September 12 - National Chocolate Milkshake Day

 

Happy National Chocolate Milkshake Day! National Chocolate Milkshake Day on September 12 brings chocolate and ice cream lovers together. 

Forget the calories for just this one day and enjoy a sweet tall, thick and delicious, chocolate milkshake!  

The term milkshake first appeared in print in 1885. During this period, milkshake referred to an alcoholic beverage described as a “sturdy, healthful eggnog type of drink” blended with eggs, whiskey, and other ingredients.  

Pharmacies served the drink as a tonic and a treat to customers. By 1900, pharmacies offered this “wholesome drink” with either chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrup. 

 

• • The early 1900s – People began asking for this “new treat” with a scoop of ice cream. 

• • 1911 – Hamilton Beach’s drink mixers began to be used at soda fountains. 

• • 1922 – Steven Poplawski invented the electric blender or drink mixer. 

• Due to the invention of the blender, the milkshake began to take a chipped, aerated, and frothy form as they are today. 

• • By the 1920s and 1930s, milkshakes became a popular drink at malt shops everywhere.  

Another addition to the milkshake was malted milk powder. Made from malted barley, wheat flour, and dehydrated whole milk, malted milk tastes a bit like toasted caramel.  

It made its debut around the 1870s as a shelf-stable dry milk product. Add the powder to a chocolate milkshake, and transform the creamy goodness into a malted chocolate milkshake.  

Along with milkshakes, malted milk milkshakes became popular drinks at soda fountains around the 1920s. 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

When is Vanilla Milkshake Day? 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Enjoy a chocolate milkshake at your favorite restaurant or soda fountain. Or try a malted version, especially if you’ve never had a malted chocolate milkshake. It is definitely worth a try.  

You may want to top off your chocolate milkshake with a dollop of whipped cream! While you’re enjoying this sweet treat, don’t forget to introduce this delicious pastime to someone else.  

Do you have a favorite malt shop? Be sure to give them a shout out as well! Use #ChocolateMilkshakeDay to post on social media. 

HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® was unable to find the creator of National Chocolate Milkshake Day. However, that never stops them from celebrating! 

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September 12 - National Video Games Day

 

Happy National Video Games Day! On September 12, today celebrates any and all of the ways we enjoy a good video game challenge. 

Video game players across the United States enjoy this day with much enthusiasm. From their very earliest days, video games have been a blend of art form and industry.  

On July 25, 1983, Walter Day and the Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard out of Ottumwa, Iowa founded the United States National Video Game Team. Their early games used interactive electronic devices with various display formats.  

In 1947, American television pioneer Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann filed the first patent for an interactive electronic device. It was called the “Cathode ray tube amusement Device.”   

Some other early examples include: 

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  • The Nimrod computer at the Festival of Britain (1951) 

• • 0X0 – a tic-tac-toe computer game by Alexander S. Douglas for the EDSAC (1952) 

• • Tennis For Two – An electronic interactive game engineered by William Higinbotham (1958) 

• • Spacewar (1961) 

Each game used a different means of display. Some used a panel of lights or graphical display. Yet others featured an oscilloscope or the DEC PDP-1 vector display. 

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  • It became the first commercially sold coin-operated video game.  

• • Magnavox Odyssey launched the first home console in 1972. 

• • Atari’s Pong followed with an arcade version in 1972 and a home version in 1975. 

  
  

“The commercial success of Pong led numerous other companies to develop Pong clones and their own systems, spawning the video game industry.” 

 HOW TO OBSERVE 

 

Let the video game challenges begin! Whether you invite friends to join you in the newest video game or go it alone, be sure you get a game in. You also need to make sure you have plenty of snacks.  

• • Arcade galleries are making a come back. If there is one near you, give them a shout out! 

• • Introduce your favorite video game to your kids. Have them share their favorites with you. 

• • Host a video game tournament. 

• • Post your high scores. 

• • Are you stuck on a tough level? Seek out tips and hacks to get you through. 

Use #NationalVideoGamesDay to post on social media. 

 
HISTORY 

 
The research by National Day Calendar® was unable to find the creator of National Video Games Day. 

 
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