<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Nachos Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Nachos):
'Nachos are a Tex-Mex dish from northern Mexico. The dish is composed of
tortilla chips (totopos) covered with cheese or cheese-based sauce, and is
often served as a snack. More elaborate versions add more ingredients and
can be served as a main dish. First created in about 1943 by Ignacio Nacho
Anaya, the original nachos consisted of fried corn tortillas covered with
cheddar cheese and sliced jalapeño peppers'. . 'Nachos originated in the
city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, just over the border from Eagle
Pass, Texas. In 1943, the wives of U.S. soldiers stationed at Fort Duncan
in nearby Eagle Pass were in Piedras Negras on a shopping trip, and arrived
at the restaurant after it had already closed for the day. The maitre
d'hotel, Ignacio 'Nacho' Anaya, invented a new snack for them with what
little he had available in the kitchen: tortillas and cheese. Anaya cut the
tortillas into triangles, fried them, added shredded cheddar cheese,
quickly heated them, added sliced pickled jalape¤o peppers, and served
them. When asked what the dish was called, he answered, Nacho's especiales.
As word of the dish traveled, the apostrophe was lost, and Nacho's
'specials' became 'special nachos'.
[The Hankster says] A prime illustration of serendipity (the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.). My only decision is what salsa to use. Yes, I know there are some Jalapenos one it already.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Daylight Saving Time Ends'.
Ends in the U.S.A. at 2am on the first Sunday in November, have started on
March 12.
- From Wikipedia (Daylight saving time):
'Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time is the practice of advancing
clocks during summer months by one hour so that evening daylight lasts an
hour longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, regions
with summer time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of
spring and adjust them backward in the autumn to standard time. Some
countries do not use standard time. For example, the Greenwich meridian
passes through France but it does not use Greenwich Mean Time.
New Zealander George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895.
The German Empire and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide
implementation, starting on April 30, 1916. Many countries have used it at
various times since then, particularly since the energy crisis of the
1970s.
The practice has both advocates and critics. Putting clocks forward
benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight
after working hours, but can cause problems for outdoor entertainment and
other activities tied to sunlight, such as farming. Though some early
proponents of DST aimed to reduce evening use of incandescent lighting—once
a primary use of electricity—today's heating and cooling usage patterns
differ greatly, and research about how DST affects energy use is limited
and contradictory.
DST clock shifts sometimes complicate timekeeping, and can disrupt travel,
billing, record keeping, medical devices, heavy equipment, and sleep
patterns. Computer software often adjusts clocks automatically, but policy
changes by various jurisdictions of DST dates and timings may be
confusing'.
[The Hankster says] Use the extra hour wisely or they will take it back next March.
* 'Marooned Without a Compass Day'.
No compass. No GPS. Good if your an ex-Scout.
[The Hankster says] Take a direction, any direction, it won't matter.
* 'National Farm Toy Show Days'.
November 6-8, Dyersville, Iowa.
- From Wikipedia (National Farm Toy Museum):
'The National Farm Toy Museum is a museum located in Dyersville, Iowa, that
specializes in preserving and displaying scale models, replicas, and toys
based on farm equipment. The initial idea of the museum came from the
founders of the Ertl Company, Dave Bell and Claire Scheibe.
First started in 1978, the National Farm Show includes a tractor parade,
garage sales, antique tractors, antique farm machinery, and a farm toy show
that is both inside and outside. The first show had 35 vendors and over
1,500 people shopping. The museum also hosts the Midwest Toy Truck Show,
which is smaller than the national show'.
* 'Saxophone Day'.
In honor of the birth date of Adophe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone.
- From Wikipedia (Adolphe Sax):
'Antoine-Joseph Adolphe Sax (6 November 1814 – c. 7 February 1894) was a
Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in 1846. He played
the flute and clarinet, and his other inventions are the saxotromba,
saxhorn and saxtuba.
The period around 1840 saw Sax inventing the clarinette-bourdon, an early
unsuccessful design of contrabass clarinet. Around this time he also
developed the instrument for which he is best known, the saxophone,
patented on 28 June 1846. The saxophone was invented for use in both
orchestras and concert bands. Composer Hector Berlioz wrote approvingly of
the new instrument in 1842. By 1846 Sax had designed, on paper, a full
range of saxophones (from sopranino to subcontrabass). Although they never
became standard orchestral instruments, the saxophones made his reputation
and secured him a job, teaching at the Paris Conservatoire in 1857.
- From Wikipedia (Saxophone):
The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind
instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a
single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone
family was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1840.
