<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Cheese Curd Day'. . A Wisconsin treat. Little pieces of yellow
or white Wisconsin cheddar cheese coated and deep fried.
- From Wikipedia (Cheese curd):
'Cheese curds, in cuisine or cooking, are the solid parts of curdled milk
either eaten alone or used in various regional dishes mostly in Canada and
the northeastern and midwestern United States. They are sometimes referred
to as squeaky cheese
Cheese curds start off with fresh milk. The milk is pasteurized, much like
in the process of creating cheese. During this process, rennet is added to
clot the milk. After the milk has been pasteurized, the result is a mixture
of whey and the early stages of the curd. This mixture is then cooked.
Next, it is pressed to release the whey from the curd, thus creating the
final product of cheese curd.
Their flavor is mild, but can differ in taste depending on the process in
which it was made. It has about the same firmness and density as cheese,
but with a springy or rubbery texture. Fresh curds squeak against the teeth
when bitten into, a defining characteristic due to air trapped inside the
porous material. This squeak has been described by the New York Times as
sounding like balloons trying to neck After 12 hours, even under
refrigeration, cheese curds lose much of their fresh characteristic,
particularly the squeak Keeping them at room temperature can preserve the
squeakiness.
The curds have a mild flavor and are sometimes somewhat salty. Most
varieties, as in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Vermont, or New York State,
are naturally uncolored. The American variety is usually yellow or orange,
like most American Cheddar cheese, but it does not require the artificial
coloring'.
[The Hankster says] Yes, I am keeping a good lookout for any spider that might want to sit down beside me.
* 'National Mushroom Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Mushroom):
'A mushroom (or toadstool) is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a
fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source.
The standard for the name mushroom is the cultivated white button mushroom,
Agaricus bisporus hence the word mushroom is most often applied to those
fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricomycetes) that have a stem (stipe), a cap
(pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap.
These gills produce microscopic spores that help the fungus spread across
the ground or its occupant surface.
Mushroom describes a variety of gilled fungi, with or without stems, and
the term is used even more generally, to describe both the fleshy fruiting
bodies of some Ascomycota and the woody or leathery fruiting bodies of some
Basidiomycota, depending upon the context of the word.
Forms deviating from the standard morphology usually have more specific
names, such as bolete, puffball, stinkhorn, and morel, and gilled mushrooms
themselves are often called agarics in reference to their similarity to
Agaricus or their order Agaricales. By extension, the term mushroom can
also designate the entire fungus when in culture the thallus (called a
mycelium) of species forming the fruiting bodies called mushrooms or the
species itself.
Mushrooms are used extensively in cooking, in many cuisines (notably
Chinese, Korean, European, and Japanese). Though neither meat nor
vegetable, mushrooms are known as the meat of the vegetable world.
Most mushrooms sold in supermarkets have been commercially grown on
mushroom farms. The most popular of these, Agaricus bisporus, is considered
safe for most people to eat because it is grown in controlled, sterilized
environments. Several varieties of A. bisporus are grown commercially,
including whites, crimini, and portobello. Other cultivated species
available at many grocers include Hericium erinaceus, shiitake, maitake
(hen-of-the-woods), Pleurotus, and enoki. In recent years, increasing
affluence in developing countries has led to a considerable growth in
interest in mushroom cultivation, which is now seen as a potentially
important economic activity for small farmers. Mushroom and truffle output
in 2005
A number of species of mushrooms are poisonous although some resemble
certain edible species, consuming them could be fatal. Eating mushrooms
gathered in the wild is risky and should only be undertaken by individuals
knowledgeable in mushroom identification. Common best practice is for wild
mushroom pickers to focus on collecting a small number of visually
distinctive, edible mushroom species that cannot be easily confused with
poisonous varieties. A. bisporus contains small amounts of hydrazines, the
most abundant of which is agaritine. However, the hydrazines are destroyed
by moderate heat when cooking.
More generally, and particularly with gilled mushrooms, separating edible
from poisonous species requires meticulous attention to detail there is no
single trait by which all toxic mushrooms can be identified, nor one by
which all edible mushrooms can be identified. Additionally, even edible
mushrooms may produce allergic reactions in susceptible individuals, from a
mild asthmatic response to severe anaphylactic shock.
