<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Angel Food Cake Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Angel food cake):
'Angel food cake, or angel cake, is a type of sponge cake made with stiffly
beaten egg whites with no butter added. Angel food cake originated in the
United States and first became popular in the late 19th century. It gained
its unique reputation along with its name due to its light and fluffy
texture, said to resemble the food of the angels
Angel food cake is a white sponge cake made with only stiffly beaten egg
whites (yolks would make it yellow and inhibit the stiffening of the
whites) and no butter. The first recipe in a cookbook for a white sponge
cake is in Lettice Bryan’s The Kentucky Housewife of 1839. Since there is
no butter in the cake, the angel food cake is not related to the butter
cakes: snow-drift cake, silver cake or lady cake.
The Home Messenger Book of Tested Recipes, 2d ed., 1878, by Isabella
Stewart contained the first recipe for Angel’s Food Cake. Stewart’s
detailed recipe called for eleven egg whites, sugar, flour, vanilla extract
and cream of tartar.
Angel food cake requires egg whites whipped until they are stiff cream of
tartar is added to the mixture to stabilize the egg whites. Remaining
ingredients are gently folded into the egg white mixture. For this method
of leavening to work well, it is useful to have flour that has been made of
softer wheat cake flour is generally used because of its light texture. The
softer wheat and the lack of fat causes angel food cake to have a very
light texture and taste'. .
[The Hankster says] One of my favorites. I order it and it turns to Devil's Food Cake before it gets to my table. Is this significant?
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Columbus Day in the USA'.
- From Wikipedia (Columbus Day):
'Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries in the Americas and
elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher
Columbus' arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The landing is
celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of
the Race) in many countries in Latin America and as Día de la Hispanidad
and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, where it is also the religious festivity of
la Virgen del Pilar. It is also celebrated as Día de las Américas (Day of
the Americas) in Belize and Uruguay, as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as
Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Day of Respect for Cultural
Diversity) in Argentina and as Giornata Nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo or
Festa Nazionale di Cristoforo Colombo in Italy and in the Little Italys
around the world. These holidays have been celebrated unofficially since
the late 18th century and officially in various countries since the early
20th century.
Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906,
and became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937, though people
have celebrated Columbus's voyage since the colonial period. In 1792, New
York City and other U.S. cities celebrated the 300th anniversary of his
landing in the New World. President Benjamin Harrison called upon the
people of the United States to celebrate Columbus Day on the 400th
anniversary of the event. During the four hundredth anniversary in 1892,
teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used Columbus Day rituals to
teach ideals of patriotism. These patriotic rituals took themes such as
citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and
celebrating social progress.
Many Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their
heritage, the first occasion being in New York City on October 12, 1866.
Columbus Day was first enshrined as a legal holiday in the United States
through the lobbying of Angelo Noce, a first generation Italian, in Denver.
The first statewide Columbus Day holiday was proclaimed by Colorado
governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905, and it was made a statutory holiday in
1907. In April 1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus and
New York City Italian leader Generoso Pope, Congress and President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt proclaimed October 12 a federal holiday under the name
Columbus Day.
Since 1970 (Oct. 12), the holiday has been fixed to the second Monday in
October, coincidentally exactly the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring
Canada fixed since 1959. It is generally observed nowadays by banks, the
bond market, the U.S. Postal Service, other federal agencies, most state
government offices, many businesses, and most school districts. Some
businesses and some stock exchanges remain open, and some states and
municipalities abstain from observing the holiday. The traditional date of
the holiday also adjoins the anniversary of the United States Navy (founded
October 13, 1775), and thus both occasions are customarily observed by the
Navy (and usually the Marine Corps as well) with either a 72- or 96-hour
liberty period. Local observance of Columbus Day Columbus Day in Salem,
Massachusetts in 1892
Actual observance varies in different parts of the United States, ranging
from large-scale parades and events to complete non-observance. Most states
celebrate Columbus Day as an official state holiday, though many mark it as
a Day of Observance or Recognition and at least four do not recognize it at
all. Most states that celebrate Columbus Day will close state services,
while others operate as normal.
San Francisco claims the nation's oldest continuously existing celebration
with the Italian-American community's annual Columbus Day Parade, which was
established by Nicola Larco in 1868, while New York City boasts the
largest.
