<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Cheese Pizza Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Pizza cheese):
'Pizza cheese encompasses several varieties and types of cheeses and dairy
products that are designed and manufactured for use specifically on pizza.
These include processed and modified cheese such as mozzarella-like
processed cheeses and mozzarella variants. The term can also refer to any
type of cheese suitable for use on pizza. The most popular cheeses used in
the preparation of pizza are mozzarella (accounting for about 30%),
provolone, cheddar and Parmesan. Emmental, Romano and ricotta are often
used as toppings, and processed pizza cheeses manufactured specifically for
pizza are mass-produced. Some mass-produced pizza cheeses are frozen after
manufacturing and shipped frozen.
Processed pizza cheese is manufactured to produce optimal qualities in
browning, melting, stretchiness and fat and moisture content. Several
studies and experiments have analyzed the impact of vegetable oil,
manufacturing and culture processes, denatured whey proteins and other
changes to create ideal and economical pizza cheeses. In 1997 it was
estimated that annual production of pizza cheese products was 2 billion
pounds in the United States and 200 million pounds in Europe, and in 2000
demand for the product in Europe was increasing by 8% per year. The trend
of steadily-increasing production and consumption of mozzarella and pizza
cheese continued into the first decade of the 21st century in the United
States'.
[The Hankster says] Great for the labor day holiday. So throw another pizza on the barbie. No, that's not right. Just toss them over to me instead. Yes, that's a much better idea.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Be Late for Something Day'.
Pro-procrastination.
[The Hankster says] Just don't be late for the weekend BBQ. Those coals won't stay hot forever.
* 'Labor Day in the USA and Canada'.
- From Wikipedia (Labor Day):
'Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday celebrated on the first
Monday in September. It honors the American labor movement and the
contributions that workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and
well-being of the country. It is the Monday of the long weekend known as
Labor Day Weekend and it is considered the unofficial end of summer.
Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements
grew, trade unionists proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor.
Labor Day was promoted by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor,
which organized the first parade in New York City. In 1887, Oregon was the
first state of the United States to make it an official public holiday. By
the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty U.S. states
officially celebrated Labor Day.
Canada's Labour Day is also celebrated on the first Monday of September.
More than 80 countries celebrate International Workers' Day on May 1 – the
ancient European holiday of May Day – and several countries have chosen
their own dates for Labour Day'.
[The Hankster says] Celebrate your own way. I will labor at the BBQ. Don't want that pizza to burn.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Women’s Health Week'. September 5-9 in Australia.
* 'Organ Donation Week'. September 5-11 in Great Britain. The former
National Transplant Week .
o Other:
* 'International Day of Charity . A U.N. day which remembers Mother Teresa
and the anniversary of her death.
- From Wikipedia (International Day of Charity):
'The International Day of Charity is observed annually on 5 September. It
was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. The prime
purpose of the International Day of Charity is to raise awareness and
provide a common platform for charity related activities all over the world
for individuals, charitable, philanthropic and volunteer organizations for
their own purposes on the local, national, regional and international
level'.
<> Historical events on September 5
* 'In 1774, First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Continental Congress, also known as the Philadelphia
Congress, was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen
Colonies which became the governing body of the United States (USA) during
the American Revolution.
The Congress met from 1774 to 1789 in three incarnations. The first call
for a convention was made over issues of the blockade and the Intolerable
Acts penalizing the Province of Massachusetts, which in 1774 enabled
Benjamin Franklin to convince the colonies to form a representative body.
Much of what we know today comes from the yearly log books printed by the
Continental Congress called Resolutions, Acts and Orders of Congress which
gives a day to day description of the debates and issues.
Although the delegates were divided early on as to whether to break from
Crown rule, the second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, passed a
resolution asserting independence, with no opposing vote recorded. The
Declaration of Independence was issued two days later declaring themselves
a new nation: the United States of America. It established a Continental
Army, giving command to one of its members, George Washington of Virginia.
It waged war with Great Britain, made a military treaty with France, and
funded the war effort with loans and paper money.
The third Continental Congress was the Congress of the Confederation, under
the Articles of Confederation'.
* 'In 1836, Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic
of Texas. David Gouverneur Burnet was interim President of Texas (1836 and
again in 1841). .
- From Wikipedia: 'After gaining their independence, the Texas voters had
elected a Congress of 14 senators and 29 representatives in September 1836.
The Constitution allowed the first president to serve for two years and
subsequent presidents for 3 years. In order to hold an office or vote, a
person needed to be a citizen of the Republic.
The first Congress of the Republic of Texas convened in October 1836 at
Columbia (now West Columbia). Stephen F. Austin, often referred to as the
Father of Texas, died on December 27, 1836, after serving just two months
as the republic's secretary of state. Due mainly to the ongoing war for
independence, five sites served as temporary capitals of Texas in 1836:
(Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston, Velasco and Columbia).
