Today is...
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!

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Today is also National Tempura Day & Harlem Globetrotters Day

January is Get Organized Month & National Oatmeal Month
 

images and text courtesy of MyPunchbowl.com" -- http://www.mypunchbowl.com/

History for January 7th 1789 - George Washington is voted in as U.S. president in the first nationwide election 1968 - Surveyor 7 lands on the Moon 1985- Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet 1992-  AT& T releases video-telephone ($1499)   1999-  The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins. ______________________________________________________ "Impatience never commanded success."   -- Edwin H. Chapin