As in the mainland U.S., Columbus Day is a legal holiday in the U.S.
territory of Puerto Rico. In the United States Virgin Islands, the day is
celebrated as both Columbus Day and Puerto Rico Friendship Day
Virginia also celebrates two legal holidays on the day, Columbus Day and
Yorktown Victory Day, which honors the final victory at the Siege of
Yorktown in the Revolutionary War.
The U.S. states of Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, and South Dakota do not
recognize Columbus Day at all however, Hawaii and South Dakota mark the day
with an alternative holiday or observance. Hawaii celebrates Discoverers'
Day, which commemorates the Polynesian discoverers of Hawaii on the same
date, the second Monday of October, though the name change has not ended
protest related to the observance of Columbus' discovery. The state
government does not treat either Columbus Day or Discoverers' Day as a
legal holiday state, city and county government offices and schools are
open for business. On the other hand, South Dakota celebrates the day as an
official state holiday known as Native American Day rather than Columbus
Day. Oregon does not recognize Columbus Day, neither as a holiday nor a
commemoration schools and public offices remain open. Two additional
states, Iowa and Nevada, do not celebrate Columbus Day as an official
holiday, but the states' respective governors are authorized and requested
by statute to proclaim the day each year.
Several other states have removed Columbus Day as a paid holiday for
government workers while still maintaining Columbus Day either as a day of
recognition or a legal holiday for other purposes. These include California
and Texas.
The city of Berkeley, California, has replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous
People's Day since 1992, a move which has been followed by multiple other
localities including Sebastopol and Santa Cruz, California Dane County,
Wisconsin Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota Seattle, Washington Missoula,
Montana and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Various tribal governments in
Oklahoma designate the day Native American Day, or name the day after their
own tribe'.
* 'Native American Day'.
Second Monday in October.
- From Wikipedia (Native American Day):
'Native American Day is a holiday in the U.S. states of California and
South Dakota. It honors Native American cultures and contributions to their
respective states and the United States. The state of Tennessee observes a
similar American Indian Day each year. The state of Nevada has also
declared an American Indian Day on September 23, 2016. Governor Brian
Sandoval signed the declaration on September 20, 2016.
Caafornia: n 1968, Governor Ronald Reagan signed a resolution calling for a
holiday called American Indian Day, to be held the Fourth Friday in
September. In 1998, the California Assembly passed AB 1953, which made
Native American Day an official state holiday, observed annually on the
fourth Friday in September.
South Dakota: In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed
legislation proposed by Governor George S. Mickelson to proclaim 1990 as
the Year of Reconciliation between Native Americans and whites, to change
Columbus Day to Native American Day and to make Martin Luther King's
birthday into a state holiday. Since 1990, the second Monday in October has
been celebrated as Native American Day in South Dakota. South Dakota is the
only state to practice non-observance of the federal holiday of Columbus
Day by recognizing Native American Day.
Tennesse: In 1994 the state General Assembly established the fourth Monday
in September of each year to be especially observed in Tennessee as
American Indian Day (TCA 15-2-106 ), to recognize the contributions of
American Indians with suitable ceremony and fellowship designed to promote
greater understanding and brotherhood between American Indians and the
non-Indian people of the state of Tennessee'.
* 'Indigenous Peoples' Day'.
From Wikipedia: 'Indigenous Peoples' Day (also known as Native American
Day) is a holiday celebrated in various localities in the United States. It
began as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day, promoting Native American
culture and commemorating the history of Native American peoples. The
celebration began in Berkeley, California, through the International Indian
Treaty Council, and Denver, Colorado, as a protest against Columbus Day,
which is listed as a federal holiday in the United States, but is not
observed as a state holiday in every state. Indigenous Peoples' Day is
usually held on the second Monday of October coinciding with the federal
observance of Columbus Day'.
* 'Metric Day'.
On 10/10 each year.
* 'Bonza Bottler Day'.
When the digit of the day and month are the same. as in 10/10.
* 'Hug A Drummer Day'.
Center stage for the drummer's.
* 'National Kick Butt Day'.
