Today is Wednesday August 11, 2010
National Raspberry Tart Day
These savory pastry dishes are an American favorite -- it's no wonder today is National Raspberry Tart Day! In case you're wondering, a tart is a type of pie with an open top. Sweetened fruits such as raspberries are often arranged on the pastry and then baked in the oven.
Tarts were first introduced during Medieval times and can be made either savory or sweet. Raspberry tarts are one of the more famous types of tarts, so try your hand at baking one today in celebration of this divine dessert!
Today is also Ramadan
This week is Elvis Week
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On this day in History:
1966 - The Beatles arrived at Chicago's O'Hare Airport to start their last tour of the U.S.
1877 - The two moons of Mars were discovered by Asaph Hall, an American astronomer. He named them Phobos and Deimos.
1934 - Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first time.
1942 - During World War II, Pierre Laval publicly announced, "the hour of liberation for France is the hour when Germany wins the war."
1951 - The first major league baseball game to be televised in color was broadcast. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves 8-1.
1984 - Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
1992 - In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States.
Quote of the Day:
"We must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life, that the art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts."
--Carl Jung
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