National Cake Day seems a little generic to me. Pick your own favorite kind to celebrate. Im going with Red Velvet for me. The two best Red Velvet Cakes in Seattle are in White Center. Try the Cake Balls at 3.14 Bakery or the Phillipines-style Red Velvet Cake at 15th Street Bakery around the corner. On the religious side our Bahai friends are observing the Day of the Covenant and its the Christian Feast Day of Saint Stylianos of Paphlagonia the patron saint of unborn farm animals. On this day in history in 1476 Dracula took over Wallachia for the third time, in 1716 the first lion was brought to North America, in 1778 Cook visited Maui, in 1789 Thanksgiving Day was observed for the first time, in 1825 Kappa Alpha became the first frat, in 1832 the first streetcar went into service, in 1842 Notre Dame University was founded, in 1859 the last episode of Tale of Two Cities was published, in 1861 West Virginia was created, in 1863 Thanksgiving Day was made official, in 1865 Alice in Wonderland was published, in 1867 the refrigerated rail car was patented, in 1885 the first meteor was photographed, in 1917 the NHL was formed, in 1922 the first Technicolor film was released, in 1942 Casablanca premiered, in 1952 Bwana Devil premiered in 3-D, in 1955 The Boy Friend closed on Broadway, in 1956 The Price is Right was first broadcast, in 1962 the Beatles recorded for the first time, in 1965 France orbited its first satellite, in 1970 the heaviest rainfall ever was recorded, in 1976 Anarchy in the UK was released, in 1978 the first lesbian TV movie was broadcast, in 1977 Vrillon of the Ashtar Galactic Command took over British television for six minutes, in 1982 Howard Cossell retired from boxing, in 1984 Guy LaFleur retired, in 1996 MLB approved interleague play, in 2003 the Concorde flew its final scheduled flight, and in 2004 the Poouli became extinct. Birthdays today for Frederick Pohl, Rich Little, Tina Turner, Jean Terrell, John McVie, Shlomo Artzi, Martin Lee, Cicciolina, Roz Chast, Dale Jarrett, Chuck Eddy, Ryan Robbins, Satoshi Ohno, OJ Da Juiceman, Chris Hughes, Yumi Kobayashi, Chip, and Erena Ono.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:40:13 +0000
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