Launch day is a reason to PARTY!
August 14th, 2009
National Navajo Code Talkers Day:
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_talker)
Code talkers is a term used to describe people who talk using a coded language. It is frequently used to describe Native Americans who served in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages. Code talkers transmitted these messages over military telephone or radio communications nets using formal or informally developed codes built upon their native languages. Their service was very valuable since ordinary codes and ciphers in shared languages can be broken, but codes based on a unique language must be studied for a long time before being understood.
The name code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in their standard communications units in the Pacific Theater. Other Native American code talkers were used by the United States Army during World War II, using Cherokee, Choctaw and Comanche soldiers. Soldiers of Basque ancestry were used for code talking by the US Marines during World War II in areas where other Basque speakers were not expected to be operating.
V-J Day
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_over_Japan_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 (August 14 North American date), as well as the date the formal surrender ceremony was performed in Tokyo Bay, aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri on September 2, 1945.
In Japan, the day is usually known as Shuusen-kinenbi[1], which literally means the “memorial day for the end of the war”; the official name for the day is however “the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace”.[2] This official name was adopted in 1982 by an ordinance issued by the Japanese government.[3]
The day is commemorated as Liberation Day in Korea and some other nations.
Savanna Booth’s Birthday!
Happy 15th Savanna!
1st Anniversary of Celebrate What!
Code talkers is a term used to describe people who talk using a coded language. It is frequently used to describe Native Americans who served in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages. Code talkers transmitted these messages over military telephone or radio communications nets using formal or informally developed codes built upon their native languages. Their service was very valuable since ordinary codes and ciphers in shared languages can be broken, but codes based on a unique language must be studied for a long time before being understood.
The name code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in their standard communications units in the Pacific Theater. Other Native American code talkers were used by the United States Army during World War II, using Cherokee, Choctaw and Comanche soldiers. Soldiers of Basque ancestry were used for code talking by the US Marines during World War II in areas where other Basque speakers were not expected to be operating.
August 14th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Even though the site launched today it is “A Day Too Late to Celebrate” for me … I went to my first (preseason) Steeler game. My first visit to Heinz stadium and let me tell you people, it was heaven.. I was literally in heaven as my seat was near the roof – lol. It’s to die for though, I almost felt I was dying going up those steps.. gee whiz… hey but I’m alive! So everyone out there have fun, create your own date to celebrate and post it. Let the world know that there is a reason to PARTY!
August 14th, 2009 at 10:14 am
I would like to have my birthday celebrated each year on this site, it is April 7th.
Thanks,
Domino Folx
August 14th, 2009 at 11:18 am
I want to celebrate my Family! I am blessed with 2 wonderful Children, the BEST PARENTS, and GRANDMA. I am blessed to still have my Grandmother with us. I love all of my Family and they are my world, my reason for still having hope….!
August 14th, 2009 at 11:57 am
its my birthday!!!!!!!!! august 14th and im 14 hah cool huh? <3
August 14th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Looking to have my special day of August 18 published…if u don’t know what it is, u better ask somebody!
August 14th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
10-1 Bob’s B-day; 11-8 Evelyn’s B-day; 9-13 Daija’s B-day; 12-26 John’s B-day
August 14th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Happy B-day to my Baby Savanna!!! Love ya!!!
August 14th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Eva – 4/13, AJ 5/13, Jodi 6/4, John 7/10, Savanna 8/14 – John & Jodi Anniversary 11/30
August 14th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I am celebrating Jimbo and the Soupbones win as the Best Band in Pittsburgh. Right now. . . just by typing it!
August 14th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
I am celebrating the opening of my friend and his family opening The Verde Good Bean on 1st Avenue, downtown in the ‘Burgh!
August 14th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Yowza! I’ll celebrate the Soupbone win as well.
August 14th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Happy Birthday Savanna!! Hope you are having a great day!
Love~Kelli, Jamil,& Owen
August 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Try the game desktop tower defense 1.5 it is so addicting