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by Richard Frost » Tue Jun 22 2021 10:30am
22nd June 2021
World Rainforest Day
The rainforests are keeping our planet alive. They’re home to half the world’s animal species, they provide us with freshwater, and are essential for keeping our climate stable. Yet every second, one and a half hectares is lost, while each year, 78 million hectares of precious rainforest are destroyed. That’s why World Rainforest Day has been created to take decisive action to combat deforestation, reduce the effects of climate change, and protect our rainforests for future generations. World Rainforest Day was first created in 2017 by the Rainforest Partnership. They work with Indigenous Peoples living in rainforest environments and launch projects to help restore and regenerate healthy rainforests with local communities. The day is about raising awareness of the importance of the rainforest and what it does for us. The Rainforest Partnership itself has many community-based projects in the Amazon, but the day itself is backed up by the involvement of over 70 global partners, from environmental advocates to media outlets, all striving for positive and affirmative action that preserves the rainforest. The tagline for the event is “Because the World Can’t Wait”, a powerful statement and call to action for people worldwide.
Onion Rings Day
They’re rich and crisp and delicious, surprisingly sweet for a flavour so often related to being spicy and the source of tears. But something about the process of breading them in a flavourful coating and deep-frying them in a vat of oil brings out the delicious flavours hidden inside. They come in towers and flowers, giant-sized and tiny, and they’re a favourite at burger joints all over the world. That’s right, we’re talking about the onion rings, and Onion Rings Day celebrates this delicious treat and its long history.
B Kinder Day
Kindness may seem like a dying art in today’s world. However, if you’re looking for a meaningful way to bring kindness into the world, then B Kinder Day is a day to do it. B Kinder Day is all about being kind to others in honour of a young girl who cared about her community and those around her.
B Kinder Day was inspired by Billie Kinder, a 12-year-old girl who was always happy, cheerful, and kind. Billie was a student in Year 6 at Arndell Anglican College in Oakville, NSW, Australia and had just been awarded a high school scholarship by the same school. They were well-known in the community for their caring, loving, and compassion nature toward those around them. However, a tragedy occurred when Billie died in a horse-riding accident. Her mother, Danny Mayson-Kinder, decided that in honour of her daughter, she would create B Kinder Day to empower children to make a difference in the world. During this day, children in schools discuss the meaning of kindness, create “Fly High Billie” greeting cards, and deliver those cards to local nursing homes personally. Children on this day also plant flowers throughout their communities and take parts in secret acts of kindness for the people they love. B Kinder Day emphasizes the message of hope, empathy, and change in the world. The purpose of B Kinder Day is to show the rippling effects of kindness. It was created hoping that schools all over the world would participate in the event.
Positive Media Day
Positive Media Day has been created to change the perspective and status quo of every-day media consumption. With a passion to disperse the overriding negative media that overshadows the great positive impact people are making on the world every single day. With a drive to make all news and media outlets a beacon of inspiration, positivity, and joy for one day, Positive Media Day! With a belief that the world is being ill-represented by the news and shared media.
There is too much hatred, fear, and attacking that goes on every day. If this negativity continues, people will believe that this is how our world is and will always be. The moment we begin perpetuating that negative behaviour is the moment we begin to lose as a society. Positive Media Day is the day to be inspired and uplifted throughout your news feeds and the mainstream media. There is too much good happening and not enough recognition for that good. If we can propel positivity into mainstream media, just for one day, we can change the status quo and begin to shift our global sentiment.
Let’s not surrender ourselves to how things are, let’s create the world we want to live in. One day of overwhelming positivity and inspiration is the jump start we need. Share and follow to help us make the world a more positive place. With most positivity in the media, Positive Media Day believes that people will be happier, more willing to help others and be excited for the future when they have more exposure to the news that leaves one happy, moved, and inspired. There is a lot of amazing news out there, and we just want more people to see it!
If you are a person who uses social media we ask that you only share news stories or media that leaves people happy, moved, and or inspired and only re-post stories and re-tweet stories of the same content. If you are a media outlet we ask that you make as much as your content as positive as possible, and if the content doesn’t leave people happy, touched, and or inspired, then following up the story with what is being done to fix or better the world relating to the story.
Chocolate Éclair Day
The very word strikes our taste buds like lightning and fills our minds with images of rich cream, light dough, and a creamy topping that just whisks us away to old Paris. Chocolate Éclair Day celebrates one of the most decadent of treats to come out of the confectioners trade since time out of mind. While there are as many varieties of éclair as there are confectioners to create new delicacies, but the one that is a strong stand by that leaves us all drooling is the Chocolate Éclair. If there was ever a day to recognize as a dessert lover it has to be Chocolate Éclair Day. Whether you’re a self confessed sweet tooth or like a behind the scenes sugary snack, there is always room for an Éclair!
