Welcome to our series sharing Unique Holidays: April 12th, 2022. I would like to ask you to check out the Holidays below and let me know which Holiday you most want to celebrate and why? As for Charlie and I we can’t wait to celebrate Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.
Big Wind Day – this day blows me away!
Everyone gets those occasional Windy days when you need to put rocks in your pockets before going outside, so you don’t blow away. Even without a Hurricane it can get pretty windy anywhere on the planet. Windstorms display the awesome power of nature, but windstorms can be deadly, dangerous, and damaging. Windstorms can leave you without power.
On the other side of the coin, wind can be our friend because wind helps to cool us on a hot day. Sailors have used the power of the wind for thousands of years. Christopher Columbus would never have landed in America, without wind in his sails. Wind powered turbines are dotting the landscape all over the world, providing increasing amounts of clean electricity, to an energy hungry world.
For the good and the bad that wind does for and to us, it’s only fitting, that we show our respect for the wind, by giving the wind its own, Holiday.
Big Wind Day commemorates the highest wind speed ever recorded on the planet. Can you guess where? No, it wasn’t in the middle of a hurricane or a tornado.
On April 12, 1934, the staff of the Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire, recorded the highest surface wind ever measured, anywhere on Earth. This big wind was officially recorded at 231 miles per hour. Imagine the difficulties of even making a recording under those conditions back then!
Will this record ever be broken? Perhaps, but until then, enjoy Big Wind Day.
Are you ready to chow down? We hope so, because today is Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.
People have been consuming Grilled Cheese Sandwich forever. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches roots go back to ancient Roman times, when bread was topped with Cheese and melted. It wasn’t until the 1920’s that sliced Bread was created. Shortly after that, today’s Grilled Cheese Sandwich began to be enjoyed by millions.
What do you need to celebrate Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day? The ingredients are Cheese, sliced Bread, Butter, and your appetite. Any Cheese will do. If you’re looking to be a little daring, add Tomatoes or Tuna Fish to your Grilled Cheese Sandwich, then grill it in a frying pan.
International Be Kind to Lawyers Day – The second Tuesday in April
There is to be absolutely no lawyer jokes today, because it is International Be Kind to Lawyers Day.
The practice of law is one of the least respected professions in the world. There’re not many careers that rank lower than a lawyer. It seems odd, as being a lawyer is a very high paying, white collar job. Unfortunately, as in any profession, there’s always a few, who spoil the reputation for the vast majority of lawyers.
Despite the low perception, the law profession is a noble one. That’s where the majority of people who practice law fit in. These are the honorable men and women who are there when you need them. They are the ones who help you to buy and sell homes, prepare your will, protect your interests, defend you in court as needed against lawsuits, and they go the extra mile to fight for your rights, and provide legal advice on an endless list of topics.
How to Celebrate International Be Kind to Lawyers Day
Lawyers are very well compensated for their work. It’s the little things you do to celebrate this Holiday, that are important. Send your lawyer a nice card or an email. Buy your lawyer a cup of morning coffee, or a drink tonight at the bar. Or take your lawyer to lunch.
Most importantly today, there is to be no lawyer jokes, period.
History and Origin of “International Be Kind to Lawyers Day”:
This holiday event was started in 2019 by non-lawyer Steve Hughes of St. Louis, MO. This holiday got its beginnings simply because Hughes got tired of hearing negative jokes and derogatory comments about lawyers.
Well, aren’t we lucky!? Today is National Licorice Day. Licorice is one to the world’s favorite flavors. It is only fitting that we take a day to appreciate this great tasting herb… that’s right, Licorice is an herb. Licorice has been used for foods and medicinally, since ancient times. Did you know Licorice was even found in King Tut’s Tomb?
Licorice is best known for the candy that bears its name. But it flavors many other things, including Tea, foods and desserts, Alcohol and Tobacco products. Did you know you will even find Licorice in cosmetics?
Anise and Licorice have a similar taste. They are not related.
Since ancient times, Licorice has been used medicinally around the world, for a wide range of ailments. For this reason alone, Licorice earns the right to have a special day of recognition. Medicinal uses include being used as a natural laxative, relieves menstrual cramps and discomfort of menopause, relieves pain and discomfort from ulcers, good for adrenal gland, Cancer treatments for breast and prostate cancer. Licorice even lowers the effect of aging in the brain.
History and Origin of “National Licorice Day”:
This Holiday was created by Licorice International in 2004, to promote its line of Licorice candies. While this Holiday was created for commercial purposes, Licorice lovers, like you and me, will agree that Licorice deserves its own day of recognition.
This is referred to as a “National” day. However, we did not find any congressional records or presidential proclamations for this day. And oddly, being created by Licorice International, one would think they’d name this day “International” Licorice Day.
International Day of Human Space Flight / Russian Cosmonaut Day
Space flight began with unmanned flights. Like any new technology, Space flight was a learning process and things went wrong. Once rocket science improved and became safer, Monkeys were launched into space. To test the safety of space travel and how space travel might affect humans. Finally, a human being was launched into space.
Russian Astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1. Russian Astronaut Yuri Gagarin spent 108 minutes in space, orbiting the planet once. This flight marked the beginning of the space race between the USSR and the U.S. While Russia (then the USSR) put the first man in space, the United States went on to be the first to put a man on the moon.
On April 9, 1962, USSR’s Supreme Council decreed April 12 to be Cosmonaut Day which is celebrated yearly in Russia and a number of other countries.
Fifty years after that momentous space flight, the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed this day to be “International Day of Human Space Flight“, to mark the beginning of space flight by humans. Resolution # A/RES/65/271 stressed the importance of human space flight to science and technology. While this event started as a Russian celebration of a major Russian accomplishment, it truly a celebration for all mankind to savor.
We encourage you to celebrate this Holiday, by reading a book on the history of space flight. Watching a movie or documentary about space flight.
Walk on Your Wild Side Day encourages us to take a chance. It’s a call to the inner strength within you, to do something out of your comfort zone. Something wild and crazy, and a little daring.
To participate in this Holiday, you don’t have to do something dangerous, like hang gliding. Please don’t do something dangerous or illegal. Rather, think of something that the normal and usual, “you” would not do. Kick your shoes off and go do it. Just go wild. After you have performed this wild and crazy thing, don’t forget that you have Facebook bragging rights.
There are two things that may have led to the inspiration for this day. In 1956 Nelson Algren published the novel A Walk on the Wild Side and A Walk on the Wild Side was a song written and sung by Lou Reed in 1972.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
