<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Noodle Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Noodle):
'Noodles are a staple food in many cultures made from unleavened dough
which is stretched, extruded, or rolled flat and cut into one of a variety
of shapes. A single noodle can be made, eaten, or extracted from a serving
of noodles, but it is far more common to serve and eat many at once, and
thus more common to see the plural form of the word.
While long, thin strips may be the most common, many varieties of noodles
are cut into waves, helices, tubes, strings, or shells, or folded over, or
cut into other shapes. Noodles are usually cooked in boiling water,
sometimes with cooking oil or salt added. They are often pan-fried or
deep-fried. Noodles are often served with an accompanying sauce or in a
soup. Noodles can be refrigerated for short-term storage, or dried and
stored for future use. The material composition or geocultural origin must
be specified when discussing noodles. The word derives from the German word
Nudel.
The origin of noodles has been disputed, but the evidence heavily favors
its origin in China. Claims have been made that the noodle was of Chinese,
Arabian and Mediterranean origin. Given the scarcity of physical evidence,
it is unlikely that the question of origin can even be answered with
certainty. A Nature article claimed the oldest evidence of noodle
consumption was from 4,000 years ago in China.
In 2005, a team of archaeologists working in the People's Republic of China
reported finding an earthenware bowl that contained foxtail millet and
broomcorn millet noodles at the Lajia archaeological site, arguably hailing
from the late neolithic period, but this claim was disputed by later
research, which suggested that noodles simply cannot be produced from
millet, which lacks gluten.
The earliest written record of noodles is found in a book dated to the
Eastern Han period (25–220). Noodles, often made from wheat dough, became a
staple food for people of the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE). During the
Tang Dynasty, the noodles were first cut into strips, and in the Yuan
Dynasty, the making of dried noodles began'.
[The Hankster says] Love them. I like the long ones you have to slurp to eat.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Mad Hatter Day'.
A day for silliness based on The Mad Hater from Alice’s Adventures In
Wonderland. Created in 1986 due to the fact the Mad Hatter wears a top hat
which has a slip of paper on it that says “In This Style 10/6?.
- From Wikipedia (The Hatter):
'The Hatter (also called the Mad Hatter or Hatter) is a character in Lewis
Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the
Looking-Glass. He is often referred to as the Mad Hatter, though this term
was never used by Carroll. The phrase mad as a hatter pre-dates Carroll's
works and the characters the Hatter and the March Hare are initially
referred to as both mad by the Cheshire Cat, with both first appearing in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in the seventh chapter titled A Mad
Tea-Party
The Hatter introduced in Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland he
wears a large top hat with a hatband reading In this style 10/6 This is the
hat's price tag, indicative of his trade, and giving the price in
pre-decimal British money as ten shillings and six pence (or half a
guinea)'.
[]The Hankster says] I would write more, but 'I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date'.
* 'Physician's Assistant Day'.
Celebrated since October 6, 1967 in honor of the first physician assistant
graduate class of Duke University.
- From Wikipedia (American Academy of Physician Assistants):
'The American Academy of PAs (AAPA) is the national professional society
for PAs in the United States. It represents approximately 104,000 certified
PAs across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, all U.S. territories and within the uniformed
services.
AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients
PAs serve. It works to ensure the professional growth, personal excellence
and recognition of PAs and to enhance PAs’ ability to improve the quality,
accessibility and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered healthcare.
National PA Week: Celebrated every year from October 6 to 12, National PA
Week celebrates the profession, promotes public awareness of PAs’ role in
patient care and salutes the PA workforce'.
[The Hankster says] I feel sorry for these people. They are the ones that have to put up with all my jokes and puns until the doctor arrives.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Other:
* 'German-American Day'. Annually on October 6.
- From Wikipedia (German-American Day):
'German-American Day (German: Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag) is a holiday in
the United States, observed annually on October 6. The holiday, which
celebrates German American heritage, commemorates the date in 1683 when 13
German families from Krefeld, near the Rhine, landed in Philadelphia. These
families subsequently founded Germantown, Pennsylvania, the first German
settlement in the original thirteen American colonies, and organized the
first petition in the English colonies to abolish slavery in 1688.
Originally known under the rubric of German Day, the holiday was celebrated
for the first time in Philadelphia in 1883, on the occasion of the 200th
anniversary of the arrival of the settlers from Krefeld and similar
celebrations developed later in other parts of the country. The custom died
out during World War I as a result of the anti-German sentiment that
prevailed at the time. The holiday was revived in 1983.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American
Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German American
immigration and culture to the United States. On August 6, 1987, Congress
approved S.J. Resolution 108, designating October 6, 1987, as
German-American Day. It became Public Law 100-104 when President Reagan
signed it on August 18. A proclamation (#5719) to this effect was issued
October 2, 1987, by President Reagan in a formal ceremony in the White
House Rose Garden, at which time the President called on Americans to
observe the Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities'.
