<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Vanilla Cupcake Day'.
- From Wikipedia ( Cupcake):
'A cupcake (also British English: fairy cake Hiberno English: bun
Australian English: fairy cake or patty cake) is a small cake designed to
serve one person, which may be baked in a small thin paper or aluminum cup.
As with larger cakes, icing and other cake decorations, such as candy, may
be applied.
The first mention of the cupcake can be traced as far back as 1796, when a
recipe notation of a light cake to bake in small cups was written in
American Cookery by Amelia Simmons. The earliest documentation of the term
cupcake was in Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats in
1828 in Eliza Leslie's Receipts cookbook.
In the early 19th century, there were two different uses for the name cup
cake or cupcake. In previous centuries, before muffin tins were widely
available, the cakes were often baked in individual pottery cups, ramekins,
or molds and took their name from the cups they were baked in. This is the
use of the name that has remained, and the name of cupcake is now given to
any small cake that is about the size of a teacup. While English fairy
cakes vary in size more than American cupcakes, they are traditionally
smaller and are rarely topped with elaborate icing.
The other kind of cup cake referred to a cake whose ingredients were
measured by volume, using a standard-sized cup, instead of being weighed.
Recipes whose ingredients were measured using a standard-sized cup could
also be baked in cups however, they were more commonly baked in tins as
layers or loaves. In later years, when the use of volume measurements was
firmly established in home kitchens, these recipes became known as 1234
cakes or quarter cakes, so called because they are made up of four
ingredients: one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, and
four eggs. They are plain yellow cakes, somewhat less rich and less
expensive than pound cake, due to using about half as much butter and eggs
compared to pound cake. The names of these two major classes of cakes were
intended to signal the method to the baker cup cake uses a volume
measurement, and pound cake uses a weight measurement'.
[The Hankster says] Simple and good. A half dozen would go down well with a tall glass of cold milk.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Marine Corps Birthday'.
The traditional ball (dance) and cake-cutting ceremony takes place on this
date each year. The Second Continental Congress established the Continental
Marines on this day in 1775. They were disbanded after the Revolutionary
War, but reestablished as the United States Marine Corps in 1798. See more
in the history section.
[The Hankster says] Thank you.
* 'National Forget-Me-Not Day'.
The official flower for the day, is of course, the Forget-Me-Not, but the
emphasis is on getting in contact with others to insure them that they are
not forgotten.
[The Hankster says] This day ..., hey where did you go? Oh, today is not forget-me-not day. Well, come back tomorrow. A Hankster is a terrible thing to waste.
* 'Sesame Street Day'.
Created in 2009 on the 40th anniversary of its first broadcast. See more in
the history section.
[The Hankster says] Today's number is 10.
* 'International Accounting (Accounts) Day'.
There are other dates for this day. This one celebrates the publishing in
1494, in Venice, of the book 'Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni
et Proportionalita' or 'Everything About Arithmetic, Geometry and
Proportion'. In it was the first mention of double-entry bookkeeping.
[The Hankster says] My accountant says that although today is the 10th, I only have the one on the debit side and the zero on the credit side.
* 'Veterans Educate Today’s Students Day:'.
In Ohio, a day for veterans to visit schools and discuss their experiences.
[The Hankster says] I like the idea.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health* 'World NET Cancer Day'. Since 2010.
- From Wikipedia: 'Neuroendocrine
tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine
(hormonal) and nervous systems. Many are benign, while some are malignant.
They most commonly occur in the intestine, where they are often called
carcinoid tumors, but they are also found in the pancreas, lung and the
rest of the body'.
o Other:
* 'World Quality Day'. A U.N. day, falling on the second Thursday in
November.
- From Wikipedia (World Quality Day):
'World Quality Day is celebrated every year around the world in November.
The day was designed to increase worldwide awareness of the important
contribution that quality makes towards both organisational and national
growth, and prosperity.
World Quality Day takes place every year on the second Thursday of
November. Businesses across the world take part in a variety of activities
such as business-wide seminars, presentations, quizzes and competitions at
their workplace. Events are usually organised by quality professionals
based within organisations and are designed to spread the ‘importance of
quality’ message to non-quality professionals.
