<> Tomorrow's food holidays(s):
* 'National Sardines Day'.
- From Wikipedia (Sardine):
'Sardine and pilchard are common names used to refer to various small, oily
fish within the herring family of Clupeidae. The term sardine was first
used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the
Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant.
The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends
on the region. The United Kingdom's Sea Fish Industry Authority, for
example, classifies sardines as young pilchards. One criterion suggests
fish shorter in length than 15 cm (6 in) are sardines, and larger fish are
pilchards. The FAO/WHO Codex standard for canned sardines cites 21 species
that may be classed as sardines FishBase, a comprehensive database of
information about fish, calls at least six species pilchard, over a dozen
just sardine, and many more with the two basic names qualified by various
adjectives.
Sardines are commonly consumed by human beings. Fresh sardines are often
grilled, pickled or smoked, or preserved in cans.
Sardines are rich in vitamins and minerals. A small serving of sardines
once a day can provide 13 percent of vitamin B2 roughly one-quarter of
niacin and about 150 percent of the recommended daily value of vitamin B12.
All B vitamins help to support proper nervous system function and are used
for energy metabolism, or converting food into energy. Also, sardines are
high in the major minerals such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and some
trace minerals including iron and selenium. Sardines are also a natural
source of marine omega-3 fatty acids, which may reduce the occurrence of
cardiovascular disease. Recent studies suggest that regular consumption of
omega-3 fatty acids reduces the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's
disease. These fatty acids can also lower blood sugar levels. They are also
a good source of vitamin D, calcium, vitamin B12, and protein.
Because they are low in the food chain, sardines are very low in
contaminants such as mercury, relative to other fish commonly eaten by
humans.
In the United States, the sardine canning industry peaked in the 1950s.
Since then, the industry has been on the decline. The canneries in Monterey
Bay, in what was known as Cannery Row, failed in the mid-1950s. The last
large sardine cannery in the United States, the Stinson Seafood plant in
Prospect Harbor, Maine, closed its doors on 15 April 2010 after 135 years
in operation'.
[The Hankster says] Not a favorite, but my dad loved them. He ate them on a saltine cracker.
* 'Turkey-free Thanksgiving'. . Fourth Thursday in November.
[The Hankster says I guess that for every yang, there is a yin. I'm also for the Pilgrim who served wild boar (spiral sliced or not).
<> Other holidays / celebrations
* 'Thanksgiving Day in the USA'.
A federal holiday first held in 1863. Currently on the forth Thursday in
November.
- From Wikipedia (Thanksgiving (United States)):
'Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the
fourth Thursday in November in the United States. It originated as a
harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off
since 1789, after a proclamation by George Washington. It has been
celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the
American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of
Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the
Heavens, to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November. Together with
Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader holiday
season.
The event that Americans commonly call the First Thanksgiving was
celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in
1621. This feast lasted three days, and—as accounted by attendee Edward
Winslow—it was attended by 90 Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims. The New
England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating
thanksgivings—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military
victory or the end of a drought.
Americans commonly trace the Thanksgiving holiday to a 1621 celebration at
the Plymouth Plantation, where the settlers held a harvest feast after a
successful growing season. Autumn or early winter feasts continued
sporadically in later years, first as an impromptu religious observance,
and later as a civil tradition.
Squanto, a Patuxet Native American who resided with the Wampanoag tribe,
taught the Pilgrims how to catch eel and grow corn and served as an
interpreter for them. Squanto had learned the English language during his
enslavement in England. The Wampanoag leader Massasoit had given food to
the colonists during the first winter when supplies brought from England
were insufficient.
The Pilgrims celebrated at Plymouth for three days after their first
harvest in 1621. The exact time is unknown, but James Baker, then Plimoth
Plantation vice president of research, stated in 1996, The event occurred
between Sept. 21 and Nov. 11, 1621, with the most likely time being around
Michaelmas (Sept. 29), the traditional time. Seventeenth-century accounts
do not identify this as a thanksgiving observance, rather it followed the
harvest. It included 50 persons who were on the Mayflower (all who remained
of the 100 who had landed) and 90 Native Americans. The feast was cooked by
the four adult Pilgrim women who survived their first winter in the New
World (Eleanor Billington, Elizabeth Hopkins, Mary Brewster, and Susanna
White), along with young daughters and male and female servants. Pilgrims
are often confused with Puritans This sculpture The Pilgrim by Augustus St.
Gaudens is based on his earlier work The Puritan
Two colonists gave personal accounts of the 1621 feast in Plymouth. The
Pilgrims, most of whom were Separatists (English Dissenters), are not to be
confused with Puritans, who established their own Massachusetts Bay Colony
on the Shawmut Peninsula (current day Boston) in 1630. Both groups were
strict Calvinists, but differed in their views regarding the Church of
England. Puritans wished to remain in the Anglican Church and reform it,
while the Pilgrims wanted complete separation from the church.
