<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Acorn Squash Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Acorn squash):
'Acorn squash (Cucurbita pepo var. turbinata), also called pepper squash or
Des Moines squash, is a winter squash with distinctive longitudinal ridges
and sweet, yellow-orange flesh. Although considered a winter squash, acorn
squash belongs to the same species as all summer squashes (including
zucchini and yellow crookneck squash). Acorn Squash is commonly mistaken
for a gourd.
The most common variety is dark green in color, often with a single splotch
of orange on the side or top. However, newer varieties have arisen,
including Golden Acorn, so named for its glowing yellow colour, as well as
varieties that are white. Acorn squashes can also be variegated
(multi-colored). As the name suggests, its shape resembles that of an
acorn. Acorn squashes typically weigh one to two pounds and are between
four and seven inches long. Acorn squash is good and hardy to save
throughout the winter in storage, keeping several months in a cool dry
location such as a cold cellar.
As with other squash varieties, the acorn squash produces yellow trumpet
flowers which are also edible. Tops (about three inches) from the end are
also edible. They are one of the common vegetable (as greens) in the
Philippines.
Acorn squash is most commonly baked, but can also be microwaved, sauteed or
steamed. For savory recipes, it may be stuffed with rice, meat or vegetable
mixtures. If a sweeter dish is desired, maple syrup is often used to fill
the halves prior to baking, or used in a sauce or glaze to enhance the
squash's flavor. The seeds of the squash are also eaten, usually after
being toasted. This squash is not as rich in beta-carotene as other winter
squashes, but is a good source of dietary fiber and potassium, as well as
smaller amounts of vitamins C and B, magnesium, and manganese.
Indigenous to North and Central America, the squash was introduced to early
European settlers by Native Americans'. .
[The Hankster says] I like the baked with maple syrup method. Nice and decorative at Thanksgiving.
* 'National Salami Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Salami):
'Salami is a type of cured sausage consisting of fermented and air-dried
meat, typically beef or pork. Historically, salami was popular among
southern and central European peasants because it stores at room
temperature for up to 40 days once cut, supplementing a potentially meager
or inconsistent supply of fresh meat. Countries and regions across Europe
make their own traditional varieties.
The word salami in English comes from the plural form (salami) of the
Italian salame it is a singular or plural word in English for cured meats
of a European, particularly Italian, style. In Romanian, Bulgarian, and
Turkish, it is salam in Hungarian, it is szalámi, while in French, German,
and Dutch, it is the same as in English.
The word originates from the word sale (salt) with a termination (ame) that
in Italian indicates a collective noun. Thus, it originally meant all kinds
of salted (meats) The Italian tradition of cured meats includes several
styles, and the word salame soon specifically meant only the most popular
kind—a salted and spiced meat, ground and extruded into an elongated and
thin casing (usually, cleaned animal intestine), then left to undergo
natural fermentation for several days, months, or even years.
A traditional salami, with its typical marbled appearance, is made from
pork or beef (sometimes specifically veal). Beef is usual in kosher and
halal salami, which never include pork for religious reasons. Makers also
use other meats, including venison and poultry (mostly turkey). Goose
salami is traditional in parts of Northern Italy. Salami has also been made
from horse meat. Typical additional ingredients include: Garlic Minced fat
Salt Spices, usually white pepper Various herbs Vinegar Wine
The maker usually ferments the raw meat mixture for a day, then stuffs it
into either an edible natural or inedible cellulose casing, and hangs it up
to cure. Some recipes apply heat to about 40 °C (104 °F) to accelerate
fermentation and drying. Higher temperatures (about 60 °C (140 °F)) stop
the fermentation when the salami reaches the desired pH, but the product is
not fully cooked (75 °C (167 °F) or higher). Makers often treat the casings
with an edible mold (Penicillium) culture. The mold imparts flavor, helps
the drying process, and helps prevent spoilage during curing'. . Since 2006
by the Salami Appreciation Society.
[The Hankster says] Always takes me a long time to eat Salami. I have to pick out all the pepper corns. I like the flavor they impart, but hate to bite into one.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Grandma Moses Day'.
Birthday in 1860 of American folk artist, Anna Mary Robertson Moses
(Grandma Moses) who began painting in her 70's.
- From Wikipedia (Grandma Mose):
'Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), known
by her nickname Grandma Moses, was a renowned American folk artist. Having
begun painting in earnest at the age of 78, she is often cited as an
example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an
advanced age. Her works have been shown and sold in the United States and
abroad and have been marketed on greeting cards and other merchandise.
Moses' paintings are among the collections of many museums. The Sugaring
Off was sold for US$1.2 million in 2006.
The New York Times said of her: The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere
and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm life and
rural countryside won her a wide following. She was able to capture the
excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new,
young green of oncoming spring... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever
she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a quick wit,
she could be sharp-tongued with a sycophant and stern with an errant
grandchild.
Starting at 12 years of age and for a total of 15 years, she was a live-in
housekeeper. One of the families that she worked for, who noticed her
appreciation for their prints made by Currier and Ives, supplied her with
art materials to create drawings. Moses and her husband began their married
life in Virginia, where they worked on farms. In 1905 they returned to the
Northeastern United States and settled in Eagle Bridge, New York. The
couple had five children who survived infancy. Her interest in art was
expressed throughout her life, including embroidery of pictures with yarn,
until arthritis made this pursuit too painful'.
[The Hankster says] I have taken up painting at an older age also. My HOA requires me to do so every few years.
* 'National Neither Snow Nor Rain Day'.
Celebrated on the day of the opening of the New York Post Office (now the
James A. Farley Post Office Building) in 1914. On that building is the
famous 'Neither snow nor rain not heat nor gloom of night stays these
couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds'. This is not
the official motto of the US Post Office, but often cited as such. The
words were taken from 'Herodutus’ Histories/ and referred to mounted postal
messengers under Xerxes I of Persia.
[The Hankster says] I can't understand why the bills appear in any kind of weather, but the good stuff only in fair weather.
* 'Feel the Love Day'.
[The Hankster says] You couldn't find anything better to do any day.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day:'. ADD/ADHD: 'any of a
range of behavioral disorders occurring primarily in children, including
such symptoms as poor concentration, hyperactivity, and impulsive
behavior'.
- From Wikipedia (tention deficit hyperactivity disord):
'Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder of
the neurodevelopmental type. It is characterized by problems paying
attention, excessive activity, or difficulty controlling behavior which is
not appropriate for a person's age. These symptoms begin by age six to
twelve, are present for more than six months, and cause problems in at
least two settings (such as school, home, or recreational activities). In
children, problems paying attention may result in poor school performance.
Although it causes impairment, particularly in modern society, many
children with ADHD have a good attention span for tasks they find
interesting.
Despite being the most commonly studied and diagnosed mental disorder in
children and adolescents, the cause is unknown in the majority of cases.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that it affected about 39
million people as of 2013. It affects about 5–7% of children when diagnosed
via the DSM-IV criteria and 1–2% when diagnosed via the ICD-10 criteria.
Rates are similar between countries and depend mostly on how it is
diagnosed. ADHD is diagnosed approximately three times more often in boys
than in girls. About 30–50% of people diagnosed in childhood continue to
have symptoms into adulthood and between 2–5% of adults have the condition.
The condition can be difficult to tell apart from other disorders, as well
as to distinguish from high levels of activity that are still within the
normal-range.
ADHD management recommendations vary by country and usually involve some
combination of counseling, lifestyle changes, and medications. The British
guideline only recommends medications as a first-line treatment in children
who have severe symptoms and for medication to be considered in those with
moderate symptoms who either refuse or fail to improve with counseling,
though for adults medications are a first-line treatment. Canadian and
American guidelines recommend that medications and behavioral therapy be
used together as a first-line therapy, except in preschool-aged children.
Stimulant medication therapy is not recommended as a first-line therapy in
preschool-aged children in either guideline. Treatment with stimulants is
effective for up to 14 months however, its long term effectiveness is
unclear. Adolescents and adults tend to develop coping skills which make up
for some or all of their impairments.
The medical literature has described symptoms similar to ADHD since the
19th century. ADHD, its diagnosis, and its treatment have been considered
controversial since the 1970s. The controversies have involved clinicians,
teachers, policymakers, parents, and the media. Topics include ADHD's
causes and the use of stimulant medications in its treatment. Most
healthcare providers accept ADHD as a genuine disorder in children and
adults, and the debate in the scientific community mainly centers on how it
is diagnosed and treated. The condition was officially known as attention
deficit disorder (ADD) from 1980 to 1987 while before this it was known as
hyperkinetic reaction of childhood'.
* 'World Duchenne Awareness Day'. By the 2016 Parent Project Muscular
Dystrophy.
- From Wikipedia (Duchenne muscular dystrophy):
'Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive form of
muscular dystrophy, affecting around 1 in 3,600 boys, which results in
muscle degeneration and premature death. The disorder is caused by a
mutation in the gene dystrophin, located on the human X chromosome, which
codes for the protein dystrophin. Dystrophin is an important component
within muscle tissue that provides structural stability to the dystroglycan
complex (DGC) of the cell membrane. While both sexes can carry the
mutation, females are rarely affected.
Symptoms usually appear in boys between the ages of 2 and 3 and may be
visible in early infancy. Even though symptoms do not appear until early
infancy, laboratory testing can identify children who carry the active
mutation at birth. Progressive proximal muscle weakness of the legs and
pelvis associated with loss of muscle mass is observed first. Eventually
this weakness spreads to the arms, neck, and other areas. Early signs may
include pseudohypertrophy (enlargement of calf and deltoid muscles), low
endurance, and difficulties in standing without help or an inability to
walk up stairs. As the condition progresses, muscle tissue experiences
wasting and is eventually replaced by fat and fibrotic tissue (fibrosis).
By age 10, braces may be required to aid in walking but most patients are
wheelchair dependent by age 12. Later symptoms may include abnormal bone
development that lead to skeletal deformities, including curvature of the
spine. Due to progressive deterioration of muscle, loss of movement occurs,
eventually leading to paralysis. Intellectual impairment may or may not be
present but if present, does not progressively worsen as the child ages.
The average life expectancy for individuals afflicted with DMD is around
25'.
* 'Light the Night'. In Australia, a blood cancer awareness and fund raiser
by the Leukaemia Foundation.
- From Wikipedia (Leukemia):
'Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is a group of cancers that usually begin
in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal white blood
cells. These white blood cells are not fully developed and are called
blasts or leukemia cells. Symptoms may include bleeding and bruising
problems, feeling tired, fever, and an increased risk of infections. These
symptoms occur due to a lack of normal blood cells. Diagnosis is typically
made by blood tests or bone marrow biopsy.
The exact cause of leukemia is unknown. Different kinds of leukemia are
believed to have different causes. Both inherited and environmental
(non-inherited) factors are believed to be involved. Risk factors include
smoking, ionizing radiation, some chemicals (such as benzene), prior
chemotherapy, and Down syndrome. People with a family history of leukemia
are also at higher risk. There are four main types of leukemia — acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) — as well as
a number of less common types. Leukemias and lymphomas both belong to a
broader group of tumors that affect the blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid
system, known as tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues.
Treatment may involve some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy,
targeted therapy, and bone marrow transplant, in addition to supportive
care and palliative care as needed. Certain types of leukemia may be
managed with watchful waiting. The success of treatment depends on the type
of leukemia and the age of the person. Outcomes have improved in the
developed world. The average five-year survival rate is 57% in the United
States. In children under 15, the five-year survival rate is greater than
60 to 85%, depending on the type of leukemia. In children with acute
leukemia who are cancer-free after five years, the cancer is unlikely to
return.
In 2012, leukemia developed in 352,000 people globally and caused 265,000
deaths. It is the most common type of cancer in children, with three
quarters of leukemia cases in children being the acute lymphoblastic type.
However, about 90% of all leukemias are diagnosed in adults, with AML and
CLL being most common in adults. It occurs more commonly in the developed
world'.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'National Threatened Species Day in Australia'. September 7 was the date
that the last East Tasmanian wolf died in 1936. English colonization
brought disease dogs, and hunted them to extinction.
- From Wikipedia (Threatened species):
'Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi,
etc.) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that
are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics
measure of critical depensation, a mathematical measure of biomass related
to population growth rate. This quantitative metric is one method of
evaluating the degree of endangerment.
Although threatened and vulnerable may be used interchangeably when
discussing IUCN categories, the term threatened is generally used to refer
to the three categories (critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable),
while vulnerable is used to refer to the least at risk of those three
categories. They may be used interchangeably in most contexts however, as
all vulnerable species are threatened species (vulnerable is a category of
threatened species) and, as the more at-risk categories of threatened
species (namely endangered and critically endangered) must, by definition,
also qualify as vulnerable species, all threatened species may also be
considered vulnerable'.
<> Historical events on September 7
* 'In 1590, The first ever microscope is invented in Middelburg,
Netherlands. It was created by a lens-maker named Hans Lippershey and his
son. It wasn't until the 1670s that it started to be used for research. .
- From Wikipedia: 'A microscope (from the Ancient Greek:, mikrós, small
and, skopeîn, to look or see) is an instrument used to see objects that are
too small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects
using such an instrument is called microscopy. Microscopic means invisible
to the eye unless aided by a microscope.
There are many types of microscopes. The most common (and the first to be
invented) is the optical microscope, which uses light to image the sample.
Other major types of microscopes are the electron microscope (both the
transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope), the
ultramicroscope, and the various types of scanning probe microscope.
The first microscope to be developed was the optical microscope, although
the original inventor is not easy to identify. Evidence points to the first
compound microscope appearing in the Netherlands by the 1620s, with a
likely inventor being Cornelis Drebbel. Counter claims include it being
invented by Hans Lippershey (who obtained the first telescope patent) and
what may be a dubious claim by Zacharias Janssen's son that his father
invented the microscope and telescope. Giovanni Faber coined the name
microscope for Galileo Galilei's compound microscope in 1625 (Galileo had
called it the occhiolino or little eye).
The first detailed account of the interior construction of living tissue
based on the use of a microscope did not appear until 1644, in Giambattista
Odierna's L'occhio della mosca, or The Fly's Eye.
It was not until the 1660s and 1670s that the microscope was used
extensively for research in Italy, the Netherlands and England. Marcelo
Malpighi in Italy began the analysis of biological structures beginning
with the lungs. Robert Hooke's Micrographia had a huge impact, largely
because of its impressive illustrations. The greatest contribution came
from Antonie van Leeuwenhoek who achieved up to 300 times magnification. He
sandwiched a v. small glass ball lens between the holes in two metal plates
riveted together and with an adjustable by screws needle attached to mount
the specimen. Then, Van Leeuwenhoek discovered red blood cells and
spermatozoa and helped popularise microscopy as a technique. On 9 October
1676, he reported the discovery of micro-organisms.
The performance of light microscopy depends as much on how the sample is
illuminated as on how it is observed. Early instruments were limited until
this principle was fully appreciated and developed, and until electric
lamps were available as light sources. The first piece of fiction to
involve the microcosm was probably Fitz-James O'Brien's The Diamond Lens,
which tells the story of a scientist who invents a powerful microscope and
discovers a beautiful woman living in a microscopic world inside a drop of
water. In 1893 August Köhler developed a key principle of sample
illumination, Köhler illumination, which is central to achieving the
theoretical limits of light microscopy. This method of sample illumination
produces even lighting and overcomes the limited contrast and resolution
imposed by early techniques of sample illumination. Further developments in
sample illumination came from the discovery of phase contrast by Frits
Zernike in 1953, and differential interference contrast illumination by
Georges Nomarski in 1955 both of which allow imaging of unstained,
transparent samples'.
* 'In 1776, The World's first attack submarine was deployed during the
American Revolutionary War. It was the 'Turtle' designed by David Bushnell.
It was designed to attach mines under uder wooden sailing ships (in this
case British ships in New York Harbor.). There are no British accounts of
this attack. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Turtle (also called American Turtle) was the world's
first submersible with a documented record of use in combat. She was built
in Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 1775 by American David Bushnell as a means
of attaching explosive charges to ships in a harbor. Bushnell designed her
for use against British Royal Navy vessels occupying North American harbors
during the American Revolutionary War. Connecticut Governor Jonathan
Trumbull recommended the invention to George Washington although the
commander-in-chief had doubts, he provided funds and support for the
development and testing of the machine.
Several attempts were made using Turtle to affix explosives to the
undersides of British warships in New York Harbor in 1776. All failed, and
her transport ship was sunk later that year by the British with the
submarine aboard. Bushnell claimed eventually to have recovered the
machine, but its final fate is unknown. Modern replicas of Turtle have been
constructed the Connecticut River Museum, the U.S. Navy's Submarine Force
Library and Museum, the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and the Oceanographic
Museum (Monaco) have them on display'.
* 'In 1813,- The nickname 'Uncle Sam' was first used as a symbolic
reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in
the New York's Troy Post. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Uncle Sam (initials U.S.) is a common national
personification of the American government or the United States in general
that, according to legend, came into use during the War of 1812 and was
supposedly named for Samuel Wilson but whose actual origin may be obscure.
Uncle Sam represents a manifestation of patriotic emotion.
The first use of Uncle Sam in formal literature, as distinct from
newspapers, was in the 1816 allegorical book The Adventures of Uncle Sam in
Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. An Uncle
Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original Yankee Doodle lyrics of
the American Revolutionary War. It is not clear whether this reference is
to Uncle Sam as a metaphor for the United States, or to an actual person
named Sam. The lyrics as a whole celebrate the military efforts of the
young nation, besieging the British at Boston. The 13th stanza is:
Old Uncle Sam come there to change Some pancakes and some onions,
For 'lasses cakes, to carry home To give his wife and young ones.
The earliest known personification of what would become the United States
was Columbia who first appeared in 1738 and sometimes was associated with
Liberty. Columbia
With the American Revolutionary War came Brother Jonathan as another
personification and finally after the War of 1812 Uncle Sam appeared.
However, according to an article in the 1893 The Lutheran Witness Uncle Sam
was simply another name for Brother Jonathan:
When we meet him in politics we call him Uncle Sam when we meet him in
society we call him Brother Jonathan. Here of late Uncle Sam alias Brother
Jonathan has been doing a powerful lot of complaining, hardly doing
anything else. (sic)
The term Uncle Sam is reputedly derived from Samuel Wilson, a meat packer
from Troy, New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers during the War
of 1812. There was a requirement at the time for contractors to stamp their
name and where the rations came from onto the food they were sending.
Wilson's packages were labeled E.A – US. When someone asked what that stood
for, a coworker joked and said Elbert Anderson (the contractor) and Uncle
Sam, referring to Sam Wilson, though it actually stood for United States.
Doubts have been raised as to this being the source of the term as the
claim as to Samuel Wilson did not appear in print until 1842. Additionally,
the earliest reference found to date of the term in 1810 predates Wilson's
contract with the government. As early as 1835 Brother Jonathan made a
reference to Uncle Sam implying that they symbolized different things:
Brother Jonathan was the country itself while Uncle Sam was the government
and its power.
By the 1850s the names Brother Jonathan and Uncle Sam were being used
nearly interchangeably to the point that images of what had been called
Brother Jonathan were now being called Uncle Sam. Similarly, appearance of
both personifications varied wildly. For example, one depiction of Uncle
Sam in 1860 depicted him looking like Benjamin Franklin, (an appearance
echoed in Harper's Weekly's June 3, 1865 Checkmate political cartoon) while
the depiction of Brother Jonathan on page 32 of the January 11, 1862
edition Harper's Weekly looks more like the modern version of Uncle Sam
(except for the lack of a goatee).
However, even with the effective abandonment of Brother Jonathan (i.e.
Johnny Reb) near the end of the Civil War, Uncle Sam didn't get a standard
appearance until the well-known recruitment image of Uncle Sam was created
by James Montgomery Flagg (inspired by a British recruitment poster showing
Lord Kitchener in a similar pose). It was this image more than any other
that set the appearance of Uncle Sam as the elderly man with white hair and
a goatee wearing a white top hat with white stars on a blue band, a blue
tail coat and red and white striped trousers.
The image of Uncle Sam was shown publicly for the first time, according to
some, in a picture by Flagg on the cover of the magazine Leslie's Weekly,
on July 6, 1916, with the caption What Are You Doing for Pr=eparedness?
More than four million copies of this image were printed between 1917 and
1918.
While Columbia had appeared with either Brother Jonathan or Uncle Sam, her
use as personification for the U.S. had declined in favor of Liberty, and
once she became the mascot of Columbia Pictures in the 1920s, she was
effectively abandoned.
In 1989, Uncle Sam Day became official. A Congressional joint resolution
designated September 13, 1989, the birthday of Samuel Wilson, as Uncle Sam
Day'.
* 'In 1888, Edith Eleanor McLean is the first baby to be placed in an
incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York. She
weighed 2 pounds 7 ounces.
* 'In 1896, A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a racetrack
(a horse racing track). The race was held in Cranston, RI. He won in his
electric auto at 26 mph. .
* 'In 1909, Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane
during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris. he became the first person
to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed
in a powered airplane crash.
- From Wikipedia: 'Eugène Lefebvre (4 October 1878 – 7 September 1909) was
a French aviation pioneer. He was the first person to die while piloting a
powered airplane and the second person to be killed in a powered airplane
crash.
The chief pilot for the French Wright Company, Lefebvre was a participant
in the first international air race, the Grande Semaine d'Aviation at Reims
in 1909, piloting a Wright Flyer. He, Louis Blériot and Hubert Latham were
selected as France's representatives during the contest for the Gordon
Bennett Trophy on 22 August, after poor weather made the morning's planned
qualifying run impossible. When the weather lifted around 6 o'clock that
evening, Lefebvre was one of the pilots who took to the sky in an
exhibition, giving one of the earliest displays of stunt flying. The New
York Times described his maneuvers thus: Lefebvre...came driving at the
crowded tribunes, turned in the nick of time, went sailing off, swooped
down again till he made the flags on the pillars and the plumes on the
ladies' hats flutter, and so played about at will for our applause. He was
subsequently fined $4 by the judges for displaying excessive recklessness
and daring. During the running of the race, he placed fourth, behind Glenn
Curtiss, Blériot and Latham.
Only nine days after the end of the Reims event, Lefebvre was killed in a
crash at Juvisy, when the plane he was testing dropped to the ground from a
height of twenty feet. In so doing, he became the first person to die while
piloting a powered airplane, and the second person to be killed in an
airplane crash'.
* 'In 1915, Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789).
.
- From Wikipedia: 'Raggedy Ann is a character created by American writer
Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated
for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and
has a triangle nose. Johnny Gruelle received US Patent D47789 for his
Raggedy Ann doll on September 7, 1915. The character was created in 1915 as
a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann
Stories. When a doll was marketed with the book, the concept had great
success. A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories (1920), introduced the character of
her brother, Raggedy Andy.
