<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Cheeseburger Day'. . There are many claims as to who invented
it, but most of the claims come from the 1920's and 1930's. 'A cheeseburger
is a hamburger topped with cheese. Traditionally, the slice of cheese is
placed on top of the meat patty, but the burger can include many variations
in structure, ingredients, and composition. The cheese is normally added to
the cooking hamburger patty shortly before the patty is entirely cooked,
which allows the cheese to melt. As with other hamburgers, a cheeseburger
may include toppings, such as lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, mustard,
mayonnaise, ketchup, or bacon.
In fast food restaurants, the cheese used is normally processed cheese, but
other cheeses may be used instead, such as cheddar, Swiss, mozzarella, blue
cheese and pepper jack.
Adding cheese to hamburgers became popular in the late-1920s to mid-1930s,
and there are several competing claims as to who created the first
cheeseburger. Lionel Sternberger is reputed to have introduced the
cheeseburger in 1926 at the age of 16 when he was working as a fry cook at
his father's Pasadena, California sandwich shop, The Rite Spot, and
experimentally dropped a slab of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger.
An early example of the cheeseburger appearing on a menu is a 1928 menu for
the Los Angeles restaurant O'Dell's which listed a cheeseburger smothered
with chili for 25 cents.
Other restaurants say they invented the cheeseburger. For example, Kaelin's
Restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, said it invented the cheeseburger in
1934. One year later, a trademark for the name cheeseburger was awarded to
Louis Ballast of the Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver, Colorado. According
to Steak 'n Shake archives, the restaurant's founder, Gus Belt, applied for
a trademark on the word in the 1930s'.
[The Hankster says] Sound familiar? That was Double Cheeseburger Day we had a few days ago. It seems out of order, but I like the way the first guy thinks.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Wife Appreciation Day'.
Third Sunday in September.
[The Hankster says] Guys, now this is when my head's up really helps. Get those gifts and plan an easy day for the wife tomorrow. Don't make her cook Order pizza. You'll need it for the game anyway.
* 'Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day'.
[The Hankster says] Or create them a nice card.
* 'Air Force Birthday'.
September 18 1947. See more in the history section for 1947.
* 'Respect Day'.
[The Hankster says] You want it? Dish it out first.
* 'Women's Friendship Day'.
Third Sunday in September. Created in 1999 by the Kappa Delta Sorority.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day'. Since 2008 by The National
Institutes of Health.
* 'Child Passenger Safety Week'. A focus on using car seats, boosters and
seat belts to reduce child deaths due to car accidents.
* 'Chiropractic Founders Day'. September 18 1895. See more in the history
section for 1895.
* 'Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week'. By the United Mitochondrial
Foundation.
- From Wikipedia (Mitochondrial disease):
'Mitochondrial disease is a group of disorders caused by dysfunctional
mitochondria, the organelles that generate energy for the cell.
Mitochondria are found in every cell of the human body except red blood
cells, and convert the energy of food molecules into the ATP that powers
most cell functions.
Mitochondrial diseases are sometimes (about 15% of the time) caused by
mutations in the mitochondrial DNA that affect mitochondrial function.
Other causes of mitochondrial disease are mutations in genes of the nuclear
DNA, whose gene products are imported into the mitochondria (mitochondrial
proteins) as well as acquired mitochondrial conditions. Mitochondrial
diseases take on unique characteristics both because of the way the
diseases are often inherited and because mitochondria are so critical to
cell function. The subclass of these diseases that have neuromuscular
disease symptoms are often called a mitochondrial myopathy.
Although research is ongoing, treatment options are currently limited
vitamins are frequently prescribed, though the evidence for their
effectiveness is limited. Membrane penetrating antioxidants, such as the
mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ (mitoquinol mesylate) have the most
important role in improving mitochondrial dysfunction. Pyruvate has been
proposed recently as a treatment option. N acetylcysteine reverses many
models of mitochondrial dysfunction'.
