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Our Furry Friends
Let’s start off with NATIONAL KIDS AND PETS DAY. The aim of this day is to show how important a pet can be in the life of a child. Get ‘em started young with learning responsibility, a good work ethic, respecting life and having a lot of fun. Oh yeah, train the kid too.
Following up with an animalistic (ooh 5 syllables) theme, we have NATIONAL HELP A HORSE DAY. This is all about making sure our equine friends are taken care of and giving a big thanks to the people and organizations who do that. Back in 1866, Henry Bergh stopped a man from beating a horse and had him subsequently arrested. Three years later he would go on to found the ASPCA. They would start on this day.
Education and Information
If you have thought about planting a tree, today is the day. NATIONAL ARBOR DAY started in 1872 when J. Sterling Morton challenged the good people of Nebraska to plant as many trees as possible. They responded by planting more than a million trees that year. We need our trees. We love our trees. Plant a tree.
Here is a fairly new one that has only been around a couple of years – NATIONAL HISTORIC MARKER DAY. There are more than 150,000 markers around our country that remind us of our history. It is easy for them to deteriorate with time, and upkeep is very much appreciated. Find some in your area and brush up on your history.
Dr. Russell Strickland founded NATIONAL DISSERTATION DAY in 2018 to encourage students seeking their doctorate to stay the course and get ‘er done. It can be a lengthy, expensive process and there is no need for all that work and intelligence to go to waste. National Day Calendar proclaimed the day to fall on April 26.
For Fun
Today is also GET ORGANIZED DAY. ‘Nuff said – just do it.
On Today’s Menu…
Here we go – NATIONAL PRETZEL DAY puts our taste buds in knots. I know Pennsylvania is known for their pretzels, and rightly so, but we have a little gem right here in St. Louis called Gus’s. They have been around since 1920, are right across the highway from Anheuser-Busch and use the same yeast that goes into the Budweiser beer. In addition to the regular twists, they have pretzel dogs and awesome pretzel sticks that you used to be able to buy off some guy selling them on street corners. You got to celebrate this one today.
Sneak Peek at Tomorrow’s Events and Celebrations
Devil Dog Day
National First Ladies Day
National Kiss of Hope Day
Prime Rib Day
Sense of Smell Day
Gummi Bear Day
Pool Opening Day
On This Day
1892 – Sarah Boone receives a patent for the ironing board
1941 – Organ music is played for the first time at a baseball game – at Wrigley Field – The Cards beat the Cubbies 8-5
1956 –The Polio vaccine trials begin
1977 – Studio 54 opens
1986 – A reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes
2018 – America is in disbelief when Bill Cosby is found guilty
2022 – Dr. Anthony Fauci states that “the country is out of the pandemic phase – for the moment”
Happy Birthday to…
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Known as the “founding father of American birding” – he also wrote and illustrated the definitive book on bird watching The Birds of America
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)
The “Father of Landscape Architecture” – his parks and green spaces that he created are still around today – including Central Park
Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (1886-1939)
‘The Mother of Blues” gave us songs like I Ain’t Got Nobody, and A Good Man is Hard to Find
Charles Richter (1900-1985)
Gave us the Richter Scale
Carol Burnett (1933- )
One of the funniest ladies ever – What did that tug on her ear mean?
Jet Li (1963- )
Entertaining and energetic, this action star will give you your money’s worth as seen in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Forbidden Kingdom (2008) and The Expendables (2010)
Kevin James (1965- )
You know him as Doug Heffernan on King of Queens (1998-2007) as well as Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Melania Trump (1970- )
Our 45th First Lady who started the “Be Best” program for kids
Channing Tatum (1980- )
You can see him show off his talent in Magic Mike (2012), Dog (2022) and The Lost City (2022)
Dearest LORD, we give thanks for Your many blessings, for the food on our table and the clothes on our backs. We thank You for life itself. In Jesus’s name I pray, Amen.
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
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