<> Historical events on October 6
* 'In 1876, The American Library Association was founded. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The American Library Association (ALA) is a non-profit
organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library
education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association
in the world, with more than 62,000 members.
Founded by Justin Winsor, Charles Ammi Cutter, Samuel S. Green, James L.
Whitney, Melvil Dewey (Melvil Dui), Fred B. Perkins, Charles Evans, and
Thomas W. Bicknell in 1876 in Philadelphia and chartered in 1879 in
Massachusetts, its head office is now in Chicago.
During the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, 103 librarians,
90 men and 13 women, responded to a call for a Convention of Librarians to
be held October 4–6 at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. At the end
of the meeting, according to Ed Holley in his essay ALA at 100, the
register was passed around for all to sign who wished to become charter
members, making October 6, 1876, to be ALA's birthday. In attendance were
90 men and 13 women, among them Justin Winsor (Boston Public, Harvard),
William Frederick Poole (Chicago Public, Newberry), Charles Ammi Cutter
(Boston Athenaeum), Melvil Dewey, and Richard Rogers Bowker. Attendees came
from as far west as Chicago and from England. The aim of the Association,
in that resolution, was to enable librarians to do their present work more
easily and at less expense. The Association has worked throughout its
history to define, extend, protect and advocate for equity of access to
information'.
* 'In 1884, The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in
Newport, Rhode Island. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff
college and Home of Thought for the United States Navy in Newport, Rhode
Island. The NWC educates and develops leaders, supports defining the future
Navy and associated roles and missions, supports combat readiness, and
strengthens global maritime partnerships.
The college was established on October 6, 1884 its first president,
Commodore Stephen B. Luce, was given the old building of the Newport Asylum
for the Poor to house it on Coasters Harbor Island in Narragansett Bay.
Among the first four faculty members were Tasker H. Bliss, a future Army
Chief of Staff, James R. Soley, the first civilian faculty member and a
future Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and, most famously, Captain (later,
Rear Admiral) Alfred Thayer Mahan, who soon became renowned for the scope
of his strategic thinking and influence on naval leaders worldwide.
The College engaged in wargaming various scenarios from 1887 on, and in
time became a laboratory for the development of war plans. Nearly all of
the U.S. naval operations of the twentieth century were originally designed
and gamed at the NWC.
More than 50,000 students have graduated since its first class of 9
students in 1885 and about 300 of today’s active duty admirals and generals
and senior executive service leaders are alumni. The college’s joint
professional military education (JPME) programs prepare leaders for the
challenges of operational and strategic leadership over the remainder of
their careers as decision makers and problem solvers. More than 1,900
students have graduated from the Maritime Staff Operators Course, 200 from
the Executive Level OLW Course, and more than 450 U.S. and international
flag and general officers from the flag course. Just as its educational
programs have expanded in depth and reach, so have the research and
analysis efforts conducted by our Center for Naval Warfare Studies. Through
war games, conferences, workshops, and publications, our research arm
provides direct curriculum support to our educational programs and focused,
task-driven analysis for fleet customers and government agencies across the
national security spectrum'.
* 'In 1908, Ohio Art Company, makers of 'Etch-A-Sketch', was founded by
Henry Simon Winzeler. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Ohio Art Company is an American manufacturing
company founded in 1908. Based in Bryan, Ohio, the company is principally
engaged in two lines of business. The first line of business is the sales,
marketing, and distribution of toys including the Etch A Sketch, and
Nanoblock. (The Etch A Sketch and Doodle Sketch brands were sold in early
2016 to Canadian-based company Spin Master.) The second line of business is
the company's Diversified Products segment which manufactures custom metal
lithography products for food container and specialty premium markets.
Examples of these are food tins',
'Etch A Sketch is a mechanical drawing toy invented by André Cassagnes of
France and subsequently manufactured by the Ohio Art Company and now owned
by Spin Master of Toronto, Canada.
An Etch A Sketch has a thick, flat gray screen in a red plastic frame.
There are two knobs on the front of the frame in the lower corners.
Twisting the knobs moves a stylus that displaces aluminum powder on the
back of the screen, leaving a solid line. The knobs create lineographic
images. The left control moves the stylus horizontally, and the right one
moves it vertically.
The Etch A Sketch was introduced near the peak of the Baby Boom on July 12,
1960 for $2.99. It went on to sell 600,000 units that year and is one of
the best known toys of that era. In 1998, it was inducted into the National
Toy Hall of Fame at The Strong, in Rochester, New York. In 2003, the Toy
Industry Association named Etch A Sketch to its Century of Toys List, a
roll call commemorating the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of
the 20th century'.
* 'In 1927, The era of talking pictures arrived with the debut of 'The Jazz
Singer'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. The
first feature-length motion picture with synchronized sound, its release
heralded the commercial ascendance of the talkies and the decline of the
silent film era. Directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros.
with its Vitaphone sound-on-disc system, the film, featuring six songs
performed by Al Jolson, is based on a play of the same name by Samson
Raphaelson, adapted from one of his short stories The Day of Atonement
The film depicts the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who
defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular
tunes in a beer garden he is punished by his father, a cantor, prompting
Jakie to run away from home. Some years later, now calling himself Jack
Robin, he has become a talented jazz singer. He attempts to build a career
as an entertainer but his professional ambitions ultimately come into
conflict with the demands of his home and heritage.
