Today is Thursday January 13, 2011
National Rubber Ducky Day
The rubber ducky bath toy was first manufactured during the late 1800's as a way to make bath time more enjoyable for toddlers and babies. It has since turned into a popular bath time icon known worldwide.
Check this out: during a Pacific storm on January 10, 1992, over 29,000 rubber ducky bath toys from a Chinese company were washed off of a cargo ship. Months after the storm, about two thirds of the rubber duckies had made there way to the shores of Indonesia, Australia, and South America. Some of the ducks also entered into the Bering Straight between Alaska and Russia where they became trapped in the Arctic ice. The ducks slowly made their way through the ice at one mile per day and in 2000, they were spotted in the Northern Atlantic Ocean. Talk about some world traveled ducks!
Happy Rubber Ducky Day!
This week is National Pizza Week & Cuckoo Dancing Week
"Images and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/
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On this day in History:
| 1794 - U.S. President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. 1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion. 1964 - The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S. 1984 - Wayne Gretzky extended his consecutive scoring streak to 45 games. 1986 - "The Wall Street Journal" printed a real picture on its front page. The journal had not done this in nearly 10 years. The story was about artist, O. Winston Link and featured one of his works. 1998 - ABC and ESPN negotiated to keep "Monday Night Football" for $1.15 billion a season. |
Quote of the Day:
"One can have no happiness in this world or the next but by extreme and vehement love."
--Sir Kenelm Digby
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