Monday, February 29, 2016
The 60th day of the year
306 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- National Cheerleading Week
- National Ghostwriters Week
- National Pet Sitters Week
- National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
- Universal Human Beings Week
- Will Eisner Week
TODAY IS
ON THIS DATE
1504: Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies (Read more).
1692:
Sarah Goode and Tituba were accused of witchcraft in Salem,
Massachusetts, sparking the hysteria that started the Salem Witch Trials
(read more).
1916:
In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine
workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
1932: Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers teamed up to record "Shine" for Brunswick Records (Song).
1940: Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. She played Mammy in Gone with the Wind,
1952: The first pedestrian "Walk/Don't Walk" signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway at Times Square.
1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson revealed that the U.S. secretly developed the Lockheed A-11 jet fighter.
1964:
The Beatles were hot in America. Their song, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
was in its 5th week at #1 on the pop charts. It stayed there until
March 21, when it was replaced by "She Loves You", which was replaced by
"Can’t Buy Me Love", which was finally replaced by "Hello Dolly", by
Louis Armstrong, on May 9, 1964.
1980: Buddy Holly’s glasses, lost since his death in 1959, are found in Mason City, Iowa
1992: Mr. Big hit it big this day, moving to #1 with "To Be with You". It was the biggest hit in the U.S. for three big weeks.
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
Leap Year (Source)
On
February 29, 45 BCE, the first Leap Day was added to the calendar.
Roman leader Julius Caesar was worried about how the calendar kept
falling out of step with the seasons. Egyptian astronomers told him that
the year, defined by how long it takes Earth to revolve around the sun,
is 365.25 days long. To cover for the extra one-fourth of a day, Caesar
added an extra day at the end of February every four years.
The “Julian calendar” was the standard for most European calendars for more than a thousand years.
QUICK TRIVIA
Five Food Finds about Frog Trivia & Frog Legs (Source)
- In 1930 there were only 24 frog farms in the U.S. Now there are hundreds of commercial growers.
- The world’s largest Frog Leg festival, Fellsmere Frog Leg Festival, is held every January in Fellsmere, Florida. About 45,000 people attended last year’s festival and about 6,000 pounds of frog legs were served.
- The muppet Kermit the Frog was not originally a frog at all, he was a “green furry character” until he first appeared on Sesame Street.
- Strict religious laws forbid the consumption of frogs along with ants, bees, and sea birds by many Muslims and some Jewish faiths.
- What’s in a name? The Carlton Hotel in London, first served ‘cuisses de nymphes aurore’, or legs of the dawn nymphs in the 1930’s. the dish soon became a favorite of the Prince of Wales. Before them the idea of eating frog legs was considered “water rats” to most Londoners.
WORD FOR THE DAY
inception [in-sep-shuh n]
1. beginning; start; commencement.
2. (in science fiction) the act of instilling an idea into someone's mind by entering his or her dreams.
"Kelly and Carl had a special heart for the bowling club since they had been there since its inception"
1. beginning; start; commencement.
2. (in science fiction) the act of instilling an idea into someone's mind by entering his or her dreams.
"Kelly and Carl had a special heart for the bowling club since they had been there since its inception"
WORD FROM THE WORD
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.--Hebrews 9:22
Read "Our Daily Bread"
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