* 'Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Week'. By the Ohio Pharmacists Association.
- From Wikipedia (Reye syndrome):
'Reye syndrome is a rapidly progressive encephalopathy. Symptoms may
include vomiting, personality changes, confusion, seizures, and loss of
consciousness. Even though liver toxicity typically occurs, yellowish skin
usually does not. Death occurs in 20-40% of those affected and about a
third of those who survive are left with a significant degree of brain
damage.
The cause of Reye syndrome is unknown. It usually begins shortly after
recovery from a viral infection, such as influenza or chickenpox. About 90%
of cases are associated with aspirin (salicylate) use in children. Inborn
errors of metabolism are also a risk factor. Changes on blood tests may
include a high blood ammonia level, low blood sugar level, and prolonged
prothrombin time. Often the liver is enlarged.
Preventing is typically by avoiding the use of aspirin in children.
Following the removal of aspirin for children a more than 90% decrease in
cases was seen. Early diagnosis improves outcomes. Treatment is supportive
in nature. Mannitol may be used to help with the brain swelling.
The first detailed description of Reye syndrome was in 1963 by Douglas
Reye. Children are most commonly affected. It affects less than one in a
million children a year. The general recommendation to use aspirin in
children was withdrawn because of Reye syndrome, with use of aspirin only
recommended in Kawasaki disease'.
o Other:
* 'World Water Monitoring Day'. Since 2003 by America's Clean Water
Foundation.
- From Wikipedia (World Water Monitoring Day):
'World Water Monitoring Day was established in 2003 by America's Clean
Water Foundation as a global educational outreach program that aims to
build public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around
the world by empowering citizens to carry out basic monitoring of their
local water bodies. Roberta (Robbi) Savage, ACWF's President and CEO
created WWMD and Edward Moyer was the first WWMD Coordinator.
A simple test kit enables everyone, children and adults, to sample local
water bodies for a set of water quality parameters including temperature,
acidity (pH), clarity (turbidity) and dissolved oxygen (DO). Results are
then shared with participating communities around the globe through the
WWMC website
World Water Monitoring Day is celebrated on September 18. It was initially
chosen to be a month later (October 18) to recognize the anniversary of the
US Clean Water Act, which was enacted by the US Congress in 1972 to restore
and protect the country’s water resources. In 2007, the date was changed to
facilitate participation in parts of the world where temperatures reach
freezing at that time'.
<> Historical events on September 18
* 'In 1793, The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George
Washington. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Prior to establishing the nation's capital in
Washington, D.C., the United States Congress and its predecessors had met
in Philadelphia (Independence Hall and Congress Hall), New York City
(Federal Hall), and a number of other locations (York, Pennsylvania,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland,
Nassau Hall in Princeton, New Jersey). In September 1774, the First
Continental Congress brought together delegates from the colonies in
Philadelphia, followed by the Second Continental Congress, which met from
May 1775 to March 1781.
After adopting the Articles of Confederation in York, Pennsylvania, the
Congress of the Confederation was formed and convened in Philadelphia from
March 1781 until June 1783, when a mob of angry soldiers converged upon
Independence Hall, demanding payment for their service during the American
Revolutionary War. Congress requested that John Dickinson, the Governor of
Pennsylvania, call up the militia to defend Congress from attacks by the
protesters. In what became known as the Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783,
Dickinson sympathized with the protesters and refused to remove them from
Philadelphia. As a result, Congress was forced to flee to Princeton, New
Jersey, on June 21, 1783, and met in Annapolis, Maryland and Trenton, New
Jersey before ending up in New York City.
The United States Congress was established upon ratification of the United
States Constitution and formally began on March 4, 1789. New York City
remained home to Congress until July 1790, when the Residence Act was
passed to pave the way for a permanent capital. The decision to locate the
capital was contentious, but Alexander Hamilton helped broker a compromise
in which the federal government would take on war debt incurred during the
American Revolutionary War, in exchange for support from northern states
for locating the capital along the Potomac River. As part of the
legislation, Philadelphia was chosen as a temporary capital for ten years
(until December 1800), until the nation's capital in Washington, D.C. would
be ready.
Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant was given the task of creating the city
plan for the new capital city. L'Enfant chose Jenkins Hill as the site for
the Capitol building, with a grand boulevard connecting it with the
President's House, and a public space stretching westward to the Potomac
River.
L'Enfant secured the lease of quarries at Wigginton Island and along Aquia
Creek in Virginia for use in the foundations and outer walls of the Capitol
in November 1791. Surveying was under way soon after the Jefferson
conference plan for the Capitol was accepted. On September 18, 1793, first
President George Washington, along with eight other Freemasons dressed in
masonic regalia, laid the cornerstone, which was made by silversmith Caleb
Bentley'.
* 'In 1837, Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany and Young) is founded by
Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store was
called a 'stationery and fancy goods emporium'.
- From Wikipedia: 'Tiffany and Company (known colloquially as Tiffany or
Tiffany's) is an American luxury jewelry and specialty retailer,
headquartered in New York City.
Tiffany sells jewelry, sterling silver, china, crystal, stationery,
fragrances, water bottles, watches, personal accessories, as well as some
leather goods. Many of these goods are sold at Tiffany stores, as well as
through direct-mail and corporate merchandising. Tiffany is renowned for
its luxury goods and is particularly known for its diamond jewelry. Tiffany
markets itself as an arbiter of taste and style, and was once a purveyor to
the Russian imperial family.
Founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in Brooklyn, Connecticut
in 1837 as a stationery and fancy goods emporium, the store initially sold
a wide variety of stationery items, and operated as Tiffany, Young and
Ellis in Lower Manhattan. The name was shortened to Tiffany and Company in
1853 when Charles Tiffany took control and established the firm's emphasis
on jewelry. Tiffany and Company has since opened stores in major cities all
over the world. Unlike other stores at the time in the 1830s, Tiffany
clearly marked the prices on its goods to forestall any haggling over
prices. In addition, against the social norm at the time, Tiffany only
accepted cash payments, and did not accept payments on credit. Such
practices, fixed prices for ready money, were first introduced by Palmer's
of London Bridge in 1750, who employed the young Robert Owen, the later
social reformer'.
* 'In 1851, The first ever issue of the New York Times is published, it was
started by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated to NYT) is an
American daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in New York
City since September 18, 1851, by The New York Times Company. The New York
Times has won 117 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other news organization.
The paper's print version has the second-largest circulation, behind The
Wall Street Journal, and the largest circulation among the metropolitan
newspapers in the United States of America. The New York Times is ranked
39th in the world by circulation. Following industry trends, its weekday
circulation has fallen to fewer than one million daily since 1990.
Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The New York Times has long been regarded within
the industry as a national newspaper of record The New York Times is owned
by The New York Times Company. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., the Publisher
and the Chairman of the Board, is a member of the Ochs-Sulzberger family
that has controlled the paper since 1896. The New York Times international
version, formerly the International Herald Tribune, is now called the
International New York Times.
The New York Times was founded as the New-York Daily Times on September 18,
1851, by journalist and politician Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820–69), then a
Whig Party member and later second chairman of the newly organized
Republican Party National Committee, and former banker George Jones. Sold
for a penny (equivalent to 28 cents today), the inaugural edition attempted
to address various speculations on its purpose and positions that preceded
its release ...
* 'In 1870, Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn
during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition to Yellowstone. .
- From Wikipedia: Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming, United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870
during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in
the park to receive a name. It is one of the most predictable geothermal
features on Earth, since 2000, it has erupted every 44 to 125 minutes. The
geyser, as well as the nearby Old Faithful Inn, is part of the Old Faithful
Historic District.
'On the afternoon of September 18, 1870, the members of the
Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition traveled down the Firehole River from
the Kepler Cascades and entered the Upper Geyser Basin. The first geyser
they saw was Old Faithful'.