Second Monday in October. This is not the anti-tobacco Kick Butts Day which
was in March. This is a self-motivation day.
* 'National Tuxedo Day'.
First record of a dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to an autumn ball at Tuxedo
Park, N.Y. in 1886.
- From Wikipedia (Tuxedo):
'A dinner jacket (British English) or tuxedo (American English, also
colloquially known as “tux”), dinner suit, or DJ is a formal evening suit
distinguished primarily by satin or grosgrain facings on the jacket's
lapels and buttons and a similar stripe along the outseam of the trousers.
The suit is typically black or midnight blue and commonly worn with a
formal shirt, shoes and other accessories, most traditionally in the form
prescribed by the black tie dress code.
In Britain, the word tuxedo often refers to a white dinner jacket.
The earliest references to a dress coat substitute in America are from the
summer and fall of 1886 and, like the British references from this time,
vary between waist-length mess-jacket style and the conventional suit
jacket style. The most famous reference originates from Tuxedo Park, an
upstate New York countryside enclave for Manhattan's wealthiest citizens. A
son of one of the community’s founders, Griswold Lorillard, and his friends
were widely reported in society columns for showing up at the club’s first
Autumn Ball in October 1886 wearing a tailless dress coat Although it is
not known whether this garment was a mess jacket or a conventional dinner
jacket, it no doubt cemented the tailcoat substitute's association with
Tuxedo Park in the mind of the public.
An essay in the Tuxedo Park archives attributes the jacket's importation to
America to resident James Brown Potter specifically but this claim cannot
be verified through independent sources. Period newspaper accounts indicate
that at first the jacket was worn by young mavericks to gatherings
considered strictly formal. This led the American establishment to reject
it out of hand. It was only by 1888 that polite society accepted its role
solely as a summer and informal evening substitute at which point it became
very popular'.
* 'Naval Academy Day'.
See more in the history section for 1845.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'World Mental Health Day'. Since 1992 by the World Federation for Mental
Health (WFMH).
- From Wikipedia (World Mental Health Day):
'World Mental Health Day (10 October) is a day for global mental health
education, awareness and advocacy. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the
initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental
health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.
This day, each October, thousands of supporters come to celebrate this
annual awareness program to bring attention to Mental Illness and its major
effects on peoples' life worldwide. In some countries this day is part of
an awareness week, such as Mental Illness Awareness Week in the US and
Mental Health Week in Australia'.
* 'World Porridge Day'. In Scotland, a food for children charity by Mary’s
Meals ..
- From Wikipedia (World Porridge Day):
'World Porridge Day, on 10 October, is an international event related to
porridge. The first of the days was held in 2009. The event is organized to
raise funds for the charity Mary's Meals, based in Argyll, Scotland, to aid
starving children in developing countries. The organization feeds the
nutrient-rich maize-based porridge Likuni Phala to about 320,000 children
in Malawi each year. The 2009 day included gatherings in the United States,
France, Malawi, Bosnia and Sweden.
Stoats Porridge Bars was the official World Porridge Day partner in 2016.
The World Porridge Making Championship has taken place alongside the day
since 2009'.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'Squid Day/Cuttlefish Day: During Cephalopod Awareness Days.
- From Wikipedia (Squid):
'Squid are cephalopods of the order Teuthida, which comprises around 304
species. Like all other cephalopods, squid have a distinct head, bilateral
symmetry, a mantle, and arms. Squid, like cuttlefish, have eight arms
arranged in pairs and two, usually longer, tentacles. Squid are strong
swimmers and certain species can fly for short distances out of the water'.
- From Wikipedia (Cuttlefish):
'Cuttlefish are marine animals of the order Sepiida. They belong to the
class Cephalopoda, which also includes squid, octopuses, and nautiluses.
Cuttlefish have a unique internal shell, the cuttlebone. Despite their
name, cuttlefish are not fish but molluscs.
Cuttlefish have large, W-shaped pupils, eight arms, and two tentacles
furnished with denticulated suckers, with which they secure their prey.
They generally range in size from 15 to 25 cm (5.9 to 9.8 in), with the
largest species, Sepia apama, reaching 50 cm (20 in) in mantle length and
over 10.5 kg (23 lb) in mass'.
o Other:
* 'World Day Against Death Penalty'. Since 2003 by The World Coalition
against the Death Penalty.