Adolphe Sax wanted to create a group or series of instruments that would be
the most powerful and vocal of the woodwinds, and the most adaptive of the
brass instruments, that would fill the vacant middle ground between the two
sections. He patented the saxophone on June 28, 1846, in two groups of
seven instruments each. Each series consisted of instruments of various
sizes in alternating transposition. The series pitched in Bb and Eb,
designed for military bands, have proved extremely popular and most
saxophones encountered today are from this series. Instruments from the
so-called orchestral series, pitched in C and F, never gained a foothold,
and the Bb and Eb instruments have now replaced the C and F instruments
when the saxophone is used in an orchestra.
The saxophone is used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber
music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz
(such as big bands and jazz combos). Saxophone players are called
saxophonists.
* 'Zero Tasking Day'.
First Sunday in November (same day that Daylight Savings time ends). Do
nothing with your extra hour.
[The Hankster says] I like the concept. It works well with the 'Marooned Without a Compass Day'. No need to task yourself with which way to go or how fast to get there.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'National Senior Safety Week'. November 6-12 in Canada.
o Animal and Pet:
* 'USDA's Bird Health Awareness Week'. Starting on the first Sunday in
November. By United States Department of Agriculture. Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
o Other:
* 'World Paper Free Day'. Campaign to reduce the amount of paper used in
work and home. By the Association for Information and Image Management
(AIIM).
* 'International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in
War and Armed Conflict'. Since 2001 by the U.N.
- From Wikipedia: 'The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is observed annually on November 6. The
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War
and Armed Conflict was established on November 5, 2001 by the United
Nations General Assembly, during Kofi Atta Annan's tenure as
Secretary-General. Of this observance Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has
since written , We must use all of the tools at our disposal, from dialogue
and mediation to preventive diplomacy, to keep the unsustainable
exploitation of natural resources from fueling and financing armed conflict
and destabilizing the fragile foundations of peace. Various calendars found
on the World Wide Web reference November 6th in abbreviated fashion as
'World Day to Protect the Environment in War''.
<> Historical events on November 6
'In 1528, Spanish conquistador Alvar N£¤ez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the
first known European to set foot in what would later become Texas. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Jerez de la Frontera, c.
1488/1490/1492 – Seville, c. 1557/1558/1559/1560) was a Spanish explorer of
the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
During eight years of traveling across the US Southwest, he became a trader
and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with
Spanish colonial forces in Mexico in 1536. After returning to Spain in
1537, he wrote an account, first published in 1542 as La Relación (The
Relation, or in more modern terms The Account), which in later editions was
retitled Naufragios (Shipwrecks). Cabeza de Vaca has been considered
notable as a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many
tribes of American Indians that he encountered.
In 1527, the explorer named Pánfilo de Narváez was sent by Spain’s King
Charles I to explore the unknown territory which the Spanish called La
Florida (present-day Florida in the United States). Cabeza de Vaca was
attached to this expedition as the expedition’s treasurer. Records indicate
that he also had a military role as one of the chief officers on the
Narváez expedition, noted as sheriff or marshal. On June 17, 1527, the
fleet of five ships set sail towards the province of Pánuco (which was on
the western border of Florida). When they stopped in Hispaniola for
supplies, Narváez lost approximately 150 of his men, who chose to stay on
the island rather than continue with the expedition.
The expedition continued to Cuba, where Cabeza de Vaca took two ships to
recruit more men and buy supplies. Their fleet was battered by a hurricane,
resulting in the destruction of both ships and loss of most of Cabeza de
Vaca’s men. Narváez arrived days later to pick up the survivors. By
February 1528, the remaining ships and men resumed their expedition,
reaching Florida in April. They anchored near what is now known as the
Jungle Prada Site in St. Petersburg claiming this land as a possession of
the Spanish empire.
After communicating with the Native Americans, the Spanish heard rumours
that a city named Apalachen was full of food and gold. Against the advice
of Cabeza de Vaca, Narváez decided to split up his men. Some 300 were to go
on foot to Apalachen and the other would sail to Pánuco. Apalachen had no
gold but had only corn, but the explorers were told a village known as
Aute, about 5 or 9 days away, was rich. They pushed on through the swamps,
harassed by the Native Americans. A few Spanish men were killed and more
wounded. When they arrived in Aute, they found that the inhabitants had
burned down the village and left. But the fields had not been harvested, so
at least the Spanish scavenged food there. After several months of fighting
native inhabitants through wilderness and swamp, the party decided to
abandon the interior and try to reach Pánuco.
Slaughtering and eating their remaining horses, they gathered the stirrups,
spurs, horseshoes and other metal items. They fashioned a bellows from deer
hide to make a fire hot enough to forge tools and nails. They used these in
making five primitive boats to use to get to Mexico. Cabeza de Vaca
commanded one of these vessels, each of which held 50 men. Depleted of food
and water, the men followed the coast westward. But when they reached the
mouth of the Mississippi River, the powerful current swept them out into
the Gulf, where the five rafts were separated by a hurricane. Some were
lost forever, including that of Narváez.
Two crafts with about 40 survivors each, including Cabeza de Vaca, wrecked
on or near Galveston Island (now part of Texas). Out of the 80 or so
survivors, only 15 lived past that winter. The explorers called the island
Malhado (“Ill fate” in Spanish), or the Island of Doom. They tried to
repair the rafts, using what remained of their own clothes as oakum to plug
holes, but they lost the rafts to a large wave'.
* 'In 1869, The first official intercollegiate American football game took
place. Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the
College of New Jersey), 6-4. .
- From Wikipedia: 'In what some regard as the very first game ever played
of intercollegiate football, a contest was held between teams from Rutgers
College (now Rutgers University) and the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University). The 1869 game between Rutgers and Princeton is
important in that it is the first documented football game between two
American colleges. Rutgers won the game by a score of 6–4
The Princeton/Rutgers game was undoubtedly different from what we today
know as American football, as there was no running with the ball, each team
included 25 players, and the ball was perfectly spherical. The first game
which included running with the ball, 11-man sides, an oval-shaped ball,
and tackling to end a play occurred on June 4, 1875, between Harvard
University and Tufts University'.
* 'In 1928, Colonel Jacob Schick patents the first electric razor. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Col. Jacob Schick (September 16, 1877 – July 3, 1937)
was an American inventor and entrepreneur who patented the first electric
razor and started the Schick Dry Shaver, Inc. razor company. Schick became
a Canadian citizen in 1935 to avoid an investigation by the Joint
Congressional Committee on Tax Evasion and Avoidance after he moved most of
his wealth to a series of holding companies in the Bahamas.
Jacob Schick's first business venture, the Magazine Repeating Razor Co.
(Founded 1925) sold a razor with injection cartridge blades designed much
like a repeating rifle, where the blades were sold in clips that could be
loaded into the razor without touching the blade. This business provided
the necessary capital to develop his electric razor concept when he sold it
to the American Chain and Cable Company in 1928.
Successfully patented first electric razor in November, 1923. Also patented
the General Jacobs Boat for use in shallow water, and an improved pencil
sharpener'.
* 'In 1935, Edwin Armstrong presents his paper 'A Method of Reducing
Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation' to the
New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
- From Wikipedia: 'Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – January 31,
1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, best known for
developing FM (frequency modulation) radio. He held 42 patents and received
numerous awards, including the first Medal of Honor awarded by the
Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE), the French Legion of Honor, the
1941 Franklin Medal and the 1942 Edison Medal. He was inducted into the
National Inventors Hall of Fame and included in the International
Telecommunication Union's roster of great inventors.
In early 1928 Armstrong began researching the capabilities of frequency
modulation. Although there were few others involved in FM research at this
time, he did have knowledge of a project being conducted by RCA engineers,
who were investigating whether FM shortwave transmissions were less
susceptible to fading than AM. In 1931 these engineers conducted a
successful FM shortwave link transmitting the Schmeling-Stribling fight
broadcast from California to Hawaii, and noted at the time that the signals
seemed to be less affected by static, but the project made little further
progress.
Working in secret in the basement laboratory of Columbia's Philosophy Hall,
Armstrong slowly developed what eventually resulted in wide-band FM, in the
process discovering significant advantages over the earlier narrow-band FM
transmissions. He was granted five U.S. patents covering the basic features
of new system on December 26, 1933. Initially, the primary claim was that
his FM system was effective at filtering out the noises produced in
receivers by vacuum-tubes.
Armstrong had a standing agreement to give RCA the right of first refusal
to his patents. In 1934 he made a presentation of his new system to RCA
president Sarnoff. Sarnoff was somewhat taken aback by its complexity, as
he had hoped it would be possible to eliminate static merely by adding a
simple device to existing receivers. From May 1934 until October 1935
Armstrong conducted field tests of his FM technology from an RCA laboratory
located on the 85th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City. An
antenna attached to the building's spire transmitted signals for distances
up to 80 miles (130 km). These tests helped demonstrate FM's
static-reduction and high-fidelity capabilities. However RCA, which was
heavily invested in perfecting television broadcasting, chose not to invest
in FM, and instructed Armstrong to remove his equipment.
