<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Apple Dumpling Day'. . Oven baked apple pastry with cinnamon
and sugar.
- From Wikipedia (Apple dumpling):
'An apple dumpling is a pastry filled with apple, cinnamon and occasionally
raisins. Apples are peeled and cored, placed on a portion of dough, then
filled with cinnamon, butter and sugar. Then the dough is folded over the
apples and the dumplings are baked until tender.
Apple dumplings are a native food in the northeastern United States, around
Pennsylvania. A very common recipe among the Pennsylvania Dutch, it is
often eaten as a breakfast item, but they are also a very common dessert
item after meals. It's also popular to eat them with ice cream or in milk.
In the UK a suet pastry is often used, although shortcrust is also common.
A filling of dates, sultanas or raisins is often inserted into the cavity
left by removal of the core, and dark sugar is popular there too'.
[The Hankster says] Never had any. Sounds good with a tall glass of cold milk. I do wonder if all that starch and sugar still keeps the doctor away.
* 'International Eat an Apple Day'. . Third Saturday in September.
[The Hankster says] Good, all of you who were afraid of offending the doctor, with all that sugar in the Apple Dumpling, here is your chance.
* 'National Monte Cristo Day'. . A fried ham and cheese sandwich.
- From Wikipedia (Monte Cristo sandwich):
'A Monte Cristo is a fried ham and cheese sandwich, a variation of the
French croque-monsieur. In the 1930s–1960s, American cookbooks had recipes
for this sandwich, under such names as French Sandwich, Toasted Ham
Sandwich, and French Toasted Cheese Sandwich. Emmental or Gruyère cheese is
typically used.
In most regions, the sandwich is savory rather than sweet. Traditionally,
it is dipped in its entirety in egg batter and pan fried, though it may
also be deep fried. Regional variations may include sliced turkey. In some
areas of the US it is served grilled, in others as an open sandwich with
only the bread battered and the assembled sandwich heated slightly under a
grill or broiler. In the southern US, some restaurants serve a variation
that is batter dipped and deep fried.
The Monte Cristo is sometimes covered in powdered sugar and served with
preserves'.
[The Hankster says] Today was Cheese Toast Day. Why not throw some ham on it and call it by a fancy name for tomorrow.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Constitution Day (or Citizenship Day'.
Usually on September 17, it was on September 16 (Friday) in 2016 due to the weekend.
- From Wikipedia (Constitution Day (United States):
'Constitution Day (or Citizenship Day) is an American federal observance
that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those
who have become U.S. citizens. It is normally observed on September 17, the
day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the
document in Philadelphia.
When Constitution Day falls on a weekend or on another holiday, schools and
other institutions observe the holiday on an adjacent weekday.
The law establishing the present holiday was created in 2004 with the
passage of an amendment by Senator Robert Byrd to the Omnibus spending bill
of 2004. Before this law was enacted, the holiday was known as Citizenship
Day In addition to renaming the holiday Constitution Day and Citizenship
Day, the act mandates that all publicly funded educational institutions,
and all federal agencies, provide educational programming on the history of
the American Constitution on that day. In May 2005, the United States
Department of Education announced the enactment of this law and that it
would apply to any school receiving federal funds of any kind'.
* 'Batman Day'.
Comic book vendors events.
[The Hankster says] He has a cape but can't fly. What kind of a super hero is that.
* 'Boys' and Girls' Club Day for Kids'.
[The Hankster says] Special organized days and events for kids. Can't miss with that idea.
* 'National Gymnastics Day'.
17th annual event with the focus on kids.
[The Hankster says] A salute to those who can.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Conquer Chiari Walk Across America'. In the U.S.A, an awareness and fund
raiser by C and S Patient Education Foundation.
