March 6, 2016

Oreo Cookie Day

Sunday, March 6, 2016

The 65 day of the year

300 days left to go 

THIS WEEK IS

• National Maple Syrup Days
• National Cheerleading Week
• National Ghostwriters Week
• National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
• National Consumer Protection Week
• National Pet Sitters Week
• National Procrastination Week
• National Schools Social Work Week
• National Sleep Awareness Week
• National Words Matter Week
• Professional Pet Sitters Week
• Return The Borrowed Books Week
• Save Your Vision Week
• Severe Weather Preparedness Week
• National School Breakfast Week

TODAY IS

• Day of The Dude 
• Oreo Cookie Day 
• Sofia Kovalevskaya Math Day
• Employee Appreciation Day 
• Middle Name Pride Day 
• National Day of Unplugging   
• World Day of Prayer
• Dress in Blue Day 
• National Frozen Food Day
• National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day

ON THIS DATE...

1521: Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam (Read more).
1776: New York demands Sandy Hook lighthouse be dismantled
1834: The city of York in Canada was incorporated as Toronto.

1836: Mexican General Santa Anna and his army captured the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, after a 13-day battle.  Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie were among the 187 U.S. soldiers killed during the siege (read more)
1857: the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case.  The court ruled black Americans were not full citizens.  The case came about when an escaped slave filed a lawsuit to have himself declared free.  
1899: Aspirin was patented by chemist Felix Hoffman

1930: Clarence Birdseye's first frozen foods went on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts (Read more).

1932: legendary march composer and bandleader John Philip Sousa died at the age of 77. 
1947: the first air-conditioned naval ship "The Newport News" was launched. 

1950: Silly Putty was invented. You could stretch it, roll it into a bouncing ball, or use it to transfer colored ink from the funny papers to your best clothes (Vintage commerical). 
1965: The Temptations topped the pop singles chart with "My Girl"  (Video)
1973: Larry Hisle of the Minnesota Twins became the first designated hitter in major league baseball history.  
1978: "The Six Million Dollar Man" aired for the final time on ABC. 

1981: CBS newsman Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News."  He was replaced by Dan Rather (Video). 

1987: "Lethal Weapon" opened in U.S. theaters . 
1992: the computer virus known as "Michelangelo" hit thousands of personal computers around the world. 

1996: Chris Osgood of the Detroit Red Wings became the third goaltender in National Hockey League history to score a goal.  He fired the puck into an empty net in the Red Wings' four-to-two win over the Hartford Whalers (Video). 

1998: the British flag was flown over Buckingham Palace for the first time. 
2010: Stevie Wonder finally received his Commander of Arts and Letters award from the French Culture Minister, nearly 30 years after he was named a recipient.  The French government initially intended to honor Wonder back 1981: but scheduling problems reportedly kept forcing a delay in the ceremony. 


HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Sandy Hook lighthouse  (Source)

During the American Revolution the lighthouse became a point of contention between the antagonists. In early 1776 the British fleet was shortly expected to appear off New York City, prior to the invasion of that city. The New York Congress, on March 4, 1776 resolved to destroy the light so as not to aid the enemy. On March 6 instructions were issued to Major Malcolm to remove the lens and lamps in secret. A memorandum from Colonel George Taylor, dated Middleton, March 12, 1776, states, "'Received from Wm. Malcolm, eight copper lamps, two tackle falls and blocks, and three casks, and a part of a cask of oil, being articles brought from the light- house on Sandy Hook.'"

A British landing party was dispatched to relight the tower using improvised lamps and reflectors. This effort was apparently successful, because on June 1, 1776, the Americans again tried to douse the light, this time using a pair of six-pounders (cannon) mounted on several small boats under the command of Captain John Conover. The Americans succeeded in damaging the tower somewhat before being driven off by an approaching armed vessel.

The Revolutionary War over, the newly formed Federal Government was small enough that President Washington could take a personal interest in the affairs of individual lighthouses. One of Washington's first official duties was to write a letter to the keeper of the Sandy Hook lighthouse directing him to keep the light tended until Congress could provide funds for its upkeep.



QUICK TRIVIA 

Oreo Facts (Source)

• 71% of the Oreo is a cookie
• 29% is the creme filling
• The name is a mystery. No one can confirm the true origin of the word “Oreo.” Some believe it was derived from the French word for gold, “or,” because its original packaging was mostly gold. Others have offered the hypothesis that it comes from the Greek word for mountain, perhaps because the test version of the cookie had a hill-like shape.
• If all the Oreos ever manufactured would lined up end to end it could circle the Earth 381 times. If they were stacked, they could reach the moon and back more than 5 times.

WORD OF THE DAY 

Thorough  [thur-oh, thuhr-oh]
adjective
1. executed without negligence or omissions
2. complete; perfect; utter:
3. extremely attentive to accuracy and detail; painstaking: a thorough worker

"Mindy could not find her hair brush, although she tried to convince her mom that she had made a thorough search of the bedroom" 





WORD FROM THE WORD 

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:8


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