Today is Tuesday June 7, 2011

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

Sweet! An entire day to celebrate a classic ice cream flavor: chocolate. In a dish or in a cone, hard ice cream or soft-serve—you just can't go wrong with chocolate. That's why we're glad today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!

Did you know that eating dark chocolate has health benefits? It’s true: it can help lower your blood pressure and cholesterol. How, you ask? It’s actually made from plants, so it shares some of the same healthy properties that dark vegetables have, such as a large number of antioxidants. In fact, it has almost 8 times as many antioxidants as strawberries have! As if we really needed another reason to indulge in this cool, sweet treat.

So today, go ahead and grab yourself a heaping scoop (or two!) of chocolate ice cream. If you’re feeling particularly festive, why not host an ice cream social?

Today is also Daniel Boone Day & Shavuot

June is Gay Pride Month & Great Outdoors Month

This week is National Fishing and Boating Week

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History for June 7  1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States. 1776 - Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence. 1892 - John Joseph Doyle became the first pinch-hitter in baseball when he was used in a game. 1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes. 1939 - King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived in the U.S. It was the first visit to the U.S. by a reigning British monarch. 1976 - "The NBC Nightly News", with John Chancellor and David Brinkley, aired for the first time. 1993 - The ground breaking ceremony was held for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, OH.

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 Quote of the Day:

"Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it."

--Jean-Jacques Rosseau