caterpillars at
a Catalapa farm near Troy, Ohio in the United States. The first test was
considered highly successful. The first commercial operations were begun in
1924, by Huff-Daland Crop Dusting, which was co-founded by McCook Field
test pilot Lt. Harold R. Harris. Use of insecticide and fungicide for crop
dusting slowly spread in the Americas and to a lesser extent other nations
in the 1930s. The name 'crop dusting' originated here, as actual dust was
spread across the crops. Today, aerial applicators use liquid crop
protection products in very small doses'.
* 'In 1922, WGY radio in Schenectady, NY, presented the first full-length
melodrama on radio. The work was 'The Wolf', written by Eugene Walter. .
- From Wikipedia: 'As early as 1912, General Electric company in
Schenectady began experimenting with radio transmissions, being granted a
class 2-Experimental license for 2XI on August 13, 1912 by the Commerce
Department.
WGY signed on on February 20, 1922 at 7:47pm at 360 meters wavelength
(about 833 kHz), with Kolin Hager at the mike, or as he was known on the
air, as KH. Hager signed on with the station's call letters, explaining the
W is for wireless, G for General Electric, and Y, the last letter in
Schenectady. The first broadcast lasted for about one hour and consisted of
live music and announcements of song titles and other information. The
early broadcasts originated from building 36 at the General Electric Plant
in Schenectady. The original transmitter produced an antenna power of 1,500
watts into a T top wire antenna, located about 1/2 mile away, also at the
GE plant.
WGY led the way in radio drama. In 1922 Edward H. Smith, director of a
community-theater group called the Masque in nearby Troy, suggested weekly
forty-minute adaptations of plays to WGY station manager Kolin Hager. Hager
took him up on it and the troupe performed on the weekly WGY Players,
radio’s first dramatic series.
During their initial broadcast—of Eugene Walter’s The Wolf on August 3,
1922—Smith became the electronic media’s first Foley artist when he slapped
a couple of two-by-fours together to simulate the slamming of a door, and
radio sound effects were born. While the invisible audience could not see
that the actors wore costumes and makeup—which were expected to enhance
performance but didn’t and were soon discarded—they could hear the WGY
Orchestra providing music between acts. Response was immediate, with more
than two thousand letters pouring into the WGY mail room.
In November WGY achieved another first. Committed now to a weekly time slot
on Friday nights, the Players put on The Sign of the Four on November 9,
starring Edward Smith as Sherlock Holmes, and the world’s only consulting
detective joined the growing number of disembodied voices floating through
electromagnetic heaven. The WGY Players did forty-three dramatizations that
first season and the series gained national attention.
By May 15, 1923 the station was operating on 790 kHz with a frequency/time
share agreement with RPI's WHAZ. Later, WHAZ moved to 1300 kHz allowing WGY
to operate full-time on 790 kHz.
WGY pioneered the art of Remote Broadcasting, carrying out the first one
just days after it signed on. On February 23, 1922 the station broadcast a
concert from Union College.
Other early programming included coverage of the Yale-Harvard football game
live from New Haven, Connecticut, the WGY string orchestra live from the
State Theater in Schenectady, and talks and presentations by various GE
innovators, explorers, state and local officials'.
* 'In 1933, The Mickey Mouse Watch was introduced for the price of $2.75
(about $48 in today's purchase power). .
- From Wikipedia: 'Since his early years Mickey Mouse has been licensed by
Disney to appear on many different kinds of merchandise. Mickey was
produced as plush toys and figurines, and Mickey's image has graced almost
everything from T-shirts to lunch boxes. Largely responsible for Disney
merchandising in the 1930s was Kay Kamen (d. 1949) who was called a
stickler for quality. Kamen was recognized by The Walt Disney Company as
having a significant part in Mickey's rise to stardom and was named a
Disney Legend in 1998. At the time of his 80th anniversary celebration in
2008, Time declared Mickey Mouse one of the world's most recognized
characters, even when compared against Santa Claus. Disney officials have
stated that 98% of children aged 3–11 around the world are at least aware
of the character.
