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It's Thankful Day and it's a big deal, this being grateful and thankful stuff. It's important.
I'm thankful to those who started it and those who have kept it going and those who are currently keeping it going.
We're all thankful the storms last Saturday night were not nearly as stormy as had been predicted.
Daughter-in-Law is growing a small garden in our back yard, we're thankful for being able to watch it grow, and the first jalapeño pepper she harvested.
The sago palm has been trimmed, i'm very thankful for Mike-Next-Door, our lawn and landscape person. The sago is putting out fronds everywhere, so i think it is thankful to get rid of the old, dead ones too.
We had a wonderful semester of Bible study and finished up Wednesday, i'm thankful i was able to participate and am looking forward to the summer study.
Babysitting is always a thankful.
I'm thankful there were no traffic jams on the freeway this morning, which is most unusual for a Friday.
Our foster son Red-headed Alec made it to town this week and brought his daughter, three-week-old Emmy. I'm thankful to see him, his fiancée, and the baby.
An unexpected letter in our mailbox turned out to be for Daughter-in-Law and her aunt, i'm thankful it wasn't something nefarious.
The cat shelter is doing well, they're not overcrowded with the spring kittens yet, and the work is not backing up.
The weather this week has been amazing, we're thankful for cool nights and warm days and blue skies.
Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.
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Pesach/Passover begins this evening, and goes through sundown on April 20. It is the Jewish celebration of their ancestors, who were slaves, being "passed over" by The Lord's avenging angel when it was striking down their enemies, and their subsequent release from slavery.
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Baby Massage Day
Big Wind Day -- anniversary of the strongest natural wind ever recorded on the earth's surface, at Mount Washington, NH, US; the wind gusts reached 231 mph
D.E.A.R. Day (a/k/a Drop Everything And Read) -- sponsored by the ALA, on Beverly Cleary's birth anniversary
Eat All Your Snacks Before the Movie Even Starts Day -- with all the ads before the movie, doesn't that happen anyway?
Festival of Cerealia -- Ancient Roman Calendar (seven-day public and private festival for Ceres)
Full Pink Moon -- a/k/a Full Sprouting Moon, Grass Moon, Egg Moon, White Moon, Virgin Moon, and Fish Moon; in other traditions
Bak Full Moon Poya Day -- Sri Lanka
Tagu Full Moon -- Myanmar
Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
Halifax Day -- North Carolina, US (anniversary of the resolution adopted authorizing voting for independence in 1776)
Hanuman Jayanti -- Hindu (celebration of the birth of Lord Hanuman; local dates may vary)
International Day for Street Children
Lazarus Saturday -- Orthodox Christian
Lazarovden -- Bulgaria (along with celebrating the raising of Lazarus, there are fertility rituals, especially involving young maidens, and honoring the goddesses of spring and love)
Record Store Day -- celebrated by independent record stores everywhere, find one near you
Sinhala & Tamil New Year's Eve -- Sri LankaSt. Sabas' Day (Patron of Lectors, torture victims)
St. Zeno's Day (Patron of anglers, children learning to speak, children learning to walk, fishermen, newborn babies; city and diocese of Verona, Italy)
Walk on Your Wild Side Day -- sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, a day in which to do something no one would expect from you
Yasurai Matsuri -- Imamiya Jinja, Kyoto, Japan (festival to prevent ill health)
Yuri's Night -- International (Commemoration of first human in space, Yuri Gagarin)
Cosmonaut's Day -- Russia
International Day of Human Space Flight -- UN
Birthdays Today:
Saoirse Ronan, 1994
Riley Smith, 1982
Claire Danes, 1979
Sarah Jane Morris, 1977
Nicholas Brendon, 1971
Shannen Doherty, 1971
Nick Hexum, 1970
Art Alexakis, 1962
Vince Gill, 1957
Andy Garcia, 1956
David Cassidy, 1950
Tom Clancy, 1947
Dan Lauria, 1947
David Letterman, 1947
Ed O'Neill, 1946
Herbie Hancock, 1940
Dennis Banks, 1937
Tiny Tim, 1930
Ann Miller, 1923
Beverly Cleary, 1916
Henry Clay, 1777
Lyman Hall, 1724
Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, BC599
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"21 Jump Street"(TV), 1987
"Your Hit Parade"(Radio), 1935
"Madame Bovary"(Publication date), 1857
"Oberon, or The Elf King's Oath"(Weber opera), 1826
"The Tatler"(Journal, first edition), 1709 Note: this original version of a publication with the name lasted only two years
Today in History:
Constantinople falls to the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire, 1204
The formal inquest of Galileo by the Inquisition begins, 1633
The first edition of Tatler Magazine is published in London, 1709
The American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 1861
George C Blickensderfer patents a portable typewriter, 1892
Pierre Prier makes the first nonstop flight from London to Paris, in 3h 56m, 1911
Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England, 1937
The strongest surface wind gust ever measured, 231 mph, at Mount Washington, New Hampshire, 1943
The Salk vaccine is declared safe and effective, 1955
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space, 1961
Samuel Doe takes over Liberia in a coup d'etat, ending 130 years of peaceful and democratic presidential successions, 1980
The first launch of a space shuttle, the Colombia, 1981
The Euro Disney Resort officially opens (now Disneyland Paris), 1992
Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam, 1994
Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as their currency, 2009
Following the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, Japan raises the crisis level to 7, equal to the disaster in Chernobyl, 2011
The new drug, ABT-450, with a 90-95% success rate for treating Hepatitis C, is announced, 2014
Scientists and internet entrepreneurs, including Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark Zuckerberg, announce a joint interstellar project to send a robot spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, 2016
In an attempt to stabilize world oil prices, OPEC and several major oil companies agree to the largest-ever drop in production, 2020
According to industry officials, 80% of France's vineyards are affected by the worst frost condition in half a century, 2021
Ghana becomes the first country to approve a vaccine against malaria, Mosquirix– RTS,S, made at Oxford University, 2023
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