* 'In 1895, Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Daniel David Palmer or D.D. Palmer (March 7, 1845 –
October 20, 1913) was the founder of chiropractic. Palmer was born in
Pickering, Canada West (now Ontario) and was raised in the southern Ontario
area, where he received his education.
In 1865 Palmer moved to the United States, and around 1880 took up magnetic
healing in Davenport, Iowa. After returning to Davenport, in 1895 Palmer
met Harvey Lillard, a janitor whose hearing was impaired. Palmer claimed
the man's hearing was restored after adjusting his spine.
Palmer developed the theory that misalignment of the bones in the body was
the basic underlying cause of all dis-ease and the majority of these
mis-alignments were in the spinal column. In 1897 he opened the Palmer
School of Chiropractic in Davenport and started teaching his techniques.
Lawsuits followed, and after brief incarceration, Palmer sold the school to
his son, B. J. Palmer. B. J. greatly expanded the school and the general
knowledge of chiropractic. Palmer moved west, opening several new schools
in Oklahoma, California, and Oregon. His relationship with his son was
strained after this point.
Palmer died in Los Angeles in 1913 of typhoid fever. His death has remained
controversial due to the relationship with his son and the school he
founded'.
* 'In 1927, The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. with 18
stations (and WOR as NYC affiliate) .
- From Wikipedia: 'CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the
Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast
television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation. The
company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major
production facilities and operations in New York City (at the CBS Broadcast
Center) and Los Angeles (at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center).
The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc., a
collection of 16 radio stations that was purchased by Paley in 1928 and
renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System. Under Paley's guidance, CBS would
first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States, and
eventually one of the Big Three American broadcast television networks. In
1974, CBS dropped its former full name and became known simply as CBS, Inc.
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995, renamed
its corporate entity to the current CBS Broadcasting, Inc. in 1997, and
eventually adopted the name of the company it had acquired to become CBS
Corporation. In 2000, CBS came under the control of Viacom, which was
formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971. In late 2005, Viacom split itself into
two separate companies, and re-established CBS Corporation – through the
spin-off of its broadcast television, radio and select cable television and
non-broadcasting assets – with the CBS television network at its core. CBS
Corporation is controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements,
which also controls the current Viacom.
CBS continues to operate the CBS Radio network, which now mainly provides
news and features content for its portfolio of owned-and-operated radio
stations in large and mid-sized markets, and affiliated radio stations in
various other markets. The television network has more than 240
owned-and-operated and affiliated television stations throughout the United
States'.
* 'In 1928, Juan de la Cierva, the inventor of the gyroplane, makes the
first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
- From Wikipedia: 'Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of De La Cierva
(Spanish pronunciation: 21 September 1895 in Murcia, Spain – 9 December
1936 in Croydon, United Kingdom) was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and
aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in
1920 of the Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be
called autogyro in the English language. In 1923, after four years of
experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor, which
resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing
aircraft, with his C.4 prototype'.
* 'In 1946, Mound Metalcraft was founded in Mound, MN., making metal tie
racks. They wanted to eventually make garden tools. On November 23, 1955,
the company changed its name to Tonka Toys Incorporated. Tonka meas great
or big. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Tonka is an American producer of toy trucks. Maisto
International, which makes diecast vehicles, acquired the rights to use the
Tonka name in a line of 1:64 scale diecast vehicles, featuring mostly
trucks. The Winifred Museum in Winifred, Montana, has a collection of more
than 3,000 Tonka toys.
Mound Metalcraft was created in 1946 in Mound, Minnesota by Lynn Everett
Baker (1898–1964), Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch. Their original
intent was to manufacture garden implements. Their building's former
occupant, the Streater Company, had made and patented several toys. E.C.
