<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Boston Cream Pie Day'. . Created by Armenian-French chef M.
Sanzian in 1856 at the Parker House Hotel in Boston. It is not a pie but a
two layer cake with cream or custard between layers and frosted with
chocolate.
- From Wikipedia (Boston cream pie):
'A Boston cream pie is a cake that is filled with a custard or cream
filling and frosted with chocolate. Despite its name, it is in fact a cake,
and not a pie.
Owners of the Parker House Hotel in Boston states that the Boston cream pie
was first created at the hotel by Armenian-French chef M. Sanzian in 1856.
The cake he created, called Parker House Chocolate Cream Pie, consisted of
two layers of French butter sponge cake filled with crème pâtissière and
brushed with a rum syrup, its side coated with crème pâtissière overlain
with toasted sliced almonds, and the top coated with chocolate fondant.
The commonly known variety is likely derived from the Washington pie, a
two-layer yellow cake filled with jam and topped with confectioner's sugar,
for which pastry cream of custard eventually replaced the jam, and a
chocolate glaze replaced the confectioner's sugar. Today, the cake is
topped with a chocolate glaze (such as ganache) and sometimes powdered
sugar or a cherry.
The first known attested printed use of the term Boston cream pie occurred
in the Granite Iron Ware Cook Book, printed in 1878. The earliest known
recipe of the modern variant was printed in Miss Parloa's Kitchen Companion
in 1887 as Chocolate Cream Pie
The Boston cream pie is the official dessert of Massachusetts, declared as
such on 12 December 1996'.
[The Hankster says] Really a cake? Good, one less pie the Three Stooges can throw at me.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Mole Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Mole Day):
'Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemists, chemistry
students and chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02
PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The
time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately
6.02 × 1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one
mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.
Mole Day originated in an article in The Science Teacher in the early
1980s. Inspired by this article, Maurice Oehler, now a retired high school
chemistry teacher from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, founded the National
Mole Day Foundation (NMDF) on May 15, 1991.
Many high schools around the United States, South Africa, Australia and in
Canada celebrate Mole Day as a way to get their students interested in
chemistry, with various activities often related to chemistry or moles.
The American Chemical Society sponsors National Chemistry Week, which
occurs from the Sunday through Saturday during October in which the 23rd
falls. This makes Mole Day an integral part of National Chemistry Week'.
* 'National TV Talk Show Host Day'.
Johnny Carson’s birthday, October 23, 1925.
[The Hankster says] A talk show, but I always considered it a comedy show.
* 'Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day'.
The 23rd is, Day of San Juan, and it is around this day that the Swallows
start their over 6,000 mile winter migration south to Argentina.
- From Wikipedia (Mission San Juan Capistrano):
'Mission San Juan Capistrano was a Spanish mission in colonial Las
Californias. Its ruins are located in present-day San Juan Capistrano,
Orange County, southern California.
The American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a migratory bird
that spends its winters in Goya, Argentina but makes the 6,000-mile (10,000
km) trek north to the warmer climes of the American Southwest in
springtime. According to legend, the birds, who have visited the San Juan
Capistrano area every summer for centuries, first took refuge at the
Mission when an irate innkeeper began destroying their mud nests (the birds
also frequent the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo). The Mission's
location near two rivers made it an ideal location for the swallows to
nest, as there was a constant supply of the insects on which they feed, and
the young birds are well-protected inside the ruins of the old stone
church.
A 1915 article in Overland Monthly magazine made note of the birds' annual
habit of nesting beneath the Mission's eaves and archways from spring
through fall, and made the swallows the signature icon of the Mission
O'Sullivan utilized interest in the phenomenon to generate public interest
in restoration efforts during his two decades in residence. One of bell
ringer Acú's most colorful tales was that the swallows (or las golondrinas,
as he called them) flew over the Atlantic Ocean to Jerusalem each winter,
carrying small twigs on which they could rest atop the water along the way.
On March 13, 1939, a popular radio program was broadcast live from the
Mission grounds, announcing the swallows' arrival. Composer Leon René was
so inspired by the event that he penned the song When the Swallows Come
Back to Capistrano in tribute. During its initial release the song spent
several weeks atop the Your Hit Parade charts. The song has been recorded
by such musicians as The Ink Spots, Fred Waring, Guy Lombardo, Glenn
Miller, The Five Satins and Pat Boone. A glassed-off room in the Mission
has been designated in René's honor and displays the upright piano on which
he composed the tune, the reception desk from his office and several copies
of the song's sheet music and other pieces of furniture, all donated by
René's family.
