<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Creamsicle Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Popsicle (brand) - :
'Creamsicle is a brand name for a different frozen dessert also owned by
Unilever. Again on the same flat wooden stick, it is made as a single flat
bar with a rounded end. The center is vanilla ice cream, covered by a layer
of flavored ice. Creamsicle flavors include orange, blue raspberry, lime,
grape, cherry and blueberry. They are available in several varieties,
including 100 Calorie Bars, Low Fat Bars, No Sugar Added Bars, and Sugar
Free Bars. 50-50 bar is an alternative name for a Creamsicle. In the United
States, August 14 has been named as National Creamsicle Day. Similar is the
Dreamsicle, whose center is ice milk.
Fudgsicle is another registered trademark of Unilever. During the first
half of the 20th century, the product was sold as Fudgicle. This frozen
dessert is in a flat shape on a stick, but it is chocolate-flavored with a
texture somewhat similar to ice cream. Fudgsicles are available in 100
Calorie Bars, Low Fat Bars, No Sugar Added Bars, and Sugar Free Bars. The
box can be all milk chocolate or a mixed box with white chocolate, milk
chocolate and dark chocolate. Popsicle
brands sponsored the Popeye radio show in 1938-9.
Slow Melt Pops are newer to the Popsicle product line. The addition of a
small amount of gelatin helps them stay frozen longer than traditional ice
pops. Slow Melt Pops are available in several varieties, including Slow
Melt Mighty Minis, Fantastic Fruity, Swirlwinds, Slow Melt Dora the
Explorer, and movie-themed Ice Age'.
[The Hankster says] My favorite treat after an afternoon at the pool when I was a kid. I think we called them Dreamsicles. Kind of an Orange Julius on a stick.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Victory over Japan Day'.
On August 15 in Japan surrendered in WW II. Due to the time zone
difference that was August 14 in The United States and Truman announced it
on that date. The UK and Europe celebrate the August 15 date and the U.S.
celebrates (V-J day) on September 2, which was the date of the formal
signing of the surrender document on-board the battleship Missouri in Tokyo
harbor. See more in the history section for 1945.
* 'Social Security Day'.
Anniversary of FDR's signing of the Social Security Act in 1935. See more
in the history section for 1935.
* 'National Navajo Code Talkers Day'.
In 1982 President Regan declared August 14 to be National Navajo Code Talkers Day.
- From Wikipedia (Code talker):
'Code talkers are people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as
a means of secret communication during wartime. The term is now usually
associated with the United States soldiers during the world wars who used
their knowledge of Native American languages as a basis to transmit coded
messages. In particular, there were approximately 400–500 Native Americans
in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of
secret tactical messages. Code talkers transmitted these messages over
military telephone or radio communications nets using formal or informally
developed codes built upon their native languages. Their service improved
the speed of encryption of communications at both ends in front line
operations during World War II.
The name code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers
specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in their
standard communications units in the Pacific Theater. Code talking,
however, was pioneered by Cherokee and Choctaw Indians during World War I.
Other Native American code talkers were deployed by the United States Army
during World War II, including Lakota, Meskwaki, and Comanche soldiers.
Soldiers of Basque ancestry were also used for code talking by the U.S.
Marines during World War II in areas where other Basque speakers were not
expected to be operating.
The Navajo code talkers received no recognition until the declassification
of the operation in 1968. In 1982, the code talkers were given a
Certificate of Recognition by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who also named
August 14, 1982 as Navajo Code Talkers Day'.
* 'National Spirit of ’45 Day'.
Celebrates those who lived through WW II and focuses on the sharing of
memories with the youth of today.
[The Hankster says] Thank you: every one of you.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Chef Appreciation Day'.
During Chef Appreciation Week. Concerns their effort toward cancer awareness and support.
<> Historical events on August 14
* 'In 1888, A patent for the electric meter (induction meter for measuring
alternating current - ampere-hours) was granted to Westinhouse Oliver B.