Darryl F. Zanuck won the Special Academy Award for producing the film, and
it was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Engineering
Effects. In 1996, The Jazz Singer was selected for preservation in the
National Film Registry of culturally, historically or aesthetically
significant motion pictures. In 1998, the film was chosen in voting
conducted by the American Film Institute as one of the best American films
of all time, ranking at number ninety'.
* 'In 1952, Agatha Christie's play 'The Mousetrap' opens in London and is
still running. It had it's 25,000 performance in 2015. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha
Christie. The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has
been running continuously since then. It has by far the longest initial run
of any play in history, with its 25,000th performance taking place on 18
November 2012. The play is known for its twist ending, which the audience
are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre.
The play began life as a short radio play broadcast on 30 May 1947 called
Three Blind Mice in honour of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. The
play had its origins in the real-life case of the death of a boy, Dennis
O'Neill, who died while in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his
wife in 1945.
The play is based on a short story, itself based on the radio play, but
Christie asked that the story not be published as long as it ran as a play
in the West End of London. The short story has still not been published
within the United Kingdom but it has appeared in the United States in the
1950 collection Three Blind Mice and Other Stories.
When she wrote the play, Christie gave the rights to her grandson Matthew
Prichard as a birthday present. In the United Kingdom, only one production
of the play in addition to the West End production can be performed
annually, and under the contract terms of the play, no film adaptation can
be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six
months.
The play had to be renamed at the insistence of Emile Littler who had
produced a play called Three Blind Mice in the West End before the Second
World War. The suggestion to call it The Mousetrap came from Christie's
son-in-law, Anthony Hicks. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, The Mousetrap is
Hamlet's answer to Claudius's inquiry about the name of the play whose
prologue and first scene the court has just observed (III, ii). The play is
actually The Murder of Gonzago, but Hamlet answers metaphorically, since
the play's the thing in which he intends to catch the conscience of the
king.
The play's longevity has ensured its popularity with tourists from around
the world. In 1997, at the initiative of producer Stephen Waley-Cohen, the
theatrical education charity Mousetrap Theatre Projects was launched,
helping young people experience London's theatre.
Tom Stoppard's 1968 play The Real Inspector Hound parodies many elements of
The Mousetrap, including the surprise ending'.
* 'In 1976, The song 'Disco Duck' by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots
received a gold record. The song became only the fourth single to be
certified platinum in December of 1976. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Disco Duck is a satirical disco novelty song performed
by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots. At the time, Dees was a Memphis disc
jockey. It became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in
October 1976 (and ranked #99 out of the 100 most popular songs of the year
according to Billboard magazine). It also made the top 20 on the Billboard
Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at number 15. Disco Duck was initially
released in the south by Estelle Axton's Fretone label, but it was later
released by RSO Records for national and international distribution.
Written by Dees, Disco Duck was inspired by a 1960s novelty dance song
called The Duck, recorded by Jackie Lee in 1965. According to Dees, it took
one day to write the song, but three months to convince anyone to perform
it.
Combining orchestral disco styles with a Donald Duck–esque voice as the
main plot point, the story within Disco Duck centers around a man at a
dance party who is overcome by the urge to get up and get down in a
duck-like manner. When the music stops, he sits down, but when he decides
to get up and dance again, he finds that everyone in the room is now doing
his dance'.
No. 1 song
Top movie
Monthly holiday / awareness days in October
Food
American Cheese Month
Apple Month
Corn Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Caramel Month
National Cookbook Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month
Pizza Month
Sausage Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Vegetarian Month
Health
AIDS Awareness Month
American Pharmacists Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month
World Blindness Awareness Month
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Christmas Seal Campaign
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Global ADHD Awareness Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Long Term Care Planning Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Audiology/Protect Your Hearing Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stop Bullying Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Talk About Prescriptions Month
World Menopause Month
Animal and Pet
Adopt A Dog Month
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
Bat Appreciation Month
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
Wishbones for Pets Month
Other
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Children's Magazine Month
Class Reunion Month
Country Music Month
Employee Ownership Month
Energy Management is a Family Affair
Fair Trade Month
Financial Planning Month
German-American Heritage Month
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month
Intergeneration Month
Learn To Bowl Month
National Arts and Humanities Month
National Chili Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
National Ergonomics Month
National Field Trip Month
National Kitchen and Bath Month
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Work and Family Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Polish American Heritage Month
Self-Promotion Month
October is:
October origin (from Wikipedia): October is the tenth month of the year
in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with a
length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old Roman calendar, October
retained its name (from the Greek meaning 'eight') after January
and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been
created by the Romans.
"
October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Northern
hemisphere and spring in the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal
equivalent to April in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
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