<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Hot Cross Bun Day'. . A sweet spicy bun baked with currants or
raisins an topped with a cross of icing.
- From Wikipedia (Hot cross bun):
'A hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins,
marked with a cross on the top, and traditionally eaten on Good Friday in
Australia, British Isles, Canada, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South
Africa and some parts of America. The buns mark the end of Lent and
different parts of the hot cross bun have a certain meaning, including the
cross representing the crucifixion of Jesus, and the spices inside
signifying the spices used to embalm him at his burial. They are now
available all year round in some places. Hot cross buns may go on sale in
Australia and New Zealand as early as New Year's Day or after Christmas'.
[The Hankster says] It seems like, that for the first meal of the day, you would rather have a warm-tempered bun. Why not .. hang on a minute ...I've just been informed that the hot is from baking and the cross is not a state of bad temper. Never mind, enjoy your bun.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance'.
Remembrance of the 9/11 attacks in the U.S.A. First established on October
23 2001, by the U.S. House of Representatives Joint Resolution 71. Then on
December 18 2001, the president designated September 11 of each year as
'Patriot Day', Public Law 107-89. Then in 2010 a proclamation renamed the
day as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance.
- From Wikipedia ():
'In the United States, Patriot Day, observed as the National Day of Service
and Remembrance, occurs on September 11 of each year in memory of the 2,977
people killed in the 2001 September 11 attacks.
In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, President George W. Bush,
proclaimed Friday September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and
Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001.
A bill to make September 11 a national day of mourning was introduced in
the U.S. House on October 25, 2001, by Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) with 22
co-sponsors, among them eleven Democrats and eleven Republicans. The bill
requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as Patriot
Day. Joint Resolution 71 passed the House by a vote of 407–0, with 25
members not voting. The bill passed the Senate unanimously on November 30.
President Bush signed the resolution into law on December 18 as Pub.L.
107–89 . On September 4, 2002, President Bush used the authority of the
resolution to proclaim September 11, 2002, as the first Patriot Day.
In observance of Pub.L. 111–13 , the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act,
each year since 2009 President Barack Obama has (by presidential
proclamation) designated September 11 as Patriot Day and National Day of
Service and Remembrance'.
* 'National Make Your Bed Day'.
[The Hankster says] Can't find the creator, so you have your choice. It is a reminder to make that bed each morning or it is a time to make that nebulous idea a reality and stick to it (make your bed and lie in it)
* 'I Want to Start My Own Business Day'.
[The Hankster says] Not for everyone, but it's your chance if you have been thinking about it.
* 'National No News Is Good News Day'.
Drop the news media for a day.
[The Hankster says] You would be surprised how more contented you will feel a the end of the day. If the world ends and you missed it on the 6 o'clock news, it won't matter, now will it?
* 'National Grandparent’s Day'.
Sunday after Labor Day. Since 1978.
- From Wikipedia (National Grandparents Day):
'National Grandparents Day is a secular holiday celebrated in the United
States since 1978 and officially recognized in a number of countries on
various days of the year, either as one holiday or sometimes as a separate
Grandmothers' Day and Grandfathers' Day (for the first time Grandma's Day
was celebrated in Poland in 1965). One celebrates both paternal and maternal grandparents.
Marian McQuade of Oak Hill, West Virginia, has been recognized nationally
by the United States Senate – in particular by Senators Jennings Randolph
and Robert Byrd – and by President Jimmy Carter, as the founder of National
Grandparents Day. McQuade made it her goal to educate the youth in the
community about the important contributions seniors have made throughout
history. She also urged the youth to adopt a grandparent, not just for one
day a year, but rather for a lifetime.
In 1973, Senator Jennings Randolph (D-WV) introduced a resolution to the
senate to make Grandparents' Day a national holiday. West Virginia's
Governor Arch Moore had proclaimed an annual Grandparents' Day for the
state, at the urging of Marian McQuade. When Senator Randolph's resolution
in the U.S. Senate died in committee, Marian McQuade organized supporters
and began contacting governors, senators, and congressmen in all fifty
states. She urged each state to proclaim their own Grandparents' Day.
Within three years, she had received Grandparents' Day proclamations from
forty-three states. She sent copies of the proclamations to Senator
Randolph.
In February 1977, Senator Randolph, with the concurrence of many other
senators, introduced a joint resolution to the senate requesting the
president to issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of
September after Labor Day of each year as 'National Grandparents' Day'.
Congress passed the legislation proclaiming the first Sunday after Labor
Day as National Grandparents' Day and, on August 3, 1978, then-President
Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation. The statute cites the day's
purpose'..to honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to
show love for their children's children, and to help children become aware
of strength, information, and guidance older people can offer'.
[The Hankster says] One of my favorite things as a kid was our annual vacation to OHIO, to see relatives and grandparents. My grandmother Ratliff would always prepare a large dinner for the occasion. My grandmother Jennings would take me to the store for candy.I just whish that I had spent more time learning about their lives. There is a lot of family history lost to me.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Kidney Health Research Walk'. In Australia. By Kidney Health Australia
* 'Disability Action Week'. September 11-17 in Australia.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'National Pet Memorial Day – Second Sunday in September'. By the
International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories..
* 'National Hug Your Hound Day'. Second Sunday in September. Created by Ami
Moore. A focus on accepting dogs in public places.
o Other:
* 'Sustainable House Day in Australia'. A focus on energy efficiency and
sustainable living.
* 'Emergency Number Day'. A 1987 presidential proclamation concerning the
United States public safety communication. The 9-1-1 call sequence became
official in 1968 but not widely used until the 1970's.
<> Historical events on September 11
* 'In 1961, The World Wildlife Fund is founded. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international
non-governmental organization founded in 1961, working in the field of the
wilderness preservation, and the reduction of humanity's footprint on the
environment. It was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains
its official name in Canada and the United States.
It is the world's largest conservation organization with over 5 million
supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries, supporting around
1,300 conservation and environmental projects. WWF is a foundation, with
55% of funding from individuals and bequests, 19% from government sources
(such as the World Bank, DFID, USAID) and 8% from corporations in 2014.
The group's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural
environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with
nature. Currently, much of its work focuses on the conservation of three
biomes that contain most of the world's biodiversity: oceans and coasts,
forests, and freshwater ecosystems. Among other issues, it is also
concerned with endangered species, sustainable production of commodities
and climate change'.
* 'In 1847, Stephen Foster's song 'Oh! Susanna' is first performed at a
saloon in Pittsburgh. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Oh! Susanna is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster
(1826–1864), first published in 1848. It is among the most popular American
songs ever written. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as
one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
In 1846, Stephen Foster moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a bookkeeper
with his brother's steamship company. While in Cincinnati, Foster wrote Oh!
Susanna, possibly for his men's social club. The song was first performed
by a local quintet at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1847. It was first published by
W. C. Peters and Co. in Cincinnati in 1848. Other minstrel troupes
performed the work, and, as was common at the time, many registered the
song for copyright under their own names. As a result, it was copyrighted
and published at least 21 times from February 25, 1848, through February
14, 1851. Foster earned just $100 ($2,653 in 2012 dollars) for the song,
but its popularity led the publishing firm Firth, Pond and Company to offer
him a royalty rate of two cents per copy of sheet music sold, convincing
him to become America's first fully professional songwriter.
The name Susanna may refer to Foster's deceased sister Charlotte, whose
middle name was Susannah. There are however others that dispute that.
The song blends together a variety of musical traditions. The opening line
refers to a banjo on my knee, but the song takes its beat from the polka,
which had just reached the U.S. from Europe. Glenn Weiser suggests the song
was influenced by an existing work, Rose of Alabama (1846), with which it
shares some similarities in lyrical theme and musical structure.
The first two phrases of the melody are based on the major pentatonic
scale.
The lyrics are largely nonsense, as characterized by lines such as It
rain'd all night the day I left, The weather it was dry, The sun so hot I
froze to death... (first verse) and I shut my eyes to hold my breath...
(second verse). It is one of the few songs by Foster that use the word
nigger (others are Old Uncle Ned and Oh! Lemuel, both also among Foster's
early works), ,,'
* 'In 1903, The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin
is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The track was a 1 mile (1.6 km) private horse racing
track by 1876. In 1891, the site was purchased by the Agricultural Society
of the State of Wisconsin to create a permanent site for the Wisconsin
State Fair (which it still is).
The first motorsports event was held on September 11, 1903. William Jones
of Chicago won a five lap speed contest, and set the first track record
with a 72-second, 50 mph (80 km/h) lap. There were 24-hour endurance races
in 1907 and 1908. Louis Disbrow won the first 100-mile (160 km) event in
1915, averaging 62.5 mph (100.6 km/h)'.
