OTD
February 16th is the Forty-seventh day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1646 – Battle of Torrington, Devon: The last major battle of
the First English Civil War.
1804 – First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to
burn the pirate-held frigate USS Philadelphia.
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant captures
Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1899 – Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag
Reykjavíkur, is founded.
1923 – Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh
Tutankhamun.
1937 – Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent
for nylon.
1945 – The Alaska Equal Rights Act of 1945, the first
anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law.
1968 – In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency
telephone system enters service.
1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created
(CBBS in Chicago).
2006 – The last Mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) is
decommissioned by the United States Army.
Birthdays
1497 – Philip Melanchthon, German astronomer, theologian,
and academic (d. 1560)
1727 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist,
chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)
1822 – Francis Galton, English biologist and statistician
(d. 1911)
1843 – Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman,
founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932)
1903 – Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist and actor (d.
1978)
1920 – Anna Mae Hays, American general (d. 2018)
1935 – Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician
(d. 1998)
1957 – LeVar Burton, American actor, director, and producer
1959 – John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster
1974 – Mahershala Ali, an American actor
1990 – The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
Holiday Spotlight
Friday Fish Fry Day
Friday Fish Fry Day didn’t start as an American cultural
tradition as you may think. Consuming fish at the start of Lent originated in
the Biblical times of 30 A.D. when Jesus Christ began fasting and abstaining
from consuming warm-blooded animals. He only ate fish, a cold-blooded animal,
leading up to his crucifixion. Abstaining from eating warm-blooded flesh is
honoring Christ for his sacrifice. Apart from becoming a vital tradition of
Catholicism, this also later became a driver of the global fishing economy.
The tradition was started by German Catholic settlers who
came to Wisconsin in the 19th century. At the time, the Church was strict and
only allowed Catholics to consume fish — not just for Lent but every Friday of
the year! This was quickly adopted by Wisconsin locals, who started finding
creative ways to serve their fish. Fried fish became popular because it was
both easy to prepare and delicious.
Besides Lent, Friday fish nights became a cultural tradition
in Wisconsin because of beer. Breweries like Blatz, Miller, Pabst, and Schlitz
were based in Wisconsin. Not only does fried fish go well with beer, but
beer-battered fish fry has become a popular way to coat the fish. In the
1920s, fishing became a rising industry in the state.
The first annual Friday Fish Fry Day took place on February
19, 2021, and was organized by Wisconsin local and fish enthusiast Caleb
Westphal.
Others Include.
Daytona Pole Day
Do a Grouch a Favor Day
Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
Innovation Day
Kyoto Protocol Day
National Almond Day
National Caregivers Day
National Tartar Sauce Day
Tim Tam Day
World Information Architecture Day
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