NATIONAL PASTA DAY
October is National Pasta Month and October 17 annually celebrates National Pasta Day.
Pasta lovers celebrate!
Pasta is a type of noodle of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily and first attested in English in 1874. Typically, it is made from unleavened dough of durum wheat flour that is mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes. It is then cooked and served in a variety of dishes.
Pasta is divided into two categories: dried or fresh.
Fresh pasta was originally produced by hand but, today, many varieties of fresh pasta are commercially produced by large scale machines and the products are widely available in supermarkets.
- Dried and fresh pasta come in a number of shapes and varieties.
- There are 310 specific forms known variably by over 1300 names having been recently documented.
- In Italy, names of specific pasta shapes or types vary with locale.
- Example: Cavatelli is known by 28 different names depending on the region and town.
OBSERVE
Cook up a bowl of your favorite pasta and use #NationalPastaDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Within our research we were unable to find the creator of National Pasta Day.
National Mulligan Day – October 17
NATIONAL MULLIGAN DAY
National Mulligan Day is celebrated annually on October 17.
In golf, a mulligan happens when a player gets a second chance to perform a certain move or action.
This day was created as a day for giving yourself a second chance or, as some people call it, a “do-over”.
According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), there are three different stories explaining that the term derived from the name of a Canadian golfer, David Mulligan, one-time manager of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, who played golf in the 1920′s. A different, later, etymology gives credit to John A. “Buddy” Mulligan, a locker room attendant at Essex Fells C.C., New Jersey in the 1930′s. Yet another story, according to author Henry Beard, states that the term comes from Thomas Mulligan, a minor Anglo-Irish aristocrat and passionate golfer who was born in 1793.
According to the USGA, the term first achieved widespread use in the 1940′s.
OBSERVE
We can all think of something that at one point in time we have said “I wish I could do that over”. To celebrate National Mulligan Day, take your “do-over”. Use #NationalMulliganDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Mulligan Day.
According to the United States Golf Association (USGA), there are three different stories explaining that the term derived from the name of a Canadian golfer, David Mulligan, one-time manager of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, who played golf in the 1920′s. A different, later, etymology gives credit to John A. “Buddy” Mulligan, a locker room attendant at Essex Fells C.C., New Jersey in the 1930′s. Yet another story, according to author Henry Beard, states that the term comes from Thomas Mulligan, a minor Anglo-Irish aristocrat and passionate golfer who was born in 1793.
According to the USGA, the term first achieved widespread use in the 1940′s.
OBSERVE
We can all think of something that at one point in time we have said “I wish I could do that over”. To celebrate National Mulligan Day, take your “do-over”. Use #NationalMulliganDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Mulligan Day.
National Sweetest Day – Third Saturday in October
NATIONAL SWEETEST DAY
National Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October by people of all ages.
This holiday has been described as “an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember the sick, aged and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed”.
OBSERVE
To celebrate Sweetest Day, people give small presents to show others that they are thought of, cared about and loved. These gifts may include things such as greeting cards, candy and flowers. Use #NationalSweetestDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
This holiday has been described as “an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember the sick, aged and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed”.
OBSERVE
To celebrate Sweetest Day, people give small presents to show others that they are thought of, cared about and loved. These gifts may include things such as greeting cards, candy and flowers. Use #NationalSweetestDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Sweetest Day was created in Cleveland, Ohio, by candy-maker and philanthropist, Herbert Birch Kingston. The very first Sweetest Day, which was originally called “Sweetest Day of the Year”, was pronounced as October 8, 1921. Kingston created this day to give something or to do something nice to those less fortunate than oneself. A “Sweetest Day of the Year” committee was formed. Kingston and the committee distributed over 20,000 boxes of candy and small gifts to “newsboys, orphans, old folks and the poor” in Cleveland, Ohio. They have been assisted in the distribution of candy by movie stars including Theda Bara and Ann Pennington.
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