Denied the marketing and financial clout that RCA would have brought,
Armstrong decided to finance his own development and form ties with smaller
members of the radio industry, including Zenith and General Electric, to
promote his invention. Armstrong thought that FM had the potential to
replace AM stations within 5 years, which he promoted as a boost for the
radio manufacturing industry, then suffering from the effects of the Great
Depression, since making existing AM radio transmitters and receivers
obsolete would necessitate that stations buy replacement transmitters and
listeners purchase FM-capable receivers. In 1936 he published a landmark
paper in the Proceedings of the IRE that documented the superior
capabilities of using wide-band FM. (This paper would be reprinted in the
August 1984 issue of Proceedings of the IEEE.) A year later, a paper by
Murray G. Crosby (inventor of Crosby system for FM Stereo) in the same
journal provided further analysis of the wide-band FM characteristics, and
introduced the concept of threshold, demonstrating that there is a superior
signal to noise ratio when the signal is stronger than a certain level'.
* 'In 1935, The first flight of the Hawker Hurricane, with its K5083 first
prototype. This British fighter brought down more enemy planes during WW II
than any other British plane. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter
aircraft of the 1930s-1940s that was designed and predominantly built by
Hawker Aircraft Ltd for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Although overshadowed by
the Supermarine Spitfire, the aircraft became renowned during the Battle of
Britain, accounting for 60% of the RAF's air victories in the battle, and
served in all the major theatres of the Second World War.
The 1930s design evolved through several versions and adaptations,
resulting in a series of aircraft which acted as fighters,
bomber-interceptors, fighter-bombers (also called Hurribombers) and ground
support aircraft. Further versions known as the Sea Hurricane had
modifications which enabled operation from ships. Some were converted as
catapult-launched convoy escorts, known as Hurricats More than 14,583
Hurricanes were built by the end of 1944 (including at least 800 converted
to Sea Hurricanes and some 1,400 built in Canada by Canadian Car and
Foundry)'.
* 'In 1947, The TV news show 'Meet the Press' premiers. It is still being
run. No. of seasons 66 No. of episodes 17,590 (as of May 18, 2015). It is
the longest-running program in television history. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Meet the Press is a weekly American television
news/interview program that is broadcast on NBC. It is the longest-running
program in U.S. television history, though its current format bears little
resemblance to the one it debuted with on November 6, 1947. Like similar
shows that have followed it, Meet the Press specializes in interviews with
national leaders on issues of politics, economics, foreign policy and other
public affairs, along with panel discussions that provide opinions and
analysis. It originates from NBC's Washington, D.C. studios.
The longevity of Meet the Press can be illustrated in consideration of the
fact that the program debuted during what was only the second official
network television season for American television. One historical landmark
of the program is that it was the first on which a sitting U.S. President,
Gerald Ford, appeared on a live television network news program, which
occurred on the November 9, 1975, broadcast.
The program has been hosted by 12 different moderators to date, beginning
with creator Martha Rountree. The show's moderator since 2014 is Chuck
Todd, who also serves as political director for NBC News.
Currently, the hour-long program airs in most markets on Sundays at 9:00
a.m. live in the Eastern Time Zone and on tape delay elsewhere. Meet the
Press is also occasionally pre-empted due to network coverage of sports
events held outside of the U.S. The program is also rebroadcast on Sundays
at 2:00 p.m., and Mondays at 2:00 a.m. and sometimes 4:00 a.m. Eastern Time
on MSNBC, whose audio feed is also simulcast on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.
The program is also syndicated by Westwood One to various radio stations
around the United States, as well as on C-SPAN Radio as part of its replays
of the Sunday morning talk shows'.
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Monthly holiday / awareness days in November
Food
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pomegranate Month
Health
American and National Diabetes Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
MADD's Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign
National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National COPD Month
National Diabetes Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Home Care and Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Long-term Care Awareness Month
National PPSI Aids Awareness Month
NET Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Vegan Month
Animal and Pet
Adopt A Senior Pet Month
Adopt A Turkey Month
Manatee Awareness Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
Pet Diabetes Month
Other
American Indian Heritage Month
Aviation History Month
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
Family Stories Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Entrepreneurship Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Memoir Writing Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Novel Writing Month
National Runaway Prevention Month
National Scholarship Month
Picture Book Month
November is:
November origin (from Wikipedia): 'November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian
Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was
the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar. November retained its name
(from the Latin novem meaning 'nine') when January and February were added
to the Roman calendar.
'
'November is a month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in
the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, November in the Southern Hemisphere
is the seasonal equivalent of May in the Northern Hemisphere and vice
versa.'
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