The Pilgrims held a true thanksgiving celebration in 1623 following a fast,
and a refreshing 14-day rain which resulted in a larger harvest. William
DeLoss Love calculates that this thanksgiving was made on Wednesday, July
30, 1623, a day before the arrival of a supply ship with more colonists,
but before the fall harvest. In Love's opinion this 1623 thanksgiving was
significant because the order to recognize the event was from civil
authority (Governor Bradford), and not from the church, making it likely
the first civil recognition of Thanksgiving in New England.
These first hand accounts do not appear to have contributed to the early
development of the holiday. Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation was not
published until the 1850s. While the booklet Mourt's Relation was
summarized by other publications without the now familiar thanksgiving
story. By the eighteenth century the original booklet appeared to be lost
or forgotten. A copy was rediscovered in Philadelphia in 1820, with the
first full reprinting in 1841. In a footnote the editor, Alexander Young,
was the first person to identify the 1621 feast as the first Thanksgiving.
On October 6, 1941, both houses of the U.S. Congress passed a joint
resolution fixing the traditional last-Thursday date for the holiday
beginning in 1942. However, in December of that year the Senate passed an
amendment to the resolution that split the difference by requiring that
Thanksgiving be observed annually on the fourth Thursday of November, which
was usually the last Thursday and sometimes (two years out of seven, on
average) the next to last. The amendment also passed the House, and on
December 26, 1941, President Roosevelt signed this bill, for the first time
making the date of Thanksgiving a matter of federal law and fixing the day
as the fourth Thursday of November.
For several years some states continued to observe the last-Thursday date
in years with five November Thursdays (the next such year being 1944), with
Texas doing so as late as 1956'.
[The Hankster says] A lot of information. The take-a-way I got was that the original celebration was a three day one. What happened? A four day holiday is not the same as a three day feast.
* 'Unthanksgiving Day / National Day of Mourning'.
A.K.A. Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony. In honor of Native Americans
and promotes their rights. Co insides with Thanksgiving day.
- From Wikipedia (National Day of Mourning (United States protest)):
'The National Day of Mourning is an annual protest organized since 1970 by
Native Americans of New England on the fourth Thursday of November, the
same day as Thanksgiving in the United States. It coincides with an
unrelated but similar protest, Unthanksgiving Day, held on the West Coast.
The organizers consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a
reminder of the democide and continued suffering of the Native American
peoples. Participants in the National Day of Mourning honor Native
ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. They want
to educate Americans about history. The event was organized in a period of
Native American activism and general cultural protests. The protest is
organized by the United American Indians of New England (UAINE). Since it
was first organized, social changes have resulted in major revisions to the
portrayal of United States history, the government's and settlers'
relations with Native American peoples, and renewed appreciation for Native
American culture'.
- From Wikipedia (Unthanksgiving Day):
'Unthanksgiving Day (or Un-Thanksgiving Day), also known as The Indigenous
Peoples Sunrise Ceremony, is an event held on Alcatraz Island in San
Francisco Bay to honor the indigenous peoples of the Americas and promote
their rights. It coincides with a similar protest, the National Day of
Mourning, held in Massachusetts. Held annually since 1975, the Alcatraz
ceremony commemorates the protest event of 1969, where the Alcatraz-Red
Power Movement (ARPM) occupied the island. Currently the annual ceremony is
organized by the International Indian Treaty Council and American Indian
Contemporary Arts.
The event is designed to commemorate the survival of Native American
peoples following the settlement of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere,
which led to enormous economic and cultural losses among the indigenous
from disease, warfare and social disruption. Organizers want it to serve in
contrast to the traditional American Thanksgiving story in which the
Pilgrims amicably shared a meal with Native Americans'.
* 'Win Friends and Influence People Day'.
AKA Friends Day. On the birthday of Dale Carnegie in 1888. It celebrates
his book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'.
- From Wikipedia (How to Win Friends and Influence People):
'How to Win Friends and Influence People is one of the first best-selling
self-help books ever published. Written by Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) and
first published in 1936, it has sold over 30 million copies world-wide, and
went on to be named #19 on Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential
books in 2011.
Leon Shimkin of the publishing firm Simon and Schuster took one of the
14-week courses given by Carnegie in 1934. Shimkin persuaded Carnegie to
let a stenographer take notes from the course to be revised for
publication. The original book contained sections providing colorful
anecdotes and insightful wisdom. It gave instruction in handling people,
winning friends, bringing people to your way of thinking, being a great
leader, and navigating home life successfully. Carnegie combined age-old
truisms with the emerging field of psychology to present a handbook in
human relations which was interesting and accessible. Emphasizing the use
of other's egotistical tendencies to one's advantage, Carnegie maintained
that success could be found by charm, appreciation, and personality. The
book sold exceptionally well from the start, going through 17 editions in
its first year.
