Saturday, April 30, 2022

Zillions, a Ten Things of Thankful A to Z Post

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The title of my last A to Z post each year is always the same, because it is Little Girl’s birthday, and she is worth zillions and there are zillions of reasons to be thankful for her.


She’s my youngest, my bonus baby.


She’s smart and funny.


She’s a wonderful sister to the other children.


She’s a loyal friend.


She’s an army medic.


She’s a sergeant.


She’s a great dog mom to Coda and Bart.


She’s holding down a job, doing her army reserve duties, and in nursing school doing her clinical classes.


She has a beautiful singing voice (she got it from her father, i promise!).


She’s a very talented artist (she got that from Grandma).


The list could go on, but you get the idea.


Happy Birthday, Little Girl.  You mean zillions to me.



Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Dyanne and her co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.   


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Today is:


Armed Forces Day -- Georgia


Birthday of the King / Konungens födelsedag -- Sweden (HM King Carl XVI Gustav; an official flag day)


Bugs Bunny Day -- while some consider his debut to have been in "A Wild Hare," released in July two years later, other say that Bugs was the rabbit in "Porky's Hare Hunt," released this date in 1938


Camarón Day -- French Foreign Legion


Consumer Protection Day -- Thailand


Díá De Los Niños/Díá De Los Libros -- American Library Association (Children Day/Book Day; a celebration that emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds)


Dia de Rincon -- Rincon, Bonaire


El Dia del Nino -- Mexico (Children's Day)


Fairy Queen's Birthday -- Fairy Calendar


Faeriae Latinae -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Feast of the Latin League, a festival to honor Jupiter)


International Jazz Day -- UNESCO (originated with the New Jersey Jazz Society and sanctioned by the United Nations Jazz Society, the American Federation of Jazz Societies, and the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society)


Liberation/Reunification Day -- Vietnam


Mata Tirtha Aunsi -- Nepal (Mother's Day, or literally "Mother Pilgrimage New Moon")


May Eve -- eve of the first day of summer in many traditions, including

     Beltane/Samhain Eve -- Pagan traditions

     Carodejnice -- Czech Republic; Slovakia

     Maitag Vorabend -- Switzerland 

     Mange les Morts -- Haiti (festival of the dead)

     Salus -- Portugal; Spain (festival of the dead)

     Valborgsmässoafton -- Sweden

     Walpurgis Night -- Ancient Celtic/Nordic Calendars


Mr. Potato Head Day -- the classic toy went on sale this day in 1952, and you used your own potato


National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day -- US (can't find a sponsoring organization, but it's not a bad idea)  


National Go Birding Day -- US (but feel free to participate wherever you are, birding is fun!)


National Herb Day -- different from the HerbDay in May, and unsponsored


National Honesty Day -- including Honest Abe Awards (Abies) and dishonorable mentions for those who have been particularly publicly egregious; celebrated today because we began the month with April Fooling and lies, so today is to celebrate the opposite*


National Military Brats Day -- US (Military Brats, Inc., wants the US Congress to set aside a day to recognize the sacrifices of the children of military service men and women)   


National Oatmeal Cookie Day


National Raisin Day


National Sense of Smell Day -- US (sponsored by the Sense of Smell Institute, encouraging museums and science centers to focus on how the sense of smell plays an important role in daily life and how it interacts with other senses; While celebrating, remember those with anosmia [diminished ability or total inability to smell])


National Tabby Cat Day


National Therapy Animal Day


Penguin Day -- originated by a different group from World Penguin Day, but you can't have enough days dedicated to these cute guys, can you?   


Save the Frogs Day -- Save The Frogs Day is the world's largest day of amphibian education and conservation action 


St. Adjutor of Vernon's Day (Patron of drowning victims, sailors, swimmers, yachtsmen; Vernon, France; against drowning)


St. James the Great's Day -- Orthodox Christian


Teacher's Day -- Paraguay


Tortie Cat Appreciation Day


World Healing Day / World Tai Chi and Qigong Day   


World Veterinary Day -- World Veterinary Association       


*to nominate someone for an Abie or a dishonorable mention, contact M. Hirsh Goldberg, founder and author of The Book of Lies, mhgoldberg@comcast.net)




Anniversaries Today:


Pele marries Assiria Seixas Lemos, 1994

The Organization of American States is founded, 1948

Louisiana becomes the 18th US state, 1812



Birthdays Today:


