<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Coffee Ice Cream Day'. .
[The Hankster says] Tried it, doesn't work. You just have coffee with cream after ... hang on .. just been informed that you mix it first then freeze it. Actually, one of my favorites at the ice cream store.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Fight Procrastination Day'.
The end of summer is near. Time to get those things done that you have been
putting off.
[The Hankster says] I don't deliberately procrastinate. I just never get around to observing it.
* 'National Read A Book Day'.
[The Hankster says] Do it. It does a mind good.]
* 'National Another Look Unlimited Day'.
Day after Labor Day. Promotes a fall-cleaning day for all those things that
the spring-cleaning left behind and aren't needed.
[The Hankster says] For those who procrastinated the spring cleaning.
<> Awareness / Observances:None.
<> Historical events on September 6
* 'In 1522, Magellan's surviving ship, The Victoria, is the first ship to
circumnavigate the Earth. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Victoria (or Nao Victoria, as well as Vittoria) was a
Spanish carrack and the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the
world. The Victoria was part of a Spanish expedition commanded by the
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, and after his death during the
voyage, by Juan Sebastián Elcano. The expedition began with five ships but
the Victoria was the only ship to complete the voyage. Magellan was killed
in the Philippines. The ship was built at a shipyard in Gipuzkoa, with the
Basques being reputed shipbuilders at the time, and along with the four
other ships, it was given to Magellan by King Charles I of Spain (The Holy
Roman Emperor Charles V). Victoria was named after the church of Santa
Maria de la Victoria de Triana, where Magellan took an oath of allegiance
to Charles V in order to be granted full access to the Spice Islands.
Victoria was an 85 ton ship with a crew of 42.
The four other ships were Trinidad (110 tons, crew 55), San Antonio (120
tons, crew 60), Concepcion (90 tons, crew 45), and Santiago (75 tons, crew
32). Trinidad, Magellan's flagship, Concepcion, and Santiago were wrecked
or scuttled San Antonio deserted the expedition during the navigation of
the Straits of Magellan and returned to Europe on her own.
Victoria was rated a carrack or nao (ship), as were all the others except
Santiago, which was a caravel'.
* 'In 1620, The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to
settle in North America (September 6 (Old Style)/September 16 (New
Style),). .
- From Wikipedia: 'Of the 120 combined passengers, 102 were chosen to
travel on the Mayflower with the supplies consolidated. Of these, about
half had come by way of Leiden, and about 28 of the adults were members of
the congregation. The reduced party finally sailed successfully on
September 6 (Old Style)/September 16 (New Style), 1620.
Initially the trip went smoothly, but under way they were met with strong
winds and storms. One of these caused a main beam to crack, and the
possibility was considered of turning back, even though they were more than
halfway to their destination. However, they repaired the ship sufficiently
to continue using a great iron screw brought along by the colonists
(probably either a jack to be used for house construction or a cider
press). Passenger John Howland was washed overboard in the storm but caught
a top-sail halyard trailing in the water and was pulled back on board.
One crew member and one passenger died before they reached land. A child
was born at sea and named Oceanus'.
* 'In 1899, Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk. The
Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company was renamed Carnation Evaporated Milk
Company in 1901. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Carnation is a brand of food products. The brand was
especially known for its evaporated milk product created in 1899, then
called Carnation Sterilized Cream and later called Carnation Evaporated
Milk. The brand has since been used for other related products including
milk-flavoring mixes, flavored beverages, flavor syrups, hot cocoa mixes,
instant breakfasts, corn flakes, ice cream novelties, and dog food. Nestlé
acquired the Carnation Company in 1985.
Carnation was founded as an evaporated milk company. With the increased
availability of home refrigeration of fresh milk and cream throughout the
20th century, the demand for evaporated milk decreased. Carnation
diversified its product portfolio after the 1950s and was acquired by
Nestlé in 1984 for $3 billion.
Elbridge Amos Stuart (September 10, 1856 in Guilford County, North
Carolina–January 14, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American milk
industrialist and creator of Carnation evaporated milk and its famous
slogan, that it came from Contented Cows
On 6 September 1899, Stuart and a business partner founded the Pacific
Coast Condensed Milk Company in Kent, Washington, and he became its first
President (a post he held until 1932, then serving as Chairman from 1932 to
1944). Its product was based on the relatively new process of commercial
evaporation of beverages. Stuart believed that there was value in sanitary
milk at a time when fresh milk was neither universally available nor always
drinkable, and correctly believed that his product would join other staples
on grocers' shelves.
In 1901, his partner sold out, leaving Stuart the company and $105,000 of
debt. As sales gradually grew, Stuart sought a brand name for the product.
Passing a tobacconist's window in downtown Seattle, Stuart saw a display of
cigars round a sign with the name: Carnation. His own firm subsequently
adopted the name Carnation Evaporated Milk Company.
