January 27 - National Bubble Wrap Day

Happy National Bubble Wrap Day! Also known as National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, the last Monday in January recognizes a fascinating piece of invention.

  

Today, the primary purpose of bubble wrap is to protect fragile items either in shipping or storage. Of course, people also take enjoyment from popping the bubbles in bubble wrap as well.

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However, when two American engineers created bubble wrap, the use as packaging didn’t pop into their minds right away. Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding first sealed two shower curtains together in 1956 in the town of Hawthorne, New Jersey.

  

This technique created a smattering of air bubbles. The two engineers initially thought their creation would make a great wallpaper!  However, sales for the wallpaper never materialized. So, Chavannes and Fielding moved to sell the product as greenhouse insulation.

Founded in 1960, the product was originally named Air Cap and produced by the American packaging company Sealed Air Corporation. In 1961, the product evolved into the bubble wrap we know today when it protected IBM’s 1401 computer when it started shipping. Sealed Air Corporation trademarked bubble wrap and has been filling shipping needs ever since.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Wrap up something in bubble wrap. Find an old piece and have some fun popping the bubbles. Another way to enjoy the day is by reading Poke-A-Dot books. Inspired by Bubble Wrap, these books allow you to pop the bubbles over and over while reading a story to your child, too!

Use #BubbleWrapDay when posting on Social Media. 

Educators, visit the National Day Calendar Classroom for projects and lessons designed to #CelebrateEveryDay.

HISTORY

In 2001, American Operations Director & Host of High Octane Jim Webster of Spirit 95.1-WVNI FM radio in Bloomington, Indiana created National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day.

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DATES 
January 25, 2021 
January 24, 2022 
January 30, 2023 
January 29, 2024 
January 27, 2025 
January 26, 2026 
January 25, 2027 
January 31, 2028 
January 29, 2029

#BubbleWrapDay

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January 27 - National Chocolate Cake Day

Happy National Chocolate Cake Day! On January 27th, today celebrates the cake more people favor. And more often than not, we celebrate our special occasions like anniversaries, birthdays and weddings with cake.

In America, chocolate was consumed primarily as a beverage until the 1830s or 40s. Chocolate cakes, as we think of them today, mostly did not exist then.

   

According to the Dover Post, the chocolate cake was born in 1765 when a doctor and a chocolate maker teamed up in an old mill. They ground up cocoa beans between huge millstones to make a thick syrup. The liquid was poured into molds shaped like cakes, which were meant to be transformed into a beverage.

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A popular Philadelphia cookbook author of popular cookbooks during the nineteenth century, Eliza Leslie (frequently referred to as Miss Leslie), published the earliest chocolate cake recipe in 1850 in "Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book: A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling".

Unlike chocolate cakes we know today, this recipe used chopped chocolate.  Other cooks of the time such as American food writer and pioneer in the field of domestic science Sarah Tyson Rorer (described as the first American dietitian) and American author of books on cooking and housekeeping Maria Parloa all made contributions to the development of the chocolate cake. Both were prolific authors of cookbooks.

The first boxed cake mix was created by a Pittsburg molasses canning company called P. Duff and Sons in the late 1920s. Years later, Betty Crocker released their first dry cake mixes in 1947.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Try your hand at this homemade chocolate cake from Add a Pinch®.

Best Ever Chocolate Cake

  

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Use #ChocolateCakeDay to post on social media.

HISTORY

National Day Calendar® says to have your cake and eat chocolate, too. They just don’t know who created a holiday celebrating this delicious treat! 

After all, shouldn't today be every day?

#ChocolateCakeDay 

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@AddaPinchPage
@Foodimentary 

@nichecinema

January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 

Holocaust Remembrance Day – Each year on January 27, the world remembers one of the most horrific events in modern history.  

This tragic event is known as the Holocaust. The holocaust occurred during WWII when Nazi Germany killed millions of innocent victims. The day is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day. 

Nazi Germany is one of the evilest regimes that ever existed. They persecuted and killed millions of people in just under four years.  

One group in particular that suffered were those of the Jewish faith. It is believed that six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. The Nazis’ persecution of the Jews became a genocide. 

Genocide occurs when those of a particular ethnic group is deliberately killed. However, the Nazis killed more than just Jews. 

Hundreds of thousands of other groups of people died under the evil regime. These included: 

• •   7 million Soviet civilians 
• •   3 million Soviet prisoners of war 
• •   1.8 million Polish civilians 
• •   312,000 Serb civilians 
• •   Up to 250,000 people with disabilities 
• •   Up to 250,000 Gypsies 
• •   Around 1,900 Jehovah Witnesses 
• •   Possibly thousands of homosexuals 

Most Jews died in concentration camps. The most notorious concentration camp is Auschwitz, where approximately one million Jews died.  

While some of the Jews in the concentration camps died from disease or starvation, others died in the gas chambers.  

Other groups of people were forced to live in ghettos where they died of sickness or starvation. Still, others were rounded up, shot, and buried in mass graves. 

Many famous books and films have been produced about the holocaust. One of the most famous books is Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (1947). The book is a real-life account of the two years that Anne Frank and her Dutch family hid from the Nazis.  

The family was discovered and deported to a concentration camp. Anne was fifteen years old when she died in the camp from typhus.  

Other books include The Hiding Place (1971) by Corrie Ten Boom, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) by John Boyne, and Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope (2015) by Wendy Holden.  

Films include 'Night and Fog','Shoah','Come and See','Au Revoir, Les Enfants','Europa Europa', 'Schindler’s List', 'The Pianist','Ida', and 'Son of Saul'. 

There are many other works, such as theater productions, music, and poetry. Many of the works were created by victims and survivors of the holocaust.  

Other works commemorate the many heroes who helped save thousands of Jews and other victims from certain death. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Many events are held throughout the world to commemorate this solemn day. The United Nations hosts a Holocaust memorial ceremony. The ceremony includes testimonies by Holocaust survivors, special music, and memorial prayers.  

There are also photographic exhibits, panel discussions, film screenings, and book signings. Sadly, there are some that try to deny the holocaust ever happened.  

This is one more reason to take part in this day. If the holocaust is forgotten or denied, it will be easier for history to repeat itself. 

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference." -Elie Wiesel 

Share this day on social media with #HolocaustRemembranceDay or #NeverForget. 

HISTORY 

On January 24, 2005, the United Nations General Assembly marked the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.  

Later that year on November 1, the UN General Assembly designated January 27 as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. It is also referred to as Holocaust Remembrance Day.  

It was on January 27, 1945 that the Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. 

Always remember, never forget. 

#HolocaustRemembranceDay 

#NeverForget 

@holocaustmuseum 

@unitednations 

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