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NATIONAL CAVIAR DAY is spread out before us. There must be something to these little fish eggs, considering their popularity and price. I have got to try this someday.
Pucker up for NATIONAL SOUR CANDY DAY. Started by the American Licorice Company in 2015, celebrate with your favorite sweets…or should I say sours. Lemon drops are calling my name.
Sneak Peek at Tomorrow’s Events and Celebrations
Flight Attendant Safety Day
National Hot Dog Day
Words With Friends Day
National Daiquiri Day
Flitch Day
On this day …
64 AD – Rome is burning – the fire lasted three days and destroyed 3 districts leaving only 4 of the 14 untouched. Hundreds died and thousands were left homeless. Nero did not fiddle while Rome was burning, but he did use this event to further his political career.
1921 – Babe Ruth smacks a 575’ homer – his 139th – to take the title of home run leader away from Roger Conner
1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded
1969 – Senator Ted Kennedy drives off the Chappaquiddick bridge, killing his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne
1976 – Nadia Comaneci scores a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the Montreal Olympicss – the first in history
1992 – The first photograph is published on the web
Happy Birthday to…
Kelly Miller (1863-1939)
First African American graduate student admitted to Johns Hopkins University
Margaret Brown (1867-1932)
Surviving the sinking of the Titanic earned her the nickname “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”
George “Machine Gun” Kelly (1895-1954)
Bootlegger, bank robber and kidnapper – not a nice guy
Red Skelton (1913-1997)
TV personality and comedian
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
The voice against apartheid who became President of South Africa
John Glenn (1921-2016)
First American to orbit the Earth
Joe Torre (1940- )
This Hall of Famer managed the Yankees during their 1996, 1998-2000 World Series games, was an MVP and batting champion in 1971 as well as a golden glove infielder while playing with the St. Louis Cards
Vin Diesel (1967 -)
Can drive fast and furious as well as “Pacify” most situations. He can be seen in The Fast and the Furious (2001), The Pacifier (2005) and as Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Kristen Bell (1980- )
She gave us Anna in Frozen (2013) as well as Veronica Mars (2014)
As iron sharpens iron,
so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
Enjoy the day and make it your own
Thank you to National Day Calendar; National Today; History.com; Britannica.com; Wikipedia; on this day.com
#NationalCaviarDay, #NationalSourCandyDay, #Enjoythedayandmakeityourown
Happy Birthday to #KellyMiller, #MargaretBrown, #MachineGunKelly, #RedSkelton, #NelsonMandela, #JohnGlenn, #VinDiesel, #KristenBell
Kev's daily take 
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