Calendar day; June 9, 2015

Tuesday, the 9th of June, 2015 is the 160th day in 2015 and in the 24th calendar week.

General Event:

Donald Duck Day
June 9, 2015 in the World

Donald Duck Day is observed on June 09, 2015. It’s the official birthday of Donald Duck, the funny animal cartoon character of Walt Disney. Donald Duck first appeared in the 1934 cartoon “The Wise Little Hen” which was part of the Silly Symphonies series of theatrical cartoon shorts. The film’s release date of June 9 is officially recognized by the Walt Disney Company as Donald’s birthday despite a couple in-universe contradictions. .

Donald is one of the most popular Disney characters. He is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most famous for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous and irritable personality. Donald’s two dominant personality traits are his short temper and his positive outlook on life. Many Donald shorts start with Donald in a happy mood, without a care in the world until something comes along and spoils his day.

The origins of Donald Duck’s name was said to have been inspired by Australian cricket legend Donald Bradman. In 1932 Bradman and the Australian team were touring North America and he made the news after being dismissed for a duck against New York West Indians. Walt Disney was in the process of creating a “friend” for Mickey Mouse when he read about Bradman’s dismissal in the papers and decided to name the new character “Donald Duck”.

Where is the event?
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World Pet Memorial Day
June 9, 2015 in the World

Each year in the second week of June, pet owners and advocates around the world take time to remember their furry, feathered and finned friends that have died.

Losing a pet is a painful event. World Pet Memorial Day, observed on June 12 this year, is designated to honor, remember and celebrate the much-loved animal companions who have passed on. This is a day when people who have lost a pet can pay their respects to their departed friends and remember the times once shared together.

Where is the event?
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World APS Day
June 9, 2015 in the World

In 2007, the APS Foundation of America, Inc. (APSFA) had June declared as “APS Awareness Month.” We encourage people living with APS as well we their family and friends to help us spread awareness during the month of June by wearing burgundy ribbons.

Since June 9, 2010, the 5 year birthday of the APSFA, June 9 was also declare “WORLD APS DAY”.

Where is the event?
Worldwid

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
June 9, 2015 in the USA

This sweet and tangy treat was first made popular during the early 1800’s, about 30 years after Benjamin Franklin introduced rhubarb, nicknamed “pieplant,” to the East Coast. With strawberry season starting, what better way to celebrate this old favorite than to bake one yourself. Yum!

Did you know that rhubarb is actually a vegetable? This makes strawberry rhubarb pie one of the rare (tasty) pies that combines fruits and vegetables. Any dessert that gets us to eat our veggies definitely deserves its own day. So whether you bake or buy, go grab yourself a strawberry rhubarb pie!

Where is the event?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events on 9th June:

68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

721 – Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse

1534 – Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

1752 – French army surrenders to the British in Trichinopoly India

1815 – End of the Congress of Vienna: New European political situation is set

1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts

1869 – Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)

1873 – Alexandra Palace burnt down, after being open for only 16 days

1898 – China leases Hong Kong’s new territories to Britain for 99 years

1900 – In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege

1910 – A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

1923 – Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

1934 – 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released

1942 – Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, and Hitler’s order was given to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”

1960 – Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600

1978 – Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London

1978 – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood

1985 – USSR’s Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus

1997 – British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty

Calendar day; November 18, 2014

Tuesday, the 18th of November, 2014 is the 322th day in 2014 and in the 47th calendar week.

General Events:

European Antibiotic Awareness Day
November 18, 2014 in Europe

The European Antibiotic Awareness Day is an annual European public health initiative that takes place on 18 November to raise awareness about the threat to public health of antibiotic resistance and prudent antibiotic use. The latest data confirms that across the European Union the number of patients infected by resistant bacteria is increasing and that antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health.

Prudent use of antibiotics can help stop resistant bacteria from developing and help keep antibiotics effective for the use of future generations.

Where is European Antibiotic Awareness Day?
Nationwide Europe

Occult Day 2014
November 18, 2014 in the World

Occult Day takes place on November 18, 2014. The occult is “knowledge of the hidden”. In common English usage, occult refers to “knowledge of the paranormal”, as opposed to “knowledge of the measurable”, usually referred to as science.

The term is sometimes taken to mean knowledge that “is meant only for certain people” or that “must be kept hidden”, but for most practising occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences. The terms esoteric and arcane have very similar meanings, and in most contexts the three terms are interchangeable.

Occult also describes a number of magical organizations or orders, the teachings and practices taught by them, and to a large body of current and historical literature and spiritual philosophy related to this subject.