Streater was not interested in the toy business so they approached Mound
Metalcraft. The three men at Mound Metalcraft thought they might make a
good side line to their other products
After some modifications to the design by Alvin Tesch and the addition of a
new logo created by Erling Eklof based on a U of M drafting student's
sketch by Donald B. Olson who later became the company Chief Industrial
Engineer with the Dakota Sioux word Tanka or Tonka, which means great or
big, the company began selling metal toys which soon became the primary
business. In November, 1955, Mound Metalcraft changed its name to Tonka
Toys Incorporated. The logo at this time was an oval, showing the Tonka
Toys name in red above waves, presumably honoring nearby Lake Minnetonka.
In 1964, Tonka acquired the Mell Manufacturing Company in Chicago, allowing
it to produce barbecue grills, eventually under the Tonka Firebowl label.
In 1987, Tonka purchased Kenner Parker, including UK toy giant Palitoy, for
$555 million, borrowing extensively to fund the acquisition. However, the
cost of servicing the debt meant Tonka itself had to find a buyer and it
was eventually acquired by Hasbro in 1991.
In 2001, Tonka trucks were inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame at
The Strong in Rochester, New York'.
* 'In 1947, The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of
the United States armed forces. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare
service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven
American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the
USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on 18 September 1947
under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of
the U.S. military to be formed, and is the largest and one of the world's
most technologically advanced air forces. The USAF articulates its core
functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air
Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control,
Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack,
Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support'.
* 'In 1947, The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence
Agency are established in the United States under the National Security
Act. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The National Security Act of 1947 was a major
restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence
agencies following World War II. The majority of the provisions of the Act
took effect on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James
Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense. His power was initially
limited and it was difficult for him to exercise the authority to make his
office effective. This was later changed in the amendment to the act in
1949, creating what was to be the Department of Defense.
The Act merged the Department of War (renamed as the Department of the
Army) and the Department of the Navy into the National Military
Establishment (NME), headed by the Secretary of Defense. It also created
the Department of the Air Force, which separated the Army Air Forces into
its own service. Initially, each of the three service secretaries
maintained quasi-cabinet status, but the act was amended on August 10,
1949, to ensure their subordination to the Secretary of Defense. At the
same time, the NME was renamed as the Department of Defense. The purpose
was to unify the Army, Navy, and Air Force into a federated structure.
Aside from the military reorganization, the act established the National
Security Council, a central place of coordination for national security
policy in the executive branch, and the Central Intelligence Agency, the
U.S.'s first peacetime intelligence agency. The council's function was to
advise the president on domestic, foreign, and military policies, and to
ensure cooperation between the various military and intelligence agencies.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff was officially established under Title II,
Section 211 of the original National Security Act of 1947 before Sections
209–214 of Title II were repealed by the law enacting Title 10 and Title
32, United States Code (Act of August 10, 1956, 70A Stat. 676) to replace
them.
The act and its changes, along with the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall
Plan, were major components of the Truman administration's Cold War
strategy.
The bill signing took place aboard Truman's VC-54C presidential aircraft
Sacred Cow, the first aircraft used for the role of Air Force One'.
* 'In 1957, The TV western 'Wagon Train' premieres. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Wagon Train is an American Western series that ran on
NBC 1957–62 and then on ABC 1962–65, although the network also aired
daytime repeats, as Major Adams, Trailmaster and Trailmaster (post-1961
episodes without original series lead Ward Bond), from January 1963 to
September 1965. The show debuted at #15 in the Nielsen ratings, rose to #2
in the next three seasons, and peaked at #1 in the 1961–62 television
season. After moving to ABC in the autumn of 1962, the ratings began to
decline, and Wagon Train did not again make the Top 20 listing.
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as
the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and
Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by Scott Miller and
Robert Fuller.
The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford
and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back
to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John
Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a
supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season
of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon
train's scout in the earlier film'.
* 'In 1964, The TV comedy 'The Addams Family', starring John Astin, Carolyn
Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Addams Family is an American television series based
on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute
series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons on ABC from
September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966, for a total of 64 episodes. It is
often compared to its CBS rival, The Munsters, which ran for the same two
seasons and achieved somewhat higher Nielsen ratings. The show is the first
adaptation of the Addams family characters to feature The Addams Family
Theme.
