June 10 - National Iced Tea Day

Happy National Ballpoint Pen Day! Today, grab your ballpoint pen and write this on your calendar.  

  

Happy National Iced Tea Day! On June 10 each year, today celebrates one of summer’s favorite drinks. 

Whether you prefer sweetened or unsweetened, with or without lemon, many love and enjoy iced tea by the glass full all summer long. 

  

Creating your custom iced tea is as easy as adding a hint of flavor. Whether you add a squeeze of lemon or the juice of raspberries, lime, passion fruit, strawberry, or cherry, make your iced tea your way. 

An alternative to carbonated soft drinks and quite popular in the United States, iced tea makes up about eighty-five percent of all tea consumed.  

Restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines, grocery stores and self-serve soda fountains make finding iced tea easy and convenient. 

Recipes for iced tea have been found dating back to the 1870s. The Buckeye Cookbook, published in 1876, and Housekeeping in Old Virginia, published in 1877, both contain iced tea recipes.  

It is believed, however, that iced tea started to appear in the United States in the 1860s and became widespread in the 1870s.  

During that time, hotels offered iced tea on their menus and railroad stations offered the beverage as well. 

In 1904, the beverage was introduced at the World’s Fair in St. Louise causing its popularity to explode. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Brew and enjoy a glass of iced tea with friends. With so many ways to brew iced tea, it’s become more convenient than ever as well.  

Create your favorite flavors by adding mint, lemon or fruit. Enjoy a drink during lunch at your favorite restaurant. National Day Calendar® even has two recipes below for you to try: 

Sweet Tea 

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/sweet-tea/ 

Lemonade Tea 

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/lemonade-tea/ 

Are you looking for iced tea deals to celebrate? National Day Calendar has them! Check out the Celebration Deals page for more information. 

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While enjoying your iced tea, be sure to share on social media using #NationalIcedTeaDay. 

HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® is researching the origins of this beverage holiday. 

#NationalIcedTeaDay 

@AriZonaIcedTea

@Foodimentary 

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June 10 - National Ballpoint Pen Day

 

 Happy National Ballpoint Pen Day! Grab your ballpoint pen and write the day on your calendar.  

 

On June 10th of each year, National Ballpoint Pen Day recognizes the useful writing utensil and commemorates the anniversary of the patent filing on June 10, 1943. 

However, users of the ballpoint pen have marked their calendars already. This was because they knew that this day would be write around the corner. 

June 10 of each year, National Ballpoint Pen Day recognizes the useful writing utensil and commemorates the anniversary of the patent filing on this day in 1943.  

Before 1943, anyone who wanted to write a letter or scribble some notes on a piece of paper used a fountain pen or pencil. 

Now, the dominant writing instrument, the ballpoint pen was originally conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to the quill and fountain pens.  

In earlier years, many attempts by inventors led to failed patents as their inventions did not deliver the ink evenly. They also had overflow and clogging issues.  

However, in June of 1943, Hungarian-Argentine inventor László Biró, along with his chemist brother György, obtained their patent for the first commercially successful modern ballpoint pen. 

In doing so, they revolutionized how many write letters and conduct business. 

The first ballpoint pen had been invented roughly fifty years earlier by American inventor John J. Loud, but it did not attain commercial success. 

Today, manufacturers produce ballpoint pens by the millions and sell them worldwide. 

As a promotional tool, ballpoint pens find their way into our hands from advertisers of all sorts assuring that we always have a ballpoint pen handy as well. 

On September 29, 2016, the 117th anniversary of his birth, Google commemorated Bíró with a Google Doodle for "his relentless, forward-thinking spirit". 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Grab a ballpoint pen and write a letter to someone. Other ways to celebrate include:

• • create a doodle. 

• • post the most clever ballpoint pen used for advertising. 

• • make a list. 

• • create a memo. 

• • circle your favorite days on your calendar. 

Use #BallpointPenDay when using social media. 

HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this inventive holiday. 

#BallpointPenDay

@GoogleDoodles 

@BallPointPenArt
@PenChalet 

@nichecinema