I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Events and Celebrations
SolarWinds started IT PROFESSIONALS DAY back in 2015. We tip our hat to these fine folks who keep our computer systems up and running and manage to get us through some tough spots. Thank you for what you do.
Keeping with the tech theme, NATIONAL CRIME AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST APPRECIATION DAY salutes those men and women who sift through reports, documents, social media, and any other information they have to spot trends in crime to help the police, inform the citizens and find out what’s happening in our communities.
CARE FOR KIDS’ DAY encourages us to lend our love and support to those pre-adult people. If you are not a parent or your kids are grown, you can always volunteer and be a positive influence in young people’s lives.
VOTER REGISTRATION DAY urges everyone to get to the polls and vote. It is your choice, and it is a powerful one.
Welcome to Kev’s Diner. Have a seat, our waitress will be with you in a moment. Our specials today include that all time classic PEPPERONI PIZZA DAY as well as that long time staple – NATIONAL FRIED RICE DAY. Pepperoni is that go to pizza ingredient for a lot of people and fried rice can be made up any way you like it. NATIONAL QUESO DAY and NATIONAL STRING CHEESE DAY complement our main courses rather nicely. One’s a cheese you dip into, the other is a cheese you gotta pull apart before you eat it. NATIONAL PUNCH DAY will be served up with your favorite flavors and carbonation to help wash all of that wonderful food down.
On this day…
1519 – Magellan sets off on his quest to circumnavigate the globe – he doesn’t make it, but his crew and ship do
1814 – The Star-Spangled Banner is published
1870 – Rome is captured by the Italian Army and becomes part of Italy. This ends an almost 1200-year reign of the Papal States – reducing the Papal authority to the Vatican and a small area around it
1946 – The first International Cannes Film Festival opens up
1967 – The British Liner, the Queen Elizabeth II, is launched from Clydebank Scotland
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in a tennis match touted as “The Battle of the Sexes”. She made her entrance on a platform carried by men – he made his being pushed in a bathtub
2001 – President George W. Bush declares a “War on Terror”
2021 – A first edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein sells for $1.17 million – setting a world record for a book written by a woman
Happy Birthday to…
Carleton Ellis (1875-1941)
Gave us margarine
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
Pulitzer Prize winning author whose book The Jungle unintentionally exposed the unsafe practices of the meat packing industry and helped to bring about federal food inspection laws
Jay Ward (1920-1989)
Gave us great animations like Rocky & Bullwinkle and Dudley Do Right
Anne Meara (1929-2015)
Actress and comedienne who made a pretty good comedy team with her husband Jerry Stiller
Sophia Loren (1934- )
Academy and Golden Globe Award winning actress and iconic movie star
Kristin Johnston (1967- )
Emmy Award winning actress who played Sally Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun
Enjoy the day and make it your own
Wonderful Father, we do ask that you would watch over our children and protect them. We thank you for the food on our table, the clothes on our backs and the roofs over our heads. 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
#ITProDay, #CareForKidsDay, #NationalCrimeandIntelligenceAnalystAppreciationDay, #VoterRegistrationDay, #PepperoniPizzaDay, #NationalFriedRiceDay, #NationalQuesoDay, #NationalStringCheeseDay, #NationalPunchDay, #Enjoythedayandmakeityourown
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