Celebrate June

[MintJulie]

    National Handshake Day (Last Thursday in June)

I hate shaking hands.   A smile with a hello and a nod should suffice.  I've had my hands crushed too many times, even by women.  And in flu season... nuh uh!  It should be banned.

F U National handshake day!

[watcher1]

Definitely a National Sunglasses Day here today and for the next five days or so.

**wonders what MJ likes to shake, other then hands...

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National June is almost over, and 2019 is almost halfway gone, WTF Day.

[Remington555]

Friday June 28

    National Paul Bunyan Day
    National Insurance Awareness Day *
    National Alaska Day

* Now who do you think invented that?!

Happy Alaska Day to our many Alaskans.

Remmy

---> Month long observations during June

[_priapism]

National Tapioca Day – June 28, 2019

[Remington555]

National Tapioca Day – June 28, 2019

Thanks for adding that Toe. Turns out June 28 is also:

Happy Heart Hugs Day
Ceviche Day
International Body Piercing Day

Since I was woefully inadequate in reporting the day's events, I have self-administered 10 lashes with a wet spaghetti noodle. 

Remmy

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Saturday June 29

    National Camera Day
    National Waffle Iron Day
    National Almond Buttercrunch Day
    Cream Tea Day
    International Mud Day
    World Industrial Design Day

Interesting that waffle irons have their own day. Now I have to find out if the waffles themselves have a special day.

Remmy

---> Month long observations during June

[staci]

I watched a tv spot on NBC5 News this morning that a shop in Ft. Worth asked and received a June 29th Day for one of their culinary originals. Burnt Fat Ends of Bacon. I understand it is smoked, basted, seasoned and resmoke (BBQ style again. So to all the Fort Worth people, congrats on Burnt Fat Ends of Bacon day.


Looks good, tastes better. Comes with Nitro Pills on request.

[Remington555]

Sunday June 30

    National Meteor Watch Day
    Social Media Day
    Log Cabin Day

Social Media Day. Reminds me how glad I am that I did all my stupid shit before anyone every heard of social media. Well, mostly. 

Remmy
   

---> Month long observations during June

[watcher1]

Social Media Day. Reminds me how glad I am that I did all my stupid shit before anyone every heard of social media. Well, mostly. 

Remmy

I hear you on that. Back then, social media was face to face, in person 

Burnt bacon ends?    Seems restaurants are putting bacon on everything.

[Pornhubby]

This day in June History…

*2105BC: Ark Landing: 7 months after the Great Flood waters covered Earth, Noah’s Ark came to rest on the (still submerged) summit of Mount Ararat, in NE Turkey;
*1184BC: Sack of Troy: 10 year Trojan War ended with sack and burning of Troy (Τροία, Ἴλιον, Ī́lion or Ἴλιος, Ī́lios; Latin: Troia, Īlium), also Ilium by the Greeks;

*1644: Thermometer: Florentine physicist Evangelista Torricelli, 1st described his invention of the mercury barometer in a letter to Michelangelo Ricci in Rome;

*1864: Battle of Trevilian Station:  in the 3 day battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign vs Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the Union cavalry under Maj.Gen. Philip Sheridan defeated the Rebel cavalry in the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the Civil War.

*1917: Battle of Belleau Wood: at Bois de Belleau, France, “after all other members of his group had been KIA or WIA from an enemy machine gun” USMC PVT Jean Mathias, “charged the gun position alone, killing 3 of the crew and capturing the gun” – he received Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross & French Croix de Guerre;

*1939: Battle of Wuhan: the 2 ½ month Battle of Wuhan (Chinese: 武汉会战e: Japanese: 武漢作戦 ) aka The Defense of Wuhan began in SE China; Chinese forces under command of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek were defeated and city captured in bloodiest battle of Sino-Japanese War – estimated 1.2M casualties combined;

*1944: Last Battlewagon: USS Missouri (BB-63) last battleship built by US Navy; future site of the signing of Instrument of Surrender, was commissioned;

*1944: Battle of Le-Mesnil-Patry: over 100 Canadians were killed in a tank battle on D-Day +5: “The Queens Own” tried to outflank German 12th Panzer SS with their smaller Sherman tanks; only 2 of the Canadians survived; in 6 days following D-Day (June 6-11), 1,017 Canadians were killed in action and 1,814 more were wounded;

*1993: Hate Crimes: Wisconsin v. Mitchell the US Supreme Court ruled people who commit "hate crimes" motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment.

