Today is Monday Tuesday 22, 2011
National Margarita Day
Hey tequila lovers -- it's National Margarita Day! There are dozens of people who claim to be the creators of the first margarita drink. One of whom is a bartender named Willie from Mexico City. He says that in 1934 he concocted the drink for his friend, Marguerite Hemery (whom he named the drink after).
Salvador Negrete is another man who claims to be the inventor of margaritas. The day before his brother's marriage in 1936, Salvador presented the margarita cocktail as a wedding present to Margarita (his sister-in-law). There are various other stories of the drink's invention, but the true identity of the tequila master remains unknown.
To celebrate National Margarita Day, invite some friends over to make your own margarita bar. Set up a potluck for each person to bring ice, tequila, and different margarita flavors. Don't forget the limes!
Today is also World Thinking Day
This week is National Pancake Week & International Friendship Week
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On this day in History:
| 1630 - Quadequine introduced popcorn to English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner. 1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 1885 - The Washington Monument was officially dedicated in Washington, DC. 1920 - The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opened in Emeryville, CA. 1956 - Elvis Presley entered the music charts for the first time with "Heartbreak Hotel." 1965 - Filming for the Beatles' second movie, "HELP!" began in the Bahamas. 1989 - Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was admitted later that they were not the vocalists on the album. 1997 - Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut and colleagues announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly, the first cloned sheep to be born was born in July 1996. |
Quote of the Day:
"The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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