People who collect mushrooms for consumption are known as mycophagists, and
the act of collecting them for such is known as mushroom hunting, or simply
mushrooming
China is a major edible mushroom producer. The country produces about half
of all cultivated mushrooms, and around 2.7 kilograms (6.0 lb) of mushrooms
are consumed per person per year by over a billion people. In 2014, Poland
was the world's largest mushroom exporter, reporting an estimated 194,000
tonnes annually'. .
[The Hankster says] Love them: any kind, and any way they are used in food.
* 'National Chicken Cacciatore Day'. . Braised chicken with saucy tomatoes,
herbs and veggies. 'Cacciatore (pronounced ) means hunter in Italian. In
cuisine, alla cacciatora refers to a meal prepared hunter-style with
onions, herbs, usually tomatoes, often bell peppers, and sometimes wine.
Cacciatore is popularly made with braised chicken (pollo alla cacciatora)
or rabbit (coniglio alla cacciatora). The salamino cacciatore is a small
salami that is seasoned with only garlic and pepper.
Chicken cacciatore typically, but not always, includes base ingredients of
onion, garlic, and tomato'..
[The Hankster says] Good stuff, but the word Cacciatore sounds more like an illness than a food.
* 'National Roast Pheasant Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Common pheasant):
'The common pheasant is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae). The
genus name comes from Latin phasianus, pheasant The species name colchicus
is Latin for of Colchis a country on the Black Sea where pheasants became
known to Europeans.
It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game
bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives
occur such as in Europe (where it is naturalized), it is simply known as
the pheasant Ring-necked pheasant is both the name used for the species as
a whole in North America and also the collective name for a number of
subspecies and their intergrades which have white neck rings.
The word pheasant is derived from the ancient town of Phasis, the
predecessor of the modern port city of Poti in Western Georgia.
It is a well-known gamebird, among those of more than regional importance
perhaps the most widespread and ancient one in the whole world. The common
pheasant is one of the world's most hunted birds it has been introduced for
that purpose to many regions, and is also common on game farms where it is
commercially bred. Ring-necked pheasants in particular are commonly bred
and were introduced to many parts of the world the game farm stock, though
no distinct breeds have been developed yet, can be considered
semi-domesticated. The ring-necked pheasant is the state bird of South
Dakota, one of only three U.S. state birds that is not a species native to
the United States.
Common pheasants are bred to be hunted and are shot in great numbers in
Europe, especially the UK, where they are shot on the traditional formal
driven shoot principles, whereby paying guns have birds driven over them by
beaters, and on smaller rough shoots The open season in the UK is 1 October
– 1 February, under the Game Act 1831. Generally they are shot by hunters
employing gun dogs to help find, flush, and retrieve shot birds.
Retrievers, spaniels, and pointing breeds are used to hunt pheasants'. .
[The Hankster says] Almost ate some onetime, but I couldn't get to it. Some fool put it under glass.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'National Grouch Day'.
A Sesame Street day for the rest of us.
[The Hankster says] Don't know any of these people, but while I've got your attention, stop that noise and get off my grass.
* 'Sweetest Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Sweetest Day):
'Sweetest Day is a holiday celebrated in the Midwestern United States, and
parts of the Northeastern United States, on the third Saturday in October.
It is a day to share romantic deeds or expressions. 11 states and parts of
two states observe Sweetest Day: Texas Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin,
West Virginia and areas of both New York and Pennsylvania west of the spine
of the Appalachian Mountains. Sweetest Day has also been referred to as a
concocted promotion created by the candy industry solely to increase sales
of sweets.
The first Sweetest Day was on October 10, 1921 in Cleveland. The Cleveland
Plain Dealer's October 8, 1922 edition, which chronicles the first Sweetest
Day in Cleveland, states that the first Sweetest Day was planned by a
committee of 12 confectioners chaired by candymaker C. C. Hartzell. The
Sweetest Day in the Year Committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy
to newsboys, orphans, old folks, and the poor in Cleveland, Ohio. The
Sweetest Day in the Year Committee was assisted in the distribution of
candy by some of the biggest movie stars of the day including Theda Bara
and Ann Pennington'.
[The Hankster says] Me and C. Brown only get rocks.
* 'National I Love Lucy Day'.
'I Love Lucy' debuted on this day in 1951.
[The Hankster says] I won't, I won't. OK. great show. I love Lucy.
* 'Bridge Day'.
By Adventures of the Gorge. In West Virginia. BASE jumping and festival
activities.
- From Wikipedia (Bridge Day):
'Bridge Day is an annual one-day festival in Fayetteville, Fayette County,
West Virginia, United States The event is coordinated by the New River
Gorge Bridge Day Commission, and is sponsored by numerous companies of both
local and international significance. The event, held on the third Saturday
every October, commemorates the 1977 completion of the New River Gorge
Bridge. On this day, all four lanes of the bridge are closed to automobiles
and opened to pedestrians. Estimates have 100,000 people attending the
overall event.
The first Bridge Day was held in 1980 and drew a crowd of roughly 40,000.
It has been held every year since except for 2001. It was canceled that
year due to the recent events of 9/11 and the possibility of terrorist
attacks'.
[The Hankster says] No jumping for me. I get nose bleed when I jump on my bed at night.]
* 'National Cake Decorating Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Cake decorating):
'Cake decorating is one of the sugar arts that uses icing or frosting and
other edible decorative elements to make plain cakes more visually
interesting. Alternatively, cakes can be molded and sculpted to resemble
three-dimensional persons, places and things.
Cakes are decorated to mark a special celebration (such as a birthday or
wedding). They can also mark national or religious holidays, or be used to
promote commercial enterprises. However, cakes may be baked and decorated
for almost any social occasion'.
[The Hankster says] I prefer to decorate my insides with that cake.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'Global Handwashing Day'. A focus on the prevention of diarrhea and acute
respiratory infections.
- From Wikipedia (Global Handwashing Day):
'Global Handwashing Day (GHD) is a campaign to motivate and mobilize people
around the world to improve their handwashing habits by washing their hands
with soap at critical moments throughout each day. It takes place on 15
October of each year. The campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of
handwashing with soap as a key approach to disease prevention'.
* 'White Cane Safety Day'. Since 1964 by presidential proclamation.
- From Wikipedia (White Cane Safety Day):
'White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States,
celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to
celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and
the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane.
On October 6, 1964, a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress, H.R. 753, was
signed into law as Pub.L. 88–628 , and codified at 36 U.S.C. § 142 . This
resolution authorized the President of the United States to proclaim
October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the first White Cane Safety Day
proclamation within hours of the passage of the joint resolution.
In 2011, White Cane Safety Day was also named Blind Americans Equality Day
by President Barack Obama'.
* 'National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day'. Since 2002.
- From Wikipedia (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day):
'Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for
pregnancy loss and infant death, which includes, but is not limited to,
miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, and the death of a newborn.
October 15 is observed annually in the United States, Canada, United
Kingdom, Australian States of Western Australia, New South Wales and in
Italy. The day is observed with remembrance ceremonies and candle-lighting
vigils, concluding with the Lights of Love International Wave of Light, a
worldwide lighting of candles that encompasses and spans the globe at 7:00
p.m. (local time)
The official Awareness Colors of the cause are light pink and baby blue and
are synonymous with the campaigns awareness ribbon'.
* 'National Latino AIDS Awareness Day'.
- From Wikipedia (National Latino AIDS Awareness Day):
'National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) (Spanish : El Dia Nacional de
Concientizacion Latina del SIDA) takes place in the United States of
America and its territories on October 15, the last day of National
Hispanic Heritage Month, and aims to increase awareness of human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the
Hispanic/Latino population living in the United States including Puerto
Rico and the US Virgin Islands. It is a national community mobilizing and
social marketing campaign co-ordinated by the Latino Commission on AIDS and
the Hispanic Federation in partnership with commercial sponsors, community
and public health organisations'.
* 'Idic15 Awareness Day'. In Canada.
- From Wikipedia (Isodicentric 15):
'Isodicentric 15, also called idic(15), partial tetrasomy 15q, or inverted
duplication 15 (inv dup 15), is a chromosome abnormality in which a child
is born with extra genetic material from chromosome 15. People with
idic(15) are typically born with 47 chromosomes in their body cells,
instead of the normal 46. The extra chromosome is made up of a piece of
chromosome 15 that has been duplicated end-to-end like a mirror image. It
is the presence of this extra genetic material that is thought to account
for the symptoms seen in some people with idic(15). Individuals with
idic(15) have a total of four copies of this chromosome 15 region instead
of the usual two copies (1 copy each on the maternal and paternal
chromosomes).