Dianna Agron, 1986

Kirsten Dunst, 1982

Johnny Galecki, 1975

Jeff Timmons, 1973

Carolyn Dawn Johnson, 1971

Adrian Pasdar, 1965

Michael Waltrip, 1963

Isiah Thomas, 1961

Stuart Mathis, 1960

Stephen Harper, 1959

Jane Campion, 1954

Perry King, 1948

Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden, 1946

Michael J. Smith, 1945

Jill Clayburgh, 1944

Burt Young, 1940

Gary Collins, 1938

Willie Nelson, 1933

Cloris Leachman, 1926

Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, 1909

Eve Arden, 1908

Ellis Wilson, 1899

Louise Dilworth Beatty Homer, 1871



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"Barnum"(Musical), 1980

"The Dresser"(Play), 1980

"Inside U.S.A."(Musical revue), 1948

"Arthur Godfrey Time"(Radio), 1945

"Pelleas et Melisande"(Opera), 1902

"Dmitri Donskoi"(Opera), 1852

"Love for Love"(Play), 1695



Today in History:


Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation  Lupus, 1006

Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503, 1483

Columbus is given a royal commission to equip his fleet, 1492

On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States, 1789

The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France, 1803

Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation, 1838

Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to 

make up time on the Cannonball Express, 1900

Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city, 1907

Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty, 1920

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, 1927

The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny, 1938

In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established, 1948

The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom, 1963

Communist forces gain control of Saigon and the Vietnam War formally ends, 1975

Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, 1980

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free, 1993

Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 1999

Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters, 2008

Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, 2009

Hailed as the largest World's Fair in history, Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai, China, 2010

Born without a trachea, a 2-year-old Korean-Canadian child is the youngest patient in history to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells; she received the transplanted organ at the Children's Hospital of Illinois, 2013

Willem-Alexander becomes the first male Monarch of Netherlands in 123 years, following the abdication of his mother, Queen Beatrix, 2013

The MESSENGER spacecraft is intentionally deorbited and destroyed, 2015

A new species of water beetle from the Malaysian Borneo’s Maliau Basin is named after actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 2018

The world's oldest known spider, a female trapdoor in Western Australia, dies at the age of 43 after being stung by a wasp, 2018 

Japan’s Emperor Akihito declares his abdication, effective the next day, 2019

Captain Tom Moore, who raised more £30 million for the National Health Service by walking in his garden, turns 100 and is made an honorary colonel by the Queen, 2020

17 comments:

  1. A very, very Happy Birthday to your beautiful girl. And congratulations on finishing the A-Z challenge again.

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  2. Happy Birthday to your daughter. There are so many things for us to be thankful for.

    God bless you and your family.

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  3. Congratulations on completing the AtoZ! Happy birthday to your daughter! I love the Date trivia you have posted. So much research has gone into it!!! Wow!

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  4. Happy birthday to your precious girl. Have a great weekend.

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  5. 🎂 Hope it's a great birthday for your bonus child.
    That's a lot of great facts.

    J Lenni Dorner (he/him 👨🏽 or 🧑🏽 they/them) ~ Co-host of the #AtoZchallenge, OperationAwesome6 Debut Author Interviewer, Reference& Speculative Fiction Author

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  6. Happy Birthday to you daughter Mimi.

    Cruisin Paul

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  7. Love your list of thankfuls . What joy your youngest, bonus daughter has brought you. Thank you. It makes me think there are so many things I can be grateful for.

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  8. Those are very sweet thanfuls and Happy Birthday to Little Girl from all of us and please tell her we appreciate her service.

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  9. Happy Birthday to Little Girl ~ lots of hugs ~ Xos

    Wishing you love and laughter in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  10. She sounds amazing. Happy Birthday Little Girl!! XO

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  11. What a beautiful tribute to your daughter!

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  12. We LOVE your 10 things of Thankful! You daughter rocks (just like her Mom). We hope that you are having a marvellosly Happy Weekend! Purrs Marv and Mom

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  13. Happy Birthday to your bonus baby :)

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  14. Happy belated birthday to your not so little anymore little girl. I love this post!

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  15. Great post!
    Beth
    https://bethlapinsatozblog.wordpress.com/

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  16. Belated Happy Birthday to Little Girl!

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