Tuesday, March, 8, 2016
The 68 day of the year
298 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- Girl Scout Week
- National Consumer Protection Week
- National Dental Assistants Recognition Week
- National Procrastination Week
- National Schools Social Work Week
- National Sleep Awareness Week
- Professional Pet Sitters Week
- Read an E-Book Week
- Return The Borrowed Books Week
- Save Your Vision Week
- Teen Tech Week
- Women in Construction Week
- Festival of Owls Week
- National School Breakfast Week
- Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
TODAY IS
- National Pancake Day – IHOP (Link)
- Girls Write Now Day
- International Working Women's Day
- Middle Name Pride Day
- National Proof Reading Day
- National Peanut Cluster Day (a no-bake recipe)
- The Bikini Bottom Free (Crabcakes) Day
- Check Your Batteries Day
- Day for Women's Rights & International Peace
- Organize Your Home Office Day
- Unique Names Day
1775: An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery (See History Spotlight)
1817: The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1862: American Civil War: The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia (Learn more).
1894: A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York, a first in the U.S.
1911: 1st International Woman's Day
1913: Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes.
1934: Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars
1936: Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
1970: In Framingham, Massachusetts, singer Diana Ross performed her first solo concert after leaving The Supremes (Video).
1971: A new undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion was crowned, as "Smokin" Joe Frazier of Philadelphia won a decision over Muhammad Ali, who was previously undefeated.
1975: In the season's final episode of TV's "All in the Family," Mike and Gloria decided to rent the Jeffersons' vacant house next door to the Bunkers.
1985: John McPherson of Newcastle, England, set a Guinness World Record by kissing 4,444 women in eight hours.
1997: A piece of mold sold for $34,500 at a London auction. It was part of the growth that led to Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928.
1998: Surgeons in Chongqing, China, removed two of a 32-year-old farmer’s three tongues to allow him to speak and eat normally for the first time in 20 years. The man had grown a second tongue at age five and a third by age 12.
2004: Vancouver Canuck Todd Bertuzzi slugged Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore during a game, leaving Moore with a broken neck, a concussion and facial cuts. Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to criminal assault and was sentenced to probation and community service.
2005: Harvard Business School announced rejection of 119 would-be students accused of hacking into a Web site to learn early if they were accepted before official notification. The school's dean called the behavior unethical.
2006: Three Alabama college students were arrested on charges they set fire to nine rural Baptist churches.
2014 Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes with more than 200 people aboard. Investigators have failed to find any trace of the aircraft or determine why it vanished.
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
"African Slavery In America" published (Source)
On March 8, 1775, “African Slavery In America,” the first known essay advocating the abolition of slavery in America, was published anonymously in the Pennsylvania Journal and the Weekly Advertiser. Thomas Paine is believed to be the author. The first anti-slavery society was formed in Philadelphia weeks after publication, and Paine was a founding member.
QUICK TRIVIA
National Pancake Day (Source)
Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP restaurants have raised nearly 20 million to support charities in the communities in which they operate. On March 8, 2016, from 7 AM to 7 PM, guests from around the country will celebrate the eleventh annual National Pancake Day at participating IHOP restaurants and enjoy a free short stack of Buttermilk pancakes. In return for the free pancakes, guests will be asked to consider leaving a donation for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals or other designated local charities. The goal this year is 3.4 million.
WORD OF THE DAY
sallow \SAL-oh\, adjective:
having a sickly, yellowish color
Elisha would have tried the dessert, but she just couldn't get past the sallow color.
WORD FROM THE WORD
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.--Psalm 36:8
Read "Our Daily Bread"
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