When applied to organisations, the function of quality is to protect and
enhance reputations, improve profitability and drive change. Ultimately,
quality is an outcome – a characteristic of a product or service provided
to a customer, and the hallmark of an organisation which has satisfied all
of its stakeholders.
According to the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), the responsibility of
the quality professional can be defined through five main areas –
governance, assurance, improvement, leadership and context'.
* 'World Usability Day'. On the second Thursday in November.
- From Wikipedia (World Usability Day):
'Established in 2005 by the Usability Professionals Association, (now the
User Experience Professionals Association), World Usability Day (WUD) or
Make Things Easier Day occurs annually to promote the values of usability,
usability engineering, user-centered design, universal usability, and every
user's responsibility to ask for things that work better. The day adopts a
different theme each year. Organizations, groups, or individuals are
encouraged to hold events to mark the day, optionally according to that
year's theme'.
* 'World Science Day for Peace and Development'. Since 2001 by UNESCO to
emphasize the importance of science in everyday life.
<> Historical events on November 10
* 'In 1775, The Continental Marines were created, now known as the birth of
the United States Marine Corps. Active 10 November 1775 - April 1783, 11
July 1798 - present.
- From Wikipedia: 'The United States Marine Corps traces its institutional
roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed
by Captain Samuel Nicholas by a resolution of the Second Continental
Congress on 10 November 1775, to raise two battalions of Marines. That date
is regarded and celebrated as the date of the Marine Corps' birthday. At
the end of the American Revolution, both the Continental Navy and
Continental Marines were disbanded in April 1783. The institution itself
would not be resurrected until 11 July 1798. At that time, in preparation
for the Quasi-War with France, Congress created the United States Marine
Corps. Marines had been enlisted by the War Department as early as August
1797 for service in the new-build frigates authorized by the Congressional
'Act to provide a Naval Armament' of 18 March 1794, which specified the
numbers of Marines to be recruited for each frigate'.
* 'In 1871, Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary,
Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him
with the words, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?'. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands 28
January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh-American journalist and explorer
who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for
missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone,
Stanley reportedly asked, Dr. Livingstone, I presume? Stanley is also known
for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in and development of
the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of the Belgians,
and commanding the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899.
Stanley travelled to Zanzibar in March 1871, later claiming that he
outfitted an expedition with 192 porters.:68 In his first dispatch to the
New York Herald, however, he stated that his expedition numbered only 111.
This was in line with figures in his diaries.:13 Bennett, publisher of the
New York Herald and funder of the expedition, had delayed sending to
Stanley the money he had promised, so Stanley borrowed money from the
United States Consul.:93–94
During the 700-mile (1,100 km) expedition through the tropical forest, his
thoroughbred stallion died within a few days after a bite from a tsetse
fly, many of his porters deserted, and the rest were decimated by tropical
diseases.
Stanley found Livingstone on 10 November 1871 in Ujiji, near Lake
Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania. He may have greeted him with the
now-famous line, Doctor Livingstone, I presume? It may also have been a
fabrication, as Stanley tore out of his diary the pages relating to the
encounter. Neither man mentioned it in any of the letters they wrote at
this time. Livingstone's account of the encounter does not mention these
words. The phrase is first quoted in a summary of Stanley's letters
published by The New York Times on 2 July 1872. Stanley biographer Tim Jeal
argued that the explorer invented it afterwards to help raise his standing
because of insecurity about his background'.
* 'In 1885, The world's first two wheeled motorcycle (Daimler Reitwagen),
designed by Gottlieb Daimler, is presented. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Daimler Petroleum Reitwagen (riding car) or Einspur
(single track) was a motor vehicle made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm
Maybach in 1885. It is widely recognized as the first motorcycle. Daimler
is often called the father of the motorcycle for this invention. Even when
the three steam powered two wheelers that preceded the Reitwagen, the
Michaux-Perreaux and Roper of 1867–1869, and the 1884 Copeland, are
considered motorcycles, it remains nonetheless the first gasoline internal
combustion motorcycle, and the forerunner of all vehicles, land, sea and
air, that use its overwhelmingly popular engine type'.
* 'In 1903, Mary Anderson patents the windshield wiper. It was a manual
lever device. None of the car manufactures would market her device and she
made no money from it. However, when the seven year patent expired, all the
car manufacturers adopted it. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Mary Anderson (1866–1953) was an American real estate
developer, rancher, viticulturist and inventor of the windshield wiper
blade. In November 1903 Anderson was granted her first patent for an
automatic car window cleaning device controlled inside the car, called the
windshield wiper.
In a visit to New York City in the winter of 1902, in a trolley car on a
frosty day, she observed that the motorman drove with both panes of the
double front window open because of difficulty keeping the windshield clear
of falling sleet. When she returned to Alabama she hired a designer for a
hand-operated device to keep a windshield clear and had a local company
produce a working model. She applied for, and in 1903 was granted, a
17-year patent for a windshield wiper. Her device consisted of a lever
inside the vehicle that controlled a rubber blade on the outside of the
windshield. The lever could be operated to cause the spring-loaded arm to
move back and forth across the windshield. A counterweight was used to
ensure contact between the wiper and the window. Similar devices had been
made earlier, but Anderson's was the first to be effective.
In 1905 Anderson tried to sell the rights to her invention through a noted
Canadian firm, but they rejected her application saying we do not consider
it to be of such commercial value as would warrant our undertaking its
sale. After the patent expired in 1920 and the automobile manufacturing
business grew exponentially, windshield wipers using Anderson's basic
design became standard equipment. In 1922, Cadillac became the first car
manufacturer to adopt them as standard equipment'.
* 'In 1918, The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia,
receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to
Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting
would cease on land, sea and air. This would be the end of WW I. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was an armistice
during the First World War between the Allies and Germany – also known as
the Armistice of Compiègne after the location in which it was signed – and
the agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front. It went into
effect at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 (the eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the eleventh month), and marked a victory for the Allies
and a complete defeat for Germany, although not formally a surrender. The
Germans were responding to the policies proposed by U.S. President Woodrow
Wilson in his Fourteen Points of January 1918. The actual terms, largely
written by French Marshal and Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies
Ferdinand Foch, included the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of
German troops to behind their own borders, the preservation of
infrastructure, the exchange of prisoners, a promise of reparations, the
disposition of German warships and submarines, and conditions for
prolonging or terminating the armistice. Although the armistice ended the
actual fighting, it took six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace
Conference to conclude the peace treaty, the Treaty of Versailles'.
* 'In 1951, Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the U.S.
.
- From Wikipedia: 'Direct distance dialing (DDD) is telecommunication
service feature in which a caller may, without operator assistance, call
any other user outside the local calling area. Direct dialing by
subscribers typically requires extra digits to be dialed as prefixes than
for dialing within the local area or within an area code. DDD also extends
beyond the boundaries of national public telephone network, in which case
it is called international direct dialing or international direct distance
dialing (IDDD).
DDD was the term used when the North American Numbering Plan was
implemented in the 1950s. In the United Kingdom and other parts of the
Commonwealth of Nations, the equivalent terms are or were STD, for
subscriber trunk dialing, and ISD for international subscriber trunk
dialing.
The first direct-dialed long-distance telephone calls were possible in the
New Jersey communities of Englewood and Teaneck starting on November 10,
1951. Customers of the ENglewood 3, ENglewood 4 and TEaneck 7 exchanges,
who could already dial New York City and area, were able to dial 11 cities
across the United States, simply by dialing the three-digit area code and
the seven-digit number, which at the time consisted of the first two
letters of the central office name and five digits.
Many other cities could not yet be included as they did not yet have the
necessary toll switching equipment to handle incoming calls automatically
on their circuits. Other cities still had either a mixture of local number
lengths or were all still six-digit numbers Montreal and Toronto, Canada,
for example, had a mix of six- and seven-digit numbers from 1951 to 1957,
and did not have DDD until 1958. Whitehorse, Yukon, had seven-digit numbers
from 1965, but the necessary switching equipment was not in place locally
until 197'.
