<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day'.
- From Wikipedia:
'In the late 18th century, scientists made important progress in
replicating naturally carbonated mineral waters. In 1767, Englishman Joseph
Priestley first discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide
to make carbonated water when he suspended a bowl of distilled water above
a beer vat at a local brewery in Leeds, England. His invention of
carbonated water (also known as soda water) is the major and defining
component of most soft drinks.
Priestley found that water treated in this manner had a pleasant taste, and
he offered it to his friends as a refreshing drink. In 1772, Priestley
published a paper entitled Impregnating Water with Fixed Air in which he
describes dripping oil of vitriol (or sulfuric acid as it is now called)
onto chalk to produce carbon dioxide gas, and encouraging the gas to
dissolve into an agitated bowl of water.
Another Englishman, John Mervin Nooth, improved Priestley's design and sold
his apparatus for commercial use in pharmacies. Swedish chemist Torbern
Bergman invented a generating apparatus that made carbonated water from
chalk by the use of sulfuric acid. Bergman's apparatus allowed imitation
mineral water to be produced in large amounts. Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob
Berzelius started to add flavors (spices, juices, and wine) to carbonated
water in the late eighteenth century.
Thomas Henry, an apothecary from Manchester, was the first to sell
artificial mineral water to the general public for medicinal purposes,
beginning in the 1770s. His recipe for 'Bewley's Mephitic Julep' consisted
of 3 drachms of fossil alkali to a quart of water, and the manufacture had
to 'throw in streams of fixed air until all the alkaline taste is
destroyed'.
Johann Jacob Schweppe developed a similar process to manufacture carbonated
mineral water at the same time. He founded the Schweppes Company in Geneva
in 1783 to sell carbonated water, and relocated his business to London in
1792. His drink soon gained in popularity among his new found patrons was
Erasmus Darwin. In 1843, Schweppes commercialised Malvern Water at the
Holywell Spring in the Malvern Hills, and was appointed the official
supplier to the Royal Family.
It was not long before flavoring was combined with carbonated water. The
earliest reference to carbonated ginger beer is in a Practical Treatise on
Brewing. published in 1809. The drinking of either natural or artificial
mineral water was considered at the time to be a healthy practice, and was
promoted by advocates of temperance. Pharmacists selling mineral waters
began to add herbs and chemicals to unflavored mineral water. They used
birch bark, dandelion, sarsaparilla, fruit extracts, and other substances.
Flavorings were also added to improve the taste'.
[The Hankster says] OK, but with artificial sugar please.
* 'Soup Day in Germany'.
- From Wikipedia (List of German soups):
' German cuisine has evolved as a national cuisine through centuries of
social and political change with variations from region to region. In
Germany, soups are a popular and significant food, and many Germans eat
soup at least once a week. In German cuisine, it may be served as a first
course or as a main course. The use of a roux to thicken soups is common in
German cuisine. The use of legumes and lentils is significant and used in
several German soups, such as split pea soup. Common soups in German
restaurants include oxtail, beef or chicken broth with noodles, dumplings,
or rice, goulash, split pea, cream of asparagus, turtle soup (Echte
Schildkrötensuppe) and cream of lobster.
In the 1880s, Germans had an appreciation for soups prepared with beer as a
primary ingredient, which was prepared with beer with a lesser alcohol
content compared to standard beers. One recipe utilized beer, water, sugar,
raisins, spices and grated, stale bread.
This list includes soups that originated in Germany as well as those that
are common in the country'.
[The Hankster says] A hearty soup and some crusty bread, yes.
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Have a Bad Day Day'.
A day against saying or hearing 'Have a Nice Day'.
[The Hankster says] I wonder if a day, day is like a double negative, such that it equates to no day, and thus a no day is not a bad day, or .... never mind.
* 'National Play Monopoly Day'.
[The Hankster says] Spent hours with my buddy Donnie, as a kid, playing this game. We became so good at it that we added some of our own rules to make it harder, and called it Mon-o-po-ly.
* 'George Rogers Clark Day'.
On his birthday.
- From Wikipedia (George Rogers Clark):
'George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was a
surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia who became the highest
ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the
American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the militia in Kentucky
(then part of Virginia) throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for
his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779) during the
Illinois Campaign, which greatly weakened British influence in the
Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest
Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often
been hailed as the Conqueror of the Old Northwest
Clark's major military achievements occurred before his thirtieth birthday.
Afterwards, he led militia in the opening engagements of the Northwest
Indian War, but was accused of being drunk on duty. Despite his demand for
a formal investigation into the accusations, he was disgraced and forced to
resign. Clark left Kentucky to live on the Indiana frontier. Never fully
reimbursed by Virginia for his wartime expenditures, Clark spent the final
decades of his life evading creditors, and living in increasing poverty and
obscurity. He was involved in two failed attempts to open the
Spanish-controlled Mississippi River to American traffic. After suffering a
stroke and the amputation of his right leg, Clark became an invalid. He was
aided in his final years by family members, including his younger brother
William, one of the leaders of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. George
Rogers Clark died of a stroke on February 13, 1818.
On May 23, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge ordered a memorial to Clark to
be erected at Vincennes, Indiana. Completed in 1933, the George Rogers
Clark Memorial was dedicated on June 14, 1936, by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. The Roman-style temple was erected on what was believed to have
been the site of Fort Sackville. The site, now called the George Rogers
Clark National Historical Park, became a part of the National Park Service
in 1966. Hermon Atkins MacNeil created the monument's 7.5-foot (2.3 m)
bronze statue of Clark. The monument's walls include seven murals depicting
Clark's famous expedition'.
* 'Equal Opportunity Day'.
aka Gettysburg Address Day. See more in the history section for 1863.
* 'Rocky and Bullwinkle Day'.
Date of the original run in 1964. See more in the history section.
[The Hankster says] Yes, you can blame this show for my sense of humor.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Health
* 'International Survivors of Suicide Day'. . On the Saturday before
Thanksgiving.
- From Wikipedia (National Survivors of Suicide Day):
'National Survivors of Suicide Day was designated by the United States
Congress as a day when the friends and family of those who have died by
suicide can join together for healing and support. This day always falls on
the Saturday before American Thanksgiving.
In 1999, Senator Harry Reid introduced a resolution to the United States
Senate which led to the creation of National Survivors of Suicide Day. Reid
is a survivor of his father's suicide. As citizens of other countries began
observing the day in their local communities, it was renamed as
International Survivors of Suicide Day.
Every year, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sponsors
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day, a program that unites
survivors of suicide loss across the world. At events in hundreds of cities
spanning 6 continents, survivors of suicide loss gather together to
remember their loved ones and offer each other support. The American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention produces a program shown at these events
that features personal stories and advice from other survivors and
psychiatric professionals. These events help survivors cope with the
tragedy of losing someone to suicide'.
* 'World Toilet Day'. A U.N. day of awareness of the need for worldwide
sanitation.
- From Wikipedia (World Toilet Day):
'World Toilet Day (WTD) is a campaign to motivate and mobilize millions
around the world on issues of sanitation. Originally established by the
World Toilet Organization in 2001, this day to draw attention to global
sanitation issues is marked each year on November 19. Since 2001, World
Toilet Day has grown in scope and recognition by global partners. In 2013,
the United Nations (UN) passed a resolution recognizing WTD as an official
UN international day (UN Resolution A/67/L.75)'.
* 'World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse'. By the American
Psychological Association.
o Other:
* 'Women's Entrepreneurship Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Women's Entrepreneurship Day):
'Women's Entrepreneurship Day (WED) is a day on which the work of women
entrepreneurs is observed and discussed, held on the nineteenth of November
of each year. The inaugural event was held in New York City at the United
Nations, with additional events being held simultaneously in several other
countries. 144 nations overall recognized the first WED in 2014, which
included the presentation of the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer
Awards. The organization behind WED also has an ambassadorship and
fellowship program'.
* 'International Men's Day'.
- From Wikipedia (International Men's Day):
'International Men's Day (IMD) is an annual international event celebrated
on 19 November. Inaugurated in 1992 on 7 February by Thomas Oaster, the
project was re-initialised in 1999 in Trinidad and Tobago. The longest
running celebration of International men's day is Malta, where events have
occurred since 7 February 1994.
