June 26th 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Day of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
• Christian feast day:
  • Anthelm of Belley
  • David the Dendrite
  • Hermogius
  • Isabel Florence Hapgood (Episcopal Church)
  • Jeremiah (Lutheran)
  • John and Paul
  • José María Robles Hurtado (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
  • Josemaría Escrivá
  • Mar Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • Pelagius of Córdoba
  • Vigilius of Trent
  • June 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Flag Day (Romania)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Madagascar from France in 1960. (Madagascar)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Somaliland from United Kingdom in 1960. (Somaliland)
• International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International)
• International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (International)
• Ratcatcher's Day (Hamelin, Germany)
• Sunthorn Phu Day (Thailand)
• World Refrigeration Day (International)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details

Forgiveness Day

National Barcode Day

National Beautician Day

National Canoe Day

National Day of Joy

National Parchment Day

National Report Trade Agreement Act Fraud Day

National Sarah Day

Reserves Day

World Drug Day

National Stitch Day

 

Jennette McCurdy’s Birthday

Jessica Batten’s Birthday

Derek Jeter’s Birthday

Jacob Elordi’s Birthday

Chiquis’s Birthday

Aubrey Plaza’s Birthday

Ariana Grande’s Birthday

King Bach’s Birthday

Mikey Williams’s Birthday

Andrew Davila’s Birthday

Angelina Pivarnick’s Birthday

Nick Offerman

Shannon Sharpe

Michael Vick

Paul Thomas Anderson

 

Fun Observances

 Chocolate Pudding Day

June 26 is Chocolate Pudding Day. This unofficial holiday celebrates everyone's favorite lunch dessert snack - the chocolate pudding.

Pudding is a dessert enjoyed by people in many parts of the world. In the United States and Canada, pudding is a custard-based dessert that is usually made of milk or cream, eggs, and sugar. The dessert is thickened with gelatin or starch and then cooled before being served. While many flavors of pudding exist, chocolate pudding is one of the most popular flavors and is commonly eaten as a lunch time snack.

Savory Roots

In the United Kingdom, while the word pudding is usually reserved to refer to desserts, savory dishes can also be called pudding. In fact, the term pudding was originally used for savory dishes especially those that came in some form of a casing such as a sausage.

It is believed that the word pudding comes from the old French word, boudin, meaning sausage.

In the UK, Australia, and New Zealand, flour is added to chocolate pudding giving it the consistency of a dense cake.

How to Celebrate?

• The holiday is a good excuse to have this yummy dessert for all your meals. Use chocolate pudding as a topping for your oatmeal or cereal for breakfast. Skip your lunch and have a big bowl of chocolate pudding instead and have it as dessert for dinner.
• Make your own chocolate pudding from scratch and serve it to family and friends.
• Elevate the flavor of your chocolate pudding. Make it Mexican style by adding cinnamon and a pinch of chili or an Indian inspired chocolate pudding by adding a dash of cardamom.
• Trying to eat healthy? Skip the unhealthy ingredients and use avocados to whip up a batch of tasty and healthy chocolate pudding.
• Make a chocolate pie using chocolate pudding as a filling.

Did You Know…

…that a majority of the world's chocolate is produced in Ivory Coast?

 

 

 

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You didn't have to be a brain surgeon to figure out that a customer at our post office was an off-duty mail clerk from another plant.

He'd written on his package, "Fragile: Toss Underhand."

 

 

 

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WOW! Check out this and other amazing finds.

What Happened To The Iconic Navajo Blanket From Antiques Roadshow? - YouTube

 

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Same deal with Hungary. My Godson, whose grandfather was born there,

now  has a Hungarian passport and is considered a EU citizen.

 

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My wish for them both "Fair Winds and Following Seas"

 

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"Fair Winds and Following Seas"

 

 

sandrewn

Just a note, as I write tonight's update my Godson is make good use of his Hungarian passport. His is on a mini vacation in Switzerland and then onto a friends wedding in Spain, I am a tad envious. Then I remember, that when he returns, he will be going back to his job, a crew leader for wildfire fighting in B.C. Then I get to worry all over again for his safety.

See WTF fun fact no. 8005, above for an explanation of this note.