- From Wikipedia:
'Chiari malformation, also known as Arnold–Chiari malformation, is a
malformation of the skull. It consists of a downward displacement of the
cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (the opening at the base of
the skull), sometimes causing non-communicating hydrocephalus as a result
of obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow. The cerebrospinal
fluid outflow is caused by phase difference in outflow and influx of blood
in the vasculature of the brain. It can cause headaches, fatigue, muscle
weakness, difficulty swallowing (sometimes accompanied by gagging), choking
and vomiting, dizziness, nausea, tinnitus, impaired coordination, neck
pain, unsteady gait (problems with balance), poor hand coordination (fine
motor skills), numbness and tingling of the hands and feet, and speech
problems (such as hoarseness).
Less often, people with Chiari malformation may experience ringing or
buzzing in the ears (tinnitus), weakness, slow heart rhythm, curvature of
the spine (scoliosis) related to spinal cord impairment, abnormal
breathing, such as central sleep apnea, characterized by periods of
breathing cessation during sleep, and, in severe cases, paralysis'.
* 'Day of Hope NTSAD'. In the U.S.A, by National Tay-Sachs and Allied
Diseases, Inc.. Awareness and fund raiser ror Tay-Sachs, Canavan, Sandhoff,
GM1 and allied diseases..
- From Wikipedia (Tay–Sachs disease):
'Tay–Sachs disease (also known as GM2 gangliosidosis or hexosaminidase A
deficiency) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. In its most
common variant (known as infantile Tay–Sachs disease), it causes a
progressive deterioration of nerve cells and of mental and physical
abilities that begins around 7 months of age and usually results in death
by the age of four. The disease occurs when harmful quantities of cell
membrane components known as gangliosides accumulate in the brain's nerve
cells, eventually leading to the premature death of the cells. A
ganglioside is a form of sphingolipid, which makes Tay–Sachs disease a
member of the sphingolipidoses. There is no known cure or treatment.
The disease is named after the British ophthalmologist Waren Tay, who in
1881 first described a symptomatic red spot on the retina of the eye and
after the American neurologist Bernard Sachs of Mount Sinai Hospital, who
described in 1887 the cellular changes of Tay–Sachs disease and noted an
increased disease prevalence in Ashkenazi Jews.
Research in the late 20th century demonstrated that Tay–Sachs disease is
caused by a genetic mutation in the HEXA gene on chromosome 15. A large
number of HEXA mutations have been discovered, and new ones are still being
reported. These mutations reach significant frequencies in specific
populations. French Canadians of southeastern Quebec have a carrier
frequency similar to that seen in Ashkenazi Jews, but carry a different
mutation. Cajuns of southern Louisiana carry the same mutation that is seen
most commonly in Ashkenazi Jews. HEXA mutations are rare and are most seen
in genetically isolated populations. Tay–Sachs can occur from the
inheritance of either two similar, or two unrelated, causative mutations in
the HEXA gene.
As an autosomal recessive disorder, two Tay–Sachs alleles are required for
an individual to exhibit symptoms of the disease. Carriers of a single
Tay–Sachs allele do not exhibit symptoms of the disease but appear to be
protected to some extent against tuberculosis. This accounts for the
persistence of the allele in certain populations in that it confers a
selective advantage—in other words, being a heterozygote is advantageous'.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day'.
o Other:
* 'Australian Citizenship Day'. In Australia since 2001.
* 'International Coastal Cleanup Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Ocean Conservancy):
'Ocean Conservancy (founded as The Delta Corporation) is a nonprofit
environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States. The
organization helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state
government levels based on peer reviewed science. Ocean Conservancy is one
of the few organizations that help protect wildlife in the ocean.
Upset with litter on Texas beaches, Ocean Conservancy staff member Linda
Maraniss helped launch the Texas Coastal Cleanup in 1986. By 1989, the
cleanup event had spread globally to become the International Coastal
Cleanup. According to the American Recycler Newspaper , it is the world’s
largest all-volunteer event for the ocean. Events are held around every
major body of water in the world including streams, rivers, and lakes.
Almost 600,000 volunteers have cleaned 9 millions of pounds of trash from
thousands of miles of coastline and waterways, tallying every item found.