- From Wikipedia (World Coalition Against the Death Penalty):
'The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is an alliance of NGOs, bar
associations, local bodies and unions whose aim is to strengthen the
international anti-death penalty movement. The World Coalition lobbies
international organisations and States, organises international events and
facilitates the creation and development of national and regional
coalitions against the death penalty.
It was created in Rome on 13 May 2002 and has established 10 October as the
date of the annual World Day Against the Death Penalty in 2003.
The World Coalition has 158 member organisations as of August 2014'.
* 'World Homeless Day'. Since 2010, originally as an online media effort..
* 'National Braille Week'. October 9-16 in Great Britain.
- From Wikipedia (Royal Blind):
'Royal Blind (founded in 1793) is a British charity based in Edinburgh,
Scotland. The charity provides care, education and employment for people of
all ages who are blind or partially sighted. Royal Blind provides the
following services: Royal Blind School, Forward Vision, Braeside House,
Scottish Braille Press and Kidscene. Royal Blind’s sister charity is
Scottish War Blinded'.
* 'Thanksgiving Day in Canada'.
- From Wikipedia (Thanksgiving (Canada)):
'Thanksgiving (French: Action de grâce), or Thanksgiving Day (Jour de
l'action de grâce) is an annual Canadian holiday, occurring on the second
Monday in October, which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the
past year.
Thanksgiving has been officially celebrated as an annual holiday in Canada
since November 6, 1879, when parliament passed a law designating a national
day of thanksgiving. The date, however, was not fixed and moved earlier and
later in the year, though it was commonly the third Monday in October.
On January 31, 1957, the Governor General of Canada issued a proclamation
stating: A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful
harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on the 2nd
Monday in October.'.
<> Historical events on October 10
* 'In 1845, Founding of the U.S. Naval Academy.
- From Wikipedia (United States Naval Academy):'The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Established in 1845 under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, it is the second oldest of the United States' five service academies, and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The 338-acre (137 ha) campus is located on the
former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County, 33 miles (53 km) east of Washington, D.C. and 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Baltimore. The entire campus is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites, buildings, and monuments. It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum, in Philadelphia, that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis.
The institution was founded as the Naval School in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft. The campus was established at Annapolis on the grounds of the former U.S. Army post Fort Severn. The school opened on 10 October with 50 midshipman students and seven professors. The decision to establish an academy on land may have been in part a result of the Somers Affair, an alleged mutiny involving the Secretary of War's son that resulted in his execution at sea. Commodore Matthew Perry had a considerable
interest in naval education, supporting an apprentice system to train new seamen, and helped establish the curriculum for the United States Naval Academy. He was also a vocal proponent of modernization of the navy.
Originally a course of study for five years was prescribed. Only the first and last were spent at the school with the other three being passed at sea. The present name was adopted when the school was reorganized in 1850 and placed under the supervision of the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. Under the immediate charge of the superintendent, the course of study was extended to seven years with the first two and the last two to be spent at the school and the intervening three years at sea. The
four years of study were made consecutive in 1851 and practice cruises were substituted for the three consecutive years at sea. The first class of naval academy students graduated on 10 June 1854.
In 1860, the Tripoli Monument was moved to the academy grounds. Later that year in August, the model of the USS Somers experiment was resurrected when the USS Constitution, then 60 years old, was recommissioned as a school ship for the fourth-class midshipmen after a conversion and refitting begun in 1857. She was anchored at the yard, and the plebes lived on board the ship to immediately introduce them to shipboard life and experiences'.
* 'In 1865, John Hyatts patents the billiard ball, made of celluloid
(nitrocellulose, guncotton).
- From Wikipedia: 'Because of its explosive nature, not all applications of
nitrocellulose were successful. In 1869, with elephants having been poached
to near extinction, the billiards industry offered a $10,000 prize to
whomever came up with the best replacement for ivory billiard balls. John
Wesley Hyatt created the winning replacement, which he created with a new
material he discovered called camphored nitrocellulose—the first
thermoplastic, better known as celluloid. The invention enjoyed a brief
popularity, but the Hyatt balls were extremely flammable, and sometimes
portions of the outer shell would explode upon impac'.
