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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDaily Holidays - December 7
National Cotton Candy Day Cotton candy was first recorded in Europe in the 18th century.[6] At that time, spun sugar was an expensive, labor-intensive endeavor and was not generally available to the average person.[6] Machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 by the dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton and first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World's Fair as "Fairy Floss"[7] with great success, selling 68,655 boxes at 25¢ per box (equivalent to $6 per box today). Joseph Lascaux, a dentist from New Orleans, Louisiana, invented a similar cotton candy machine in 1921. In fact, the Lascaux patent named the sweet confection cotton candy and the "fairy floss" name faded away, although it retains this name in Australia.[8][9] In the 1970s an automatic cotton candy machine was created which made the product and packaged it. This made it easier to produce and available to sell at carnivals, fairs, and stores in the 1970s and on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_candyNational Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
International Civil Aviation Day. International Civil Aviation Day was established in 1994 by ICAO, through Assembly Resolution A29-1, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Organization, created on 7 December 1944. In 1996, pursuant to an ICAO initiative and with the assistance of the Canadian Government, the United Nations General Assembly by resolution officially recognized 7 December as International Civil Aviation Day and listed it as an official UN day. The purpose of the global celebration is to generate and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation in the social and economic development of States, and of the role of ICAO in promoting the safety, efficiency and regularity of international air transport. http://www.icao.int/secretariat/SecretaryGeneral/Pages/aviation_day.aspx
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Daily Holidays - December 7 (Original Post)
Sherman A1
Dec 2014
OP
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)1. December 7 Birthdays
http://www.famousbirthdays.com/december7.html
Good Morning with your Sunday Comics!
Have A Happy Sunday!
Good Morning with your Sunday Comics!
Have A Happy Sunday!
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)2. I think Cotton Candy is gross.
I won't be celebrating Cotton Candy Day!
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)3. sticky and sweet
I agree
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)4. I loved eating Cotton Candy!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)5. Dupe, sorry.
Last edited Sun Dec 7, 2014, 06:19 PM - Edit history (1)
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femmocrat
(28,394 posts)6. Remember Pearl Harbor:
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy: FDR Asks for a Declaration of War. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.
historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5166/