National Loving Day – an annual celebration that commemorates the anniversary of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Loving vs Virginia. This ruling removed laws in 16 states that had laws that banned interracial marriages.
National Red Rose Day – honors the flower that is the symbol of love and romance.
National Peanut Butter Cookie Day – It was in the early 1920s that peanut butter was found listed as an ingredient in cookies. Homemade peanut butter cookies would just not be right without the traditional forked crisscrosses on them.
National Jerky Day – jerky is an ideal snack. A pound of meat or poultry will weigh only about 4 ounces once it is make into jerky, can be stored for months without refrigeration since all of the moisture has been removed. Jerky has been selected by astronauts as space food several times because of its light weight and high level of nutrition.
This Day in History
- 1924 – George W. Bush is born in Mass.
- 1994 – Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are brutally stabbed to death outside of her home in California.
- 2003 – Gregory Peck passes away at the age of 87. He is most well known for his 1962 film “To Kill a Mockingbird”. It is now playing on Broadway.
- 2016 – a terrorist gunman enters the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando and shoots 49 people and injuring dozens others. He was connected with ISIS.
- 1968 – Bobby Kennedy was assassinated
- 1934 – Walt Disney received a patent for Mickey Mouse