A Selection of Birthdays
1680 Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1704 John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1837 Paul Morphy, American chess player considered the greatest of his era (1857-61), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1884)
1856 Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon's Mines, She, Dawn), born in Bradenham, England (d. 1925)
1871 William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1876 [Gwendolen] Gwen John, Welsh painter, born in Haverfordwest, Wales (d. 1939
1887 Julian S. Huxley, English biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog, born in London, (d. 1975)
1892 N. Howell Furman, American Chemist whose work on separating uranium contributed to the development of the atomic bomb
1897 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization)
1901 Naunton Wayne, Welsh actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession), born in Llanwonno, Glamorganshire, (d. 1970)
1902 David Burns, American actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!), born in NYC, New York (d. 1971)
1903 John Dillinger, Notorious American bank robber, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1934)
1905 Walter Leigh, British composer, born in Wimbledon, London, (d. 1942)
1906 Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American filmmaker (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2002)
1906 Richard Fanshawe, English equestrian 3 day eventing (Olympic bronze 1936)
1909 Michael "Mike" Todd [Avrom Goldbogen], American producer (Around the World in 80 Days) and 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1958)
1910 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), born in Farnham, England (d. 1986)
1918 Richard Eastham, American actor (Battle for the Planet of the Apes, Falcon Crest), born in Opelousas, Louisiana (d. 2005)
1918 Cicely Saunders, English nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice, born in Barnet, London (d. 2005)
1920 Marea Hartman, Athletics administrator who integrated women's sports, born in London (d. 1994)
1932 Prunella Scales, Actress (Fawlty Towers, A Question of Attribution), born in Sutton Abinger, Surrey
1937 Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell, English businessman and record producer (Island Records), born Westminster, London
1939 Bobby Harrison, English rock drummer (Procol Harum-Conquistador)
1940 Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter (That's Life), born in Berkhamsted,
1944 Peter Asher, English singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), born in London
1946 Andrew Rubin, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22], born in New Bedford, Massachusetts
1949 Alan Osmond, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), born in Ogden, Utah
1949 Meryl Streep, American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice), born in Summit, New Jersey
1957 Danny Baker, English writer and radio DJ, born in Deptford, London
1958 Ruby Turner, Jamacaian-British rock singer (No Where to Run), born in Montego Bay, Jamaica
1961 Jimmy Somerville, Scottish rock guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Bronski Beat; Communards), born in Glasgow
1961 Stephen Batchelor, British Olympic hockey player, born in Beare Green, Surrey
1964 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964 Dan Brown, American author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code), born in Exeter, New Hampshire
1976 Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1981 Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1987 Joe Dempsie, English actor (Game of Thrones), born in Liverpool
1988 Kieran Lee, English football player
On This day in British History
1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England
1535 Cardinal John Fisher is beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and never seen again
1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
1772 Somerset v Stewart court case finds slavery unsupported by English common law, encouraging the abolitionist movement
1774 British parliament accepts Quebec Act, which extends the province's territory and restores French civil law
1799 Britain and Russia decide to invade Batavian Republic
1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
1812 Upon learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura Secord walks 32 km to warn British troops, results in a British surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams
1825 British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America
1893 British fleet under Vice Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut
1900 In China, practically the whole foreign community in Peking, including many Chinese Christians, retreat to British compounds
1911 King George V crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and all his realms and territories beyond the sea
1939 Princess and future Queen Elizabeth meets future husband Prince Philip of Greece (Midshipman Mountbatten, RN)
1942 Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms
1943 617 Squadron (Dambusters) attends investiture at Buckingham Palace, Commanding Officer Guy Gibson awarded the Victoria Cross
1944 British 14th Army frees Imphal, Assam from the Japanese
1982 Prince Charles and Princess Diana take new-born son Prince William home from hospital
1984 Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways commences operations with flight from Gatwick to Newark
2017 Prince Harry claims no one in UK royal family wants to be King or Queen in article published in Newsweek
Northern Ireland
1969 The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) stage a protest by blocking the Lecky Road in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland
1970 Irish socialist, republican and Member of Parliament, Bernadette Devlin, loses her appeal against a 6-month prison sentence imposed for taking part in riots in Derry
Scotland
1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scot
1745 Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland
Deaths in History
1535 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35), cardinal (Saint John Fisher), beheaded at about 65
1632 James Whitelocke, English judge and politician (House of Common 1610-22), dies at 61
1699 Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
1714 Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
1897 Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54
2003 John Stokes, British MP (C), dies at 85