International Men's Day finds support from a variety of individuals and
groups in Oceania, the Caribbean, North America, Asia, Europe and Africa.
Speaking on behalf of UNESCO, Director of Women and Culture of Peace
Ingeborg Breines said of IMD, This is an excellent idea and would give some
gender balance. She added that UNESCO was looking forward to cooperating
with the organizers.
The objectives of celebrating an International Men's Day include focusing
on men's and boys' health, improving gender relations, promoting gender
equality, and highlighting male role models. It is an occasion to highlight
discrimination against men and boys and to celebrate their achievements and
contributions, in particular for their contributions to community, family,
marriage, and child care. The broader and ultimate aim of the event is to
promote basic humanitarian values.
International Men's Day is celebrated in over 70 countries, including
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana,
Burundi, Canada, the Cayman Islands, China, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, France,
Ghana, Grenada, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Isle of Man, Jamaica,
Malta, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago,
Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Zimbabwe, on 19
November, and global support for the celebration is broad. International
Men's Day is followed by Universal Children's Day on 20 November, forming a
48-hour celebration of men and children, respectively'.
* 'National Adoption Day'.
- From Wikipedia (National Adoption Day):
'On National Adoption Day courts and communities in the United States come
together to finalize thousands of adoptions of children from foster care.
More than 300 events are held each year on the Saturday before Thanksgiving
in November, in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
to finalize the adoptions of children in foster care. In total, more than
40,000 children have been adopted from foster care on National Adoption
Day'.
<> Historical events on November 19
* 'In 1493, Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the
day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico). .
- From Wikipedia: 'When Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico during his second
voyage on November 19, 1493, the island was inhabited by the Taíno. They
called it Borikén (Borinquen in Spanish transliteration). Columbus named
the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of St John the Baptist. Having
reported the findings of his first travel, Columbus brought with him this
time a letter from King Ferdinand empowered by a papal bull that authorized
any course of action necessary for the expansion of the Spanish Empire and
the Christian faith. Juan Ponce de León, a lieutenant under Columbus,
founded the first Spanish settlement, Caparra, on August 8, 1508. He later
served as the first governor of the island. Eventually, traders and other
maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, and
San Juan became the name of the main trading/shipping port.
At the beginning of the 16th century, the Spanish people began to colonize
the island. Despite the Laws of Burgos of 1512 and other decrees for the
protection of the indigenous population, some Taíno Indians were forced
into an encomienda system of forced labor in the early years of
colonization. The population suffered extremely high fatalities from
epidemics of European infectious diseases'.
* 'In 1863, President Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. It was
delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of
Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National
Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the
Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Abraham Lincoln's carefully crafted address, secondary to other
presentations that day, was one of the greatest and most influential
statements of national purpose. In just over two minutes, Lincoln
reiterated the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of
Independence and proclaimed the Civil War as a struggle for the
preservation of the Union sundered by the secession crisis, with a new
birth of freedom that would bring true equality to all of its citizens.
Lincoln also redefined the Civil War as a struggle not just for the Union,
but also for the principle of human equality.
Beginning with the now-iconic phrase Four score and seven years
ago—referring to the United States Declaration of Independence in
1776—Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States as
stated in the Declaration of Independence. In the context of the Civil War,
Lincoln also memorialized the sacrifices of those who gave their lives at
Gettysburg and extolled virtues for the listeners (and the nation) to
ensure the survival of America's representative democracy: that government
of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the
earth.
Despite the speech's prominent place in the history and popular culture of
the United States, the exact wording and location of the speech are
disputed. The five known manuscripts of the Gettysburg Address in Lincoln's
hand differ in a number of details, and also differ from contemporary
newspaper reprints of the speech. Modern scholarship locates the speakers'
platform 40 yards (or more) away from the Traditional Site within Soldiers'
National Cemetery at the Soldiers' National Monument and entirely within
private, adjacent Evergreen Cemetery'
* 'In 1895, The first U.S. patent for a pencil (China marker) and a pencil
making machine is issued to Fredrick Blaisdell. .
* 'In 1959, 'Rocky and His Friends' debuts on ABC. .
- From Wikipedia: 'The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (known as Rocky and His
Friends during the first two seasons and as The Bullwinkle Show for the
last three seasons) is an American animated television series that
originally aired from November 19, 1959, to June 27, 1964, on the ABC and
NBC television networks. Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the series is
structured as a variety show, with the main feature being the serialized
adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose
Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky. The main adversaries in most of their
adventures are the two Russian-like spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.
Supporting segments include Dudley Do-Right (a parody of old-time
melodrama), Peabody's Improbable History (a dog named Mr. Peabody and his
boy Sherman traveling through time), and Fractured Fairy Tales (classic
fairy tales retold in comic fashion), among others.
Rocky and Bullwinkle is known for quality writing and wry humor. Mixing
puns, cultural and topical satire, and self-referential humor, it appealed
to adults as well as children. It was also one of the first cartoons whose
animation was outsourced storyboards were shipped to Gamma Productions, a
Mexican studio also employed by Total Television. The art has a choppy,
unpolished look and the animation is extremely limited even by television
animation standards at the time, yet the series has long been held in high
esteem by those who have seen it some critics described the series as a
well-written radio program with pictures.
The show was shuffled around several times (airing in afternoon, prime
time, and Saturday morning timeslots), but was influential to other
animated series from The Simpsons to Rocko's Modern Life. Segments from the
series were later recycled in the Hoppity Hooper show.
There have been numerous feature film adaptations of the series' various
segments, such as the 2000 film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
which blended live-action and computer animation and the 1999 live-action
film Dudley Do-Right, which both received poor reviews and were financially
unsuccessful. By contrast, an animated feature film adaptation of the
Peabody's Improbable History segment, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, was released
to positive reviews in 2014.
Mr. Peabody and Sherman are currently starring in a new reboot series
picked up for 78 episodes.
In 2013, Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show were ranked the
sixth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time by TV Guide'.
* 'In 1959, The Ford Motor Company discontinues the Edsel. .
* 'In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at the
Oceanus Procellarum (the 'Ocean of Storms'). They become the third and
fourth humans to walk on the Moon. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Apollo 12 was the sixth manned flight in the United
States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon (an H type
mission). It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space
Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Mission commander Charles
Pete Conrad and Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day
and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot
Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission
was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.
Unlike the first landing on Apollo 11, Conrad and Bean achieved a precise
landing at their expected location, the site of the Surveyor 3 unmanned
probe, which had landed on April 20, 1967. They carried the first color
television camera to the lunar surface on an Apollo flight, but
transmission was lost after Bean accidentally destroyed the camera by
pointing it at the Sun. On one of two moonwalks, they visited the Surveyor
and removed some parts for return to Earth. The mission ended on November
24 with a successful splashdown'.
* 'In 1999, The People's Republic of China launches Shenzhou 1, its first
Shenzhou spacecraft. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Shenzhou 1 launched on November 19, 1999, was the first
unmanned launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft. The spacecraft used was not
equipped with a life support system or an emergency escape system. After
orbiting the Earth 14 times, the command for retrofire was sent by the
Yuanwang 3 tracking ship off the coast of Namibia at 18:49 UTC. After a
successful reentry it landed about 415 km east of its launch pad and 110 km
north-west of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia.
The first Shenzhou spacecraft was different from those later used. Instead
of featuring unfolding solar panels, Shenzhou 1 was equipped with fixed
solar cells. During this first flight there were also no orbit changes.
According to Qi Faren the chief designer of the spacecraft, only 8 of the
13 sub-systems on board the spacecraft were operational. Shenzhou 1 was
designed primarily to test the Long March 2F rocket. The only systems and
capabilities tested on the spacecraft were the separation of the modules,
attitude control, lifting body reentry, the heat shield, and ground
recovery.
The spacecraft is thought to have carried 100 kg of seeds to investigate
the effects on them of the space environment. It is also thought that the
front of the Orbital Module was equipped with a dummy ELINT package, with
Shenzhou 2 onwards equipped with fully functional models.
It was announced in June 1999 that the flight would take place in October
of that year. At about the same time images were released on a Chinese
military internet forum of the Long March 2F launcher and the Vehicle
Assembly Building that would be used. After a reported propellant explosion
at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (though the explosion was denied by
Chinese officials) the launch was pushed back'.
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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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