Each year the Fiesta de las Golondrinas is held in the City of San Juan
Capistrano. Presented by the San Juan Capistrano Fiesta Association, the
Fiesta de las Golondrinas is a week-long celebration of this auspicious
event culminated by the Swallows Day Parade and Mercado, street fair.
Tradition has it that the main flock arrives on March 19 (Saint Joseph's
Day), and flies south on Saint John's Day, October 23'.
[The Hankster says] I understand that this is the day after the earthworms migrate from the same location.
* 'IPod Day'.
First introduction on this day in 2001. First sold on November 10 for $399.
* 'Slap Your Irritating Co- workers Day'.
parody day.
[The Hankster says] A day with a theme like this, and you wish you weren't retired.
* 'National Mother-in-Law Day'.
Fourth Sunday in October.
[The Hankster says] Nope, no mother-in-law jokes on this day., but did you hear the one about ..., OK, I'll behave.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action'. October 23-29
by the World Health Organization..
* 'Respiratory Care Week'. October 23-29 in the U.S.A. By the American
Association of Respiratory Car.
- From Wikipedia (Respiratory Care Week):
'Respiratory Care Week is a week set to honor and recognize respiratory
therapists. Respiratory Care Week is celebrated internationally but most
notably in Canada and the United States. Respiratory Care Week is usually
the last full week of October. United States President Ronald Reagan
proclaimed the first week dedicated to honoring respiratory therapists in
1982. Originally November 7 through November 13, 1982.
* 'Red Ribbon Week'. October 23-31 in the U.S.A.
- From Wikipedia (Red Ribbon Week):
'Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence
prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United
States.
Red Ribbon Week began after the kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA
agent Enrique Kiki Camarena in 1985. Camarena had been working undercover
for Guadalajara, Mexico for over four years. His efforts led to a tip that
resulted in the discovery of a multimillion dollar narcotics manufacturing
operation in Chihuahua, Mexico. They kidnapped Camarena and his pilot,
Captain Alfredo Zavala-Avelar (taken separately on the same day).
Soon, representatives of the Mexican Federal Judicial Police (MFJP)
presented a tip to DEA agents claiming that Camarena had been mistakenly
kidnapped by a man and his three sons. The MFJP informed the agents that a
raid of the man's ranch in Angostura would take place the following morning
and invited them to come. However, the MFJP raided the ranch before DEA
agents arrived. During the raid, they shot and killed five individuals. Not
long after, a passerby discovered the bodies of both Camarena and
Zavala-Avelar by the side of the road not far from the ranch.
The DEA's investigation revealed that Camarena had been tortured before he
was murdered. Audiotapes of the torture showed that medical doctors
actually kept Camarena alive in order to continue the interrogation.
Evidence collected revealed that both Camarena and Zavala-Avelar were
initially buried in another location, then moved to the ranch where they
were found. The events that followed Camarena's disappearance were
chronicled in U.S. media, exposing the world of drug trafficking including
how far drug traffickers would go to maintain power and control'.
<> Historical events on October 23
* 'In 1884,The first baseball contest, that would become the World Series,
is played between the American Association (AA) NY Mets and Providence
(NL). Providence won the game 6-0 and the, then three game series 3-0. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Until the formation of the American Association in 1882
as a second major league, the National Association of Professional Base
Ball Players (1871–1875) and then the National League (founded 1876)
represented the top level of organized baseball in the United States. All
championships were awarded to the team with the best record at the end of
the season, without a postseason series being played. From 1884 to 1890,
the National League and the American Association faced each other in a
series of games at the end of the season to determine an overall champion.
These series were disorganized in comparison to the modern Series: games
played ranged from as few as three in 1884 (Providence defeated New York
three games to zero), to a high of fifteen in 1887 (Detroit beat St. Louis
ten games to five), and both the 1885 and 1890 Series ended in ties, each
team having won three games with one tie game.