This includes the removal of tires from artificial reefs.
Ocean Conservancy’s annual reports on the Cleanup with
location-by-location, state-by-state and country-by-country data have
informed national legislation and inspired countless new volunteers to join
the event year after year'.
* 'Software Freedom Day'. By Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF),
<> Historical events on September 17
* 'In 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society
describing 'animalcules' (Latin for little animal) the first known
description of protozoa. He is known as 'the Father of Microbiology'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek: October 24, 1632 –
August 26, 1723) was a Dutch tradesman and scientist. He is commonly known
as the Father of Microbiology, and considered to be the first
microbiologist. He is best known for his work on the improvement of the
microscope and for his contributions towards the establishment of
microbiology.
Raised in Delft, Netherlands, Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his
youth, and founded his own shop in 1654. He made a name for himself in
municipal politics, and eventually developed an interest in lensmaking.
Using his handcrafted microscopes, he was the first to observe and describe
microorganisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules (from Latin
animalculum = tiny animal). Most of the animalcules are now referred to as
unicellular organisms, though he observed multicellular organisms in pond
water. He was also the first to document microscopic observations of muscle
fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa, and blood flow in capillaries. Van
Leeuwenhoek did not author any books his discoveries came to light through
correspondence with the Royal Society, which published his letters'.
* 'In 1908, The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant
Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge. He becomes the
first airplane fatality. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Thomas Etholen Selfridge (February 8, 1882 – September
17, 1908) was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He became the first
person to die in a crash of a powered airplane when a passenger on a
demonstration flight piloted by Orville Wright.
In August 1908, Selfridge, along with Lieutenants Frank P. Lahm and
Benjamin Foulois, was instructed in flying a dirigible purchased by the US
Army in July. The dirigible was scheduled to fly from Fort Omaha, Nebraska,
to exhibitions at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Missouri, with
Foulois and Selfridge as the pilots. However, the Army had also tentatively
agreed to purchase an airplane from the Wright Brothers and had scheduled
the acceptance trials in September. Selfridge, with an interest in both
heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air ships, obtained an appointment and
traveled to Fort Myer, Virginia.
When Orville Wright came to Fort Myer to demonstrate the Wright Flyer for
the US Army Signal Corps division, Selfridge arranged to be a passenger
while Orville piloted the craft. On September 17, 1908, the Wright Flyer
circled Fort Myer 4½ times at 150 feet. Halfway through the fifth circuit,
at 5:14 in the afternoon, the right propeller broke, losing thrust. This
set up a vibration, causing the split propeller to hit a guy wire bracing
the rear vertical rudder. The wire tore out of its fastening and shattered
the propeller the rudder swiveled to the horizontal and sent the Flyer into
a nose-dive. Orville shut off the engine and managed to glide to about 75
feet, but the Flyer hit the ground nose first.
When the craft hit the ground, both Selfridge and Wright were thrown
forward against the remaining wires. Selfridge also struck one of the
wooden uprights of the framework, fracturing the base of his skull. He
underwent neurosurgery but died three hours after the crash without
regaining consciousness. He was 26. Orville suffered severe injuries,
including a broken left thigh, several broken ribs and a damaged hip, and
was hospitalized for seven weeks. Selfridge was not wearing any headgear,
while Wright was only wearing a cap, as two existing photographs taken
before the flight prove. If Selfridge had been wearing a helmet of some
sort, he most likely would have survived the crash. As a result of
Selfridge's death, the US Army's first pilots wore large heavy headgear
reminiscent of early football helmets.
Thomas Selfridge was buried not far from the site of the accident, in
Section 3, Lot 2158, Grid QR-13/14 of Arlington National Cemetery the
cemetery is adjacent to Fort Myer'.
* 'In 1862, American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward
drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in the single-day Battle of
Antietam (Antietam Creek, Washington County, near Sharpsburg, Maryland) ,
the bloodiest day in American military history. A combined tally of dead,
wounded, and missing at 22,717 with about 3,600 dead. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of
Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, was fought on September 17, 1862,
near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland
Campaign. It was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take
place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American
history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.
McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to
withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious
McClellan. McClellan's refusal to pursue Lee's army led to his removal from
command by President Abraham Lincoln in November. Although the battle was
tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from
the battlefield, making it, in military terms, a Union victory. It was a
sufficiently significant victory to give Lincoln the confidence to announce
his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French
governments from pursuing any potential plans to recognize the
Confederacy'.
* 'In 1872, W Pratt patents his automated sprinkler system for
extinguishing fires. Before this automated system, overhead perforated
water pipes needed to be turned on by an operator. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Leonardo da Vinci designed a sprinkler system in the
15th century. Da Vinci automated his patron's kitchen with a super-oven and
a system of conveyor belts. In a comedy of errors, everything went wrong
during a huge banquet, and a fire broke out. The sprinkler system worked
all too well, causing a flood that washed away all the food and a good part
of the kitchen.
Ambrose Godfrey created the first successful automated sprinkler system in
1723. He used gunpowder to release a tank of extinguishing fluid.
The world’s first modern recognizable sprinkler system was installed in the
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in the United Kingdom in 1812 by its architect,
William Congreve, and was covered by patent No 3606 dated the same year.
The apparatus consisted of a cylindrical airtight reservoir of 400
hogsheads (~95,000 litres) fed by a 10-inch (250 mm) water main which
branched to all parts of the theatre. A series of smaller pipes fed from
the distribution pipe were pierced with a series of 1/2-inch (13 mm) holes
which pour water in the event of a fire.
From 1852 to 1885, perforated pipe systems were used in textile mills
throughout New England as a means of fire protection. However, they were
not automatic systems a person had to operate the system. Inventors first
began experimenting with automatic sprinklers around 1860. The first
automatic sprinkler system was patented by Philip W. Pratt of Abington, MA,
in 1872.
Henry S. Parmalee of New Haven, Connecticut is considered the inventor of
the first automatic sprinkler head. Parmalee improved upon the Pratt patent
and created a better sprinkler system. In 1874, he installed his fire
sprinkler system into the piano factory that he owned. Frederick Grinnell
improved Parmalee's design and in 1881 patented the automatic sprinkler
that bears his name. He continued to improve the device and in 1890
invented the glass disc sprinkler, essentially the same as that in use
today.
Until the 1940s, sprinklers were installed almost exclusively for the
protection of commercial buildings, whose owners were generally able to
recoup their expenses with savings in insurance costs. Over the years, fire
sprinklers have become mandatory safety equipment in some parts of North
America, in certain occupancies, including, but not limited to newly
constructed hospitals, schools, hotels and other public buildings, subject
to the local building codes and enforcement. However, outside of the US and
Canada, sprinklers are rarely mandated by building codes for normal hazard
occupancies which do not have large numbers of occupants (e.g. factories,
process lines, retail outlets, petrol stations, etc.)'.
* 'In 1939, Frank Sinatra recorded 'All or Nothing at All' with the Harry
James Orchestra for Columbia Records. .
- From Wikipedia: 'All or Nothing at All is a song composed in 1939 by
Arthur Altman, with lyrics by Jack Lawrence.
Frank Sinatra's 1939 recording of the song became a huge hit in 1943, when
it was reissued by Columbia Records during the 1942-44 musicians' strike.
The record peaked in the Billboard top two'.'
* 'In 1955, Capitol Records released 'Magic Melody, Part Two'. The song
consisted only of the last two notes of the musical phrase, Shave and a
haircut, two bits. It was the shortest song to ever to be released. .
- From Wikipedia: In music, the call .Shave and a Haircut. and the
associated response .two bits. is a simple, 7-note musical couplet or riff
popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comic
effect. It is used both melodically and rhythmically, for example as a door
knock.
