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And it is a new year!

Today is the 1st day of the 1st week, the 1st day of the 1st month, the 1st day of 2017 [please note there are now 357 shopping days until Christmas], and: 
  • Apple Gifting Day
  • Commitment Day
  • Copyright Law Day
  • Ellis Island Day
  • Euro Day
  • First Foot Day
  • Global Family Day
  • Independence Day -- Brunei from the UK in 1984, Cameroon from France in 1960, Haiti from France in 1825, and Sudan from Egypt in 1956
  • Mummers parade – Philadelphia, PA
  • National Bloody Mary Day
  • National First Foot Day
  • National Hangover Day
  • New Year's Day
  • New Year's Dishonor List Day
  • Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day (Cony Island NY & Vancouver, BC)
  • Public Domain Day
  • Saint Basil's Day
  • Tournament of Roses parade – Pasadena, CA
  • World Day of Peace
  • Z Day
  • The Second day of Hogmanay (Scotland)
  • The last day of Kwanzaa (African-Americans)
  • The eighth of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
ON THIS DAY:  In 153 BC Roman consuls began their year in office.  In 45 BC the Julian calendar took effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new  year.  In 1502 the present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was first explored by the Portuguese.  In 1600 Scotland began its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.  In 1700 Russia began using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.  In 1739 Bouvet Island was discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.  In 1752, under new Gregorian calendar, the year 1752 began today, rather than on March 25, the case in England since the 1300s; the day following Sept 02 to be known as Sept 14; 1751 therefore had only 281 days; and 1752 will have 354 days.  In 1772 the first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, went on sale in London, England.  In 1773 the hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" was first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England [no confirmation on whether or not there were bagpipes].  In 1788 the first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, was published.  In1801 Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.  In 1847 the world's first "Mercy" Hospital was founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world [both of my children and grandchildren were born in Mercy Hospital in Baltimore].  In 1860 the first Polish stamp was issued.  In 1885 25 nations adopted Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).  In 1892 Ellis Island opened to begin processing immigrants into the United States.  In 1902 the first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, was held in Pasadena, California.  In1906 British India officially adopted Indian Standard Time.  In 1908 for the first time a ball was dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.  In 1995 the Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway was detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.  In 2014 Asteroid 2014 AA hit the Earth over the Atlantic Ocean.  And in 2017 NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 06 mins 52 secs of light-travel time from Earth.  

As you can see by the various changes to the way that we record the passing of time, not everyone in the world agreed on what the date is, which certainly has impacted our record of when events actually took place!  I find this rather interesting since now humans are coordinating what is known as solar time to atomic time down to the second, having arbitrarily divided the world into time zones.   And we celebrate the New Year in many different ways.  In the US, it is a federal holiday marking the end of the holiday season, and usually a time for reflection and family.  It is a Maryland tradition to bring the New Year in with the same meal for good luck – but different segments of the state eat slightly different things like greens [Pot Likker soup], black-eyed peas [in a dish called Hoppin' John], and cornbread.

Whatever you eat, may this be a good year for you and your’s! 




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