Wanna go Teal the easy way? :D

Post a pic of yourself- tag me- or comment with your blog link on this post and I’ll teal ya right up. This offer is good till Saturday 9/6/14.  I love doing creative stuff. So hakuna matata! let’s raise Awareness!!!

And I’ll post your completed pix here in this post for easy pickup! LOL 😀

Me! 

Dr. Rex
http://hrexach.wordpress.com/

 

Ovarian Cancer Awareness month; September

HI! It’s me again! I know, three posts in one day. Wow! that hasn’t happened in a while. 😀

So as a survivor of Ovarian Cancer- I’d like to remind everyone that it’s that month!!! Ovarian Cancer Awareness, not as popular as October’s month, but still pretty important to me!! 😀

Every Tuesday is Teal Tuesday! and yeah…oops I forgot…unless you count my huge Teal purse!  😀

 

IOTD

IOTD= image of the day

I started doing this on Happier about a month after I joined, the image is something that I use to meditate on during the day, it can be silly, beautiful or just…. whatever suits my fancy. I’m going to start posting it here too. I just think every one can use an image to focus on throughout the day- when it starts to get stressful. Not everyone knows or has a ‘happy’ place to escape to mentally for a minute. 🙂 So here’s today’s IOTD.

 

Calendar day; September 2, 2014

Tuesday, the 2nd of September, 2014 is the 245th day in 2014 and in the 36th calendar week.

 

General Events:

 

National Day of Vietnam
September 2, 2014 in Vietnam

 

National Day (Vietnamese: Ngày Qu?c Khánh) is a national holiday in Vietnam observed on September 2, commemorating the Vietnam Declaration of Independence from France on September 2, 1945. It is the country’s National Day.[

 

The Japanese occupied Vietnam during World War II but allowed the French to remain and exert some influence. At the war’s end in August 1945, a power vacuum was created in Vietnam. Capitalizing on this, the Vi?t Minh launched the “August Revolution” across the country to seize government offices. Emperor B?o Ð?i abdicated on August 25, 1945, ending the Nguy?n Dynasty. On September 2, 1945, at Ba Ðình Square, Ho Chi Minh, leader of the communist Viet Minh organization, declared Vietnam’s independence under the new name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) in a speech that invoked the United States Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

 

Where is National Day of Vietnam?
Nationwide Vietnam

 

V-J Day
September 2, 2014 in the USA (World)

 

August 14th – Japan surrenders

 

August 15th – Surrender announced to the world

 

September 2 – Ceremony and formal signing of surrender

 

VJ Day marks the end of WWII, and the cessation of fighting against Japan. It is called “Victory In Japan Day or “Victory Over Japan Day”.

 

The confusion over three dates:

 

There is some confusion over what date is V-J Day. You can consider any (or all) of three dates as V-J Day. President Harry S. Truman caused some of this confusion……..

 

On August 14, 1945, the Japanese government cabled to the U.S. their surrender. This is the date of most modern observances.

 

On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II.

 

On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.

 

Regardless of which day you view as VJ Day, World War II was finally over. Take a moment today to remember those who fought for this victory. It’s estimated that anywhere from 60 to 80 million people lost their lives during World War II, on both sides of the war.

 

To celebrate V-J Day, learn more about the history behind the holiday at your local library or online.

 

Where is V-J Day?
Nationwide USA (Worldwide)

 

National Beheading Day
September 2, 2014 in the USA

 

WARNING: Heads will roll!

 

No one seems to know when or where this holiday got started – let alone the rather disturbing question of why – but September 2 is widely known as National Beheading Day.

 

National Beheading Day is today. Hold onto your hat. And, make certain to keep your head screwed on tight.

 

Every once in a while, we happen upon a special day that has no apparent rhyme or reasoning. We can’t imagine why someone would create this day. It defies logic. But, National Beheading Day is very prolific on the net. So, therefore, it warrants a few (very few) words.

 

Throughout history, beheadings have occurred. The list is long, including commoners and Kings. The most notable king to be beheaded was Charles I of England in 1645.

 

While this is a big day, don’t go crazy and lose your head.  In addition to protecting your neck, we suggest you spend this day reading about famous beheadings.

 

Where is National Beheading Day?
Nationwide USA

 

Historical Events on 2nd September:

 

31 BC – Final war of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

 

1192 – Sultan Saladin & King Richard the Lion-hearted sign cease truce

 

1666 – Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed

 

1752 – Last Julian calendar day in Britain and British colonies (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)

 

1806 – A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500

 

1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

 

1894 – Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die

 

1898 – Machine gun 1st used in battle

 

1902 – “A Trip To The Moon”, the first science fiction film, released

 

1944 – Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz

 

1945 – Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)

 

1945 – V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)

 

1960 – The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.

 

1987 – Philips introduces CD-video

 

1987 – West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow’s Red Square, forms trial in Russia

 

1993 – Day of Peace in South Africa

 

1996 – A peace agreement is signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.

 

1998 – The UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.