Today is Tuesday July 19, 2011

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National Daiquiri Day

It’s National Daiquiri Day! These rum-based cocktails were invented by American mining engineer Jennings Cox in Cuba. Legend has it that Cox created the first daiquiri in the early 1900s after he ran out of gin at a small bar in Santiago. 

The original drink was made with white rum, lime juice and sugar. Around 1940, Ernest Hemingway allegedly inspired the creation of the frozen variety at El Floridita in Havana. The bartender’s name was Constantino Ribalaigua and he is often considered the true originator of the daiquiri. Today, many variations of the original recipe exist. You can order a daiquiri with almost any fruit flavoring imaginable! 

Celebrate this day and mix a round of these delicious beverages. Grab a colorful cup and a drink umbrella and enjoy your daiquiri outside. Make sure to watch out for drink specials at local bars. Happy National Daiquiri Day!

July is National Ice Cream Month & National Grilling Month

This week is National Zoo Keeper Week

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History for July 19   1799 - The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt. 1939 - Dr. Roy P. Scholz became the first surgeon to use fiberglass sutures. 1946 - Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test. 1980 - Billy Joel earned his first gold record with "It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me." 1985 - Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year.

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"There is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness."

--George Washington