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International Programmers' Day

It’s International Programmers’ Day! Today we celebrate the people who create the software behind our favorite websites, digital gadgets, appliances, and vehicles. Programmers (also known as developers or software engineers) write the code that runs our computers. There are many different types of computer languages and most programmers specialize in one of these. Facebook, for example, is primarily built using “PHP,” while Punchbowl uses “Ruby.” 

Although women hold only 25% of all professional IT jobs in the U.S., the first programmer in history was a British countess named Ada Lovelace. She was a mathematician and wrote the first algorithm intended for a computer.

To celebrate the occasion, hug your favorite programmer, try your hand at coding, or visit the official International Programmers’ Day website to read about all the amazing innovations that have come from programmers!

Today is also National Tempura Day & Harlem Globetrotters Day

January is Get Organized Month & National Oatmeal Month

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History for January 7 1782 - The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States. 1896 - "Fannie Farmer Cookbook" cookbook was published. 1904 - The distress signal "CQD" was established. Two years later "SOS" became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio. 1953 - U.S. President Harry Truman announced the development of the hydrogen bomb. 1959 - The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba. 1975 - OPEC agreed to raise crude oil prices by 10%, which began a time of world economic inflation. 1990 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed to the public. The accelerated rate of "leaning" raised fears for the safety of its visitors. 1998 - Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signed an affidavit denying that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton. ________________________________________________________ "The essence of personal mastery is learning how to generate and sustain creative tension in our lives." --Peter M. Senge