Where is Occult Day?
Worldwide

National Mickey Mouse Day
November 18, 2014 in the USA

Mickey Mouse Day celebrates Mickey Mouse’s birthday on November 18, 1928. His first big screen debut was Steamboat Willie on November 18th, 1928.

Mickey Mouse has become and international personality whose success laid the financial foundation upon which Walt Disney built his creative organization. Besides being the personification of everything Disney, Mickey has become one of the most universal symbols of the Twenieth Century. Mickey was born in Walt’s imagination late in 1928 on a train ride from New York to Los Angeles. Disney wanted to name him Mortimer but his wife told him to call him Mickey instead.

When the Allies invaded Normandy on D-Day in 1944, ‘Mickey Mouse’ was used as a password between intelligence officers.

Where is National Mickey Mouse Day?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events on 18th November:

326 – Old St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated. Stood 4th – 16th century. Replaced by current St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

1307 – William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son’s head

1421 – Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands

1626 – St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated. Replaced an earlier basilica. Largest Christian basilica

1686 – Charles Francois Felix operates on King Louis XIV of France’s anal fistula after practising the surgery on several peasants

1820 – Antarctica sighted by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer

1872 – American suffragette Susan B Anthony is arrested after voting on the 5th November in Rochester NY

1883 – Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada

1902 – Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt

1903 – Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama

1909 – US invades Nicaragua, later overthrows President Zelaya

1916 – General Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme (WWI) – over 1 million killed or wounded

1918 – Latvia declares independence from Russia

1928 – Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse appears in NY in “Steamboat Willie”

1950 – South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions

1956 – Morocco gains independence

1964 – J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as “most notorious liar”

1976 – Spain’s parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship

1993 – Black & white leaders in South Africa approve new democratic constitution

 

Calendar day; June 9, 2014

Monday, the 9th of June, 2014 is the 160th day in 2014 and in the 24th calendar week.

General Events:

 

Donald Duck Day
June 9, 2014 in the World

Donald Duck Day is observed on June 09, 2014. It’s the official birthday of Donald Duck, the funny animal cartoon character of Walt Disney. Donald Duck first appeared in the 1934 cartoon “The Wise Little Hen” which was part of the Silly Symphonies series of theatrical cartoon shorts. The film’s release date of June 9 is officially recognized by the Walt Disney Company as Donald’s birthday despite a couple in-universe contradictions. .

Donald is one of the most popular Disney characters. He is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most famous for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous and irritable personality. Donald’s two dominant personality traits are his short temper and his positive outlook on life. Many Donald shorts start with Donald in a happy mood, without a care in the world until something comes along and spoils his day.

The origins of Donald Duck’s name was said to have been inspired by Australian cricket legend Donald Bradman. In 1932 Bradman and the Australian team were touring North America and he made the news after being dismissed for a duck against New York West Indians. Walt Disney was in the process of creating a “friend” for Mickey Mouse when he read about Bradman’s dismissal in the papers and decided to name the new character “Donald Duck”.

Where is Donald Duck Day?
Worldwide

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
June 9, 2014 in the USA

Today is National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day. Wow, that’s definitely a mouthful—of deliciousness, that is!

This sweet and tangy treat was first made popular during the early 1800’s, about 30 years after Benjamin Franklin introduced rhubarb, nicknamed “pieplant,” to the East Coast. With strawberry season starting, what better way to celebrate this old favorite than to bake one yourself. Yum!

Did you know that rhubarb is actually a vegetable? This makes strawberry rhubarb pie one of the rare (tasty) pies that combines fruits and vegetables. Any dessert that gets us to eat our veggies definitely deserves its own day. So whether you bake or buy, go grab yourself a strawberry rhubarb pie!

Where is National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day?
Nationwide USA

Historical Events:

68 – Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.

1310 – Duccio’s Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in the Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.

1534 – Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

1720 – Sweden & Denmark signs 3rd Treaty of Stockholm

1790 – 1st book copyrighted under constitution, “Philadelphia Spelling Book”

1822 – Charles Graham patents false teeth

1860 – 1st US “dime novel” published: “Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter,” by Mrs Ann Stevens.

1869 – Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)

1898 – China leases Hong Kong’s new territories to Britain for 99 years

1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, in fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.

1923 – Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

1931 – 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon

1934 – Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance (“The Wise Little Hen”)

1942 – Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice Czechoslovakia

1946 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, becomes king of Thailand

1953 – Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)

1958 – “Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley hits #1

1960 – Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600

1978 – Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London

1994 – Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed)

1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty.