Today is:
June 9
Today is Donald Duck Day!
Today is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!
Today is World APS Day!
Today is World Pet Memorial Day!
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Today is:
June 9
Today is Donald Duck Day!
Today is National Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day!
Today is World APS Day!
Today is World Pet Memorial Day!
In history:
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
641 - Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
1534 - Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1802 - US Academy at West Point founded
1822 - Charles Graham patents false teeth. Too late to help G Washington.
1869 - Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1902 - 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila) How many remember them.
1924 - "Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton
1931 - 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1958 - "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
2013 - Edward Snowden publically makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents
68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
641 - Arabic/Islamic army contrasts with the Hippo over Alexandria
721 - Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.
1534 - Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River
1802 - US Academy at West Point founded
1822 - Charles Graham patents false teeth. Too late to help G Washington.
1869 - Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1902 - 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila) How many remember them.
1924 - "Jelly-Roll Blues" is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton
1931 - 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1958 - "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1
2013 - Edward Snowden publically makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents
Me too. And my name is Donald.As a 6 year old I spent many hours learning to speak Donald Duckese. I still got it.
Today is:
June 10
Today is Alcohol Anonymous Founders' Day!
Today is Ballpoint Pen Day!
Today is National Herb and Spice Day!
Today is National Iced Tea Day!
In History:
1190 - Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (now called the Göksu in modern Turkey) while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1540 - Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster
1720 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard. Oscar Meyer takes note
1793 - Washington supersedes Philadelphia as US capital
1794 - France revolutionary regime begins trials
1801 - Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
1829 - The first Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race takes place.
1902 - Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan
1908 - The Australian Parliament passes the Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act providing for pensions for British subjects (excluding aborigines) at age 65
1935 - Dr Robert Smith & William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous
1947 - Saab produces its first automobile.
1966 - Mamas & Papas win gold record for "Monday, Monday"
1985 - Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula
MrsLooking4more
Retired Super Moderator, Member of the Month Feb
My son share his bday with the Duck. My baby turned 21!
Today is the day I get to finish getting settle from our vacation vising the Mouse and the Duck!
In History:
1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
758 - Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks arrive simultaneously at Chang'an, the Tang Chinese capital, in order to offer tribute to the imperial court. The Arabs and Turks bicker and fight over diplomatic prominence at the gate, in order to present tribute before the other. A settlement is reached when both are allowed to enter at the same time, but through two different gates to the palace.
1644 - Florentine scientist Evangelista Torricelli describes his invention of the mercury barometer in 1643 in a letter to Michelangelo Ricci. Further explains that 5 hg should be the max level used for pumping.
1742 - Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1770 - Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
1895 - Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile
1937 - Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released
1939 - King & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party. Oscar Meyer is seen smiling.
1953 - "Amos 'n Andy" TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS. Thank you, brothers; and, in the words of that great American poet Ralph Walnut Emerson, you all has my infernal gratitude
1964 - Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
1982 - "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore, is released
1993 - "Jurassic Park" (starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum) opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
2004 - Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.
Today is:
Today is Career Nurse Assistants Day!
Today is Crowded Nest Awareness Day!
Today is Loving Day!
Today is National Jerky Day!
Today is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day!
Today is Red Rose Day!
Today is Superman Day!
Today is World Day Against Child Labor!
Today In History:
1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
1534 - Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap & plunder Naples
1665 - New Amsterdam legally becomes British and renamed New York after English Duke of York
1792 - George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
1954 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is originally released
1964 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1964 - N2B receives draft notice in the mail
1965 - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies known as blue galaxies
1967 - Israel wins 6 day war
1991 - Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
1534 - Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap & plunder Naples
1665 - New Amsterdam legally becomes British and renamed New York after English Duke of York
1792 - George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
1954 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is originally released
1964 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1964 - N2B receives draft notice in the mail
1965 - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies known as blue galaxies
1967 - Israel wins 6 day war
1991 - Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
Today is
June 13
Today is International Young Eagles Day!
Today is Kitchen Klutzes of America Day!
Today is Sewing Machine Day!
Today is Weed Your Garden Day!
Today is World Gin Day!
Today is Worldwide Knit in Public Day!
MrsLooking4more
Retired Super Moderator, Member of the Month Feb
In History:
1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest extant) signed in London
1789 - Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
1828 - Simon Bolívar proclaimed dictator
1878 - Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization
1920 - Post Office says children could not be sent by parcel post
1930 - 1st Nudist Colony opens
1948 - Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
1966 - Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of Alliance (world's oldest extant) signed in London
1789 - Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
1828 - Simon Bolívar proclaimed dictator
1878 - Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization
1920 - Post Office says children could not be sent by parcel post
1930 - 1st Nudist Colony opens
1948 - Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th
1966 - Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
Today is:
June 14
Today is Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day!
Today is Army's Birthday!
Today is Family History Day!
Today is Flag Day!
Today is Multicultural American Child Day!
Today is National Bourbon Day!
Today is National Strawberry Shortcake Day!
Today is Pause for the Pledge Day!
Today is Pop Goes The Weasel Day!
Today is Race Unity Day!
Today is World Blood Donor Day!
June 14
Today is Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day!
Today is Army's Birthday!
Today is Family History Day!
Today is Flag Day!
Today is Multicultural American Child Day!
Today is National Bourbon Day!
Today is National Strawberry Shortcake Day!
Today is Pause for the Pledge Day!
Today is Pop Goes The Weasel Day!
Today is Race Unity Day!
Today is World Blood Donor Day!
In History:
1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1775 - US Army founded
1821 - Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1834 - Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1841 - 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1847 - Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner.
1881 - Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)
1942 - Anne Frank begins her diary
1951 - 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1976 - "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1775 - US Army founded
1821 - Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Ismail Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1834 - Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
1841 - 1st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
1847 - Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner.
1881 - Player piano patented by John McTammany Jr (Cambridge, Mass)
1942 - Anne Frank begins her diary
1951 - 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1976 - "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
Today is
June 15
is Fly a Kite Day!
is Global Wind Day!
is Magna Carta Day!
is National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers!
is National Lobster Day!
is National Smile Power Day!
is Native American Citizenship Day!
is Nature Photography Day!
is Ride (Motorcycles) to Work Day!
is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day!
is Worldwide Day of Giving!