The syndrome is also often referred to as Chromosome 15q11.2-13.1
Duplication Syndrome, shortened to Dup15q, a name that is supported and
actively promoted by the US-based support organization Dup15q Alliance.
The extra chromosome is occasionally found in the mosaic state, i.e. some
of the cells carry the marker chromosome. However, mostly because of the
marker's instability and tendency to be lost during cell division
(mitosis), some cells are completely normal with 46 chromosomes.
Occasionally, cells may have more than one idic(15), resulting in 48 or 49
chromosomes in all or some of their cells. A similar clinical picture
albeit to a milder degree could be expected in individuals that have the
extra chromosome 15 material as an interstitial duplication (when the extra
piece of chromosome 15 is included within the long arm of one of the two
copies of chromosome 15, rather than as a small extra 'marker' chromosome)
- often abbreviated to int dup(15) the individual thus having 46
chromosomes'.
* 'National Aesthetician Day*'.
- From Wikipedia (Cosmetology):
'Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of
specialty includes hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures,
non permanent hair removal such as waxing and sugaring and permanent hair
removal processes such as electrology and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL).
Estheticians (sometimes referred to as Aestheticians) are licensed
professionals who are experts in maintaining and improving healthy skin. An
esthetician's general scope of practice is limited to the epidermis (the
outer layer of skin). Estheticians work in many different environments such
as salons, med spas, day spas, skin care clinics, and private practices.
Estheticians may also specialize in treatments such as microdermabrasion,
microcurrent (also known as non-surgical face lifts), cosmetic
electrotherapy treatments (galvanic current, high frequency), LED (light
emitting diode) treatments, ultrasound/ultrasonic (low level), and
mechanical massage (vacuum and g8 vibratory). The esthetician may undergo
special training for treatments such as laser hair removal, permanent
makeup application, light chemical peels, eyelash extensions, and
electrology. In the US, estheticians must be licensed in the state in which
they are working and are governed by the cosmetology board requirements of
that state. Estheticians must complete a minimum 300–1500 hours of training
and pass both a written and hands-on exam in order to be licensed in a
given state. Utah, Virginia and Washington are the only states at this time
to adopt the Master Esthetician License. Additional post graduate training
is sometimes required when specializing in areas such as medical esthetics
(working in a doctor's office). Estheticians work under a dermatologist’s
supervision only when employed by the dermatologist's practice.
Estheticians treat a wide variety of skin issues that are cosmetic in
nature, such as mild acne, hyperpigmentation, and aging skin therefore,
clients with skin disease and disorders are referred to a dermatologist or
other medical professional. The word esthetician is an alternative spelling
of aesthetician, a derivation of the word aesthetic, beauty-related'.
* 'Breast Health Day: By The European Breast Cancer Coalition.
- From Wikipedia (Europa Donna):
'Europa Donna – The European Breast Cancer Coalition is an independent
non-profit organisation whose members are affiliated groups from 47
countries throughout Europe. The organisation was set up by a group of
women from various European countries in 1994. Its head office is in Milan,
Italy.
Europa Donna works to raise awareness of breast cancer and to improve
breast cancer services by promoting early detection, optimal treatment and
research. It holds information campaigns such as Breast Health Day on
October 15 to raise awareness of the role of lifestyle choices in reducing
the risk of breast cancer. The organisation promotes access to optimal
breast cancer services by collaborating with European and national
policymakers. Its efforts at the European Parliament led to the adoption of
the European Parliament Resolutions on Breast Cancer and the Written
Declaration on the Fight Against Breast Cancer. Europa Donna works with
European scientific organisations and is a co-organiser of the European
Breast Cancer Conference in partnership with the European Society of Breast
Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) and the European Organisation for Research and
Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). It provides the patient's perspective on
international breast cancer trial committees and is a member of the Breast
International Group Scientific Committee. The organisation holds Pan
European Conferences for advocates every two years as well as annual
Advocacy Training courses'.
o Other:
* 'International Day of Rural Women'. Created by the U.N. in 2007.
<> Historical events on October 15
* 'In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy,
Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by
October 15. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Gregorian calendar was a reform of the Julian
calendar. It was instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the
calendar was named, by papal bull Inter gravissimas dated 24 February 1582.
The motivation for the adjustment was to bring the date for the celebration
of Easter to the time of year in which it was celebrated when it was
introduced by the early Church. Although a recommendation of the First
Council of Nicaea in 325 specified that all Christians should celebrate
Easter on the same day, it took almost five centuries before virtually all
Christians achieved that objective by adopting the rules of the Church of
Alexandria (see Easter for the issues which arose)'.
* 'In 1783, The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon (tethered) makes the
first human ascent, piloted by Jean-Fran‡ois Pilƒtre de Rozier. On November
21, 1783, the first free flight by humans was made by Pilƒtre, together
with an army officer.
- From Wikipedia: 'With the successful demonstration at Versailles, and
again in collaboration with Réveillon, Étienne started building a
60,000-cubic-foot (1,700 m3) balloon for the purpose of making flights with
humans. The balloon was about seventy-five feet (23 m) tall and about fifty
feet (15 m) in diameter. It had rich decorative touches supplied by
Réveillon. The color scheme was gold figures on a deep blue background.
Fleur-de-lis, signs of the zodiac, and suns with Louis XVI's face in the
center interlaced with the royal monogram in the central section graced the
majestic machine. Red and blue drapery and golden eagles were at the base
of the balloon. It is fitting that Étienne Montgolfier was the first human
to lift off the earth, making at least one tethered flight from the yard of
the Réveillon workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. It was most likely on
October 15, 1783. A little while later on that same day, Pilâtre de Rozier
became the second to ascend into the air, to an altitude of 80 feet (24 m),
which was the length of the tether. On 21 November 1783, the first free
flight by humans was made by Pilâtre, together with an army officer, the
marquis d'Arlandes. The flight began from the grounds of the Château de la
Muette (close to the Bois de Boulogne (park)) in the western outskirts of
Paris. They flew aloft about 3,000 feet (910 m) above Paris for a distance
of nine kilometers. After 25 minutes, the machine landed between the
windmills, outside the city ramparts, on the Butte-aux-Cailles. Enough fuel
remained on board at the end of the flight to have allowed the balloon to
fly four to five times as far. However, burning embers from the fire were
scorching the balloon fabric and had to be daubed out with sponges. As it
appeared it could destroy the balloon, Pilâtre took off his coat to stop
the fire.
The early flights made a sensation. Numerous engravings commemorated the
events. Chairs were designed with balloon backs, and mantel clocks were
produced in enamel and gilt-bronze replicas set with a dial in the balloon.
One could buy crockery decorated with naive pictures of balloons.
In early 1784 the Flesselles balloon (named after the unfortunate Jacques
de Flesselles, later to be an early casualty at the Bastille) gave a rough
landing to its passengers. In June 1784 the Gustave saw the first (singing)
female aeronaut, Élisabeth Thible'.
* 'In 1878 - The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation. .
- From Wikipedia: 'During 1889, Thomas Edison had business interests in
many electricity-related companies: Edison Lamp Company, a lamp
manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey Edison Machine Works, a
manufacturer of dynamos and large electric motors in Schenectady, New York
Bergmann and Company, a manufacturer of electric lighting fixtures,
sockets, and other electric lighting devices and Edison Electric Light
Company, the patent-holding company and the financial arm backed by J.P.
Morgan and the Vanderbilt family for Edison's lighting experiments. In
1889, Drexel, Morgan and Co., a company founded by J.P. Morgan and Anthony
J. Drexel, financed Edison's research and helped merge those companies
under one corporation to form Edison General Electric Company which was
incorporated in New York on April 24, 1889. The new company also acquired
Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company in the same year'.
* 'In 1928, The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic
flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. .
- From Wikipedia: LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127
Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated,
passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated
commercially from 1928 to 1937. When it entered commercial service in 1928,
it became the first commercial passenger transatlantic flight service in
the world. It was named after the German pioneer of airships, Ferdinand von
Zeppelin, who was a count (Graf) in the German nobility. During its
operating life, the airship made 590 flights covering more than 1.7 million
kilometers (over 1 million miles). It was designed to be operated by a crew
of 36 officers and men. The LZ 127 was the longest rigid airship at the
time of its completion and was only surpassed by the USS Akron in 1931. It
was scrapped for fighter plane parts in 1940.
