September Notables
Baby Safety Month
National Honey Month
1st Week-Child Injury Prevention Week
3rd Week-National Flower Week
4th Week-National Dog Week
6th-Read a Book Day
10th-Swap Ideas Day
18th-National Play-Doh Day
21st-Miniature Golf Day
24th-National Punctuation Day
• Labor Day became a legal holiday in 1894.
• The first United Way campaign in Denver raised $21,700 in 1888.
• On average, the total number of corn dogs typically consumed by Minnesota State Fair visitors each year is 500,000. That’s over 41,500 corn dogs each day of the fair!
• Franklin D Roosevelt served the longest term of any president. He died during his fourth term.
• Lima beans were introduced to the U.S. from Lima, Peru, by U.S. Navy Captain John Harris in 1824.
• The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 cost $7.2 million. This made the selling price of each acre about 2 cents.
• It snows more at the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
National Honey Month
1st Week-Child Injury Prevention Week
3rd Week-National Flower Week
4th Week-National Dog Week
6th-Read a Book Day
10th-Swap Ideas Day
18th-National Play-Doh Day
21st-Miniature Golf Day
24th-National Punctuation Day
• Labor Day became a legal holiday in 1894.
• The first United Way campaign in Denver raised $21,700 in 1888.
• On average, the total number of corn dogs typically consumed by Minnesota State Fair visitors each year is 500,000. That’s over 41,500 corn dogs each day of the fair!
• Franklin D Roosevelt served the longest term of any president. He died during his fourth term.
• Lima beans were introduced to the U.S. from Lima, Peru, by U.S. Navy Captain John Harris in 1824.
• The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 cost $7.2 million. This made the selling price of each acre about 2 cents.
• It snows more at the Grand Canyon than it does in Minneapolis, Minnesota.