* 'In 1961, Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4
hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Hurricane Carla ranks as the most intense U.S. tropical
cyclone landfall on the Hurricane Severity Index. The third named storm and
first Category 5 hurricane of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla
developed from an area of squally weather in the southwestern Caribbean Sea
on September 3. Initially a tropical depression, it strengthened slowly
while heading northwestward, and by September 5, the system was upgraded to
Tropical Storm Carla. About 24 hours later, Carla was upgraded to a
hurricane. Shortly thereafter, the storm curved northward while approaching
the Yucatán Channel. Late on September 7, Carla entered the Gulf of Mexico
while passing just northeast of the Yucatán Peninsula. By early on the
following day, the storm became a major hurricane after reaching Category 3
intensity. Resuming its northwestward course, Carla continued
intensification and on September 11, it was upgraded to a Category 5
hurricane. Later that day, Carla weakened slightly, but was still a large
and intense hurricane when the storm made landfall near Port O'Connor,
Texas. It weakened quickly inland and was reduced to a tropical storm on
September 12. Heading generally northward, Carla transitioned into an
extratropical cyclone on September 13, while centered over southern
Oklahoma. Rapidly moving northeastward, Carla's remnants reached the
Labrador Sea, Canada and dissipated on September 17, 1961.
While crossing the Yucatán Channel, the outer bands of Carla brought gusty
winds and severe local flooding in western Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula,
though no damage or fatalities were reported. Although initially considered
a significant threat to Florida, the storm brought only light winds and
small amounts of precipitation, reaching no more than 3.15 in (80 mm). In
Texas, wind gusts as high as 170 mph (280 km/h) were observed in Port
Lavaca. Additionally, several tornadoes spawned in the state caused notable
impacts, with the most destructive twister resulting in 200 buildings
severely damaged, of which at least 60 were destroyed, and 8 deaths and 55
injuries. Throughout the state, Carla destroyed 1,915 homes, 568 farm
buildings, and 415 other buildings. Additionally, 50,723 homes, 5,620 farm
buildings, and 10,487 other buildings suffered damage. There were 34
fatalities and at least $300 million (1961 USD) in losses in Texas alone.
Several tornadoes also touched down in Louisiana, causing the destruction
of 140 homes and 11 farms and other buildings, and major damage to 231
additional homes and 11 farm and other buildings. Minor to moderate damage
was also reported to 748 homes and 75 farm and other buildings. Six deaths
and $25 million in losses in Louisiana were attributed to Carla. Heavy
rainfall occurred in several other states, especially in Kansas, where
flash flooding severely damaged crops and drowned 5 people. Overall, Carla
resulted in $325.74 million in losses and 43 fatalities'
* 'In 1967, The Carol Burnett Show premiered on CBS. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Carol Burnett Show (also Carol Burnett and Friends
in syndication) is an American variety/sketch comedy television show
starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner. In
1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular when Waggoner left
this show due to a mutual agreement with the producer about the series not
having reruns. In 1977, Dick Van Dyke replaced Korman for much of its final
season. The show originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March
29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and again with nine episodes in the fall of
1991. The series originated in CBS Television City's Studio 33 and won 25
prime-time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV
Shows of All Time in 2002, and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's
100 Best TV Shows of All Time
In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Carol Burnett Show No. 17 on their list of the
60 Greatest Shows of All Time'.
* 'In 1970, The last 'Get Smart' episode aired on CBS-TV. It ran from
September 18, 1965, to September 11, 1970.
- From Wikipedia: 'Get Smart is an American comedy television series that
satirizes the secret agent genre released on September 18, 1965. Created by
Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart,
Agent 86), Barbara Feldon (as Agent 99), and Edward Platt (as Thaddeus, the
Chief). Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who
was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's
production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on the two biggest
things in the entertainment world today—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau.
Brooks said: It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks
comedy.
During the show's run, it generated a number of popular catchphrases,
including Would you believe..., Missed it by that much!, Sorry about that,
Chief, The Old (such-and-such) Trick, And... loving it, and I asked you not
to tell me that
The show was followed by the films The Nude Bomb (a theatrical release) and
Get Smart, Again! (a made-for-TV sequel to the series), as well as a 1995
revival series, and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get
Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits
Sequences as selected by readers.
The show ended its 4½-year run on May 15, 1970, having a total of 5 seasons
and 138 episodes'.
* 'In 1974, 'Little House On The Prairie' made its television debut. It ran
through the 1983 season. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Little House on the Prairie is an American western drama
television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen
Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the
1870s and 1880s. The show is an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's
best-selling series of Little House books. Television producer and NBC
executive Ed Friendly became aware of the story in the early 1970s. He
asked Michael Landon to direct the pilot movie. Landon agreed on the
condition that he could also play Charles Ingalls.
