August 9 in History August 9th is… National Book Lovers Day National Rice Pudding Day National Veep Day 1483 – Opening of the restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Roselli contributed. Michelangelo added his work on the ceiling in 1508-1512. 1854 – Henry David Thoreau […]
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Special Days in May May is… ALS Awareness Month American Cheese Month Asian American Month National Bike Month Creative Beginnings Month Barbeque Month Celiac Disease Awareness Month Deck Safety Month Devotions for The Blessed Virgin Mary Duckling Month International Drum Month Foster Care Month Gifts From The Garden Month Haitian Heritage Month Hamburger Month Inventors
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Notable About March… Spring: In the northern hemisphere, March is often considered the start of spring, as the weather begins to warm up and the days grow longer. Holidays: March is the month of Saint Patrick’s Day, a holiday celebrated in Ireland and by Irish communities worldwide. It is also the month of International Women’s
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The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday, the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction
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The first Friday of September is National Bring Your Manners To Work Day. This day is dedicated to reminding people to be considerate and polite with their co-workers How many of these issues happen at your place of work? Favoritism? Stolen lunches? Inappropriate clothing? Inappropriate language? ‘Borrowed’ office supplies? Are the boundaries of personal space
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September is National Milkshake Month! ~ Milkshake Trivia & History ~ When ‘milkshakes’ were first invented in 1885, they also included whiskey. The initial description of the drink was a “sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink, with eggs, whiskey, etc., served as a tonic as well as a treat.” The basic ingredients for a milkshake include milk,
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Level 1 – The Emoticon Emoticon is actually short for EMOTION ICON, and was started by using punctuation marks with letters and numbers to express feelings, happy, sad, angry; they started with the simple statements. A man named Scott Fahlman is credited with the modern emoticons, on a Carnegie Mellon University message board on September
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Friday the 13th is traditionally a day to safely stay in bed with the covers over your head in order to protect yourself from the horrid bad luck that is sure to come at you on that dreaded day. Friday the 13th is however a day that can also be celebrated too as the first
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Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) by Henri MatisseBlue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra) by Henri Matisse was completed in 1907, and was scandalous when first presented at Société des Artistes Indépendants and later, New York. He went on to create his better known Blue Nude II, Gouache-painted paper cut-outs that were stuck to paper mounted on
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