soutxed
Champion Member
Posts: 5,116
|
Post by soutxed on Jul 17, 2022 7:39:13 GMT -5
JULY 17, 1955, Disneyland opens its doors for the first time. The popular theme park (“The Happiest Place on Earth”) was opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Jul 17, 2022 10:23:57 GMT -5
Who Knew???
National Lottery Day July 17If you feel extra lucky on July 17th, it might be because it’s National Lottery Day! Celebrate the way lotteries contribute to local and state programs. Lotteries date back to the 15th century. While early lotteries funded village needs by feeding and clothing the poor, they also strengthened defenses. According to Random Riches author, Manfred Zollinger, one of the oldest lotteries dates back to 1441 in Bruges, Belgium.
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Jul 17, 2022 20:35:08 GMT -5
Volunteers in Canada reply to letters to Santa from around the world. When children write a letter to Santa Claus around Christmas, most of the mailed messages end up in Canada (you can send them to Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada HOH OHO). That's where Canada Post volunteers reply to the millions of letters that come in each year in more than 30 different languages, including braille. Who knew?
|
|
|
Post by BillG on Jul 18, 2022 7:54:44 GMT -5
Who knew??? July 18th is "National Caviar Day"
|
|
soutxed
Champion Member
Posts: 5,116
|
Post by soutxed on Jul 18, 2022 8:18:43 GMT -5
July 18, 1925 Mein Kampf is published. Adolf Hitler's autobiographical book was written while he served his sentence for treason in prison.
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Jul 18, 2022 9:58:35 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 18th is National Sour Candy Day! Adults and children alike will enjoy lip-puckering, eye-watering flavors. Choose your favorite sour candy and celebrate!
|
|
|
Post by johnmori on Jul 18, 2022 10:34:57 GMT -5
Who knew???
July 18, 1976 Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Jul 18, 2022 21:22:31 GMT -5
People who volunteer live longer. Volunteering your time or money won't only help others, it could also help you. One 2011 study from the University of Michigan found that people who volunteer for selfless reasons live longer than those who don't volunteer at all. Those who volunteer for more self-centered reasons, such as looking good in their community, don't experience the same benefits. "This could mean that people who volunteer with other people as their main motivation may be buffered from potential stressors associated with volunteering, such as time constraints and lack of pay," said researcher Sara Konrath. Who knew?
|
|
|
Post by BillG on Jul 19, 2022 7:25:55 GMT -5
Who knew??? July 19th is "National Urban Beekeeping Day".
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Jul 19, 2022 11:26:57 GMT -5
Who Knew??? Each year on July 19th, people across the United States fill their glasses with a rum-based cocktail and toast to National Daiquiri Day. So, raise your glass and join all of the others in this celebration! Daiquiri is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, citrus juice (typically lime), and sugar. Tasting of sunshine and beaches, it might be hard to believe how the Daiquiri came to be. Back in 1898, men blasted away in the mines of a small community off the coast of Cuba during the Spanish-American War. One American engineer, Jennings Cox, supervised a mining operation located in a village named Daiquiri. Every day after work, Cox and his employees would gather at the Venus bar. Then one day, Cox mixed up Bacardi, lime, and sugar in a tall glass of ice. He named the new beverage after the Daiquiri mines, and the drink soon became a staple in Havana. Eventually, someone added shaved ice, and sometimes lemons or both lemons and limes were used.
In 1909, Admiral Lucius W. Johnson, a U.S. Navy medical officer, tried Cox’s drink and subsequently introduced it to the Army and Navy Club in Washington, D.C. The popularity of the Daiquiri then increased over the next few decades.
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Jul 19, 2022 22:59:08 GMT -5
The most couples kissing under a mistletoe was 340 and it was for charity! In 2018, four 13-year-old friends in Dallas, Texas, decided to use the sweet mistletoe custom for a good cause. They organized an event that saw a record-setting 340 people kiss under the mistletoe at one time. Their goal, along with breaking the record, was also to raise "awareness and monies with a view to eliminating hunger in America." Who knew?
|
|
|
Post by johnmori on Jul 20, 2022 4:06:31 GMT -5
Who knew???
July 20, 1900 An airship designed and constructed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany made its first flight near Friedrichshafen.
|
|
|
Post by BillG on Jul 20, 2022 6:48:22 GMT -5
Who knew??? July 20th is "National Moon Day". Richard Nixon proclaimed July 20 as National Moon Day to honour the anniversary of man's first moon landing. The US celebrates National Moon Day every year on July 20 as it was on this day that humans made the historic lunar landing and walked on the moon in 1969.
|
|
|
Post by sandipaws on Jul 20, 2022 10:40:12 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National Pennsylvania Day on July 20th National Pennsylvania Day on July 20th recognizes the second state to join the Union. Once the home of the temporary capital of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is also known as the Keystone State. While the source of the nickname has been forgotten, the meaning is not lost. Bridge builders know leaving the vital keystone out of their structure would be folly, leading to collapse.
|
|
|
Post by MidnightSun on Jul 20, 2022 19:08:20 GMT -5
Window washers dress up as superheroes to delight sick kids in the hospital. Spending time in the hospital is never fun, especially for children. That's why teams of window washers nationwide have been known to attempt to cheer them up by dressing as superheroes. "We donned the Spider-Man costumes and we rappelled down the side of the buildings," Harold Connolly, president of Highrise Window Cleaning, told USA Today in 2013. "We knocked on the glass, waved hello, there were a lot of big smiles." Who knew?
|
|