The capital was moved to the new city of Houston in 1837'.
* 'In 1881, The American Red Cross provided relief for disaster for the
first time. The disaster was the Great Fire of 1881 (Thumb Fire) in
Michigan. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Clara Barton (1821–1912) founded the American chapter
after learning of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1869, she went
to Europe and became involved in the work of the International Red Cross
during the Franco-Prussian War, and determined to bring the organization
home with her to America.
Barton became President of the American branch of the society, known
officially as the American National Red Cross in May 1881 in Washington.
The first chapters opened in upstate New York where she had connections.
Ultimately, John D. Rockefeller, Lars Kovala and three others donated money
to help create a national headquarters near the White House.
Barton led one of the group's first major relief efforts, a response to the
Great Fire of 1881 (Thumb Fire) in the Thumb region of Michigan, which
occurred on September 4–6, 1881. Over 5,000 people were left homeless. The
next major disaster dealt with was the Johnstown Flood which occurred on
May 31, 1889. Over 2,209 people died and thousands more were injured in or
near Johnstown, Pennsylvania in one of the worst disasters in United States
history'.
* 'In 1882, First US Labor Day parade in NYC . 'Beginning in the late 19th
century, as the trade union and labor movements grew, trade unionists
proposed that a day be set aside to celebrate labor. Labor Day was promoted
by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor, which organized the
first parade in New York City. In 1887, Oregon was the first state of the
United States to make it an official public holiday. By the time it became
an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty U.S. states officially
celebrated Labor Day.
The form for the celebration of Labor Day was outlined in the first
proposal of the holiday: A street parade to exhibit to the public the
strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations, followed
by a festival for the workers and their friends and families. This became
the pattern for Labor Day celebrations. Speeches by prominent men and women
were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the civil
significance of the holiday'.
* 'In 1885, The first fuel dispensing pump is delivered to a gasoline
dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind). Later converted to dispense gasoline (when autos
were invented), the first pumps served up kerosene. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The first gasoline pump was invented and sold by
Sylvanus Bowser in Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 5, 1885. This pump was
not used for automobiles, as they had not been invented yet. It was instead
used for some kerosene lamps and stoves. He later improved upon the pump by
adding safety measures, and also by adding a hose to directly dispense fuel
into automobiles. For a while, the term bowser was used to refer to a
vertical gasoline pump. Although the term is not used anymore in the United
States, except as a term for trucks that carry and dispense fuel to large
aircraft at airports, it still is used sometimes in Australia and New
Zealand.
Many early gasoline pumps had a calibrated glass cylinder on top. The
desired quantity of fuel was pumped up into the cylinder as indicated by
the calibration. Then the pumping was stopped and the gasoline was let out
into the customer's tank by gravity. When metering pumps came into use, a
small glass globe with a turbine inside replaced the measuring cylinder,
but assured the customer that gasoline really was flowing into the tank'.
* 'In 1889, German Christine Hardt patents the first modern brassiere. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Wearing a garment to support the breasts may date back
to ancient Greece. Women wore an apodesmos, later stethodesme, mastodesmos
and mastodeton, all meaning breast-band, a band of wool or linen that was
wrapped across the breasts and tied or pinned at the back.
Fragments of linen textiles found in East Tyrol in Austria dated to between
1440 and 1485 are believed to have been bras. Two of them had cups made
from two pieces of linen sewn with fabric that extended to the bottom of
the torso with a row of six eyelets for fastening with a lace or string.
One had two shoulder straps and was decorated with lace in the cleavage.
From the 16th century, the undergarments of wealthier women in the Western
world were dominated by the corset, which pushed the breasts upwards. In
the later 19th century, clothing designers began experimenting with
alternatives, splitting the corset into multiple parts: a girdle-like
restraining device for the lower torso, and devices that suspended the
breasts from the shoulder to the upper torso.
Women have played a large part in the design and manufacture of the bra,
accounting for half the patents filed. The German Christine Hardt patented
the first modern brassiere in 1889. Sigmund Lindauer from Stuttgart-Bad
Cannstatt, Germany, developed a brassiere for mass production in 1912 and
patented it in 1913. It was mass-produced by Mechanischen Trikotweberei
Ludwig Maier und Cie. in Böblingen, Germany. In the United States, Mary
Phelps Jacob received a patent in 1914 for the first brassiere design that
is recognized as the basis for modern bras. Mass production in the
early-20th century made the garment widely available to women in the United
States, England, Western Europe, and other countries influenced by western
fashion. Metal shortages in World War I encouraged the end of the corset.