'In October 1928 the Graf Zeppelin made its first intercontinental trip, a
9,926 km (6,168 mi), 111-hour crossing from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst
with Dr. Eckener in command. Capt. Ernst Lehmann, who would be killed in
the crash of the Hindenburg at Lakehurst eight and a half years later,
served as First Officer on the flight and U.S. Navy LCDR Charles E.
Rosendahl, commander of the ZR-3 USS Los Angeles (ex-LZ 126), made the
westward journey during which he also stood watch as a regular ship's
officer. Despite encountering heavy headwinds and stormy weather, Eckener
had repeated the success of his first transatlantic crossing four years
earlier when he delivered the LZ-126 to the U.S. Navy in October 1924 and
was welcomed enthusiastically then both with a ticker tape parade in New
York and a subsequent invitation to the White House'.
* 'In 1940. The movie 'The Great Dictator', a satiric social commentary
film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire
comedy-drama film written, directed, produced, scored by and starring
Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having
been the only Hollywood film-maker to continue to make silent films well
into the period of sound films, this was Chaplin's first true sound film.
Chaplin's film advanced a stirring, controversial condemnation of Adolf
Hitler, Benito Mussolini, fascism, antisemitism, and the Nazis. At the time
of its first release, the United States was still formally at peace with
Nazi Germany. Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist
dictator, and a persecuted Jewish barber.
The Great Dictator was popular with audiences, becoming Chaplin's most
commercially successful film. Modern critics have also praised it as a
historically significant film and an important work of satire. The Great
Dictator was nominated for five Academy Awards - Outstanding Production,
Best Actor, Best Writing (Original Screenplay), Best Supporting Actor for
Jack Oakie, and Best Music (Original Score).
In his 1964 autobiography, Chaplin stated that he could not have made the
film if he had known about the true extent of the horrors of the Nazi
concentration camps at the time'.
* 'In 1951, Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral
contraceptive. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas (March 16, 1925 –
September 13, 2004) was a Mexican chemist known as the co-inventor of the
progestin norethisterone used in one of the first three oral
contraceptives.
Miramontes was born at Tepic, Nayarit. He obtained his first Degree in
chemical engineering in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).
He was a founding researcher of the Institute of Chemistry of UNAM,
specializing mainly in the area of Organic Chemistry. He was a professor of
the Faculty of Chemistry of UNAM, Director and professor of the School of
Chemistry at the Universidad Iberoamericana, and deputy Director of
Research at the Mexican Institute of Petroleum (IMP). Miramontes was a
member of diverse scientific societies, such as the American Chemical
Society (Emeritus), the Mexican Institute of Chemical Engineers, the
National Institute of Chemical and Chemical Engineers, the Chemical Society
of Mexico, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the New York
Academy of Sciences.
He died in Mexico City in 2004'.
* 'In 1951, The TV show 'I Love Lucy' premieres. It starred Lucille Ball,
Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley, Richard Keith. It ran for 6
seasons for 181 ep. from October 15, 1951 - May 6, 1957.
- From Wikipedia: 'I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring
Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The
black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6,
1957, on CBS. After the series ended in 1957, however, a modified version
continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials it ran from 1957
to 1960. It was first known as The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show and later
in reruns as The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour.
The show, which was the first scripted television program to be shot on 35
mm film in front of a studio audience, won five Emmy Awards and received
numerous nominations.
I Love Lucy was the most watched show in the United States in four of its
six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the Nielsen
ratings (an accomplishment later matched only by The Andy Griffith Show in
1968 and Seinfeld in 1998). The show is still syndicated in dozens of
languages across the world and remains popular with an American audience of
40 million each year. A colorized version of its Christmas episode
attracted more than 8 million viewers when CBS aired it in prime time in
2013 – 62 years after the show premiered. A second colorized special,
featuring the L.A. At Last! and Lucy and Superman episodes, aired on May
17, 2015, attracting 6.4 million viewers.
I Love Lucy is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential
sitcoms in history. In 2012, it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in
a survey conducted by ABC News and People Magazine'.
* 'In 1956, Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the
coding community for the first time. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Fortran (formerly FORTRAN, derived from Formula
Translation) is a general-purpose, imperative programming language that is
especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering
applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on
and has been in continuous use for over half a century in computationally
intensive areas such as numerical weather prediction, finite element
analysis, computational fluid dynamics, computational physics,
crystallography and computational chemistry. It is a popular language for
high-performance computing and is used for programs that benchmark and rank
the world's fastest supercomputers.