Shallenberger. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The first specimen of the AC kilowatt-hour meter
produced on the basis of Hungarian Ottó Bláthy's patent and named after him
was presented by the Ganz Works at the Frankfurt Fair in the autumn of
1889, and the first induction kilowatt-hour meter was already marketed by
the factory at the end of the same year. These were the first
alternating-current watt-hour meters, known by the name of Bláthy-meters.
The AC kilowatt hour meters used at present operate on the same principle
as Bláthy's original invention. Also around 1889, Elihu Thomson of the
American General Electric company developed a recording watt meter
(watt-hour meter) based on an ironless commutator motor. This meter
overcame the disadvantages of the electrochemical type and could operate on
either alternating or direct current.
In 1894 Oliver Shallenberger of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation
applied the induction principle previously used only in AC ampere-hour
meters to produce a watt-hour meter of the modern electromechanical form,
using an induction disk whose rotational speed was made proportional to the
power in the circuit. The Bláthy meter was similar to Shallenberger and
Thomson meter in that they are two-phase motor meter. Although the
induction meter would only work on alternating current, it eliminated the
delicate and troublesome commutator of the Thomson design. Shallenberger
fell ill and was unable to refine his initial large and heavy design,
although he did also develop a polyphase version'.
* 'In 1900, An international force, consisting of eight nations, lifted the
siege of Peking. It was the end to the Boxer Rebellion (began Aug.
1989),which was aimed at purging China of foreigners. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihequan Movement
was a violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in
China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901. It was
initiated by the Militia United in Righteousness (Yihetuan), known in
English as the Boxers, and was motivated by proto-nationalist sentiments
and opposition to imperialist expansion and associated Christian missionary
activity. An Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China to defeat the Boxers and
took retribution.
The uprising took place against a background of severe drought and the
disruption caused by the growth of foreign spheres of influence. After
several months of growing violence against the foreign and Christian
presence in Shandong and the North China plain in June 1900, Boxer
fighters, convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons, converged on
Beijing with the slogan Support Qing government and exterminate the
foreigners. Foreigners and Chinese Christians sought refuge in the Legation
Quarter. In response to reports of an armed invasion to lift the siege, the
initially hesitant Empress Dowager Cixi supported the Boxers and on June 21
issued an Imperial Decree declaring war on the foreign powers. Diplomats,
foreign civilians and soldiers as well as Chinese Christians in the
Legation Quarter were placed under siege by the Imperial Army of China and
the Boxers for 55 days.
Chinese officialdom was split between those supporting the Boxers and those
favoring conciliation, led by Prince Qing. The supreme commander of the
Chinese forces, the Manchu General Ronglu (Junglu), later claimed that he
acted to protect the besieged foreigners. The Eight-Nation Alliance, after
being initially turned back, brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated
the Imperial Army, and captured Beijing on August 14, lifting the siege of
the Legations. Uncontrolled plunder of the capital and the surrounding
countryside ensued, along with the summary execution of those suspected of
being Boxers.
The Boxer Protocol of 7 September 1901 provided for the execution of
government officials who had supported the Boxers, provisions for foreign
troops to be stationed in Beijing, and 450 million taels of silver—more
than the government's annual tax revenue—to be paid as indemnity over the
course of the next thirty-nine years to the eight nations involved'.
* 'In 1935, With the passing of the United States Social Security Act the
government created a pension system for the retired .
- From Wikipedia: 'In the United States, Social Security is primarily the
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) federal program. The
original Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin
Roosevelt in 1935, and the current version of the Act, as amended,
encompasses several social welfare and social insurance programs.
Social Security is funded through payroll taxes called Federal Insurance
Contributions Act tax (FICA) or Self Employed Contributions Act Tax (SECA).
Tax deposits are collected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and are
formally entrusted to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund, the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund, or the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Fund which make up the Social Security Trust Funds. With a few exceptions,
all salaried income, up to an amount specifically determined by law has a
FICA or SECA tax collected on it. All income over said amount is not taxed.
For 2015 the maximum amount of taxable earnings was $118,500.
With few exceptions, all legal residents working in the United States now
have an individual Social Security number. Indeed, nearly all working (and
many non-working) residents since Social Security's 1935 inception have had
a Social Security number because it is required to do a wide range of
things, e.g. paying the IRS and getting a job.
