July 7th is:
Chocolate Day!!!
Strawberry Sundae Day
Tell the Truth Day
Global Forgiveness Day
National Holidays Around the World
Indonesia – Idul Fitri Day
Japan – Tanabata/Star Festival
Malaysia – Georgetown
…………….. World Heritage City Day
Solomon Islands – Independence Day
Tanzania – Saba Saba
Ukraine – Kupala Night
Zambia – Unity Day
On This Day in HISTORY
1456 – Joan d’Arc is retried, acquitted of heresy – 25 years after her death
1753 – Act of Parliament to establish the British Museum
1863 – First U.S. military draft – exemptions can be bought for $300
1907 – The first Ziegfeld Follies opens
1911 – US-Great Britain-Japan-Russia North Pacific Fur Seal Convention bans open-water seal hunting, 1st international treaty for wildlife preservation
1928 – Chillicothe Baking Company of Missouri sells first sliced bread
1930 – Construction begins on Hoover Dam
1940 – Richard Starkey, future Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, is born
1954 – WHBQ Memphis is first radio station to play Elvis Presley – ‘That’s All Right’
1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to be first woman on U.S. Supreme Court
2000 – J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire goes on sale
Glad that strawberry sundaes have a day of their own, but like chocolate, strawberry sundaes need no excuse. One of those things that if God had invented anything better, she kept it to herself.
Young Elvis … oh my, oh my 😉
This likely won’t embed but it is well worth opening in another tab for listening …
http://tidido.com/a35184372146122/al560129a0e7c622686a8071a5/t560129a1e7c622686a80724f
Glad today appealed to your sweet tooth Chuck, and Young Elvis gave Joy a flutter.
And thanks for the tunes JoF!