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*1755: Fort Beauséjour: during the French and Indian War the French surrendered the Fort to the British, leading to the 14 year Expulsion of the Acadians (1758-1762);

*1812: Citibank: the Citibank Opened for business at 38 Wall Street, as City Bank of New York, and later 1st National City Bank of New York;

*1858: “A House Divided”: Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House Divided Speech" in Springfield, Illinois, as he accepted the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for US Senate, Abe said the slavery issue in America had to be resolved, declaring: "A house divided against itself cannot stand";

*1903: Pepsi: Pepsi Cola Company (now Pepsico), a multinational food, snack, & beverage corporation in Purchase, New York was formed;

*1911: Big Blue: IBM was incorporated & founded as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, NY;

*1961: 1st Soviet Defector: Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev, ballet dancer & choreographer on tour in Paris defected to the West –  1st defection by a Soviet artist during the Cold War;

*1967: Love-In: "Summer of Love" 3-day Monterey International Pop Music Festival opened in California with Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix & Janis Joplin;

*1996: Mel’s Yahrzeit: “The Voice of the New York Yankees,” born Melvin Allen Israel, and raised in rural Alabama, died at age 83;

*2009: Shanghai Mickey: the first Disney Park in Mainland China – Shanghai Disneyland Park – opened to the public.

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*1812: British War: The 3-year War of 1812 between US & Great Britain formally began when President James Madison signed the Declaration of War;

*1920: The Troubles: aka “The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–22)” began with a week of sectarian violence in the city of Derry aka Londonerry;

*1940: Their Finest Hour”: one month after he became PM, Winston Churchill made his "this was their finest hour" speech to the British House of Commons urging perseverance during The Battle of Britain delivered . . . and on the same day, in the radio speech no one heard, but everyone now remembers . . .

*1940: French La Résistance: Appeal of 18 June or L'Appel du 18 juin was 1st speech made by Charles de Gaulle after his got to London in 1940 after Battle of France; Broadcast to France by the BBC, it marked the beginning of the French Resistance in WW II, and is one of the most important speeches in French history;

*1943: The Steagles: the National Football League approved the merger of the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers;

*1943: The Last Train: transport from the Aegean port city of Salonika or Thessaloniki, Greece, arrived in Auschwitz with 1,800 laborers, the last of 48,533 people deported from that town – 38,000 of them would be exterminated on arrival;

*1945: Treason: Brooklyn, NY born William Brooke Joyce ("Lord Haw-Haw") was charged with treason for pro-Nazi propaganda broadcasting during WW II;

*1994: Troubles Na Trioblóidí Continue: the "Loughinisland Massacre" took place when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) opened fire with assault rifles inside a pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland,  killing 6 civilians and wounding 5. The pub was crowded with people watching the 1994 FIFA World Cup;

[Pornhubby]

Today is INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES DAY FN1,  CORAL TRIANGLE DAY FN2, TOY INDUSTRY DAY FN3, and NATIONAL EARL DAY FN4, DONALD DUCK DAY FN5, and my Cuz Dom says today is STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE DAY or GIORNATA NAZIONALE di TORTINO al RABARBARO e FRAGOLE. And my Cuz Rose says today’s flower is the SWEET PEA 스위트피 – symbolizing good memories.