Two bits is an archaism in the United States for 25 cents, a quarter. Six
bits is occasionally used. The final words may also be get lost., drop dead
(in Australia), or some other facetious expression. In England, it was
often said as five bob (slang for five shillings), although words are now
rarely used to accompany the rhythm or the tune.
Les Paul and Mary Ford's Capitol recording of Magic Melodyconcluded with
the phrase minus the last two notes (two bits). Responding to complaints
from disc jockeys, Capitol in 1955 released Magic Melody Part 2—consisting
solely of the missing notes—on a 45, said to be the shortest tune on
record.'
* 'In 1961, The Civic Arena in Pittsburgh opens, becoming the world's 1st
retractable-dome stadium. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Civic Arena (formerly the Civic Auditorium and later
Mellon Arena) was an arena located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Civic Arena primarily served as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins,
the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise, from 1967 to 2010. It
was the first retractable roof major-sports venue in the world, covering
170,000 sq. feet, constructed with nearly 3,000 tons of Pittsburgh steel
and supported solely by a massive 260-foot-long cantilevered arm on the
exterior. Even though it was designed and engineered as a retractable-roof
dome, the operating cost and repairs to the hydraulic jacks halted all full
retractions after 1995, and the roof stayed permanently closed after 2001.
The first roof opening was during a July 4, 1962 Carol Burnett show to
which she exclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen...I present the sky!'.
* 'In 1964, 'Bewitched' premieres on ABC TV. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Bewitched is an American television sitcom fantasy
series, originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from September 17,
1964 to March 25, 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director
Harry Ackerman, and starred Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969),
Agnes Moorehead, and David White. Dick Sargent replaced an ill York for the
final three seasons (1969–1972). The show is about a witch who marries an
ordinary mortal man, and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban
housewife. Bewitched enjoyed great popularity, finishing as the number two
show in America during its debut season, and becoming the longest-running
supernatural-themed sitcom of the 1960s–1970s. The show continues to be
seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media.
In 2002, Bewitched was ranked #50 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All
Time In 1997, the same magazine ranked the season 2 episode "Divided He
Falls #34;8 on their list of the "100 Greatest Episodes of All Time"'.
* 'In 1965, The CBS premiere of WWII sitcom, Hogan's Heroes. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom set in a
German prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168
episodes from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1971 on the CBS network. Bob
Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international
crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp.
Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the incompetent commandant
of the camp, and John Banner played the bungling sergeant-of-the-guard,
Hans Schultz.
The setting is a fictional version of Luft Stalag 13 (Camp 13 in early
episodes), a prisoner-of-war camp for captured Allied airmen located north
of the town of Hammelburg in the Bad Kissingen woods. It was on the
Hammelburg Road (now known as E45), on the way to Hofburgstraße and
eventually Düsseldorf. Anchors Aweigh, Men of Stalag 13 (S1E16) reveals the
camp is 60 miles from the North Sea. Another episode places the camp 106
kilometres (66 mi) from Heidelberg in flying miles it is 199 km (124 mi) by
car. The camp has 103 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) during the first
season, but becomes larger by the end of the series.
Though the series spans several seasons, it always appears to be winter at
Stalag 13 there are ever-present patches of snow on the ground and on
buildings, and prisoners regularly gather around a barrel fire or shiver
through roll call. However, some episodes do in fact take place in spring
or summer (such as the episode dealing with the D-Day invasions)'.
* 'In 1965, 'The Smothers Brothers Show' premiered on CBS-TV. .
Not to be confused with The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Smothers Brothers Show is an American fantasy sitcom
featuring the Smothers Brothers that aired on CBS on Friday nights at 9:30
p.m. ET from September 17, 1965 to April 22, 1966, co-sponsored by
Alberto-Culver's VO5 hairdressing products and American Tobacco (Tareyton).
It lasted one season, consisting of 32 episodes. It was also the network's
last situation comedy filmed in black-and-white shortly after its final
telecast, all CBS prime-time series were transmitted in color'.