Hall notes that according to oft-repeated myth, Gruelle's daughter Marcella
brought from her grandmother's attic a faceless doll on which the artist
drew a face, and that Gruelle suggested that Marcella's grandmother sew a
shoe button for a missing eye. He then combined the names of two James
Whitcomb Riley poems, The Raggedy Man and Little Orphant Annie and
suggested calling the doll Raggedy Ann. Hall says the date of this supposed
occurrence is given as early as 1900 and as late as 1914, with the locale
variously given as suburban Indianapolis, Indiana, downtown Cleveland,
Ohio, or rural Connecticut. In reality, as Gruelle's wife Myrtle told Hall,
it was Gruelle who retrieved a long-forgotten, homemade rag doll from the
attic of his parents' Indianapolis home sometime around the turn of the
20th century. As Myrtle Gruelle recalled, There was something he wanted
from the attic. While he was rummaging around for it, he found an old rag
doll his mother had made for his sister. He said then that the doll would
make a good story.
The couple's daughter, Marcella, had not yet been born when Gruelle found
the doll, Myrtle Gruelle continued. Johnny Gruelle kept in his mind until
we had Marcella. He remembered it when he saw her play dolls. ... He wrote
the stories around some of the things she did. He used to get ideas from
watching her.
Additionally, Gruelle did not create Raggedy Ann as a tribute to his
daughter following her death at 13 from an infected vaccination Hall notes
his patent application for the doll was already in progress, and the artist
received final approval by the U.S. Patent office the same month as
Marcella's death. Nonetheless, that myth led the anti-vaccination movement
to adopt Raggedy Ann as a symbol, though Marcella died from an infected
vaccination, not from the side effects of the vaccination itself.
Raggedy Ann dolls were originally handmade. Over 75,000 dolls were made for
Volland, a Gruelle book publisher, by the Non-Breakable Toy Co. of
Muskegon, Michigan. between 1918 and 1926. Later, PF Volland made the
dolls. In 1935 Volland ceased operation and Ann and Andy were made under
Gruelle's permission by Exposition Dolls, and without permission (during
legal limbo) by MollyE's Dolls, resulting in Gruelle v (Mollye) Goldman'.
* 'In 1921, The first Miss America Pageant (Inter City Beauty pageant at
that time) was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The winner was Margaret
Gorman. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Margaret Gorman, Miss District of Columbia, was declared
The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America in 1921 at the age of 16 and was
recognized as the first Miss America when she returned to compete the next
year. The contest that year was won by Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss Ohio)
and again in 1923. She returned to compete a third time in 1924 but placed
as first runner-up that year, and pageant rules were then amended to
prevent anyone from winning more than once. Beginning in 1940, Bob Russell
served as the first official host of the pageant. In 1941, Mifauny
Shunatona, Miss Oklahoma, became the first Native American contestant'.
* 'In 1927, Philo Taylor Farnsworth achieves the first 'fully electronic'
television. This replaced the 'spinning-disk' method. .
- From Wikipedia: On December 25, 1926, Kenjiro Takayanagi demonstrated a
TV system with a 40-line resolution that employed a CRT display at
Hamamatsu Industrial High School in Japan. This was the first working
example of a fully electronic television receiver. Takayanagi did not apply
for a patent.
'On September 7, 1927, Philo Farnsworth's image dissector camera tube
transmitted its first image, a simple straight line, at his laboratory at
202 Green Street in San Francisco. By September 3, 1928, Farnsworth had
developed the system sufficiently to hold a demonstration for the press.
This is widely regarded as the first electronic television demonstration.
In 1929, the system was further improved by elimination of a motor
generator, so that his television system now had no mechanical parts. That
year, Farnsworth transmitted the first live human images with his system,
including a three and a half-inch image of his wife Elma (Pem) with her
eyes closed (possibly due to the bright lighting required)'.
* 'In 1936, The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin,
dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. .
- From Wikipedia: The thylacine was the largest known carnivorous
marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger
(because of its striped lower back) or the Tasmanian wolf. Native to
continental Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, it is believed to have
become extinct in the 20th century. It was the last extant member of its
family, Thylacinidae specimens of other members of the family have been
found in the fossil record dating back to the late Oligocene.
'The last captive thylacine, later referred to as Benjamin, was trapped in
the Florentine Valley by Elias Churchill in 1933, and sent to the Hobart
Zoo where it lived for three years. Frank Darby, who claimed to have been a
keeper at Hobart Zoo, suggested Benjamin as having been the animal's pet
name in a newspaper article of May 1968. However, no documentation exists
to suggest that it ever had a pet name, and Alison Reid (de facto curator
at the zoo) and Michael Sharland (publicist for the zoo) denied that Frank
Darby had ever worked at the zoo or that the name Benjamin was ever used
for the animal. Darby also appears to be the source for the claim that the
last thylacine was a male photographic evidence suggested it was female.