Brassieres were initially manufactured by small production companies and
supplied to retailers. The term cup was not used until 1916, and
manufacturers relied on stretchable cups to accommodate different sized
breasts. Women with larger or pendulous breasts had the choice of long-line
bras, built-up backs, wedge-shaped inserts between the cups, wider straps,
power Lastex, firm bands under the cup, and light boning.
In October 1932, the S.H. Camp and Company correlated the size and
pendulousness of breasts to letters A through D. Camp's advertising
featured letter-labeled profiles of breasts in the February 1933 issue of
Corset and Underwear Review. In 1937, Warner began to feature cup sizing in
its products. Adjustable bands were introduced using multiple hook and eye
closures in the 1930s. By the time World War II ended, most
fashion-conscious women in Europe and North America were wearing
brassieres, and women in Asia, Africa, and Latin America began to adopt it.
An urban legend that the brassiere was invented by a man named Otto
Titzling (tit sling) who lost a lawsuit with Phillip de Brassiere (fill up
the brassiere) originated with the 1971 book Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of
Otto Titzling and the Development of the Bra and was propagated in a
comedic song from the movie Beaches'.
* 'In 1906, The first legal forward pass was thrown from Brandbury Robinson
to Jack Schneider Saint Louis University vs. Carroll College in Waukesha,
Wisconsin.).'. (Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.). .
- From Wikipedia: 'Bradbury Norton Robinson, Jr. (February 1, 1884 – March
7, 1949) was a pioneering American football player, physician, and local
politician. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin in
1903 and at Saint Louis University from 1904 to 1907. In 1904, through
personal connections to Wisconsin governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and
his wife, Belle Case, Robinson learned of calls for reforms to the game of
football from President Theodore Roosevelt, and began to develop tactics
for passing. After moving to Saint Louis University, Robinson threw the
first legal forward pass in the history of American football on September
5, 1906, at a game at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He became the
sport's first triple threat man, excelling at running, passing, and
kicking.
Robinson graduated from Saint Louis University in 1908 with a medical
degree and practiced as a surgeon in Rochester, Minnesota. After serving as
an infantry officer in France during World War I, he remained in Europe on
the staff of Hugh S. Cumming, Surgeon General of the United States. He
returned to the United States in 1926 and practiced medicine in St. Louis,
Michigan, where he was twice elected the city's mayor. In the 1940s,
Robinson was among the first to warn against the dangers of DDT use in
agriculture'.
* 'In 1927, The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles,
produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (also known as Oswald the Rabbit
or Oswald Rabbit) is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animated cartoon
character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for funny animal films
distributed by Universal Pictures in the 1920s and 1930s, serving as the
Disney studio's first animated character to feature in their own series. 26
animated Oswald one-reelers were produced at Walt Disney Animation Studios
(the Walt Disney Studio at the time) before Walt Disney was eventually
separated from the project and went on to create Mickey Mouse. Charles
Mintz, and later Walter Lantz, took over production, creating new Oswald
cartoons until 1943.
During his days under Disney, Oswald was one of the first cartoon
characters that had personality. As outlined by Walt himself: Hereafter we
will aim to Oswald a younger character, peppy, alert, saucy and
venturesome, keeping him also neat and trim. With Oswald, Disney began to
explore the concept of personality animation, in which cartoon characters
were defined as individuals through their movements, mannerisms and acting,
instead of simply through their design. Around this period, Disney had
expressed, I want the characters to be somebody. I don't want them just to
be a drawing. Not only were gags used, but his humor differed in terms of
what he used to make people laugh. He presented physical humor, used
situations to his advantage, presented situational humor in general and
frustration comedy best shown in the cartoon The Mechanical Cow. He would
make use of animal limbs to solve problems and even use his own limbs as
props and gags. He could be squished as if he was made of rubber and could
turn anything into tools. His distinct personality was inspired by Douglas
Fairbanks for his courageous and adventurous attitude as seen in the
cartoon short Oh, What a Knight'.
* 'In 1953, The first privately operated atomic reactor opened in Raleigh,
NC. It was the R-1 research reactor at North Carolina State University. .
- From Wikipedia: 'In 1949, Dr. Clifford K. Beck was recruited from the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory to join the faculty with plans to make NCSU the
first academic institution to operate a nuclear reactor.
The first reactor at an academic institution went critical on September 5,
1953, approximately four years after construction had been started. This
reactor was dubbed R-1 because it was the first university research
reactor. It was a 10 kW, homogeneous reactor using highly enriched Uranyl
Sulfate as fuel. It operated for a short time but was shut down due to
corrosion problems that lead to fuel leakage. Howard Blakeslee, science
editor of Associated Press Service, called the reactor the First Temple of
the Atom because of the public nature of this reactor.
In 1954 construction of Burlington Nuclear Laboratory began with funds from
the AEC and Burlington Mills. The purpose of this building was to house the
successor to the R-1. Also in 1954 the first two PhDs in Nuclear
Engineering were presented.