* 'In 1967, 'Mission Impossible' premieres on CBS-TV. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Mission: Impossible is an American television series
that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the
missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible
Missions Force (IMF). In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs,
played by Steven Hill Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for
the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps
receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs,
followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.
The series was filmed and financed by Desilu Productions, and aired on the
CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973. The series was reprised in
1988 for two seasons on ABC, retaining only Graves in the cast. It also
inspired a series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise,
beginning in 1996'.
* 'In 1972, 'M*A*S*H' premieres on NBC TV. .
- From Wikipedia: 'M*A*S*H is an American television series developed by
Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH (which was itself
based on the 1968 novel MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, by Richard
Hooker). The series, which was produced in association with 20th Century
Fox Television for CBS, follows a team of doctors and support staff
stationed at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South
Korea during the Korean War. The show's title sequence features an
instrumental-only version of Suicide Is Painless, the theme song from the
original film. The show was created after an attempt to film the original
book's sequel, M*A*S*H Goes to Maine, failed. The television series is the
best-known version of the M*A*S*H works, and one of the highest-rated shows
in U.S. television history.
The series premiered in the U.S. on September 17, 1972, and ended on
February 28, 1983, with the finale, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, becoming
the most-watched and highest-rated single television episode in U.S.
television history at the time, with a record-breaking 125 million viewers
(60.2 rating and 77 share), according to the New York Times. It had
struggled in its first season and was at risk of being cancelled. Season
two of M*A*S*H placed it in a better time slot (airing after the popular
All in the Family) the show became one of the top 10 programs of the year
and stayed in the top 20 programs for the rest of its run. It is still
broadcast in syndication on various television stations. The series, which
depicted events occurring during a three-year military conflict, spanned
256 episodes and lasted 11 seasons. The Korean conflict lasted 1,128 days,
meaning each episode of the series would have averaged almost four and a
half days of real time. Many of the stories in the early seasons are based
on tales told by real MASH surgeons who were interviewed by the production
team. Like the movie, the series was as much an allegory about the Vietnam
War (still in progress when the show began) as it was about the Korean War.
The episodes Abyssinia, Henry and The Interview were ranked number 20 and
number 80, respectively, on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time in
1997. In 2002, M*A*S*H was ranked number 25 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV
Shows of All Time. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the
fifth-best written TV series ever and TV Guide ranked it as the
eighth-greatest show of all time'.
* 'In 1976, NASA's first space shuttle, Enterprise, is revealed to the
public. It's firs flight was on February 18, 1977. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Space Shuttle Enterprise (Orbiter Vehicle
Designation: OV-101) was the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system.
Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the
Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being
launched from a modified Boeing 747. It was constructed without engines or
a functional heat shield, and was therefore not capable of spaceflight.
Originally, Enterprise had been intended to be refitted for orbital flight
to become the second space-rated orbiter in service. However, during the
construction of Space Shuttle Columbia, details of the final design
changed, making it simpler and less costly to build Challenger around a
body frame that had been built as a test article. Similarly, Enterprise was
considered for refit to replace Challenger after the latter was destroyed,
but Endeavour was built from structural spares instead.
Enterprise was restored and placed on display in 2003 at the Smithsonian's
new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. Following the retirement of
the Space Shuttle fleet, Discovery replaced Enterprise at the Udvar-Hazy
Center, and Enterprise was transferred to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space
Museum in New York City, where it has been on display since July 2012'.
* 'In 1984, 17 years to the day after hitting his first home run, Reggie
Jackson blasts his 500th homer. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Reginald Martinez "Reggie" Jackson (born May 18,
1946) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played
21 seasons for the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, New
York Yankees, and California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). Jackson
was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.