Paddle was unable to uncover any records of any Frank Darby having been
employed by Beaumaris/Hobart Zoo during the time that Reid or her father
was in charge and noted several inconsistencies in the story Darby told
during his interview in 1968.
The thylacine died on 7 September 1936. It is believed to have died as the
result of neglect—locked out of its sheltered sleeping quarters, it was
exposed to a rare occurrence of extreme Tasmanian weather: extreme heat
during the day and freezing temperatures at night. The thylacine features
in the last known motion picture footage of a living specimen: 62 seconds
of black-and-white footage showing the thylacine in its enclosure in a clip
taken in 1933, by naturalist David Fleay. In the film footage, the
thylacine is seen seated, walking around the perimeter of its enclosure,
yawning (exposing its impressive gape), sniffing the air, scratching itself
(in the same manner as would a dog), and lying down'.
* 'In 1940, The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other
British cities for over 50 consecutive nights. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Blitz, from the German word 'Blitzkrieg' meaning
'lightning war', was the name borrowed by the British press and applied to
the heavy and frequent bombing raids carried out over Britain in 1940 and
1941, during the Second World War. This concentrated, direct bombing of
industrial targets and civilian centres began with heavy raids on London on
7 September 1940, during what became known as the Battle of Britain. Adolf
Hitler's and Hermann Goering's plans to destroy the Royal Air Force to
allow an invasion of Britain were failing, and in response to an RAF raid
on Berlin, which itself was prompted by an accidental German bombing of
London, they changed their tactics to the sustained bombing of civilian
targets.
Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941, 16 British cities suffered aerial
raids with at least 100 long tons of high explosives. Over a period of 267
days, London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth
eight times, Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth and
Hull three and a minimum of one large raid on eight other cities. This was
a result of a rapid escalation starting on 24 August 1940, when night
bombers aiming for RAF airfields drifted off course and accidentally
destroyed several London homes, killing civilians, combined with the UK
Prime Minister Winston Churchill's retaliatory bombing of Berlin on the
following night.
From 7 September 1940, one year into the war, London was systematically
bombed by the Luftwaffe for 57 consecutive nights. More than one million
London houses were destroyed or damaged and more than 40,000 civilians were
killed, almost half of them in London. Ports and industrial centres outside
London were also attacked. The main Atlantic sea port of Liverpool was
bombed, causing nearly 4,000 deaths within the Merseyside area during the
war. The North Sea port of Hull, a convenient and easily found target or
secondary target for bombers unable to locate their primary targets, was
subjected to 86 raids in the Hull Blitz during the war, with a conservative
estimate of 1,200 civilians killed and 95 percent of its housing stock
destroyed or damaged. Other ports including Bristol, Cardiff, Portsmouth,
Plymouth, Southampton and Swansea were also bombed, as were the industrial
cities of Birmingham, Belfast, Coventry, Glasgow, Manchester and Sheffield.
Birmingham and Coventry were chosen because of the Spitfire and tank
factories in Birmingham and the many munitions factories in Coventry. The
city centre of Coventry was almost destroyed, as was Coventry Cathedral.
The bombing failed to demoralise the British into surrender or
significantly damage the war economy. The eight months of bombing never
seriously hampered British production and the war industries continued to
operate and expand. The Blitz was only authorised when the Luftwaffe had
failed to meet preconditions for a 1940 launch of Operation Sea Lion, the
provisionally planned German invasion of Britain. By May 1941, the threat
of an invasion of Britain had ended, and Hitler's attention turned to
Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. In comparison to
the later Allied bombing campaign against Germany, the Blitz resulted in
relatively few casualties the British bombing of Hamburg in July 1943
inflicted some 42,000 civilian deaths, about the same as the entire Blitz.
Several reasons have been suggested for the failure of the German air
offensive. The Luftwaffe High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, OKL) did
not develop a strategy for destroying British war industry instead of
maintaining pressure on any of them, it frequently switched from one type
of industry to another. Neither was the Luftwaffe equipped to carry out
strategic bombing the lack of a heavy bomber and poor intelligence on
British industry denied it the ability to prevail'.
* 'In 1942, The first flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Consolidated B-32 Dominator (Consolidated Model 34)
was an American heavy strategic bomber built for United States Army Air
Forces during World War II, which had the distinction of being the last
Allied aircraft to be engaged in combat during World War II. It was
developed by Consolidated Aircraft in parallel with the Boeing B-29
Superfortress as a fallback design should the B-29 prove unsuccessful. The
B-32 only reached units in the Pacific during mid-1945, and subsequently
only saw limited combat operations against Japanese targets before the end
of the war. Most of the extant orders of the B-32 were canceled shortly
thereafter and only 118 B-32 airframes of all types were built'.
