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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2015, 04:24 AM Jan 2015

Daily Holidays -January 13

National Peach Melba Day Five Food Finds about Peach Melba

Peach Melba a classic dessert. A dish of peaches served with vanilla ice cream, raspberries & sauce.
Melba toast & Peach Melba are indeed related.
The dessert was created to celebrate famous & rather slender opera singer, Nellie Melba in 1892.
It is said when she gained weight in her later career the same chef created a thin baked toast for her diet, Melba toast.
Other versions of this dessert use pears, apricots, or strawberries instead of peaches and / or use raspberry sauce or melted red currant jelly instead of raspberry purée. http://foodimentary.com/2014/01/13/january-13-is-national-peach-melba-day/

Make Your Dream Come True Day

National Poetry at Work Day Though it's yet to really catch on nationwide, we say any excuse to get people reading, writing and reciting poetry works for us. Check out their infographic below, and their handy Poetry at Work Survival Kit. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/its-poetry-at-work-day_n_2479493.html

Public Radio Broadcasting Day On January 13, 1910, the first public radio broadcast was an experimental transmission of a live Metropolitan Opera House performance of several famous opera singers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_of_public_radio_broadcasting

Rubber Duckie Day National Rubber Ducky Day is annually celebrated on January 13. Rubber ducks have been around since the late 1800s, but it was Ernie on Sesame Street and his wonderful Rubber Ducky song that brought the bath toy into millions of viewer’s hearts. http://www.examiner.com/article/celebrate-national-rubber-ducky-day-on-january-13

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/january13.html