Today is Tuesday August 31, 2010

Eat Outside Day

It's official, it's the last day of August. With the warm weather days dwindling down, today is the perfect opportunity to take your breakfast, lunch, or dinner and eat outside!

Enjoy a popsicle on your porch, a barbecue in the backyard, or have a picnic in the park. Whatever you decide to do for your delicious meal, enjoy Eat Outside Day!

Today is also National Trail Mix Day

August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month

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On this day in History:

	1950 - Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn Dodgers hit four home runs in a single game off of four different pitchers. 1964 - California officially became the most populated state in America. 1974 - "The Partridge Family" television show ended. 1995 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opened in Cleveland OH.

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Quote of the Day:
"That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep."

--Willa Cather

Today is Friday August 27, 2010

Banana Lover's Day

Did you know that bananas were once considered a very exotic, hard to find fruit? Today, they are grown in 132 countries worldwide and the average person eats about 33 pounds of bananas a year!

Bananas are also extremely healthy fruits. Their high fiber and potassium content may help prevent high blood pressure and its complications, as well as help protect against renal calcium loss, peptic ulcers, vitamin A deficiency, and kidney cancer.

Banana lovers unite, today is your day to celebrate this delectable fruit. So pick, peel, and enjoy Banana Lover's Day!

Today is also Global Forgiveness Day

August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month

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On this day in History:

1858 - The first cabled news dispatch was sent and was published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story was about the peace demands of England and France being met by China. 1859 - The first oil well was successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, PA. 1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan of the Apes" was published for the first time. 1962 - Mariner 2 was launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flew past Venus. 1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced that the first citizen to go into space would be a teacher. The teacher that was eventually chosen was Christa McAuliffe. She died in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. 1986 - Nolan Ryan, while with the Houston Astros, earned his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs.

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Quote of the Day:
"We tend not to choose the unknown, which might be a shock or disappointment or simply a little difficult to cope with. And yet it is the unknown with all its disappointments and surprises that is the most enriching."

--Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Today is Thursday August 26, 2010

National Cherry Popsicle Day

These refreshing, frozen treats are a fantastic way to cool off on a hot August day, and National Cherry Popsicle Day is the perfect excuse to have one!

Popsicles are made of 100% fruit and juice, so they are both healthy and delicious. Cherry, not surprising, is the most popular fruit flavored popsicle. Head over to your local grocery store or try making your own at home!

Today is also National Dog Day

August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month

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On this day in History:

1498 - Michelangelo was commissioned to make the "Pieta." 1939 - The first televised major league baseball games were shown. The event was a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1945 - The Japanese were given surrender instructions on the U.S. battleship Missouri at the end of World War II. 1987 - Sonny Bono announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, CA. He won the election. 1991 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised that national elections would be held.

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Quote of the Day:
"It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for."

--Benjamin E. Mays

Today is Tuesday August 24, 2010

National Waffle Day

Did you know that the first waffles ever cooked were in Greece during the 1300's? The Greeks would cook flat cakes called obleios between two metal pans and top them with cheese and herbs. Today, waffles are commonly topped with maple syrup or fruit and whip cream. National Waffle Day is the anniversary of the first U.S. patent for the waffle iron in 1869. Though they are commonly eaten for breakfast, waffles can really be enjoyed anytime of the day. So go ahead and grab your waffle iron and make homemade waffles today to celebrate!

• August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month 

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On this day in History:

1867 - Johns Hopkins died. The railroad millionaire left $7.5 million in his will for the founding of a new medical school in his name. 1869 - A patent for the waffle iron was received by Cornelius Swarthout. 1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the U.S. non-stop. The trip from Los Angeles, CA to Newark, NJ, took about 19 hours. 1968 - France became the 5th thermonuclear power when they exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific. 1975 - Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers set a major league baseball record when he stole his 38th consecutive base.

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Quote of the Day:
"Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity."

--R.I. Fitzhenry

Today is Monday August 23, 2010

National Sponge Cake Day

Light and airy, sponge cake is the perfect dessert for a hot summer night. Though it typically only contains the basic ingredients of eggs, sugar, and flour, the key to making the perfect sponge cake is to beat the batter thoroughly to create volume. After it has been cooked in the oven but before it has cooled, sponge cake is very flexible. This allows the creation of rolled cakes such as the Swiss roll or other variations on the typical sponge cake. The Victoria Sponge Cake which contains jam between two sponge cakes, was named after Queen Victoria who enjoyed having a slice with her afternoon tea. Bake one today and enjoy National Sponge Cake Day!

• August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month 

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On this day in History:

1839 - Hong Kong was taken by the British in a war with China. 1914 - Tsingtao, China, was bombarded as Japan declared war on Germany in World War I. 1939 - Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty. 1966 - The Beatles' movie "Help!" premiered in the U.S. 2000 - Richard Hatch was revealed as the winning castaway on CBS' "Survivor." Hatch won $1,000,000 for his stay on the island of Pulau Tida in the South China Sea.

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Quote of the Day:
"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."

--Oscar Wilde

Today is Friday August 20, 2010

National Lemonade Day

This cool, refreshing drink is an old time favorite! The mixture of lemons, water, and sugar results in a pleasant contrast of sweet and sour in your mouth. Variations of lemonade can be made and found around the world including clear, cloudy, or fizzy lemonade, pink lemonade, and lemonade as a mixer in alcoholic beverages. However you decide to enjoy your lemonade, be sure to squeeze some fresh lemons to make it in honor of National Lemonade Day!

• August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month 
• This week is National Aviation Week

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On this day in History:

1741 - Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska. 1866 - It was formally declared by U.S. President Andrew Johnson that the American Civil War was over. The fighting had stopped months earlier. 1882 - Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuted in Moscow. 1940 - France fell to the Germans during World War II. 1945 - Tommy Brown of the Brooklyn Dodgers became the youngest player to hit a home run in a major-league ball game. Brown was 17 years, 8 months and 14 days old. 1953 - It was announced by the Soviet Union that they had detonated a hydrogen bomb. 1985 - The original Xerox 914 copier was presented to the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History. Chester Carlson was the man who invented the machine.

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Quote of the Day:

"Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think."

--Alexander Pope

Today is Thursday August 19, 2010

National Potato Day

Although they were first feared to be poisonous by Northern Europeans in the 16th century, potatoes have been a popular aspect of diets around the world for centuries and even contain vitamins and minerals vital to human nutrition.

Did you know that more than 45 billion pounds of potatoes are harvested in the U.S. each year? We use them to make baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, au gratin potatoes, potato chips, potato soup, french fries...the possibilities for how to cook them are endless!

Hungry yet? Now you have some ideas for how celebrate National Potato Day!

Today is also National Aviation Day

August is National Peach Month & National Goat Cheese Month & National Water Quality Month

This week is National Aviation Week

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On this day in History:

1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer. 1964 - The first American tour by the Beatles began in San Francisco, CA. The tour would cover 26 cities. 1981 - The final episode of "Charlie's Angels" was aired on ABC-TV. 1993 - "Cheers" ended an 11-year run on NBC-TV. The show debuted on September 30, 1982. 1998 - The first piece of the 351 foot bronze statue of Christopher Columbus arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Quote of the Day:

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered with time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."

--Sydney J. Harris