The series was promoted and referred to as The Championship of the United
States, World's Championship Series, or World's Series for short. In his
book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, Simon
Winchester mentions in passing that the World Series was named for the New
York World newspaper, but this view is disputed.
The 19th-century competitions are, however, not officially recognized as
part of World Series history by Major League Baseball, as it considers
19th-century baseball to be a prologue to the modern baseball era. Until
about 1960, some sources treated the 19th-century Series on an equal basis
with the post-19th-century series. After about 1930, however, many
authorities list the start of the World Series in 1903 and discuss the
earlier contests separately. (For example, the 1929 World Almanac and Book
of Facts lists Baseball's World Championships 1884–1928 in a single table,
but the 1943 edition lists Baseball World Championships 1903–1942)'.
* 'In 1707, The first 'united' Parliament of Great Britain meets. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British
Parliament, is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British
Crown dependencies and British overseas territories. It alone possesses
legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political
bodies in the UK and its territories. Its head is the Sovereign of the
United Kingdom (currently Queen Elizabeth II) and its seat is the Palace of
Westminster in the City of Westminster, London.
The parliament is bicameral, consisting of an upper house (the House of
Lords) and a lower house (the House of Commons). The Sovereign forms the
third component of the legislature (the Queen-in-Parliament). The House of
Lords includes two different types of members: the Lords Spiritual,
consisting of the most senior bishops of the Church of England, and the
Lords Temporal, consisting mainly of life peers, appointed by the Sovereign
on the advice of the Prime Minister, and elected representatives of the
hereditary peers. Prior to the opening of the Supreme Court in October
2009, the House of Lords also performed a judicial role through the Law
Lords.
The House of Commons is a democratically elected chamber with elections
held at least every five years. The two Houses meet in separate chambers in
the Palace of Westminster (commonly known as the Houses of Parliament) in
London. By constitutional convention, all government ministers, including
the Prime Minister, are members of the House of Commons – or, less
commonly, the House of Lords – and are thereby accountable to the
respective branches of the legislature. Most cabinet ministers (Secretaries
of State) tend to be from the Commons, whilst junior ministers are from
both Houses.
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the
ratification of the Treaty of Union by Acts of Union passed by the
Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. At the start of the
19th century, Parliament was further enlarged by Acts of Union ratified by
the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland that
abolished the latter and added 100 Irish MPs and 32 Lords to the former to
create the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927 formally amended the name to
the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
five years after the secession of the Irish Free State.
The UK parliament and its institutions have set the pattern for many
democracies throughout the world, and it has been called the mother of
parliaments However, John Bright – who coined the epithet – used it with
reference to a country (England) rather than a parliament.
In theory, the UK's supreme legislative power is vested in the
Crown-in-Parliament. However, the Crown acts on the advice of the Prime
Minister and the powers of the House of Lords have been curtailed thus
power is de facto vested in the House of Commons'.
* 'In 1906, The first heavier-than-air flight in Europe is made at Champs
de Bagatelle, Paris, France, by Alberto Santos-Dumont. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Alberto Santos-Dumont (Portuguese pronunciation: 20
July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. The heir of a
wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos-Dumont dedicated himself to
aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, France, where he spent
most of his adult life.
Santos-Dumont designed, built, and flew hot air balloons and early
dirigibles, his rising fame in this field culminating in his winning of the
Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on 19 October 1901 on a flight that rounded the
Eiffel Tower.
Following his pioneering work in airships, Santos-Dumont constructed a
heavier-than-air aircraft, the 14-bis. On 23 October 1906 he flew this to
make the first powered heavier-than-air flight in Europe to be certified by
the Aéro Club de France and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
(FAI).
In his homeland, Brazil, Santos-Dumont is a national hero, having his name
inscribed on the Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom. He
is credited in Brazil as the father of aviation and father of flight
Santos-Dumont occupied the 38th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
from 1931 until his death in 1932.