*1732: Georgia: James Oglethorpe was granted a charter to establish the Colony of Georgia – settled in June of 1733;

*1802: USMA: US Military Academy, aka West Point, The Academy, or The Point, was founded as Fort Arnold for its commander Benedict Arnold;

*1860: 1st Dime Novel: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," 1st  US "dime novel" by Mrs. Ann Stevens was published;

*1902: 1st Automat: Joe Horn & Frank Hardart opened America’s 1st coin-operated cafeteria at 818 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia;

*1944: The Bloody Gauntlet:  Friday, 10AM on D-Day+3 the 82nd Airborne glider infantry “RAN THE BLOODY GAUNTLET” (See below);

*1965: Đồng Xoài Battle: The Battle of Đồng Xoài (Vietnamese: Trận Đồng Xoài) was a 5 day major battle fought during the Vietnam War as part of the Viet Cong (VC) Summer Offensive of 1965, which the VC won;

*2000: Mike Trout: “The Millville Meteor,” 17 yr-old high school standout Mike Trout, who in 3 yrs will become an impact player in the AL during his rookie season was selected in 1st round of the Amateur Draft (25th overall) by the Anaheim Angels (now LA Angels);

*2010: Flyers’ Last Dance: Chicago's Patrick Kane snuck the puck past Michael Leighton 4:10 into OT stunning the Philadelphia Flyers and lifting the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 OT win in Game 6 of NHL Stanley Cup championship – this was the last time the Flyers got to the NHL finals;

*2022: Putin “The Great”? in Moscow Russian leader Vladimir Putin compared himself to Tsar Peter the Great, who conquered the Baltic coast.

Let us remember and pray for all who now suffer at the hands of Russia’s newest Tsar, 
         
 
FN1: ICA: International Archives Day commemorates the day the International Council on Archives (ICA) was created in 1948 after a 3-day meeting in Paris. Today, archives all over world will host special events to show off their collections or the work that they do, and will share stories with each other and with fans of archives worldwide.
 
FN2: CT6 COUNTRIES: Coral Triangle Day was established June 9, in connection with June 8 World Oceans Day, to raise awareness of the ocean conservation & protection, especially on "Coral Triangle" – the world’s epicenter of marine biodiversity. The Coral Triangle is a geographical term that refers to a vast ocean expense located along the equator and the confluence of the Western Pacific & Indian Oceans. The region covers the exclusive economic zones of 6 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Timor-Leste (the "CT6" countries).
 
FN3: TMA:  The Toy Association got its start on Friday, June 9, 1916, when 46 toy manufacturers gathered at the Hotel McAlpin in NYC to discuss the establishment of a trade association that would support U.S. toymakers, promote America-made products, and encourage the sale of toys year-round. They named it the Toy Manufacturers of America – the “TMA.”. 
 
FN4: EARL BATES: National Earl Day was created in 2016 by Roger Slack in honor of Earl Baltes and approved by the Registrar for the 2016 opening day $100,000-to-win Dirt Late Model Dream at Eldora Speedway, which was founded by Earl Baltes in 1954.
 
FN5: PAPERINO PAPEROTTO: On June 9, 1934: Donald Duck made his debut in The Wise Little Hen. Donald Fauntleroy Duck is cartoon character created in 1934 by the The Walt Disney Co. Donald: he is an anthropomorphic white duck w a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. In Italy, Donald is a major character in many comics, including a juvenile version named Paperino Paperotto, and a superhero alter ego known as Paperinik (Duck Avenger in the US and Superduck in the UK). Paperino ("gosling"), from papero ("duck") + -ino (​diminutive suffix). PAPEROTTO = baby duck

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Today in 1789: 1st Bourbon: whiskey distilled from maize is 1st produced by an American clergyman – Rev.Elijah Craig; it’s named “Bourbon” because Reverend Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky

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Today is FATHER’S DAY FN1,  INTERNATIONAL DAY of the AFRICAN CHILD FN2, and BLOOM’S DAY FN3. My Cuz Dom says today is FRESH VEGETABLES DAY or GIORNATA delle VERDURE FRESCHE. My Cuz Rose says today’s flower is the TUBE ROSE 튜베 로즈 – symbolizing dangerous joy. FN4.

