Good morning welcome back to our series sharing Unique Holidays: August 20th, 2021. Take a look at the Holidays being celebrated today and let me know which Holiday you most would like to celebrate and why.
For me and Charlie it’s National Radio Day because we love Music which we listen to in our #Homeschool Music Class. As for World Mosquito Day I am not sure why anyone would want to celebrate them because they like to bite us. But if they keep us safe we might need to celebrate Mosquitos today.
Here lately I’ve become obsessed with old Televisions and Radios. In fact I’ve been blessed twice by David who bought me a Record Player for Christmas Last year.
Then a couple weeks ago he found a Record Stand and a old timey Stereo at a Garage Sale which David picked up for me for my Music Wall. Now, all I need a Radio and Television which I will gut and put a shelf inside to old my Stereo. Are you good at Honey Do programs because if so I might need help if David is working.
National Radio Day celebrates a great invention and communications medium.
The invention of the Radio dates back to the late 1800s. A number of inventors played a role in creating this important medium. A number of inventions and discoveries were required to make the Radio a reality.
This included both transmission and reception methods and technology. The Radio somewhat evolved from the telegraph and the telephone, with Wireless Telegraph directly contributing to its invention.
Celebrating National Radio Day is easy listening. Simply tune into your favorite Radio Stations(s). You could also give your local Radio personalities a little recognition.
The History and Origin of National Radio Day:
We found some evidence on blogs and Radio Station websites suggesting that this is a more recently established Holiday, dating only to the 1990s. Radio Station personnel, in a number of Radio Stations, began talking about creating their own Holiday.
After all, they frequently promoted bizarre and unique Holidays of all kinds. From these conversations, this special Holiday took on life.
Our research did not find a identify or an individual or group having created this Holiday.
Bring out the Mosquito Netting. World Mosquito Day is today. This Holiday commemorates the day when the relationship between Mosquitos and Malaria were identified. Did you know Malaria is an Infectious Disease caused by Parasitic Protozoans.
On this day in 1897, the link between Mosquitos and the transmission of Malaria was discovered by British doctor Sir Ronald Ross. Ross also identified that the female Anopheles Mosquito transmits the disease. In 1902, Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his discovery
About 1,500 cases of Malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year. The vast majority of these cases are travelers or Immigrants entering the U.S. from parts of the world where Malaria is common.
The goal of this special Holiday, is to raise awareness of the causes of Malaria, and to learn methods of prevention. With the knowledge that Mosquitoes carry other diseases, most notably the dangerous Zika Virus, it is even more important today, to be aware, and to understand the necessity of avoid coming in contact with Mosquitos.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine celebrates World Mosquito Day annually, since the 1930s. They hold exhibitions and parties designed to entertain and to inform people.
At least two million people die each year from Malaria or other Mosquito born diseases.
The History and Origin of World Mosquito Day
Sir Ronald Ross declared the annual observance of World Mosquito Day. He did so shortly after his discovery of the linkage between Mosquitos and Malaria.
Sir Ronald Ross felt that this day should be known as World Mosquito Day in future years, to act as a reminder of the educational importance of knowing that Mosquitos transmit Malaria.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