The Addams Family was originally produced by Filmways, Inc. at General
Service Studios in Hollywood, California. Successor company MGM Television
(via The Program Exchange for broadcast syndication and 20th Century Fox
Home Entertainment for home video/DVD) now owns the rights to the show'.
* 'In 1965, The TV comedy 'Get Smart' premieres (September 18, 1965 - May
15, 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 1965, The TV comedy 'I Dream of Jeannie', starring Barbara Eden and
Larry Hagman premieres on NBC (September 18, 1965 - May 26, 1970). .
- From Wikipedia: 'I Dream of Jeannie is an American fantasy sitcom
starring Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie and Larry Hagman as an
astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and whom she
eventually marries. Produced by Screen Gems, the show originally aired from
September 18, 1965 to May 26, 1970 with new episodes, and through September
1970 with season repeats, both on NBC. The show ran for five seasons and
produced 139 episodes. The first season consisted of 30 episodes filmed in
black and white'.
* 'In 1977, The first photograph of the Earth and Moon together is taken by
the Voyager I. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken on
February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of
about 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of the
Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
In the photograph, Earth's apparent size is less than a pixel the planet
appears as a tiny dot against the vastness of space, among bands of
sunlight scattered by the camera's optics.
Voyager 1, which had completed its primary mission and was leaving the
Solar System, was commanded by NASA to turn its camera around and take one
last photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of
astronomer and author Carl Sagan'.
* 'In 2009, The 72-year (combined radio and TV) run of the soap opera The
Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast. Total episodes were
18,262, NBC Radio: January 25, 1937 - November 29, 1946, CBS Radio: June
2, 1947 - June 29, 1956, CBS Television: June 30, 1952 - September 18,
2009'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975)
is an American television soap opera listed in Guinness World Records as
the longest-running drama in television in American history, broadcast on
CBS for 57 years from June 30, 1952, until September 18, 2009, preceded by
a 15-year broadcast on radio. Guiding Light is the longest running soap
opera and the fifth-longest running program in all of broadcast history
only the American country music radio program Grand Ole Opry (first
broadcast in 1925), the BBC religious program The Daily Service (1928), the
CBS religious program Music and the Spoken Word (1929), and the Norwegian
children's radio program Lørdagsbarnetimen (first aired in 1924, cancelled
in 2010) have been on the air longer.
Guiding Light was created by Irna Phillips, and began as an NBC Radio
serial on January 25, 1937. On June 2, 1947, the series was transferred to
CBS Radio, before starting on June 30, 1952, on CBS Television. It
continued to be broadcast concomitantly on radio until June 29, 1956. The
series was expanded from 15 minutes to a half-hour during 1968, and then to
a full hour on November 7, 1977. The series broadcast its 15,000th CBS
episode on September 6, 2006.
On April 1, 2009, it was announced that CBS canceled Guiding Light after a
72-year run due to low ratings. The show taped its final Procter and Gamble
scenes for CBS on August 11, 2009, and its final episode on the network
aired on September 18, 2009. On October 5, 2009, CBS replaced Guiding Light
with an hour-long revival of Let's Make a Deal, hosted by Wayne Brady.
On August 22, 2013, Grant Aleksander, who had portrayed Phillip Spaulding
on Guiding Light from 1983 through the series finale in 2009, revealed in
an interview with Carolyn Hinsey that former Guiding Light executive
producer Paul Rauch had been working on a continuation of Guiding Light at
the time of his death in December 2012'.
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National Pediculosis Prevention Month
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Pain Awareness Month
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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
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National Save A Tiger Month
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National Sewing Month
National Translators Month
National Piano Month
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Update Your Resume Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
September is:
September origin (from Wikipedia): Originally September (Latin septem, "seven") was the seventh of ten months on the oldest known Roman calendar.
September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere.
After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
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