* 'In 1871, The Great Chicago Fire ends. The fire lasts from October 8 to
October 10.
- From Wikipedia: 'The fire killed up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3
square miles ( 9 km2) of Chicago, Illinois, and left more than 100,000
residents homeless.
- From Wikipedia: 'The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned
from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871. The fire killed
up to 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of Chicago,
Illinois, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless'.
* 'In 1897, German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of
'synthesizing' acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). In 1763, Edward Stone, at
Oxford, isolated the chemical. A French chemist, Charles Frederic Gerhardt,
was the first to prepare acetylsalicylic acid in 1853, but at that time it
was too hard/expensive to isolate.
- From Wikipedia: 'Felix Hoffmann (January 21, 1868 – February 8, 1946) was
a German chemist notable for re-synthesizing diamorphine (independently
from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was
popularized under the Bayer trade name of heroin He is also credited with
synthesizing aspirin, though whether he did this under his own initiative
or under the instruction of Arthur Eichengrün is highly contested'.
* 'In 1913, United States President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion
of the Gamboa Dike thus ending construction on the Panama Canal. .
- From Wikipedia: 'On October 10, 1913, the dike at Gamboa which had kept
the Culebra Cut isolated from Gatun Lake was demolished the detonation was
made telegraphically by President Woodrow Wilson in Washington. On January
7, 1914, the Alexandre La Valley, an old French crane boat, became the
first ship to make a complete transit of the Panama Canal under its own
steam after working its way across during the final stages of construction.
As construction wound down, the canal team began to disperse. Thousands of
workers were laid off, and entire towns were disassembled or demolished.
Chief sanitary officer William C. Gorgas, who left to fight pneumonia in
the South African gold mines, became surgeon general of the Army. On April
1, 1914 the Isthmian Canal Commission disbanded, and the zone was governed
by a Canal Zone Governor the first governor was George Washington Goethals.
Although a large celebration was planned for the canal's opening, the
outbreak of World War I forced the cancellation of the main festivities and
it became a modest local affair. The Panama Railway steamship SS Ancon,
piloted by Captain John A. Constantine (the canal's first pilot), made the
first official transit on August 15, 1914. With no international
dignitaries in attendance, Goethals followed the Ancon's progress by
railroad'.
* 'In 1932, The radio soap opera 'Betty and Bob' premieres. It starred
Elizabeth Reller, Don Ameche, Edith Davis. It ran for 6 series on three
networks from October 10, 1932 to March 15, 1940.
- From Wikipedia: 'Betty and Bob was one of the earliest examples of the
radio soap opera. The soap opera followed the lives of Betty and Bob Drake.
Betty was a secretary who falls madly in love with her boss, bachelor Bob
Drake. The two wed and each day, the subject matter dealt with everything
from love to hate, jealousy to divorce, murder to betrayal, and collusion
to insanity.
The program was the first radio program produced by future daytime radio
monarchs Frank and Anne Hummert. The program also began a long partnership
between the Hummerts and scriptwriter Robert Hardy Andrews.
The program originally starred Elizabeth Reller and Don Ameche in the title
roles of Betty and Bob Drake. The role of Bob Drake is credited as the role
that made Ameche the first radio sex symbol But during the program's eight
year run, four other actresses, including Arlene Francis, portrayed Betty
and seven other actors, including Les Tremayne, portrayed Bob.
According to author John Dunning, ratings for the soap opera plummeted
after the addition of the Drake's son Little Bobby. Raymond William Stedman
speculates that listeners refused to accept bickering and jealousy when a
child was involved. Little Bobby died of pneumonia and the Drake's
divorced. But ratings never did pick up again. The last few years of the
program centered on how Betty and Bob grieve over the loss of their son,
Bob's relationship with his new girlfriend Pamela Talmadge (portrayed by
Ethel Kuhn), and Bob's time in and out of a mental institution.
The program premiered on the Blue Network on October 10, 1932. The program
moved to CBS then to NBC's Red Network where the series finished on March
15, 1940. The program was sponsored by both the Wheaties and Bisquick
divisions of the General Mills company'.