* 'In 1943. A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston (northwest corner of
Louisiana and Preston Streets), kills 55 people. It remains the cause of
the worst loss of life in a fire in the city's history. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Gulf Hotel fire claimed 55 lives in the
early-morning hours of September 7, 1943 in downtown Houston, Texas. This
fire remains the cause of the worst loss of life in a fire in the city's
history.
The hotel was located on the northwest corner of Louisiana and Preston
Streets and occupied the upper two floors of a three-story brick building,
with a variety of businesses occupying the first floor. It was an
inexpensive hotel near the city's bus depot, and reportedly had 87 beds,
most divided from one another by thin wooden partitions, and 50 cots
available for half the price of a bed. That night the guest log showed 133
names registered.
Shortly after midnight, the desk clerk was alerted to a smoldering mattress
in a room on the second floor. The clerk and a few guests thought they had
extinguished the burning mattress and moved it to a closet in the second
floor hall. Moments later, the mattress erupted in flames. The fire spread
quickly through the second floor and headed toward the third. There were
two exits from the hotel, both on the Preston side, one an interior
staircase, the other an exterior fire escape.
The fire department's central station was located only a few blocks away at
Preston and Caroline Streets. The alarm was received at 12:50 a.m. Deputy
Chief Grover Cleveland Adams was the first to arrive at the burning hotel
where he summoned a general alarm as he witnessed flames shooting from
windows and the roof.
Ted Felds of Harris County's Emergency Corps arrived at about the same time
and noticed many men on the fire escape, including a few on crutches, who
were slowing the progress of others behind them still trying to escape.
Two men died at the scene after jumping from the hotel's windows. There
were 15 other fatalities in area hospitals. Firefighters recovered 38
bodies from the burned out building. In all, 55 people died in the fire and
more than 30 were injured. A mass funeral was held for 23 victims of the
fire who were never identified and they were buried at the South Park
Cemetery in Houston'.
* 'In 1963, The Pro Football Hall of Fame dedicated in Canton Ohio. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame for
professional American football with a Mission to Honor the Heroes of the
Game, Preserve its History, Promote its Values and Celebrate Excellence.
The Hall's five core values that are learned from the game are commitment,
integrity, courage, respect and excellence. The vision of the Pro Football
Hall of Fame is It's not just the past, it's the future It's not just about
Canton, it's the world It's not just a great museum for football but a
message of excellence. The hall opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7,
1963, with 17 charter enshrinees. As of 2016, there are a total of 303
members of the Hall of Fame'.
* 'In 1979, Cable sports network ESPN debuts on cable television for the
very first time. .
- From Wikipedia: ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and
Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite
television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt
Disney Company (which operates the network) and the Hearst Corporation
(which owns a 20% minority share).
'ESPN launched on September 7, 1979, beginning with the first telecast of
what would become the channel's flagship program, SportsCenter. Taped in
front of a small live audience inside the Bristol studios, it was broadcast
to 1.4 million cable subscribers throughout the United States.
ESPN's next big break came when the channel acquired the rights to
broadcast coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Division I Men's
Basketball Tournament. It first aired the NCAA tournament in March 1980,
creating the modern day television event known as March Madness The
channel's tournament coverage also launched the broadcasting career of Dick
Vitale, who at the time he joined ESPN, had just been fired as head coach
of the Detroit Pistons'.
* 'In 1997, The first test flight of the F-22 Raptor takes place. It is a
single-seat, twin-engine, all weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation,
single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft
developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's
Advanced Tactical Fighter program, the aircraft was designed primarily as
an air superiority fighter, but also has ground attack, electronic warfare,
and signals intelligence capabilities. The prime contractor, Lockheed
Martin, built most of the F-22's airframe and weapons systems and did its
final assembly, while Boeing provided the wings, aft fuselage, avionics
integration, and training systems.
The aircraft was variously designated F-22 and F/A-22 before it formally
entered service in December 2005 as the F-22A. After a protracted
development and despite operational issues, the USAF considers the F-22
critical to its tactical air power, and says that the aircraft is unmatched
by any known or projected fighter. The Raptor's combination of stealth,
aerodynamic performance, and situational awareness gives the aircraft
unprecedented air combat capabilities.
e high cost of the aircraft, a lack of clear air-to-air missions due to
delays in Russian and Chinese fighter programs, a ban on exports, and
development of the more versatile F-35 led to the end of F-22 production. A
final procurement tally of 187 operational production aircraft was
established in 2009 and the last F-22 was delivered to the USAF in 2012'.
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