January 11 - National Step In A Puddle And Splash Your Friends Day

Happy National Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day! On January 11th, today’s particular criteria must be present to celebrate. Unless the ideal conditions prevail, some areas of the country may have to create them.

  

So, can we really? Well, yes, the name of the day says you can! Life is short…let’s have fun! And good luck.

  

If you are feeling somewhat mischievous (in a nice kind of way), join in on the celebration that all kids will love and all the young-at-heart adults will love just the same.

  

Put on your boots, raincoats, slickers and grab some rubber duckies, too. Skip along the way. Splashing in puddles can be a terrific way to relieve stress.

  

There’s no right or wrong way to splashing or stepping in a puddle. We’re all going to get wet and probably a little dirty no matter how you do it. So splash away!

However, if you live in a more frozen region of the country, National Day Calendar® encourages you to find alternative ways to celebrate. They know that you’ll be creative and safe.

  

HOW TO OBSERVE

Sing some splashing in puddle songs or check out this great video expressing the joy of splashing in puddles.  

Use #StepInAPuddleAndSplashYourFriendsDay to post on social media.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZTb8WxEW78

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WRc6QY2pIo

HISTORY 

While puddle diving, National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this wet and wild day. 

#StepInAPuddleAndSplashYourFriendsDay 

@sigurros 

@nichecinema 

January 11 - National Milk Day

Happy National Milk Day! On January 11th, today commemorates the day of which many think the first milk deliveries in glass bottles began in the United States.

  

American founder of the New York Dairy Company Alexander Campbell professed to the New York State Senate that his company was the first to make these deliveries in 1878.

  

The United States and Australia export more milk and milk products than any other countries in the world. Those products include cheese, yogurt, ice cream, butter, cream, powdered milk, and much more.

  

Throughout the world, more than six billion people consume milk and the products that we make from it. One of the reasons is because milk provides nutrients such as calcium, potassium, vitamin B12, and vitamin A.

  

Production History 

During the Middle Ages, people called milk the virtuous white liquor because alcoholic beverages were more reliable than water.

  

In 1863, French biologist, microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur made it possible for milk and other food and drinks to be stored for more extended periods. He developed a method of killing harmful bacteria that is now called pasteurization.

  

In 1884, an American physician Dr, Hervey Thatcher of Potsdam, New York developed the first modern glass milk bottle. He called it the “Thatcher’s Common Sense Milk Jar.” He used a waxed paper disk to seal the milk in the glass bottle.

  

Later, in 1932, plastic-coated paper milk cartons were introduced commercially as a consequence of their invention by American inventor and businessman Victor W. Farris.

  

Modern industrial processes use milk to produce casein, whey protein, lactose, condensed milk, powdered milk, and many other food-additive and industrial products.

  

Animals

The females of all mammal species can, by definition, produce milk. However, cow milk dominates commercial production. In 2011. FAO estimates that cows produced eighty-five percent of all milk worldwide.

  

Apart from cattle, many kinds of livestock contribute milk used by humans for dairy products. These animals include buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, donkey, horse, reindeer, and yak. Like cattle, their milk produces cream, butter, yogurt, kefir, ice cream, and cheese as well.

  

HOW TO OBSERVE

The ultimate way to celebrate is with a large glass of milk. However, a serving of anything made with milk would count, too! Does a milkshake sound good to you? National Day Calendar has gathered up some other ways to celebrate, too!

• •  Make your own cheese 
• •  Add chocolate, strawberry, and malted flavorings to your milk. Then blindfold the kids and have a milk tasting! 
• •  Invite a friend for homemade hot chocolate 
• •  While drinking your milk, learn more about the nutrients in milk 

Use #NationalMilkDay to post on social media. 

HISTORY 

In 1915, The International Association of Milk Inspectors submitted a request to U.S. Congress in October of that year for a resolution naming an observance of National Milk Day. Their request did not suggest a date for the observance.

  

However, National Day Calendar® has no record that the incoming U.S. Congress ever presented a resolution for National Milk Day, nor did incoming 28th U.S. President Woodrow Wilson ever declare the day. 

National Day Calendar® continues the search for the creator of the day. 

Relevant Observances

• •  National Hot Chocolate Day 
• •  World Milk Day 
• •  World Osteoporosis Day 

#NationalMilkDay 

@nichecinema