Mickey was most famously featured on wrist watches and alarm clocks,
typically utilizing his hands as the actual hands on the face of the clock.
The first Mickey Mouse watches were manufactured in 1933 by the Ingersoll
Watch Company. The seconds were indicated by a turning disk below Mickey.
The first Mickey watch was sold at the Century of Progress in Chicago, 1933
for $3.75. Mickey Mouse watches have been sold by other companies and
designers throughout the years, including Timex, Elgin, Helbros, Bradley,
Lorus, and Gérald Genta The fictional character Robert Langdon from Dan
Brown's novels was said to wear a Mickey Mouse watch as a reminder to stay
young at heart.
In 1989, Milton Bradley released the electronic-talking game titled Mickey
Says, with three modes featuring Mickey Mouse as its host. Mickey also
appeared in other toys and games, including the Worlds of Wonder-released
The Talking Mickey Mouse.
Fisher-Price has recently produced a line of talking animatronic Mickey
dolls including Dance Star Mickey (2010) and Rock Star Mickey (2011).
In total, approximately 40% of Disney's revenues for consumer products are
derived from Mickey Mouse merchandise, with revenues peaking in 1997'.
* 'In 1946, 'Santa Claus Land', the world's first 'themed' amusement park,
opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. It is now 'Holiday World and
Splashin' Safari'. It has four parks, each with a different seasonal theme,
Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Holiday World and Splashin' Safari (previously known as
Santa Claus Land prior to 1984) is an amusement park located near
Interstate 64 and U.S. 231 in Santa Claus, Indiana, USA. The theme park is
divided into four sections that celebrate Christmas, Halloween,
Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July with rides, live entertainment, games,
and attractions. Holiday World is known for its three wooden roller
coasters: The Raven, The Legend, and The Voyage, as well as for
Thunderbird, a B and M launched Wing Coaster and The Howler. The
safari-themed water park includes the world's two longest water coasters:
Wildebeest and Mammoth, numerous family raft rides and water slides, two
wave pools, a lazy river, two family tipping bucket water-play attractions,
plus dedicated children's slides and play areas.
Plans for what would become Santa Claus Land, and later Holiday World and
Splashin' Safari, were first conceived as a retirement project by Louis J.
Koch, a retired industrialist from Evansville, Indiana. In 1941, Koch
visited the town of Santa Claus, Indiana. A family man and father of nine
children, it bothered him that children traveled to the town only to be
disappointed when they discovered Santa Claus was not there. In response,
Koch developed the idea for a park where children could have fun and visit
Santa year-round. Although initial construction plans were delayed by World
War II, construction of Santa Claus Land eventually began on August 4,
1945. At this time, Indiana had only one Amusement Park which was Indiana
Beach (at the time called Ideal Beach) that had opened in 1926, 20 years
before Santa Claus Land opened.
Santa Claus Land opened on August 3, 1946. At no cost, the park offered a
Santa, a toy shop, toy displays, a restaurant, and themed children's rides,
one of which was The Freedom Train. After overcoming doubts about the
park's ability for success, Louis Koch's son, William A. Bill Koch, Sr.,
took over as head of Santa Claus Land. In the following years, Bill Koch
continued to add to the park, including the first Jeep-Go-Round ever
manufactured, a new restaurant, and a deer farm which was eventually home
to fourteen European white fallow deer'.
* 'In 1958, The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic
ice cap (Operation Sunshine). .
- From Wikipedia: 'In response to the nuclear ICBM threat posed by Sputnik,
President Eisenhower ordered the U.S. Navy to attempt a submarine transit
of the North Pole to gain credibility for the soon-to-come SLBM weapons
system.
On 25 April 1958, Nautilus was underway again for the West Coast, now
commanded by Commander William R. Anderson, USN.
Stopping at San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, she began her
history-making polar transit, operation Sunshine, as she departed the
latter port on 9 June. On 19 June she entered the Chukchi Sea, but was
turned back by deep drift ice in those shallow waters. On 28 June she
arrived at Pearl Harbor to await better ice conditions.
By 23 July 1958 her wait was over, and she set a course northward. She
submerged in the Barrow Sea Valley on 1 August and on 3 August, at 2315
(EDT) she became the first watercraft to reach the geographic North Pole.
The ability to navigate at extreme latitudes and without surfacing was
enabled by the technology of the North American Aviation N6A-1 Inertial
Navigation System, a naval modification of the N6A used in the Navaho
cruise missile it had been installed on Nautilus and Skate after initial
sea trials on USS Compass Island in 1957. From the North Pole, she
continued on and after 96 hours and 1,590 nautical miles (2,940 km 1,830
mi) under the ice, surfaced northeast of Greenland, having completed the
first successful submerged voyage around the North Pole. The technical
details of this mission were planned by scientists from the Naval
Electronics Laboratory including Dr. Waldo Lyon who accompanied Nautilus as
chief scientist and ice pilot.
The most difficult part of the journey was in the Bering Strait. The ice
extended as much as 60 feet (18 m) below sea level. During the initial
attempt to go through the Bering Strait, there was insufficient room
between the ice and the sea bottom. During the second, successful attempt
to pass through the Bering passage, the submarine passed through a known
channel close to Alaska (this was not the first choice, as the submarine
wanted to avoid detection).
The trip beneath the ice cap was an important boost to America as the
Soviets had recently launched Sputnik, but had no nuclear submarine of
their own. During the address announcing the journey, the president
mentioned that one day nuclear cargo submarines might use that route for
trade.
As Nautilus proceeded south from Greenland, a helicopter airlifted
Commander Anderson to connect with transport to Washington, D.C. At a White
House ceremony on 8 August, President Eisenhower presented him with the
Legion of Merit and announced that the crew had earned a Presidential Unit
Citation.
At her next port of call, the Isle of Portland, England, she received the
Unit Citation, the first ever issued in peace time, from American
Ambassador JH Whitney, and then crossed the Atlantic reaching New London,
Connecticut on 29 October. For the remainder of the year Nautilus operated
from her home port of New London'.
* 'In 1963, Allan Sherman releases 'Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp) is a
Grammy Award-winning novelty song by Allan Sherman and Lou Busch, based on
letters of complaint Allan received from his son Robert while Robert
attended Camp Champlain in Westport, New York. The song is a parody that
complains about the fictional Camp Granada and is set to the tune of
Amilcare Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours The name derives from the first
lines:
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh. Here I am at Camp Granada. Camp is very
entertaining.
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining.
The lyrics go on to describe unpleasant, dangerous, and tragic
developments, such as fellow campers going missing or contracting deadly
illnesses. He asks how his precious little brother is doing, and begs to be
taken home, afraid of being left out in the forest and fearing getting
eaten by a bear, promising to behave, and even letting his aunt Bertha hug
and kiss him. At the end, he notes that the rain has stopped and fun
activities have begun (such as swimming, sailing, and baseball), and asks
his parents to kindly disregard this letter
After the song scored #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 list for three weeks
beginning August 24, 1963, Sherman wrote a new 'back at Camp Granada'
version, Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!, for a May 27, 1964, performance on
the The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Sherman wrote a third version
for, and acted in, a 1965 TV commercial for a board game about Camp
Granada, a real rotten camp
The song won a 1964 Grammy Award for comedy. The song was played often on
the Dr. Demento Show and is featured on the Rhino Records compilation
album, Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection'.
* 'In 1977, Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's
first mass-produced personal computers. .
- From Wikipedia: The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80 later known as
the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer
launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack
stores. The name is an abbreviation of Tandy/Radio Shack, Z-80
microprocessor. It was one of the earliest mass-produced personal
computers.
'In the mid-1970s, Tandy Corporation's Radio Shack division was a
successful American chain of more than 3,000 electronics stores. After
buyer Don French purchased a MITS Altair kit computer, he began designing
his own and showed it to vice president of manufacturing John Roach.
