Today is...

[IceWizard]

19 Jan 2017

Women's Healthy Weight Day



One for the ladies, and a day for husbands to squirm, perhaps. Whilst waking your spouse on Women’s Healthy Weight Day to proclaim your whole-hearted approval of her size may garner some testing looks, it is unequivocally an occasion for female empowerment. Though now an international affair, unsurprisingly it originated in the United States, where whooping it up whilst tipping the scales can be done with a unique Stateside joie de vivre.

For the rest of the world it has become a more modest day of reflection and a chance to highlight the lady behind the shallow stereotypes they often suffer. In short, it’s a day for the gals get together and celebrate one another in any way they choose. Brunch, barbecue, cheese and wine? At the risk of stating the obvious, it might also be renamed International Diet Amnesty Day. Or for the gents, International Walking On Eggshells Day!



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National Popcorn Day



Oh Popcorn! Delicious and delightful popcorn is part of so many traditions. Popcorn balls at Halloween, Popcorn strings at Christmas, and Popcorn all year round at the movies! Corn has played an important role in the diets of many cultures, and has spread to be a worldwide phenomenon since it was imported from the new world. So on Popcorn Day make sure you have yourself a great big bowl of this delicious treat!

History of Popcorn Day
To discuss the history of Popcorn day one must understand the history of Popcorn. The original corn was derived from a small grass with kernels not much different than that of wheat, careful selection and generations of breeding has resulted in what we think of today as the corn plant. When settlers came to the New World from the Old Country, they discovered this amazing crop and that it had been in use for time out of mind.

Sometime along the line it was realized that certain corn kernels, when subjected to heat, will pop and reveal their soft fluffy endosperm in a cloud around their shell. Before long it was discovered to be a light and delicious treat, and cultivation led to the popcorn we have today. There’s actually two types of popcorn, but the familiar yellow popcorn we all see in movie theaters is by far the most popular. Popcorn has been used for everything from arts and crafts to the foundation of some of the most popular treats around. You can find it just about anywhere you go. The National Popcorn Board decided that this fluffy treat needed a day of celebration and recognition of its own, and thus was born National Popcorn day!

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January 19 Birthdays


Dolly Parton - 71



Edgar Allan Poe - (1809 - 1849)
 


Paula Deen - 70



Robert E. Lee - (1807 - 1870)



Janis Joplin - (1943 - 1970)



Katey Sagal - 63



Paul Rodriguez - 62



Rod Evans - 69





January 19th


2000: Tourism chiefs in Liverpool were barred from placing signs on highways in Liverpool saying “Liverpool, Birthplace of the Beatles”.

1998: Carl Perkins died of throat cancer after suffering multiple strokes at Jackson-Madison County Hospital in Jackson, TN. He was 65 years old.

1993: The Rumours-era lineup of Fleetwood Mac reunited to perform at President Bill Clinton’s Inaugural Gala to perform Clinton’s campaign theme “Don’t Stop”.

1988: Doc McGhee, current manager for Kiss & former manager for Bon Jovi & Motley Crue pleaded guilty to importing more than 40,000 lbs. of marijuana into the U.S.

1985: Bruce Springsteen peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Born in the U.S.A.”, Springsteen’s fourth top ten single in the U.S.

1980: The Wall by Pink Floyd began a 15 week run on top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart. It was Pink Floyd’s third number one album in the U.S.

1980: The Pretenders reached number one on the U.K. Singles Chart for the first and only time with “Brass in Pocket”, which spent two weeks on top of the chart. It peaked at number fourteen in the U.S.

1974: Brownsville Station peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Smokin’ in the Boys Room” which was their only top ten single in the U.S.

1974: Fans en route to the Bob Dylan and the Band concert in Miami found themselves in a nine-mile long traffic jam, which caused many to miss half of the show.



Birthdays:

Janis Joplin born in 1943

Rod Evans - Singer for Deep Purple born in 1947

Robert Palmer born in 1949