Although Santos-Dumont continued to work on non-rigid airships, his primary
interest soon turned to heavier-than-air aircraft. By 1905, he had finished
his first fixed-wing aircraft design, and also a helicopter. Santos-Dumont
finally succeeded in flying a heavier-than-air aircraft on 23 October 1906,
piloting the 14-bis before a large crowd of witnesses at the grounds of
Paris' Château de Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne for a distance of 60
metres (197 ft) at a height of about five meters (16 ft). This was the
first flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine in Europe to be
certified by the Aéro-Club de France, and won the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize
for the first officially observed flight of more than 25 meters. (Although,
by this time the Wright Brothers had already flown their Wright Flyer III
for over half an hour though not in a flight recognized by the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale.) On 12 November 1906 Santos-Dumont set the
first world record recognized by the Federation Aeronautique
Internationale, by flying 220 metres (722 ft) in 21.5 seconds'.
* 'In 1911, The first use of aircraft in war was an Italian pilot, Captain
Carlo Piazza, who took-off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines during
the Italo-Turkish War. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (Turkish:
Trablusgarp Savasi, Tripolitanian War also known in Italy as Guerra di
Libia, Libyan War) was fought between the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and the
Kingdom of Italy from September 29, 1911, to October 18, 1912. As a result
of this conflict, Italy captured the Ottoman Tripolitania Vilayet
(province), of which the main sub-provinces (sanjaks) were Fezzan,
Cyrenaica, and Tripoli itself. These territories together formed what
became known as Italian Libya.
During the conflict, Italian forces also occupied the Dodecanese islands in
the Aegean Sea. Italy had agreed to return the Dodecanese to the Ottoman
Empire according to the Treaty of Ouchy in 1912 (also known as the First
Treaty of Lausanne (1912), as it was signed at the Château d'Ouchy in
Lausanne, Switzerland.) However, the vagueness of the text allowed a
provisional Italian administration of the islands, and Turkey eventually
renounced all claims on these islands in Article 15 of the Treaty of
Lausanne in 1923.
Although minor, the war was a precursor of World War I as it sparked
nationalism in the Balkan states. Seeing how easily the Italians had
defeated the weakened Ottomans, the members of the Balkan League attacked
the Ottoman Empire before the war with Italy had ended.
The Italo-Turkish War saw numerous technological changes, including the
airplane. On October 23, 1911, an Italian pilot, Captain Carlo Piazza, flew
over Turkish lines on the world's first aerial reconnaissance mission, and
on November 1, the first ever aerial bomb was dropped by Sottotenente
Giulio Gavotti, on Turkish troops in Libya, from an early model of Etrich
Taube aircraft. The Turks were the first to shoot down an aeroplane by
rifle fire'.
* 'In 1932, The radio show 'Fred Allen Show' premieres. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Fred Allen Show was a popular and long-running
American old-time radio comedy program starring comedian Fred Allen and his
wife Portland Hoffa. Over the course of the program's 17-year run, it was
sponsored by Linit Bath Soaps, Hellmann's, Ipana, Sal Hepatica, Texaco and
Tenderleaf Tea. The program ended in 1949 under the sponsorship of the Ford
Motor Company.
The most popular period of the program was the few years of sponsorship
under the Texaco Gas Company. During this time, the program was known as
Texaco Star Theatre with Fred Allen. On the December 6, 1942 episode of the
program, Allen premiered his first in a series of segments known as Allen's
Alley The segments would have Allen strolling through an imaginary
neighborhood, knocking on the doors of various neighbors, including
average-American John Doe (played by John Brown), Mrs. Nussbaum (Minerva
Pious), pompous poet Falstaff Openshaw (Alan Reed), Titus Moody (Parker
Fennelly), and boisterous southern senator Beuregard Claghorn (announcer
Kenny Delmar). Texaco ended its sponsorship of the program in 1944.
Some prominent guest stars on Allen's program over the years included Frank
Sinatra, Orson Welles, Roy Rogers, Bela Lugosi, Ed Gardner, Norman Corwin
and Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy'.'.
* 'In 1941, The animated movie 'Dumbo', was released.. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Dumbo is an American animated film produced by Walt
Disney Productions and premiered on October 23, 1941, by RKO Radio
Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the
storyline written by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Pearl for the
prototype of a novelty toy (Roll-a-Book). The main character is Jumbo Jr.,
a semi-anthropomorphic elephant who is cruelly nicknamed Dumbo He is
ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using
his ears as wings. Throughout most of the film, his only true friend, aside
from his mother, is the mouse, Timothy – a relationship parodying the
stereotypical animosity between mice and elephants.
Dumbo was made to recoup the financial losses of Fantasia. It was a
deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy for the Disney studio, and at
64 minutes, it is one of Disney's shortest animated features. Sound was
recorded conventionally using the RCA System. One voice was synthesized
using the Sonovox system, but it, too, was recorded using the RCA System'.
* 'In 1958, The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later in
Hanna-Barbera cartoons, appear for the first time in a story, which was
serialized in Spirou magazine. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs Dutch: De Smurfen)
is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small blue
humanoids who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. The Smurfs was
first created and introduced as a series of comic characters by the Belgian
comics artist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford) in 1958, where they were
known as Les Schtroumpfs. There are more than one hundred Smurf characters,
and their names are based on adjectives that emphasize their
characteristics, such as Jokey Smurf, who likes to play practical jokes on
his fellow smurfs. Smurfette was the first female Smurf to be introduced in
the series. The Smurfs wear Phrygian caps, which came to represent freedom
during the modern era.
The word “Smurf” is the original Dutch translation of the French
Schtroumpf, which, according to Peyo, is a word invented during a meal with
fellow cartoonist André Franquin, when he could not remember the word salt.
The Smurfs franchise began as a comic and expanded into advertising, films,
TV series, ice capades, video games, theme parks, and dolls'.
* 'In 1963, The British science fiction TV show 'Dr Who' premieres. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television
programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the
adventures of the Doctor, a Time Lord—a space and time-travelling humanoid
alien. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling
space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a
common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by
companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes, while working to save
civilisations and help people in need.
The show is a significant part of British popular culture, and elsewhere it
has become a cult television favourite. The show has influenced generations
of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the
series. The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. There was an
unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor
pilot, in the form of a television film. The programme was relaunched in
2005 by Russell T Davies, who was showrunner and head writer for the first
five years of its revival, produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff. The
first series of the 21st century featured Christopher Eccleston in the
title role and was produced by the BBC. Doctor Who also spawned spin-offs
in multiple media, including Torchwood (2006–2011) and The Sarah Jane
Adventures (2007–2011), both created by Russell T Davies K-9 (2009–2010)
Class (2016) and a single pilot episode of K-9 and Company (1981). There
also have been many spoofs and cultural references to the character in
other media.
Twelve actors have headlined the series as the Doctor. The transition from
one actor to another is written into the plot of the show, as well as the
differing approach to the role that each brings, under the concept of
regeneration into a new incarnation. The show's premise is that this is a
life process of Time Lords through which the character of the Doctor takes
on a new body and, to some extent, new personality, which occurs after
sustaining an injury which would be fatal to most other species. Each
actor's portrayal differs, but they are all intended to be aspects of the
same character and form part of the same storyline. The time-travelling
nature of the plot means that, on occasion, different Doctors have met each
other. Peter Capaldi took on the role after Matt Smith's exit in the 2013
Christmas special The Time of the Doctor'.
* 'In 2001, NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft began orbiting Mars (October 23
PDT). In 2010, it became the longest-operating spacecraft ever sent to
Mars.
- From Wikipedia: 'Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager
to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the
planet's geology and radiation environment.' .
- From Wikipedia: '2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the
planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA, and contracted out to
Lockheed Martin, with an expected cost for the entire mission of US$297
million. Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager to detect
evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the planet's
geology and radiation environment. It is hoped that the data Odyssey
obtains will help answer the question of whether life has ever existed on
Mars and create a risk-assessment of the radiation future astronauts on
Mars might experience. It also acts as a relay for communications between
the Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory, and previously the
Phoenix lander to Earth. The mission was named as a tribute to Arthur C.
Clarke, evoking the name of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001 on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, and reached Mars orbit on October 24, 2001, at 02:30 UTC
(October 23, 19:30 PDT, 22:30 EDT). It is currently in a polar orbit around
Mars with an altitude of about 3,800 km or 2,400 miles.
By December 15, 2010 it broke the record for longest serving spacecraft at
Mars, with 3,340 days of operation, claiming the title from NASA's Mars
Global Surveyor. It currently holds the record for the longest-surviving
continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth,
ahead of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, at 14 years, 11 months and 28 days'.
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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.
"
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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