Events and Celebrations

RAINBOW BRIDGE REMEMBRANCE DAY allows us to pause and think about all of our wonderful pets who are no longer with us.  As long as we keep their memories in our hearts, they will never be completely gone.

NATIONAL THOUGHTFUL DAY can make everyone’s day just a little bit better. Pass on your good vibes to others by showing them some kindness and thoughtfulness.  This is one investment that, no matter how much you give, you will always get back more in return.

Next, we celebrate a rarely seen fashion accessory with NATIONAL BOW TIE DAY.  Today there is no need to feel out of place if you want to sport your favorite bow tie at work, school, a night out or just around the house.

We raise a glass to NATIONAL RED WINE DAY.  Pour some of your favorite red vino and enjoy a glass or two.  You have your sweets, semi-sweets, dry and sparkling.  Your dry reds are the healthiest wines with the lowest sugar content and the highest amounts of antioxidants.  The lower the sugar the higher the alcohol content – so it’s like getting more bang for your buck – don’t drink and drive – EVER!  

Our dessert of the day is delicious and portable.  CHERRY TURNOVER DAY celebrates this sweet pastry that you can eat on the go.   You can pick them up at your store, your bakery or even some of the fast-food places.

On this day…

1789 – William Hershel discovers the moon, Enceladus, orbiting around Saturn

1837 – John Lea and William Perrins create Worcestershire Sauce – a flavorful ingredient and one of the hardest words to pronounce

1845 – Scientific American hits the newsstands for the first time and is still in publication – making it the longest continuously published magazine in the United States

1907 – James Casey starts a little messenger company – which turns into UPS

1955 – 14-year-old Emmet Till is brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi for allegedly harassing a white woman.  The woman later came forward and said that all he did was tell her, “Bye baby”, as he was leaving her store.  The woman’s husband and his brother, tortured, beat, and killed Emmet and were found not guilty by a jury.  This event helped to start the Civil Rights movement and led to President Joe Biden signing the Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Act – making lynching a federal hate crime

1963 – Martin Luther King makes his “I have a dream” speech

1965 – The first Subway sandwich shop opens

1968 – Vietnam protestors and police clash violently at the Democratic Convention in Chicago – resulting in the “Battle of Michigan Avenue”

2020 – A Japanese company by the name of Skydrive completes the first manned test of a flying car

Happy Birthday to…

Helped to open the first free Catholic school in the U.S. Seton Hall University is named after her, and she was canonized by the Catholic Church

Our beloved 20^th First Lady and the first one to have a college degree

Comic book writer who helped create Captain America, The Hulk and the Fantastic Four among many others

Olympic gold medal winning figure skater

Gave us Pokémon – gotta catch them all

Grammy Award winning country artist whose man may not impress her much

Another country music star who was making hits when she was thirteen

Enjoy the day and make it your own

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this wonderful day.  Watch over these beautiful people and may you bless them and care for them.  I ask this in your name, Jesus, Amen.

Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com

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