* 'In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial
(Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima
Memorial) is a national monument in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
Dedicated 62 years ago in 1954, it is located in Arlington Ridge Park, at
the back entrance to Arlington National Cemetery and next to the
Netherlands Carillon. The war memorial is dedicated to all U.S. Marine
Corps personnel who have died in the defense of the United States since
1775.
The memorial was inspired by the iconic 1945 photograph of six Marines
raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in
World War II. It was taken by Associated Press combat photographer Joe
Rosenthal. Upon first seeing the photograph, sculptor Felix de Weldon
created a maquette for a sculpture based on the photo in a single weekend
at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, where he was serving in
the Navy. He and architect Horace W. Peaslee designed the memorial. Their
proposal was presented to Congress, but funding was not possible during the
war. In 1947, a federal foundation was established to raise funds for the
memorial'.
* 'In 1931,The 4th Academy Awards. .
* 'In 1969, Sesame Street premieres. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Sesame Street is a long-running American children's
television series, produced by Sesame Workshop (formerly known as the
Children's Television Workshop) and created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd
Morrisett. The program is known for its educational content, and images
communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short
films, humor, and cultural references. The series premiered on November 10,
1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership it has
aired on the U.S.'s national public television provider (PBS) since its
debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16,
2016.
The show has undergone significant changes throughout its history. The
format of Sesame Street consists of a combination of commercial television
production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect the
changes in American culture and the audience's viewing habits. With the
creation of Sesame Street, producers and writers of a children's television
show used, for the first time, educational goals and a curriculum to shape
its content. It was also the first time a show's educational effects were
studied.
Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers developed what came to
be called the CTW model (after the production company's previous name), a
system of television show planning, production, and evaluation based on
collaborations between producers, writers, educators, and researchers. The
show was initially funded by government and private foundations but has
become somewhat self-supporting due to revenues from licensing
arrangements, international sales, and other media. By 2006, there were
independently produced versions, or co-productions, of Sesame Street
broadcast in twenty countries. In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers
of various international versions of Sesame Street, and by the show's 40th
anniversary in 2009, it was broadcast in more than 140 countries.
Sesame Street was conceived in 1966 during discussions between television
producer Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie Foundation vice president Lloyd
Morrisett. Their goal was to create a children's television show that would
master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with
them, such as helping young children prepare for school. After two years of
research the newly formed Children's Television Workshop (CTW) received a
combined grant of US$8 million ($52 million in 2016 dollars) from the
Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the U.S. Federal Government
to create and produce a new children's television show. The program
premiered on public television stations on November 10, 1969. It was the
first preschool educational television program to base its contents and
production values on laboratory and formative research. Initial responses
to the show included adulatory reviews, some controversy, and high ratings.
By its 40th anniversary in 2009, Sesame Street was broadcast in over 120
countries, and 20 international versions had been produced'.
* 'In 1979, A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and
poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga,
Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest
peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North
American history. In the United States it was surpassed by the 2005 New
Orleans evacuation due to Hurricane Karla. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Mississauga train derailment of 1979, also known as
the Missisauga Miracle occurred on Saturday, November 10, 1979, in
Mississauga, Canada, when a 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying
explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario derailed near the
intersection of Mavis Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga, Ontario. As a
result of the derailment, more than 200,000 people were evacuated in what
was the largest peacetime evacuation in North America until the New Orleans
evacuation of 2005. There were no deaths resulting from the incident. This
was the last major explosion in the Greater Toronto Area until the Sunrise
Propane blast in 2008.
On the 33rd car, heat began to build up in an improperly-lubricated journal
bearing on one of the wheels, one of the few still in use at that time as
most had long since been replaced with roller bearings, resulting in the
condition known among train workers as a hot box Residents living beside
the tracks reported smoke and sparks coming from the car, and those who
were close to Mississauga thought the train was afire. The friction
eventually burned through the axle and bearing, and as the train was
passing the Burnhamthorpe Road level crossing, a wheelset (one axle and
pair of wheels) fell off completely.
