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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 03:53 AM Oct 2015

Daily Holidays - October 13

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/october13.html

National Yorkshire Pudding Day Also known as batter pudding, Yorkshire Pudding is an English dish similar to a popover that is made from a batter and usually served with roast meat and gravy.

National Train Your Brain Day This day was created to encourage everyone to expand and “exercise” their brain and use more of it’s potential capacity. There are many different ways to “exercise” your mind and improve your cognitive skills such as reading, word puzzles, number games, brain teasers, trivia games, riddles and word games. Learning something new is another “exercise” that is a benefit to everyone’s brain on National Train Your Brain Day (as well as any other day).

National No Bra Day is meant to promote breast cancer awareness and to help raise money for research. Many women who have survived breast cancer are unable to go without a bra as they need it to hold their prosthesis after surgery. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and National No Bra Day should serve as a reminder for all women to be screened for breast cancer.

Navy Birthday The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is currently the largest, most powerful navy in the world, with the highest combined battle fleet tonnage. The U.S. Navy has the world’s largest aircraft carrier fleet, with ten in service, four in the reserve fleet and three new class carriers under construction. The service has over 300,000 personnel on active duty and more than 100,000 in the Navy Reserve. It has 272 deployable combat ships and more than 3,700 aircraft in active service. as of September 2015

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Daily Holidays - October 13 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Oct 2015 OP
I can reassure you. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #1
Every day is no bra day for me! bigwillq Oct 2015 #2
My left brain could use some training.* femmocrat Oct 2015 #3

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
3. My left brain could use some training.*
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 10:30 AM
Oct 2015


*(Apparently the illustrator could too! Note the misspelled words! _)
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