Although the design did not impress Roach, the idea of selling a
microcomputer did. When the two men visited National Semiconductor in
California in mid-1976, Steve Leininger's expertise on the SC/MP
microprocessor impressed them. National executives refused to provide
Leininger's contact information when French and Roach wanted to hire him as
a consultant, but they found Leininger working part-time at Byte Shop and
he and French began working together in June 1976. The company envisioned a
kit, but Leininger persuaded the others that because too many people can't
solder, a preassembled computer would be better.
Tandy had 11 million customers that might buy a microcomputer, but it would
be much more expensive than the US$30 median price of a Radio Shack
product, and a great risk for the very conservative company. Many opposed
the project one executive told French, Don't waste my time—we can't sell
computers. As the popularity of CB radio—at one point comprising more than
20% of Radio Shack's sales—declined, however, the company sought new
products. In December 1976 French and Leininger received official approval
for the project but were told to emphasize cost savings for example,
leaving out lowercase characters saved US$1.50 in components and reduced
the retail price by US$5. In February 1977 they showed their prototype,
running a simple tax-accounting program, to Charles Tandy, head of Tandy
Corporation. The program quickly crashed as the computer could not handle
the US$150,000 figure that Tandy typed in as his salary, and the two men
added support for floating-point math to its Tiny BASIC to prevent a
recurrence. After the demonstration Tandy revealed that he had already
leaked the computer's existence to the press, so the project was approved'.
* 'In 1996, 'The Macarena' reaches #1 on the charts and stayed on the
charts for 60 weeks. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Macarena (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a Spanish dance
song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name. Appearing on the 1993
album A mí me gusta, it was an international hit in 1995, 1996, and 1997,
and continues to have a cult following. One of the most iconic examples of
1990s dance music, it was ranked the #1 Greatest One-Hit Wonder of All Time
by VH1 in 2002. The song uses a type of clave rhythm. The song ranks at No.
7 on Billboard's All Time Top 100. It also ranks at No. 1 on Billboard's
All Time Latin Songs. It is also Billboard's No. 1 dance song and one of
six foreign language songs to hit No. 1 since 1955's rock era began'.
* 'In 2004, NASA launched the spacecraft Messenger. The 6 1/2 year journey
was planned to arrive at the planet Mercury in March 2011. On April 30,
2015, Messenger crashed into the surface of Mercury after sending back more
than 270,000 pictures. .
- From Wikipedia: 'MESSENGER (a backronym of MErcury Surface, Space
ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging, and a reference to the Roman
mythological messenger, Mercury) was a NASA robotic spacecraft that orbited
the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015. The spacecraft was launched
aboard a Delta II rocket in August 2004 to study Mercury's chemical
composition, geology, and magnetic field.
The instruments carried by MESSENGER were used on a complex series of
flybys – the spacecraft flew by Earth once, Venus twice, and Mercury itself
three times, allowing it to decelerate relative to Mercury using minimal
fuel. MESSENGER became the second mission after Mariner 10's 1975 flyby to
reach Mercury during its first flyby of the planet in January 2008.
MESSENGER entered orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011, becoming the
first spacecraft to do so. It successfully completed its primary mission in
2012. Following two mission extensions, the MESSENGER spacecraft used the
last of its maneuvering propellant and deorbited as planned, impacting the
surface of Mercury on April 30, 2015'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in August
Food
National Catfish Month
National Goat Cheese Month
Rye Month
Health
Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
Children's Vision and Learning Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Minority Donor Awareness Month
National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Neurosurgery Outreach Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
Animal / Pets
Other
American Adventures Month
American Artists Appreciation Month
American Indian Heritage Month
American History Essay Contest
Black Business Month
Boomers Making A Difference Month
Bystander Awareness Month
Child Support Awareness Month
Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
Happiness Happens Month
Motor Sports Awareness Month
National Read A Romance Month
National Traffic Awareness Month
National Truancy Prevention Month
National Water Quality Month
Shop Online For Groceries Month
What Will Be Your Legacy Month
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"About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 45 BC giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus
According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt.
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