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Left-Handers' Day

Today is Left-Handers’ Day! Every year on August 13, we celebrate the 10% of the population that is left-handed. This day is also an opportunity to raise awareness about the needs of left-handed children. 

If you are left-handed, you know that living in a world designed for right-handed people can be quite difficult. Opening doors, writing in spiral notebooks, and using a computer mouse can be awkward and frustrating. Studies have shown that left-handedness is often associated with intellectual creativity. Famous left-handers include Michelangelo, Mozart, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Henson, and 8 of our 44 presidents!

There are several ways you can celebrate Left-Handers’ Day. If you’re left-handed, declare a “lefty zone” around your personal space, where everything must be done left-handed. If you’re a righty, do something nice for your lefty friends. Buy them a left-handed pen or can-opener to make their lives a little easier!

Today is also National Filet Mignon Day

 August is National Goat Cheese Month & National Peach Month  

& National Water Quality Month

This week is Elvis Week

 

 

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History for August 13   1521 - Present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians. 1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray. 1907 - The first taxicab started on the streets of New York City. 1932 - Adolf Hitler refused to take the post of vice-chancellor of Germany. He said he was going to hold out "for all or nothing." 1942 - Walt Disney's "Bambi" opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY. 1979 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals got his 3,000th career hit. 1994 - It was reported that aspirin not only helps reduce the risk of heart disease, but also helps prevent colon cancer. _________________________________________________________ "In the last analysis it is our conception of death which decides our answers to all the questions life puts to us." --Dag Hammarskjold