At 11:53 p.m., at the Mavis Road crossing, the damaged bogie
(undercarriage) left the track, causing the remaining parts of the train to
derail. The impact caused several tank cars filled with propane to burst
into flames.
The derailment also ruptured several other tankers, spilling styrene,
toluene, propane, caustic soda, and chlorine onto the tracks and into the
air. A huge explosion resulted, sending a fireball 1,500 m (5,000 ft) into
the sky which could be seen from 100 km (60 mi) away. As the flames were
erupting, the train's brakeman, Larry Krupa, 27, at the suggestion of the
engineer (also his father-in-law), managed to close an air brake angle
spigot at the west end of the undamaged 32nd car, allowing the engineer to
release the air brakes between the locomotives and the derailed cars and
move the front part of the train eastward along the tracks, away from
danger. This prevented those cars from becoming involved in the fire,
important as many of them also contained dangerous goods. Mr. Krupa was
later recommended for the Order of Canada for his bravery, which a later
writer has described as bordering on lunacy.
After more explosions, firefighters concentrated on cooling cars, allowing
the fire to burn itself out, but a ruptured chlorine tank became a cause
for concern. With the possibility of a deadly cloud of chlorine gas
spreading through suburban Mississauga, more than 200,000 people were
evacuated. A number of residents (mostly the extreme west and north of
Mississauga) allowed evacuees to stay with them until the crisis abated.
Some of these people were later moved again as their hosts were also
evacuated. The evacuation was managed by various officials including the
mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion, the Peel Regional Police and other
governmental authorities'.
* 'In 1983, Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Windows 1.0 is a graphical personal computer operating
environment developed by Microsoft. Microsoft had worked with Apple
Computer to develop applications for Apple's January 1984 original
Macintosh, the first mass-produced personal computer with a graphical user
interface (GUI) that enabled users to see user friendly icons on screen.
Windows 1.0 was released on November 20, 1985, as the first version of the
Microsoft Windows line. It runs as a graphical, 16-bit multi-tasking shell
on top of an existing MS-DOS installation. It provides an environment which
can run graphical programs designed for Windows, as well as existing MS-DOS
software. Its development was spearheaded by the company founder Bill Gates
after he saw a demonstration of a similar software suite known as Visi On
at COMDEX.
Despite positive responses to its early presentations and support from a
number of hardware and software makers, Windows 1.0 was received poorly by
critics. Critics felt Windows 1.0 did not meet their expectations. In
particular, they felt that Windows 1.0 put too much emphasis on mouse input
at a time when mouse use was not yet widespread not providing enough
resources for new users and for performance issues, especially on systems
with lower computer hardware specifications. Despite these criticisms,
Windows 1.0 was an important milestone for Microsoft, as it introduced the
Microsoft Windows line, and in computer history in general. Windows 1.0 was
declared obsolete and Microsoft stopped providing support and updates for
the system on December 31, 2001'.
* 'In 2006, The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia
is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces
that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will receive the Medal of Honor. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The National Museum of the Marine Corps is the
historical museum of the United States Marine Corps. Located in Triangle,
Virginia near MCB Quantico, the museum opened on November 10, 2006, and is
now one of the top tourist attractions in the state, drawing over 500,000
people annually.
In July 2013, the museum announced plans for a major expansion, to include
sections on more modern Marine Corps history, such as the 1983 Beirut
barracks bombing.
The museum replaces both the Marine Corps Historical Center in the
Washington Navy Yard, which closed on July 1, 2005, and the Marine Corps
Air-Ground Museum in Quantico, Virginia, which closed on November 15, 2002.
A public-private venture, the museum is a cooperative effort between the
United States Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. The
Foundation manages the museum operation, while the museum building will be
donated to the Marine Corps.
Designed by Curtis W. Fentress of Fentress Architects, the museum's
exterior is meant to evoke the image of the flag raisers of Iwo Jima, an
image that is also preserved by the Marine Corps War Memorial. A replica of
the Iron Mike statue at Marine Corps Base Quantico stands to one side of
the main entrance.
The museum is 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2), and is open to the public
with free admission'.
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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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