June 7 - National VCR Day

Happy National VCR Day! On June 7, today takes a look a the device that revolutionized the home movie-watching experience. 

The observance recognizes the video cassette recorder (VCR), a device that, in its time, was a marvel of technology! 

The VCR is an electro-mechanical device that records analog audio and analog video from television on a removable, magnetic tape videocassette. Images and sound can then be played back at a more convenient time.  

In 1953, Dr. Norikazu Sawazaki developed a prototype helical scan recorder. This was the very first VCR. In 1956, he introduced his invention to the world.  

In 1970, the home video cassette format launched, creating a booming mass-marking throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. 

At the time, the VCR was the primary way to watch movies at home. Millions of people even created their own personal movie library.  

Over ten billion videotapes remain today with our recorded memories! Full of memories, these keepsakes hold treasures for millions of people around the world.  

Preserving these memories in a more stable format is becoming more important as the years pass.  

Companies like Zoovio®, Inc. provide options for both getting them converted to a DVD or stored in an online private vault, making them available for viewing and sharing on internet-connected devices, including televisions. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

How many home movies do you have on VCR cassettes at home? Share your memories using #NationalVCRDay to post on social media.  

Feel free to check out Zoovio® to digitalize your old VCR cassettes of family memories and preserve those memories on the web with your very own online video vault! 

HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this technology day. In the meantime, check out these other retro days:

• • Retro Day 

• • Video Games Day 

• • World Television Day 

• • Kool-Aid Days 

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Do you still have a VCR?

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June 7 - National Oklahoma Day

Happy National Oklahoma Day! Today we observe the 46th state to join the union back on November 16, 1907. 

  

This state in located in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by the state of Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. 

  

The panhandled state of Oklahoma is a dotted series of granite mountain peaks, sloping sandstone ridges, rolling hills, and plains. In 1803, the land became part of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase. 

Across the state of Oklahoma, significant sites record the result of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail crosses nine states and describes the brutal impact on the lives of Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. 

In 1889, several counties in Oklahoma became open to settlement by Land Run. Settlers could claim quarter sections of land only after a specific time (usually noon) on a set date.  

Some eager settlers would cross the boundary into the county seeking their preferred quarter section sooner than the stroke of noon, earning them (and the state) the nickname “Sooners.” 

From the Arkansas River to the Neosho River, Oklahoma has scenic views, lakes, and mountain trails. Put on your hiking boots and make some trail mix for an afternoon adventure.  

  

After a good hike, take in Route 66 for a drive and maybe pick up some barbecue or something fried. Oklahomans seem to have cornered the market on nearly everything fried.  

  

To mention a few, National Day Calendar® came across fried okra and lamb balls and catfish. For something fresh, don’t forget the state fruit: strawberries! 

  

HOW TO OBSERVE 

  

Join National Day Calendar® as they celebrate National Oklahoma Day. They’ll take a drive out on the open highway, and work up an appetite.  

  

Discover the best eateries in the state and explore the history that goes with them. Feel free to find adventure in this state and use #NationalOklahomaDay to share on social media. 

  

Hidden Treasures 

  

Pioneer Woman Statue – Ponca City 

Shattuck Windmill Museum – Shattuck 

Totem Pole Park – Chelsea 

99’s Museum of Women Pilots – Oklahoma City 

  

We also observe these famous figures of whom were born in Oklahoma of whom are still recognized today for their past accomplishments, heroics, talents, ingenuity and innovations: Jim Thorpe, Clarence Nash, Karl Guthe Jansky, Lon Chaney Jr., Woody Guthrie, Ralph Ellison, Sam Walton, Paul Harvey, Naomi Parker Fraley, Maria Tallchief, Mickey Mantle, Darla Hood, Chuck Norris, Gayla Peevey, Wilma Mankiller, Johnny Bench, Ron Howard, Reba McEntire, Anita Hill and Garth Brooks.  

  

Visit the link below to see those of notable birth who were not mentioned on the list above: 

  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Oklahoma 

  

Here's to The Sooner State! 

  

#NationalOklahomaDay 

#DustBowl 

#TornadoAlley 

@OklahomaSooners 

@USroute66 

@BricktownOKC 

@okhistory 

@TrailofTearsNPS 

@PioneerWomanMuseum 

@ShattuckWindmillPark 

@TotemPoleParkFoyilOk 

@99smuseum 

@popsarcadia 

@atlasobscura 

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