Daily Holidays - February 12

[Sherman A1]

National Plum Pudding Day Each year on February 12th, and this year on February 12, 2015 we celebrate an unofficial National Plum Pudding Day. Plum pudding is a steamed or boiled pudding, generally made up of nutmeg, raisins, nuts, apples, cinnamon, dates, and with other ingredients, and mostly served during the holiday season. Interestingly enough, some plum pudding deserts done without plums. Enjoy a delicious plum pudding dessert and wishing everyone a Happy National Plum Pudding Day. http://activerain.trulia.com/blogsview/4600266/happy-national-plum-pudding-day

Darwin Day http://darwinday.org

Lincoln’s Birthday http://www.alplm.org

NAACP Day Founded in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was one of the earliest and most influential civil rights organization in the United States. During its early years, the NAACP focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues of the day. They called for federal anti-lynching laws and coordinated a series of challenges to state-sponsored segregation in public schools, an effort that led to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which declared the doctrine of “separate but equal” to be unconstitutional. Though other civil rights groups emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, the NAACP retained a prominent role within the movement, co-organizing the 1963 March on Washington, and successfully lobbying for legislation that resulted in the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Act. http://www.history.com/topics/naacp

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/february12.html

[betsuni]

1. Anniversary of the premiere of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924

[Sherman A1]

9. One of my favorites

[betsuni]

2. Birthday of Anna Pavlova in 1881, after whom the dessert is named.

From "Anna Pavlova: Pages of My Life":

"I can still remember my enthusiasm when one day (I was eight years old) I heard that we were to celebrate Christmas by going to see a performance at the Maryinsky Theatre. ... When we started ... the snow was brightly shining in the reflected light of street lamps and shop windows. Our sleigh was noiselessly speeding along the hard surface, and I felt unspeakably happy, seated beside my mother, her arm tenderly enclosing my waist. 'You are going to enter fairyland,' said she, as we were being whirled across the darkness toward the theatre, that mysterious unknown. ... As soon as the orchestra began to play, I became very grave and attentive, eagerly listening, moved for the first time in my life by the call of Beauty. But when the curtain rose, displaying the golden hall of a wonderful palace, I could not withhold a shout of delight. ... In the second act a swarm of youths and maidens appeared, and danced a most delightful waltz. 'How would you like to dance thus?' asked my mother with a smile. 'Oh,' I replied, 'I should prefer to dance as the pretty lady does who plays the part of the Princess. One day I shall be the Princess, and dance upon the stage of this very theatre.' My mother muttered that I was her silly little dear, and never suspected that I had just discovered the idea that was to guide me throughout my life."

[sarge43]

8. Pavlova, Darwin, Lincoln. Beauty, brilliance, bravery. This is a good day. n/t

[Lionel Mandrake]

10. Happy Birthday to Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln!

They would turn 206 today if they were still alive.

Some stores and other businesses in the USA are closed today in honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.

Some schools and other groups around the world are celebrating Darwin Day today with historical re-enactments and other educational activities. For information about various Darwin Day events, browse:

http://darwinday.org/events/

[bigwillq]

3. Happy NAACP Day!

[femmocrat]

4. Happy birthday to Michael McDonald:

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/michael-mcdonald.html

[KMOD]

5. one of my favorites.

[femmocrat]

6. Oh good! Me too!

My son makes fun of him. (Kids, what do they know! LOL)

I love his Motown album.

[KMOD]

7. He could sing me the phone book,

and I would love it!!!

My daughter and my husband tease me about him. My husband is more cruel about it though, he think Michael ruined the Doobie Brothers.

I always tell him I appreciated the Doobies pre Michael and with Michael.

I have his Motown album on my ipod.