Jackson was nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the
postseason with the Athletics and the Yankees. He helped Oakland win five
consecutive American League West divisional pennants, three consecutive
American League pennants and three consecutive World Series titles, from
1971 to 1975. Jackson helped New York win four American League East
divisional pennants, three American League pennants and two consecutive
World Series titles, from 1977 to 1981. He also helped the California
Angels win two AL West divisional pennants in 1982 and 1986. Jackson hit
three consecutive home runs at Yankee Stadium in the clinching game 6 of
the 1977 World Series.
Jackson hit 563 career home runs and was an American League (AL) All-Star
for 14 seasons. He won two Silver Slugger Awards, the AL Most Valuable
Player (MVP) Award in 1973, two World Series MVP Awards, and the Babe Ruth
Award in 1977. The Yankees and Athletics retired his team uniform number in
1993 and 2004. Jackson currently serves as a special advisor to the
Yankees'.
* 'In 1991, The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the
Internet. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Linux is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant computer
operating system (OS) assembled under the model of free and open-source
software development and distribution. The defining component of Linux is
the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on October 5,
1991 by Linus Torvalds. The Free Software Foundation uses the name
GNU/Linux to describe the operating system, which has led to some
controversy.
Linux was originally developed as a free operating system for personal
computers based on the Intel x86 architecture, but has since been ported to
more computer hardware platforms than any other operating system. Because
of the dominance of Android on smartphones, Linux has the largest installed
base of all general-purpose operating systems. Linux is also the leading
operating system on servers and other big iron systems such as mainframe
computers and virtually all fastest supercomputers, but is used on only
around 2.3% of desktop computers when not including Chrome OS, which has
about 5% of the overall and nearly 20% of the sub-$300 notebook sales.
Linux also runs on embedded systems, which are devices whose operating
system is typically built into the firmware and is highly tailored to the
system this includes smartphones and tablet computers running Android and
other Linux derivatives, TiVo and similar DVR devices, network routers,
facility automation controls, televisions, video game consoles and
smartwatches'.
* 'In 2010, The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns, ends as
its final episode is broadcast. There were 3,848 episodes from April 2,
1956 - September 17, 2010. .
- From Wikipedia: 'As the World Turns (often referred to as ATWT) is an
American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2,
1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a
sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light. Running for 54 years, As
the World Turns holds the second-longest continuous run of any daytime
network soap opera on American television, surpassed only by Guiding Light.
As the World Turns was produced for the first 43 years in Manhattan and in
Brooklyn from 2000 until 2010.
Set in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, the show debuted on April
2, 1956, at 1:30 pm EST. Prior to that date, all serials had been fifteen
minutes in length. As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, which
premiered on the same day at 4:30 pm EST, were the first two to be thirty
minutes in length from their premiere. At first, viewers did not respond to
the new half-hour serial, but ratings picked up in its second year,
eventually reaching the top spot in the daytime Nielsen ratings by fall
1958. In 1959, the show started a streak of weekly ratings wins that would
not be interrupted for over twelve years. The show switched to color on
August 21, 1967, and expanded from a half-hour in length to one hour
starting on December 1, 1975 when The Edge of Night moved to ABC. In the
year-to-date ratings, As the World Turns was the most-watched daytime drama
from 1958 until 1978, with ten million viewers tuning in each day. At its
height, core actors such as Helen Wagner, Don MacLaughlin, Don Hastings,
and Eileen Fulton became nationally known. Three of these actors – Wagner,
Hastings, and Fulton – are also the three longest serving actors in the
history of American soap operas.
The show passed its 10,000th episode on May 12, 1995, and celebrated its
50th anniversary on April 2, 2006. On September 18, 2009, As the World
Turns became the last remaining Procter and Gamble produced soap opera for
CBS after Guiding Light aired its final episode on the network.
On December 8, 2009, CBS announced that it canceled As the World Turns
after almost 54 years due to low ratings. The show taped its final Procter
and Gamble scenes for CBS on June 23, 2010, and with a dramatic storyline
finale, its final episode on the network aired on September 17, 2010. On
October 18, 2010, CBS replaced As the World Turns with a newly debuted talk
show The Talk'.
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