January 28 - Hiroshi Teshigahara

Happy Birthday, Hiroshi Teshigahara! Born today in 1927, this Japanese artist and avant-garde filmmaker is best known for his directing the 1964 Japanese New Wave black and white drama/thriller film 'Suna no Onna' (literally 'Sand Woman') but best known as 'Woman in the Dunes' (or 'Woman of the Dunes').
  

He is also known for producing and directing the 1966 Japanese New Wave black and white drama/fantasy film 'Tanin no kao'('The Face of Another'). He has been called "one of the most acclaimed Japanese directors of all time". Teshigahaera had been active from 1953–1992. 

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@JapanFilmFest 

January 28 - Frank Darabont

Happy 61st Birthday, Frank Darabont! Born today in 1959 as Frank Árpád Darabont, this Hungarian-American screenwriter, producer and film director has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
  

In his early career, Darabont was primarily a screenwriter for horror films such as the 1987 American fantasy/mystery slasher film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors', the 1988 American science fiction horror thriller/fantasy film 'The Blob' and the 1989 American science fiction horror drama/independent film 'The Fly II'. 

However, Darabont is best known for writing and directing the 1994 American drama/crime film 'The Shawshank Redemption'. The film was based off of Stephen King's 1982 American novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled "Hope Springs Eternal".

The film later gained traction after its Oscar nominations at the 67th Academy Awards in late March, becoming the most rented film of 1995, and is today considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made. It currently sits at #1 on IMDb's Top 250 list. 

Darabont is also known for later adapting another of King's novels, being the 1996 American serial novel "The Green Mile". Three years later, Darabont co-wrote and directed the eponymous three-hour plus 1999 American fantasy/crime drama film.

In 2010, Darabont developed AMC's American post-apocalyptic horror television series "The Walking Dead" (2010 – present). The program was based off of the American post-apocalyptic comic book series (October 2003 – July 2019) by American comic book writer Robert Kirkman, American comic book artist Tony Moore, and British comic book artist Charlie Adlard.

Darabont has been active from 1981–present.

#borntodirect 

@FrankDarabont 

@tcm 

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.

How Well Do You Know Bubble Wrap?

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/todays-trivia/

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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https://thenationaldailyshow.com/national-chocolate-cake-day-and-national-bubble-wrap-day-january-27-2020-on-the-national-day-calendar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-chocolate-cake-day-and-national-bubble-wrap-day-january-27-202

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

  

https://addapinch.com/the-best-chocolate-cake-recipe-ever/ 

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 

@bettycrocker

@AddaPinchPage
@Foodimentary 

@nichecinema