*1755: Ft. Beauséjour: French surrendered Fort Beauséjour to the British during The French-Indian War, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians;

*1816: Fantasmagoriana: Lord Byron read Fantasmagoriana to his 4 house guests at the Villa Diodati: Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, John Polidori and challenged each guest to write a ghost story; FN5

*1884: 1st Roller Coaster: the 1st roller coaster was used at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NYC – the original “Switchback Railway”; 

*1903: Ford: The Ford Motor Company was incorporated;
*1952: Frank Diary: Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl was published in America, 5 years after the book was 1st published in the Netherlands;

*1996: Mel’s Yahrzeit: Julius Allen Israel aka Mel Allen age 83 died; among his many catchphrases was "How a-bout that?!";

*2019: The Water Revolution: almost 2,000,000 people participated in the Hong Kong Protests – the largest in Hong Kong's history. FN6

 
FN1: CARDS FOR DAD:  There are 1.5 billion fathers worldwide. 66.3 million of those father's are in the USA. Father's Day is 5th-largest card-sending occasion in America with almost 100 million Father's Day cards sent each year. Only 50% of all Father's Day cards are purchased for dads.
 
FN2: THE SOWETO CHILDREN’S MARCH & MARTYRS: International Day of the African Child has been celebrated June 16 every year since 1991, when 1st initiated by the Organization of African Unity. It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day. It also raises awareness of the continuing need for improvement of the education provided to African children. In Soweto, South Africa, on 6/16/76 about 10.000 black school children marched in a column more than a half mile long, protesting the poor quality of their education and demanding their right to be taught in their own language. Hundreds of young students were shot – more than 100 people were killed in the protests of the following two weeks, and more than a thousand were injured.
 
FN3: JAMES & NORA & LEOPOLD: Bloomsday is a commemoration observed annually on Jun 16 in Dublin and elsewhere to celebrate the life of Irish writer James Joyce and relive the events in his novel Ulysses, all of which took place on same day in Dublin in 1904. Joyce chose the date because his first outing with his wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle happened that day when they walked to the Dublin southside urban village of Ringsend. The name “Bloomsday” m derives from Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Ulysses.
 
FN4: POLIANTHES: Tuberoses, aka Polianthes tuberose, are fragrant flowers that can be white, pink, yellow, purple, and other colors. The natural color of tuberose is white & they are often grown for their large, pure white blooms that can grow on stalks up to 4 ft tall; but, some varieties, like  Pink Sapphire tuberose, can be a soft pink color.
 
FN5: FANTASMAGORIANA: after Byron read Fantasmagoriana to his house guests at the Villa Diodati on Lake Geneva, the following resulted: Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein, John Polidori wrote the short story The Vampyre, and Lord Byron wrote the poem Darkness. BTW Fantasmagoriana is a French anthology of German ghost stories, published in 1812.
 
FN6: “BE LIKE WATER”: 2019–2020 Hong Kong Protests: aka the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement (Chinese: 反對逃犯條例修訂草案運動) or "Hong Kong's' Water Revolution" were a series of demonstrations vs the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance re extradition. The largest series of demonstrations in the history of Hong Kong it  titled "Hong Kong's 'Water Revolution” as a reference to martial artist Bruce Lee's fighting advice to "be [like] water." 

[MintJulie]

Father's Day is 5th-largest card-sending occasion in America with almost 100 million Father's Day cards sent each year. Only 50% of all Father's Day cards are purchased for dads.

So who is getting them.

And with 66 million dads, that's only 1 out of 66 gets a card?  Step it up children.

Today in 1789: 1st Bourbon: whiskey distilled from maize is 1st produced by an American clergyman – Rev.Elijah Craig; it’s named “Bourbon” because Reverend Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky

Elijah was a good man.  Doing Gods work on earth.

[Pornhubby]

TIL that chefs around the world have declared June 25th to be “Anthony Bourdain Day.” Such a bright life extinguished too early. I still grieve. I met him once at a book signing. Heard him speak several times on tour. Have never tried warthog anus. My idolization has limits.

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Father's Day is 5th-largest card-sending occasion in America with almost 100 million Father's Day cards sent each year. Only 50% of all Father's Day cards are purchased for dads.

So who is getting them.

And with 66 million dads, that's only 1 out of 66 gets a card?  Step it up children.

If there are 100 millions cards sold and only 66 million dads, that's an average of 1.5 cards per dad. If only 50 million actually go to dads, that's only an average of 3/4 of a card per dad.

You ask a good question though. Why would someone buy a Father's Day card for anyone other than good old dad?

I got three this year, one from my daughter and two from my grandkids.