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National Themes For April 15th: National Tax Day, National Take a Wild Guess Day, National Rubber Eraser Day, National Titanic Remembrance Day, National Glazed Spiral Ham Day, and National Education and Sharing Day.

📊National Tax Day! In the United States, Tax Day is a term for the day on which individual income tax returns are due to the federal government. Tax Day may also refer to April 15 for state tax returns. Federal income tax filing deadline is midnight on April 15th of every year with extensions occurring when the 15th lands on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday. In those circumstances, the returns are due the first succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday. These dates can differ depending on residence as well. Some years, due to extenuating circumstances such as natural disasters larger extensions have been granted by the Federal Government. Income tax was first collected in The Untied States in 1862 to fund the Civil War. It was deemed unconstitutional due to not being apportioned with conformity across the states. The United States once again enacted income tax with the 16th Amendment in 1913. At that time, the filing deadline was March 1. In 1918 the deadline was changed to March 15 and then in 1955 for the most recent change, the filing deadline was moved to April 15th. The day has come to be known as Tax Day.

❓National Take a Wild Guess Day! This is a day you may want to guess how many jellybeans are in the jar or how many coins are in the tube. It is a day about hunches and guesses.

✏️National Rubber Eraser Day. This day celebrates, recognizes and appreciates the invention of erasers.vTablets of rubber (or wax) were used to erase lead or charcoal marks from paper before there were rubber erasers. Another option for the eraser was crustless bread. ✨April 15, 1770, Joseph Priestly founded a vegetable gum to remove pencil marks. He dubbed the substance “rubber.” ✨1770 Edward Nairne developed the first marketed rubber eraser. ✨1839 Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization (a method that would cure rubber and make it a durable material) This method made rubber erasers standard. ✨1858 Hyman Lipman (Philadelphia, Pa.) patented the pencil with an eraser at the end.

🚢National Titanic Remembrance Day! This day is dedicated to the memory of when the Titanic sank into the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean in April 1912. We remember the more than 1,500 people who died that day. Known as the “the unsinkable ship,” the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm April 14, 1912, on her maiden voyage from England to New York City. Later, in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, on April 15, the Titanic sank. Those who perished did so mainly due to an insufficient number of lifeboats on board the ship.

🍖National Glazed Spiral Ham Day! This dish often found at a holiday feast, originated in the basement of Harry J. Hoenselaar. In 1952, the Detroit, Michigan entrepreneur patented not only his spiral slicer but the ham glaze as well. His innovative device made it possible for the entire bone-in ham to be sliced in one continuous and even spiral. Then in 1957, Hoenselaar founded Honey Baked Ham. Today, glazed spiral hams are available from a variety of sources as the patent expired in 1981, but we can thank Harry J. Hoenselaar for making them a possibility. A traditional glazed ham is baked with a glaze consisting of sugar, honey or orange juice. Spices to taste are often added.

📚National Education and Sharing Day! This day was first inaugurated on April 18, 1978, by President Jimmy Carter and has since been proclaimed annually, by the presiding President. National Education and Sharing Day is a day that was made by the United States Congress in honor of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902 – 1994). It honors his efforts for education and sharing for Jews and non-Jews alike. During his lifetime, the Rabbi opened many centers of education. These centers were called “Chabad Houses.”

Yuck tax day, better not take a wild guess on those and hopefully you don't need an eraser. A tragic lost of lives the Titanic. I did not realize it was the lack of life boats so many perished. I love ham no matter how it's cooked. Thank you Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson for the Education and Sharing.

It rain here most of the day, and tonight we're under a frost warning. Went from window open to heat back on.

Sending warm hugs!🐶💕🌧☁️