In 2013, the total Social Security expenditures were $1.3 trillion, 8.4% of
the $16.3 trillion GNP (2013) and 37% of the federal expenditures of $3.684
trillion. Income derived from Social Security is currently estimated to
keep roughly 20% of all Americans, age 65 or older, above the federally
defined poverty level. The Social Security Administration is headquartered
in Woodlawn, Maryland, just west of Baltimore'.
* 'In 1945, Japan accepts (formal signing September 2) the Allied terms of
surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on
Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time). .
- From Wikipedia: 'Victory over Japan Day (also known as Victory in the
Pacific Day, V-J Day, or V-P Day) is the day on which Japan surrendered in
World War II, in effect ending the war. The term has been applied to both
of the days on which the initial announcement of Japan's surrender was made
– to the afternoon of August 15, 1945, in Japan, and, because of time zone
differences, to August 14, 1945 (when it was announced in the United States
and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to
September 2, 1945, when the signing of the surrender document occurred,
officially ending World War II.
August 15 is the official V-J Day for the UK, while the official U.S.
commemoration is September 2. The name, V-J Day, had been selected by the
Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe.
On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo
Bay, Japan, aboard the battleship USS Missouri. In Japan, August 15 usually
is known as the memorial day for the end of the war the official name for
the day, however, is the day for mourning of war dead and praying for
peace, This official name was adopted in 1982 by an ordinance issued by the
Japanese government'.
* 'In 1953, The whiffle ball was invented. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Wiffle ball is a variation of the sport of baseball
designed for indoor or outdoor play in confined areas. The game is played
using a perforated, light-weight, resilient plastic ball and a long,
typically yellow, plastic bat.
Miniature versions of baseball have been played for decades, including
stickball, improvised by children, using everything from rolled up socks to
tennis balls. The ball most commonly used in the game was invented by David
N. Mullany at his home in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1953 when he designed a
ball that curved easily for his 12-year-old son. It was named when his son
and his friends would refer to a strikeout as a whiff The classic
trademarked Wiffle Ball is about the same size as a regulation baseball,
but is hollow, lightweight, of resilient plastic, no more than 1/8 inch (3
mm) thick. One half is perforated with eight .75-inch (19 mm) oblong holes
the other half is non-perforated. This construction allows pitchers to
throw a tremendous variety of curveballs and risers. Wiffle balls are
typically packaged with a hollow, hard plastic, yellow bat that measures 32
inches (810 mm) in length and about 1.25 inches (32 mm) in diameter'.
* 'In 1959, AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver and
Houston. The NFL had been around since 1920 with 32 teams. .
- From Wikipedia: 'During the 1950s, the National Football League had grown
to rival Major League Baseball as one of the most popular professional
sports leagues in the United States. One franchise that did not share in
this newfound success of the league was the Chicago Cardinals, owned by the
Bidwill family, who had become overshadowed by the more popular Chicago
Bears. The Bidwills hoped to relocate their franchise, preferably to St.
Louis but could not come to terms with the league on a relocation fee.
Needing cash, the Bidwills began entertaining offers from would-be
investors, and one of the men who approached the Bidwills was Lamar Hunt,
son and heir of millionaire oilman H. L. Hunt. Hunt offered to buy the
Cardinals and move them to Dallas, where he had grown up. However, these
negotiations came to nothing, since the Bidwills insisted on retaining a
controlling interest in the franchise and were unwilling to move their team
to a city where a previous NFL franchise had failed in 1952. While Hunt
negotiated with the Bidwills, similar offers were made by Bud Adams, Bob
Howsam, and Max Winter.
When Hunt, Adams, and Howsam were unable to secure a controlling interest
in the Cardinals, they approached NFL commissioner Bert Bell and proposed
the addition of expansion teams. Bell, wary of expanding the 12-team league
and risking its newfound success, rejected the offer. On his return flight
to Dallas, Hunt conceived the idea of an entirely new league and decided to
contact the others who had shown interest in purchasing the Cardinals. He
contacted Adams, Howsam, and Winter (as well as Winter's business partner,
Bill Boyer) to gauge their interest in starting a new league. Hunt's first
meeting with Adams was held in March 1959. Hunt, who felt a regional
rivalry would be critical for the success of the new league, convinced
Adams to join and found his team in Houston. Hunt next secured an agreement
from Howsam to bring a team to Denver.
After Winter and Boyer agreed to start a team in Minneapolis-Saint Paul,
the new league had its first four teams. Hunt then approached Willard
Rhodes, who hoped to bring pro football to Seattle. However, the University
of Washington was unwilling to let the fledgling league use Husky Stadium,
probably due to the excessive wear and tear that would have been caused to
the facility's grass surface. With no place for his team to play, Rhodes'
effort came to nothing. Hunt also sought franchises in Los Angeles, Buffalo
and New York City. During the summer of 1959, he sought the blessings of
the NFL for his nascent league, as he did not seek a potentially costly
rivalry. Within weeks of the July 1959 announcement of the league's
formation, Hunt received commitments from Barron Hilton and Harry Wismer to
bring teams to Los Angeles and New York, respectively. His initial efforts
for Buffalo, however, were rebuffed, when Hunt's first choice of owner, Pat
McGroder, declined to take part McGroder had hoped that the threat of the
AFL would be enough to prompt the NFL to expand to Buffalo.
On August 14, 1959, the first league meeting was held in Chicago, and
charter memberships were given to Dallas, New York, Houston, Denver, Los
Angeles, and Minneapolis-Saint Paul. On August 22 the league officially was
named the American Football League. The NFL's initial reaction was not as
openly hostile as it had been with the earlier All-America Football
Conference (Bell had even given his public approval), yet individual NFL
owners soon began a campaign to undermine the new league. AFL owners were
approached with promises of new NFL franchises or ownership stakes in
existing ones. Only the party from Minneapolis accepted, and the Minnesota
group joined the NFL the next year in 1961 the Minneapolis group were
joined by Ole Haugsrud and Bernie Ridder in the new NFL team's ownership
group, with was named the Minnesota Vikings. The older league also
announced on August 29 that it had conveniently reversed its position
against expansion, and planned to bring NFL expansion teams to Houston and
Dallas, to start play in 1961. (The NFL did not expand to Houston at that
time, the promised Dallas team – the Dallas Cowboys – actually started play
in 1960, and the Vikings began play in 1961.) Finally, the NFL quickly came
to terms with the Bidwills and allowed them to relocate the struggling
Cardinals to St. Louis, eliminating that city as a potential AFL market.
Ralph Wilson, who owned a minority interest in the NFL's Detroit Lions at
the time, initially announced he was placing a team in Miami, but like the
Seattle situation, was also rebuffed by local ownership given five other
choices, Wilson negotiated with McGroder and brought the team that would
become the Bills to Buffalo. Buffalo was officially awarded its franchise
on October 28. During a league meeting on November 22, a 10-man ownership
group from Boston (led by Billy Sullivan) was awarded the AFL's eighth
team. On November 30, 1959, Joe Foss, a World War II Marine fighter ace and
former governor of South Dakota, was named the AFL's first commissioner.
Foss commissioned a friend of Harry Wismer's to develop the AFL's
eagle-on-football logo. Hunt was elected President of the AFL on January
26, 1960'.
* 'In 1965, Sonny and Cher's 'I Got You Babe' hits #1, for 3 weeks. .
- From Wikipedia: '"I Got You Babe is a song written by Sonny Bono. It was the
first single taken from the debut studio album Look at Us, of the American
pop music duo Sonny and Cher. In August 1965, their single spent three
weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States where it
sold more than 1 million copies and was certified Gold. It also reached
number 1 in the United Kingdom and Canada. In 1985, a cover version of I
Got You Babe by British reggae/pop band UB40 featuring American singer
Chrissie Hynde, peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart and reached
number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. A 1993 version by Cher with
Beavis and Butt-head bubbled under the Hot 100 chart'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
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
XXXI Summer Olympics: 5-21
August is:
August origin (from Wikipedia): Originally named Sextili (Latin), because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar: under Romulus in 753 BC, when March was the first month of the year.
"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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