Today is Monday October 4, 2010
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National Taco Day

Today is the day to honor this spicy Mexican favorite! Tacos can be made with many different fillings and are folded inside a soft or hard tortilla.

Did you know that the first documented consumption of a taco occurred in 1520 by Spanish soldiers Bernal Diaz del Castillo and Hernando Cortez while visiting the New World of the Aztecs in Mexico? The soldiers loved the Mexican tacos so much that they wrote to King Charles V of Spain about them.

Tacos are a worldwide treat and can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or just as a snack. To celebrate National Taco Day, invite your friends over for make-your-own taco night!

Today is also National Vodka Day

October is National Pasta Month & National Dessert Month & National Chili Month & National Roller Skating Month & Adopt-a-Dog Month

This week is World Space Week & National Walk Your Dog Week

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On this day in History:

1535 - The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed in Zurich, Switzerland. 1648 - The first volunteer fire department was established in New York by Peter Stuyvesant. 1895 - The first U.S. Open golf tournament took place in Newport, RI. Horace Rawlins, 19 years old, won the tournament. 1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" made its debut in the Detroit Daily Mirror. The strip was created by Chester Gould. 1957 - "Leave it to Beaver" debuted on CBS-TV. 1976 - Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the "ABC Evening News" for the first time. 1998 - The Vincent Van Gogh exhibit opened in Washington, DC. The exhibit featured 70 paintings. 1998 - Davis Gaines performed as the Phantom in the show "Phantom of the Opera" for the 2,000th time.

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Quote of the Day:
"When a man begins to live more seriously within, he begins to live more simply without."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson