Today is Thursday October 21, 2010
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National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

It seems that during the fall, anything and everything can be pumpkin flavored: pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin beer,  pumpkin coffee, pumpkin bread, and of course, pumpkin cheesecake. It is the perfect way to end any meal! Pumpkin cheesecake is commonly made with a graham cracker crust and a pumpkin puree flavored cheesecake filling on top.

Did you know that the first cheesecake dates back to as far as 2,000 B.C. in Greece? Thousands of years later, cheesecakes began appearing in America in recipes brought over by immigrants. Today pumpkin cheesecake is a worldwide favorite variation on the original cheesecake recipe. Enjoy a slice on National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day!

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

"Images and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/

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On this day in History:

1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston's harbor. 1917 - The first U.S. soldiers entered combat during World War I near Nancy, France. 1944 - During World War II, the German city of Aachen was captured by U.S. troops. 1958 - Buddy Holly recorded his last studio session. Holly and the Crickets recorded "True Love Ways," "Moondreams," "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," and "Raining in my Heart." 1961 - Bob Dylan recorded "Bob Dylan," his first album. He was 20 years old when he did the recording for Columbia Records. The cost to produce the session was $400. 1980 - The Philadelphia Phillies won their first World Series. 1998 - The New York Yankees set a major league baseball record of 125 victories for the regular and postseason combined.

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Quote of the Day:
"Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don’t collect all these tiny successes the big ones don’t really mean anything."

--Norman Lear