Daily Holidays - February 1

[Sherman A1]

National Baked Alaska Day Baked Alaska (also known as glace au four, omelette à la norvégienne, Norwegian omelette and omelette surprise) is a dessert food consisting of ice cream and cake topped with browned meringue. A version in Hong Kong is known as flame on the iceberg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baked_Alaska


Car Insurance Day

Change Your Password Day

Decorating With Candy Day

Freedom Day

National Girls & Women in Sports Day

Popcorn Day

Robinson Crusoe Day

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/february1.html

[onethatcares]

1. on the other hand

after hearing her speak, one would want to name this "Half Baked Alaska" day after that sarah person.

[femmocrat]

2. Freedom Day:

National Freedom Day in United States


National Freedom Day is an observance in the United States that honors the signing of a resolution that proposed the 13th amendment of the nation's constitution on February 1, 1865. Abraham Lincoln, who was the president at the time, signed the resolution to outlaw slavery. This anniversary is annually observed on February 1.

Interesting link with historic photos: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/the-150th-anniversary-of-the-thirteenth-amendment-1422655903-slideshow/


Today is also the 113th birthday of poet Langston Hughes and the first day of Black History Month.

[bigwillq]

3. Popcorn!

Love popcorn.

[In_The_Wind]

4. hissssss

[LiberalEsto]

5. Imbolc begins at sunset

http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/imbolcfebruary2/p/Imbolc_History.htm