One of the most important things Stuart had learnt on his father's farm was
that high-quality milk came from healthy cows so to ensure premium
standards, he distributed pure bred bulls to the farmers supplying the
factory, whose offspring were selected for milk productivity. Eventually,
Stuart established a breeding farm, named Carnation Farm, where the
application of new principles of husbandry continually improved the
productivity of the herd. Carnation cows held the world milk production
record for 32 consecutive years. One cow in particular, Segis Pietertje
Prospect, produced 37,381 pints of milk during 1920, and a statue of the
cow was erected to honour this record. The town of Tolt, Washington, was
later renamed Carnation, after the nearby breeding and research farms'.
* 'In 1901, Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally
wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in
Buffalo, New York. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Although McKinley enjoyed meeting the public, Cortelyou
was concerned with his security due to recent assassinations by anarchists
in Europe, such as the assassination of King Umberto I of Italy the
previous year, and twice tried to remove a public reception from the
President's rescheduled visit to the Exposition. McKinley refused, and
Cortelyou arranged for additional security for the trip. On September 5,
the President delivered his address at the fairgrounds, before a crowd of
some 50,000 people. In his final speech, McKinley urged reciprocity
treaties with other nations to assure American manufacturers access to
foreign markets. He intended the speech as a keynote to his plans for a
second term.
One man in the crowd, Leon Czolgosz, hoped to assassinate McKinley. He had
managed to get close to the presidential podium, but did not fire,
uncertain of hitting his target. Czolgosz, since hearing a speech by
anarchist Emma Goldman in Cleveland, had decided to do something heroic (in
his own mind) for the cause. After his failure to get close enough on the
fifth, Czolgosz waited the next day at the Temple of Music on the
Exposition grounds, where the President was to meet the public. Czolgosz
concealed his gun in a handkerchief, and, when he reached the head of the
line, shot McKinley twice in the abdomen.
McKinley urged his aides to break the news gently to Ida, and to call off
the mob that had set on Czolgosz—a request that may have saved his
assassin's life. McKinley was taken to the Exposition aid station, where
the doctor was unable to locate the second bullet. Although a primitive
X-ray machine was being exhibited on the Exposition grounds, it was not
used. McKinley was taken to the Milburn House.
In the days after the shooting McKinley appeared to improve. Doctors issued
increasingly optimistic bulletins. Members of the Cabinet, who had rushed
to Buffalo on hearing the news, dispersed Vice President Roosevelt departed
on a camping trip to the Adirondacks.
Unknown to the doctors, the gangrene that would kill him was growing on the
walls of his stomach, slowly poisoning his blood. On the morning of
September 13, McKinley took a turn for the worse. Relatives and friends
gathered around the death bed. At 2:15 a.m. on September 14, President
McKinley died. Theodore Roosevelt had rushed back and took the oath of
office as president in Buffalo. Czolgosz, put on trial for murder nine days
after McKinley's death, was found guilty, sentenced to death on September
26, and executed by electric chair on October 29, 1901'.
* 'In 1916, The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened
in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Piggly Wiggly is an American supermarket chain operating
in the Midwestern and Southern regions of the United States, run by Piggly
Wiggly, LLC, an affiliate of C and S Wholesale Grocers. Its first outlet
opened in 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, and is notable for having been the
first true self-service grocery store, and the originator of various
familiar supermarket features such as checkout stands, individual item
price marking and shopping carts. The current company headquarters is in
Keene, New Hampshire. Currently, more than 600 independently owned Piggly
Wiggly stores operate in 17 states, primarily in smaller cities and towns.
Piggly Wiggly was the first true self-service grocery store. It was founded
on September 6, 1916, at 79 Jefferson Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, by
Clarence Saunders. A replica of the original store has been constructed in
the Memphis Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, a mansion that Saunders
built as his private residence, which was later sold to the city.
The origin of the name Piggly Wiggly is unknown. When asked why he had
chosen it, Saunders said So people will ask that very question Theories
include Saunders seeing some pigs struggling to get over a fence, or a
reference to the This Little Piggy nursery rhyme.
At the time of its founding, grocery stores did not allow their customers
to gather their own goods. Instead, a customer would give a list of items
to a clerk, who would then go through the store himself, gathering them.
Like full-service gas stations, this created a greater cost, therefore
higher prices. Piggly Wiggly introduced the innovation of allowing
customers to go through the store, gathering their own goods. This cut
costs, allowing for lower prices. Others were initially experimenting with
this format as well, which initially came to be known as a grocerteria,
reminding people of cafeterias, another relatively new, self-service idea.
Piggly Wiggly Corporation secured the self-service format and issued
franchises to hundreds of grocery retailers for the operation of its
stores. The concept of the self-serving store was patented by Saunders in
1917. Customers at Piggly Wiggly entered the store through a turnstile and
walked through four aisles to view the store’s 605 items sold in packages
and organized into departments. The customers selected merchandise as they
continued through the maze to the cashier. Instantly, packaging and brand
recognition became important to companies and consumers.
Piggly Wiggly was the first to: provide checkout stands. price
mark every item in the store. provide shopping carts for customers,
starting in the year 1937 in Oklahoma'.
* 'In 1952, Television programming (regularly scheduled programs) begins in
Canada. .
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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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September origin (from Wikipedia): Originally September (Latin septem, "seven") was the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar.
September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
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