09-02 V-J Day
September 2nd, 2009
Victory Over Japan Day:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VJ_Day)
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War II, and subsequent anniversaries of that event. The term has been applied to both the day on which the initial announcement of Japan’s surrender was made in the afternoon of August 15, 1945 in Japan and to August 14, 1945 where it is observed as V-J Day in the United States when it was announced because of time zone differences in the Western Europe, the Americas, the Pacific Islands, and Australia and to September 2, 1945 when the formal signing of the surrender was made. The name V-J Day had been selected by the Allies after they named V-E Day for the victory in Europe.
National Blueberry Popsicle Day:
(excerpted from http://www.slashfood.com/2007/09/02/happy-national-blueberry-popsicle-day/)
Come on, Blueberry Popsicle Day? Really? I guess if you’re going to have a whole set aside for a food, it’s cool that it’s a rather specific, different food. Makes it more special somehow.
Celebrity Birthdays:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw)
• Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). He played 14 seasons. He is a football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday. In a six-year span, he won an unprecedented four Super Bowl titles with Pittsburgh (1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979), becoming the first quarterback to do so, and led the Steelers to eight AFC Central championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989 in his first year of eligibility.
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Harmon)
• Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor who has been starring in U.S. television programs and films since the mid-1970s. Since 2003, Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the popular CBS series NCIS.
Happy Birthday Gina Honkus!
Here’s to celebrating you… Happy Birthday GINA!