In 1981, a new revised edition containing updated language and anecdotes
was released. The revised edition reduced the number of sections from 6 to
4, eliminating sections on effective business letters and improving marital
satisfaction.
In 2011, a 3rd edition was released, titled How to Win Friends and
Influence People in the Digital Age This edition was written by Dale
Carnegie and Associates. It takes Carnegie's time-tested prescription for
relationship and business success, and applies them to the digital age'.
[The Hankster says] What, there is a plan. Let me look into this. I always thought a bribe or the 'big lie' was sufficient. It works in politics.
* 'Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day'.
We all have one. Take the day to find and display yours.
[The Hankster says] Still looking.
<> Awareness / Observances:
o Other:
* 'National Family Health History Day'. A focus on using a family day to
discuss and document your families health for the befefit of all. The
Surgeon General has prepared a wesite which can help organise your families
health.
<> Historical events on November 24
* 'In 1835, The Texas Provincial Government 'formally' authorizes the
creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is
now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).
- From Wikipedia: 'The rangers were founded in 1823 when Stephen F. Austin,
known as the Father of Texas, employed ten men to act as rangers to protect
600 to 700 newly settled families who arrived in Texas following the
Mexican War of Independence. While there is some discussion as to when
Austin actually employed men as 'rangers', Texas Ranger lore dates the year
of their organization to this event. The Texas Rangers were formally
constituted in 1835 and, in November, Robert McAlpin Williamson was chosen
to be the first Major of the Texas Rangers. Within two years the Rangers
comprised more than 300 men.'. .
* 'In 1859, 'Origin of Species' is published.
- From Wikipedia: 'On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859,
is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to
be the foundation of evolutionary biology'. .
* 'In 1917, In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department
are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police
history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
- From Wikipedia: 'On November 24, 1917, a large black powder bomb, wrapped
as a package, was discovered by Maude L. Richter, a social worker, next to
an evangelical church in the third ward. She dragged the package into the
church basement and notified the church janitor, Sam Mazzone. Mazzone
brought the bomb to the central police station at Oneida and Broadway and
turned it over to police. The station keeper was showing it to the shift
commander, Lieutenant Flood, right before a scheduled inspection, when it
exploded. Nine members of the department were killed in the blast, along
with a female civilian. It was suspected at the time that the bomb had been
placed outside the church by anarchists, particularly the Galleanist
faction led by adherents of Luigi Galleani'.
* 'In 1932, The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory officially opens.
- From Wikipedia: '... provides forensic analysis support services to the
FBI, as well as to state and local law enforcement agencies free of
charge'. 'Opening November 24, 1932, the lab was first known as the
Technical Laboratory. It became a separate division when the Bureau of
Investigation (BOI) was renamed in the FBI'. .
* 'In 1962, The influential British satirical television programme, That
Was the Week That Was, is first broadcast.
- From Wikipedia: 'That Was the Week That Was, informally TWTWTW or TW3, is
a satirical television comedy programme on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963.
It was devised, produced and directed by Ned Sherrin and presented by David
Frost. An American version by the same name aired on NBC from 1964 to 1965,
also featuring Frost'. .
* 'In 1974, The 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed
'Lucy' (after The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'), in the
Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression is discovered. .
- From Wikipedia: 'Lucy is the common name of AL 288-1, several hundred
pieces of bone fossils representing 40 percent of the skeleton of a female
of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. In Ethiopia, the
assembly is also known as Dinkinesh, which means you are marvelous in the
Amharic language. Lucy was discovered in 1974 in Africa, near the village
Hadar in the Awash Valley of the Afar Triangle in Ethiopia, by
paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson.
The Lucy specimen is an early australopithecine and is dated to about 3.2
million years ago. The skeleton presents a small skull akin to that of
non-hominin apes, plus evidence of a walking-gait that was bipedal and
upright, akin to that of humans (and other hominins) this combination
supports the view of human evolution that bipedalism preceded increase in
brain size.
Lucy acquired her name from the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by the
Beatles, which was played loudly and repeatedly in the expedition camp all
evening after the excavation team's first day of work on the recovery site.
After public announcement of the discovery, Lucy captured much public
interest, becoming a household name at the time.
Lucy became famous worldwide, and the story of her discovery and
reconstruction was published in a book by Johanson. Beginning in 2007, the
fossil assembly and associated artifacts were exhibited publicly in an
extended six-year tour of the United States the exhibition was called
Lucy’s Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia. There was discussion of
the risks of damage to the unique fossils, and other museums preferred to
display casts of the fossil assembly. The original fossils were returned to
Ethiopia in 2013, and subsequent exhibitions have used casts'.
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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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