The regular series was preceded by the two-hour pilot movie, which first
aired on March 30, 1974. The series premiered on the NBC network on
September 11, 1974, and last aired on May 10, 1982. During the 1982–83
television season, with the departure of Landon and Grassle, the series was
broadcast with the new title Little House: A New Beginning.
In 1997, TV Guide ranked the two-part episode I'll Be Waving As You Drive
Away at 97 on its 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list'.
* 'In 1995, Janet Jackson's 'Runaway' made history by becoming the first
single by a woman to make its debut in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Runaway is a song recorded by American singer Janet
Jackson for her first greatest hits album, Design of a Decade: 1986–1996
(1995). Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the
track was released as the album's lead single on August 29, 1995, by A and
M Records
Runaway was created to be a possible duet with Jackson's brother Michael
Jackson, but they chose Scream instead. Runaway blends hard pop-hip hop
beats with influences from African and Asian music, and has a similar sound
to her previous hits Escapade and Whoops Now Towards the end of the song,
Jackson breaks the fourth wall with the lyric, Ooh, didn't quite hit the
note/That wasn't such a good time Africa, Nairobi, Tuscany, Australia,
Mexico, Spain, and Paris are mentioned in the song'.
* 'In 1997, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. It goes into a polar
orbit, mapping the same region over and over, looking for changes. It
operated for a few days less than 10 years and provided information for
future Mars probes and landers. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic
spacecraft developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched
November 1996. Mars Global Surveyor was a global mapping mission that
examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere
to the surface. As part of the larger Mars Exploration Program, Mars Global
Surveyor performed monitoring relay for sister orbiters during aerobraking,
and it helped Mars rovers and lander missions by identifying potential
landing sites and relaying surface telemetry.
It completed its primary mission in January 2001 and was in its third
extended mission phase when, on 2 November 2006, the spacecraft failed to
respond to messages and commands. A faint signal was detected three days
later which indicated that it had gone into safe mode. Attempts to
recontact the spacecraft and resolve the problem failed, and NASA
officially ended the mission in January 2007'.
* 'In 2001, Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New
York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County,
Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a
series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. In total
2,996 people are killed.
- From Wikipedia: 'The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were
a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist
group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of September 11, 2001.
The attacks killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others and caused at
least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage and $3 trillion in
total costs.
Four passenger airliners operated by two major U.S. passenger air carriers
(United Airlines and American Airlines)—all of which departed from airports
on the northeastern United States bound for California—were hijacked by 19
al-Qaeda terrorists, losing one of their passports in the WTC area. Two of
the planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175,
were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World
Trade Center complex in New York City. Within an hour and 42 minutes, both
110-story towers collapsed, with debris and the resulting fires causing
partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the World Trade
Center complex, including the 47-story 7 World Trade Center tower, as well
as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures. A third
plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon (the
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense) in Arlington
County, Virginia, leading to a partial collapse of the building's western
side. The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, initially was steered
toward Washington, D.C., but crashed into a field in Stonycreek Township
near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after its passengers tried to overcome the
hijackers. It was the deadliest incident for firefighters and law
enforcement officers in the history of the United States, with 343 and 72
killed respectively.
Suspicion for the attack quickly fell on al-Qaeda. The United States
responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading
Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, which had harbored al-Qaeda. Many
countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded the
powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist
attacks. Although al-Qaeda's leader, Osama bin Laden, initially denied any
involvement, in 2004 he claimed responsibility for the attacks. Al-Qaeda
and bin Laden cited U.S. support of Israel, the presence of U.S. troops in
Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives. Having evaded capture
for almost a decade, bin Laden was located and killed by SEAL Team Six of
the U.S. military in May 2011.
The destruction of the World Trade Center and nearby infrastructure caused
serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a significant
effect on global markets, closing Wall Street until September 17 and the
civilian airspace in the U.S. and Canada until September 13. Many closings,
evacuations, and cancellations followed, out of respect or fear of further
attacks. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002,
and the Pentagon was repaired within a year. On November 18, 2006,
construction of One World Trade Center began at the World Trade Center
site. The building was officially opened on November 3, 2014. Numerous
memorials have been constructed, including the National September 11
Memorial and Museum in New York City, the Pentagon Memorial in Arlington
County, Virginia, and the Flight 93 National Memorial in a field in
Stonycreek Township near Shanksville, Pennsylvania'.
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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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