National What Day
- National Paperclip Day – invented in 1867
- National COQ AU VIN Day – translates to “Rooster with wine”- A French recipe of chicken and wine.
- National Senior Health & Fitness Day – approximately 100,000 senior adults will participate in activities today.
This Day in History
1953 – Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay became the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest which at 29,035 feet is the highest point on earth.
1848 – Wisconsin becomes a State
1917 - Future Pres. John F. Kennedy is born
1940 – The song White Christmas is written – and the version sung by Bing Crosby is the world’s best selling single with sales in excess of 50 million. It was used initially in the movie Holiday Inn and won an Academy Award for best Original Song in 1942. Then he sang it again in his 1954 musical “White Christmas”.