In 1955, Dr. Raymond L. Murray, another recruit from Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, joined the faculty, who later became the longest serving
department head'.
* 'In 1958, Color video recording is successful on magnetic tape for the
first time. .
- From Wikipedia: 'CBS Television first used the Ampex VRX-1000 Mark IV at
its Television City studios in Hollywood on November 30, 1956 to play a
delayed broadcast of Douglas Edwards and the News from New York City to the
Pacific Time Zone. On January 22, 1957, the NBC Television game show Truth
or Consequences, produced in Hollywood, became the first program to be
broadcast in all time zones from a prerecorded videotape. Ampex introduced
a color videotape recorder in 1958 in a cross-licensing agreement with RCA,
whose engineers had developed it from an Ampex black-and-white recorder.
NBC's special, An Evening With Fred Astaire (1958), is the oldest surviving
television network color videotape, and has been restored by the UCLA Film
and Television Archive'.
* 'In 1977, NASA's Voyager 1 was launched. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September
5, 1977. Part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System,
Voyager 1 launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. Having operated for
38 years, 11 months and 29 days, the spacecraft still communicates with the
Deep Space Network to receive routine commands and return data. At a
distance of 135 AU (2.02×1010 km) from the Sun as of June 2016, it is the
farthest spacecraft from Earth.
The probe's primary mission objectives included flybys of Jupiter, Saturn,
and Saturn's large moon, Titan. While the spacecraft's course could have
been altered to include a Pluto encounter by forgoing the Titan flyby,
exploration of the moon, which was known to have a substantial atmosphere,
took priority. It studied the weather, magnetic fields, and rings of the
two planets and was the first probe to provide detailed images of their
moons.
After completing its primary mission with the flyby of Saturn on November
20, 1980, Voyager 1 began an extended mission to explore the regions and
boundaries of the outer heliosphere. On August 25, 2012, Voyager 1 crossed
the heliopause to become the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space
and study the interstellar medium. Voyager 1's extended mission is expected
to continue until around 2025, when its radioisotope thermoelectric
generators will no longer supply enough electric power to operate any of
its scientific instruments'.
* 'In 1987, The TV show American Bandstand was canceled on ABC after 30
years on television and went into syndication. .
- From Wikipedia: 'As Bandstand moved towards the 1980s, the ratings began
to decline. Many factors were involved in this, particularly the launch of
MTV and other music programs on television, and along with that, the number
of ABC affiliates opting to pre-empt or delay the program. The increase in
competition hurt Bandstand and the variety of options for music on TV
decreased its relevance. The other reason was that American Bandstand was
pre-empted on many occasions by televised college football games (which
expanded greatly in number in the wake of a court-ordered deregulaton in
1984) which were becoming huge ratings successes, as well as occasional
special presentations (i.e. unsold game show pilots).
Making matters worse, for the 1986–87 season, ABC reduced Bandstand from a
full hour to 30 minutes at Clark's request, the final ABC episode (with
Laura Branigan performing Shattered Glass) aired on September 5, 1987. Two
weeks later, Bandstand moved to first-run syndication, restored to its
former hour length, and videotaped at KCET studios. The show's new set was
similar to that of Soul Train. Clark continued as host of the series, which
primarily aired on NBC network affiliates (including KYW-TV, in the show's
former Philadelphia base), from September 19, 1987, until June 4, 1988 it
was distributed by LBS Communications.
After a ten-month hiatus, Bandstand moved to USA Network on April 8, 1989,
with comedian David Hirsch taking over hosting duties. In another format
shift, it was shot outdoors at Universal Studios Hollywood. Clark remained
as executive producer. This version was canceled after 26 weeks, and its
final show (with The Cover Girls performing My Heart Skips a Beat and We
Can't Go Wrong) aired on October 7, 1989'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in September
Food
All American Breakfast Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Histiocytosis Awareness Month
Hunger Action Month
National Honey Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Prime Beef Month
kNational Rice Month
National Shake Month
Whole Grains Month
Wild Rice Month
Health
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
888222707Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Cholesterol Education Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month
ITP Awareness Month
World Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
Mold Awareness Month
National Campus Safety Awareness Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National DNA, Geonomics and Stem Cell Education Month
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National ITP Awareness Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Self Improvement Month
September Is Healthy Aging Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Superior Relationships Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
World Alzheimer's Month
Animal / Pets
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
Happy Cat Month
International/National Guide Dogs Month
National Pet Memorial Month
National Save A Tiger Month
National Service Dog Month
Save The Koala Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
Other
Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
College Savings Month
Fall Hat Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Speak Out Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Women's Friendship Month
Library Card Sign-up Month
National Coupon Month
National Home Furnishings Month
National Passport Awareness Month
National Sewing Month
National Translators Month
National Piano Month
National Wilderness Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Update Your Resume Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
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