On This Day October 11th

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October 11th is the 284th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 81 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.

1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany.

1811 – The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.

1865 – Hundreds of black men and women marched in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded.

1899 – The Second Boer War erupted in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

1910 – Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.

1950 – CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

1976 – George Washington is posthumously promoted to General of the Armies.

1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

 

Birthdays

1778 – George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (d. 1860)

1821 – George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)

1879 – Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

1919 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)

1925 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1935 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)

1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1961 – Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster

1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian

1989 – Michelle Wie, American golfer

 

Holidays and Observances

Southern Food Heritage Day

Southern Food Heritage Day celebrates the best Southern food and beverages offered. The South’s cuisine in America can be found in the historical regional culinary form of states generally south of the Mason-Dixon line dividing Pennsylvania and Delaware from Maryland, along the Ohio River, and extending west to southern Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. The most notable influences on Southern cuisine are African, English, Scottish, Irish, German, French and Native American.

 

The food of the American South displays a unique blend of cultures and culinary traditions. The Native Americans, Spanish, French, and British have contributed to developing Southern food with recipes and dishes from their own cultures. Food items such as squash, tomatoes, and corn and specific cooking practices such as bottomless pit barbecuing was introduced by south-eastern Native American tribes such as the Caddo, Choctaw, and Seminole. Many foods derived from sugar, flour, milk, and eggs have European roots. Black-eyed peas, okra, rice, eggplant, sesame seed, sorghum, melons, and spices are of African origin.

 

Southern food can be divided into categories: ‘Soul food’ is heavily influenced by African cooking traditions of greens and vegetables, rice, and nuts such as peanuts. Okra and collard greens are also considered Soul Food, along with thick stews. ‘Creole food’ has a French flair, while ‘Cajun cuisine’ reflects the culinary traditions of immigrants from Canada. ‘Lowcountry’ cuisine features a lot of seafood and rice, while the food of the Appalachians is preserved chiefly in meats and vegetables. Southern food is partial to corn, thanks to the Native American influence.

 

Others Include

Bullying Prevention Day

Emergency Nurses Day

General Pulaski Memorial Day

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

International Day of the Girl Child

International Top Spinning Day

Kimberly Day

Myths & Legends Day

National Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work & School Day

National Food Truck Day

National Fossil Day

National It's My Party Day

National Pet Obesity Awareness Day

National Sausage Pizza Day

National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day

Southern Food Heritage Day

Stem Cell Awareness Day

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