June 14 - National Strawberry Shortcake Day

Happy National Strawberry Shortcake Day! On June 14 each year lands at the peak of strawberry season.  

While we are able to get strawberries all year long now, the best strawberries are those picked from April to June.  

These bright red berries during this time are sweeter and more flavorful. By adding them to shortcake biscuit or a sponge cake, strawberry shortcake is an easy and refreshing summertime dessert! 

Strawberries are sliced, mixed with sugar then allowed to sit for about an hour until they have surrendered plenty of their juices.  

The shortcakes are then split, and the bottom is covered with a layer of the strawberries, juice and whipped cream. The top is then put back on, and more strawberries, juice and whipped cream are added to finish it off. 

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HOW TO OBSERVE 

 
There are several ways to enjoy today. The first and most obvious way is by making a strawberry shortcake to share.  

There are other delicious desserts to make featuring strawberry shortcake as well. National Day Calendar® has provided a recipe on the website below: 

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• • Visit a pick your own strawberry patch to make the day an adventure. 

• • Make a strawberry shortcake trifle. 

• • Enjoy strawberry shortcake ice cream. 

• • Add mixed berries to your shortcake, too! 

Don’t forget to check out all the other strawberry celebrations on the calendar. There are plenty to go around! Share your favorite recipes using #StrawberryShortcakeDay on social media.

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HISTORY 

National Day Calendar® is researching the origins of this seasonal cake holiday. In the meantime, check out these other fruit related celebrations:

• • Blueberry Muffin Day  

• • Raspberry Cake Day

• • Raspberry Cream Pie Day

• • Peach Pie Day

• • Banana Split Day

• • Cherry Turnover Day

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June 14 - International Bath Day

Happy International Bath Day! On June 14, today observes International Bath Day. Celebrate by filling up a lovely bath for your children. Realize that bath time is a great time to discover and learn.  

 
 With just a few bath toys or simple plastic cups, they will immediately begin to test the waves of their water lab. Watch and see how every child becomes a little scientist with fresh new bath time discoveries! 

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Make bath time fun and full of discovery! Like Archimedes, children can learn the basic properties of physics such as empty versus full, floating, sinking, weight, and cause and effect all while having FUN in the tub! 

• • Add cups of various sizes 

• • Include floating toys 

• • Encourage exploration with spinners and tubes 

Use #InternationalBathDay to share on social media. 

HISTORY 

Legend has it that on this day, Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer Archimedes discovered, while taking a bath, that an object’s volume could be accurately measured by being submerged in water!  

Unable to contain his excitement, Archimedes leapt out of the bathtub stark naked and yelled, “Eureka, Eureka!” as he ran through the streets of Syracuse, Greece. 

Although born in 288 B.C., no one knows the exact date of Archimedes’ birth. However, to honor Archimedes, we commemorate the date he leapt out of the bathtub, being June 14. 

How was this date determined? The ancient Greek legend says that it was precisely one week before the beginning of summer.  

In those days, the Greeks followed an astronomical calendar and the seasons were determined due to the 23.5-degree tilt of the Earth’s rotational axis in relation to its orbit around the sun.  

Summer began (then and today) on June 21. The week before is June 14, and this was the date set. 

In 2016, the Registrar at National Day Calendar® proclaimed the day to be observed annually on June 14. 

If you suffer from ablutophobia, please feel free to skip this day.

What is your favorite way to take a bath? 

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