Fortran encompasses a lineage of versions, each of which evolved to add
extensions to the language while usually retaining compatibility with prior
versions. Successive versions have added support for structured programming
and processing of character-based data (FORTRAN 77), array programming,
modular programming and generic programming (Fortran 90), high performance
Fortran (Fortran 95), object-oriented programming (Fortran 2003) and
concurrent programming (Fortran 2008)'.
* 'In 1959, The TV show 'The Untouchables' premieres. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Untouchables is an American crime drama series that
aired for two seasons in syndication, from January 1993 to May 1994. The
series portrayed work of the real life Untouchables federal investigative
squad in Prohibition-era Chicago and its efforts against Al Capone's
attempts to profit from the market in bootleg liquor.
The series features Tom Amandes as Eliot Ness and William Forsythe as Al
Capone, and was based on the 1959 series and 1987 film of the same name'.
* 'In 1971, Rick Nelson was booed when he performed new material at an
oldies show at Madison Square Garden. This prompted his later hit 'Garden
Party'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'In 1972, Nelson reached the Top 40 one last time with
Garden Party, a song he wrote in disgust after a Richard Nader Oldies
Concert at Madison Square Garden where the audience booed him, because, he
felt, he was playing new songs instead of just his old hits. When he
performed The Rolling Stones' Honky Tonk Women, he was booed off the stage.
He was watching the rest of the performance on a TV monitor backstage and
Richard Nader finally convinced Nelson to return to the stage and play his
oldies He returned to the stage and played his oldies and the audience
responded with applause, according to Deborah Nader, President of Richard
Nader Entertainment. He wanted to record an album featuring original
material, but the single was released before the album because Nelson had
not completed the entire Garden Party album yet. Garden Party reached #6 on
the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and
was certified as a gold single. The second single released from the album
was Palace Guard which peaked at #65.
Nelson was with MCA at the time, and his comeback was short-lived. Nelson's
band soon resigned, and MCA wanted Nelson to have a producer on his next
album. His band moved to Aspen and changed their name to Canyon Nelson soon
put together a new Stone Canyon Band and began to tour for the Garden Party
album. Nelson still played nightclubs and bars, but he soon advanced to
higher-paying venues because of the success of Garden Party. In 1974 MCA
was at odds as to what to do with the former teen idol. Albums like
Windfall failed to have an impact. Nelson became an attraction at theme
parks like Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland. He also started appearing in
minor roles on television shows.
Nelson tried to score another hit but did not have any luck with songs like
Rock and Roll Lady. With seven years to go on his contract, MCA dropped him
from the label'.
* 'In 1977, The song 'You Light Up My Life',by Debbie Boone goes #1 and
stays #1 for 10 weeks. .
- From Wikipedia: 'You Light Up My Life is a ballad written by Joseph Joe
Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to
the 1977 film of the same name. The song was lip synched in the film by its
lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known version of the song is a cover by
Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone, which held the #1 position
on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977, setting a
new record for that time'.
* 'In 1997, The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green, 50
years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the
Earth's atmosphere. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Wing Commander Andy D. Green OBE (born 30 July 1962) is
a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot and World Land Speed Record holder.
Green is the current holder of the World Land speed record, and the first
person to break the sound barrier on land. On 25 September 1997 in
ThrustSSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a
speed of 714.144 miles per hour (1,149.303 km/h). On October 15, 1997, 50
years and 1 day after the sound barrier was broken in aerial flight by
Chuck Yeager, Green reached 763.035 miles per hour (1,227.986 km/h), the
first supersonic record (Mach 1.016). His call sign was Dead Dog
Green is now working with Richard Noble again on their new record attempt
to break the 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h) mark with Bloodhound SSC'.
* 'In 2003, China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Shenzhou 5 was the first human spaceflight mission of
the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003. The Shenzhou
spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F launch vehicle. There had been
four previous flights of unmanned Shenzhou missions since 1999. China
became the third country in the world to have independent human spaceflight
capability after the Soviet Union (later, Russia) and the United States'.
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Apple Month
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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
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Christmas Seal Campaign
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
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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
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National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Depression Education and Awareness Month
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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
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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.
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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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