* 'In 1933, The first synthetic detergent, 'Dreft' by Procter and Gamble,
goes on sale. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Dreft is a laundry detergent in the United States,
Canada, United Kingdom and other markets. First produced by Procter and
Gamble in 1933, it was the first synthetic detergent made. Dreft does not
leave a lime scum deposit and it does not contain harsh chemicals such as
bleach. It is suitable for fine washables such as silk or wool as well as
flame-resistant fabrics. The Fairy brand of washing-up liquid and Cascade
brand of dishwashing detergent are also sold under the name Dreft in some
countries, including the Netherlands. In Canada, it is called Ivory Snow'.
* 'In 1935, 'Porgy and Bess', the first great American opera, premieres on
Broadway. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Porgy and Bess is an English-language opera composed in
1934 by George Gershwin, with a libretto written by DuBose Heyward and Ira
Gershwin from Heyward's novel Porgy and later play of the same title. Porgy
and Bess was first performed in Boston on September 30, 1935, and featured
an entire cast of classically trained African-American singers—a daring
artistic choice at the time. After suffering from an initially unpopular
public reception due in part to its racially charged theme, the Houston
Grand Opera production of the opera in 1976 gained it new popularity,
eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed
operas.
Gershwin read Porgy in 1926 and proposed that he should collaborate with
Heyward on Porgy and Bess. In 1934, Gershwin and Heyward began work on the
project by visiting the author's native Charleston. Gershwin explained why
he called Porgy and Bess a folk opera in a 1935 New York Times article:
Porgy and Bess is a folk tale. Its people naturally would sing folk music.
When I first began work in the music I decided against the use of original
folk material because I wanted the music to be all of one piece. Therefore
I wrote my own spirituals and folksongs. But they are still folk music –
and therefore, being in operatic form, Porgy and Bess becomes a folk opera.
The libretto of Porgy and Bess tells the story of Porgy, a disabled
street-beggar living in the slums of Charleston, South Carolina. It deals
with his attempts to rescue Bess from the clutches of Crown, her violent
and possessive lover, and Sportin' Life, her drug dealer. Where the earlier
novel and stage-play differ, the opera generally follows the stage-play.
In the years following Gershwin's death, Porgy and Bess was adapted for
smaller scale performances and was later adapted into a film in 1959. Some
of the songs in the opera, such as Summertime became popular and frequently
recorded songs. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the trend has
been towards reproducing a greater fidelity to Gershwin's original
intentions although other smaller-scale productions continued to be
mounted. A complete version of the score was released in 1976 since then,
it has been recorded several times'.
* 'In 1958, Eddie Cochran recorded 'C'mon Everybody'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'C'mon Everybody is a 1958 song by Eddie Cochran and
Jerry Capehart, originally released as a B-side. In 1959 it peaked in the
UK (where Cochran had major success and where he died in 1960) at No. 6 in
the singles chart, and, thirty years later, in 1988, the track was
re-issued there and became a No. 14 hit. In the United States the song got
to No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. C'mon Everybody is ranked No. 403 on
the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
When Cochran recorded his lead vocal for the song, he also created an
alternate version of the song called Let's Get Together The only change to
the lyrics was exactly that: the phrase Let's get together in place of
C'mon everybody This alternate version was eventually released on a
compilation album in the 1970s.
The song was also used by Levi Strauss and Co. to promote their 501 jean
range in 1988. The advert, titled Eddie Cochran and directed by Syd
Macartney, told the story of how the (purported) narrator, songwriter
Sharon Sheeley, attracted Eddie Cochran by wearing said jeans. The song was
re-released as a promotional single that year'.
* 'In 1967, The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty
nations, comes into force. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Outer Space Treaty, formally the Treaty on
Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of
Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a treaty
that forms the basis of international space law. The treaty was opened for
signature in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union on
27 January 1967, and entered into force on 10 October 1967. As of September
2015, 104 countries are parties to the treaty, while another 24 have signed
the treaty but have not completed ratification. In addition, the Republic
of China (Taiwan), which is currently only recognized by 21 UN member
states, ratified the treaty prior to the United Nations General Assembly's
vote to transfer China's seat to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in
1971'.
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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.
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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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