July 16 Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
July 16 History Highlights |
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Guinea Pig Appreciation Day |
Guinea pigs have been a popular household pet since their introduction to Europe and North America by European traders in the 16th century. Guinea pigs are among the most popular pets, and for good reason. They’re very friendly animals that enjoy human interaction; they’ll follow you around, squeak when they want attention or food, and will even play with toys on their own. Scientists have been using guinea pigs for experiments since the 17th century. They were so frequently used as model organisms in both 19th and 20th centuries that people started calling humans test subjects “guinea pigs.” Since then, they’ve replaced them with other rodents like mice or rats. |
July 16 is… |
| Guinea Pig Appreciation Day National Corn Fritter Day National Fresh Spinach Day National Personal Chef Day World Snake Day |
July 16 Birthday Quotes |
“Not money, or success, or position or travel or love makes happiness… service is the secret.” “I ain’t afraid to tell the world that it don’t take school stuff to help a fella play ball.” “I never like other people to clean for me. I don’t want them to invade my own privacy.” “Things will get better if you just hold out long enough.” “I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!” “No matter how much you screw up your life, you can fix it.” “Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn’t pop. I’ll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them.” “I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.” “I’m more than an actor. I’m an icon, an industry.” |
July 16 Birthdays |
| 1880 – Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (died in 1966) 1887 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (died in 1951) 1902 – Mary Philbin, American actress (died in 1993) 1907 – Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher’s (died in 1995) 1907 – Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (died in 1990) 1911 – Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (died in 1995) 1911 – Sonny Tufts, American actor (died in 1970) 1924 – Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, Miss America 1945 (died in 2014) 1941 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died in 2006) 1952 – Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter 1957 – Faye Grant, American actress 1963 – Phoebe Cates, American actress 1965 – Sherri Stoner, American actress 1967 – Will Ferrell, American comedic actor 1968 – Barry Sanders, American football player 1968 – Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia 1971 – Corey Feldman, American actor 1987 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress |
July 16 History |
| 1661 The European banknotes were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1769 1790 1862 1915 1935 1941 1945 1951 1956 1965 1966 1969 1974 1977 1994 1999 2004 July 16, 2004 – Stuck in the Suburbs aired on The Disney Channel 2011 |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
| A group of Heirs is an Expectation. “Mr. McCallister, here’s your very own cheese pizza.” – Cedric the Bellman in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York #moviequotes The newspaper serving Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, the home of Rocky and Bullwinkle, is the Picayune Intelligence. Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips is the official state rock song of Oklahoma. Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film in history to be nominated for a Best Picture at the Academy Awards The area of the base of the Great Pyramid in Egypt is 13 Acres. Why are sci-fi movie laser blasts slower than bullets? Joseph Conrad – Real Name: Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski “Nobody comes here anymore, it’s too crowded” – Yogi Berra The S.O.S in the S.O.S brand soap pads stands for ‘save our saucepans’. I have a step ladder, I never knew my real ladder. There are approximately 1.4 trillion dollars in circulation. |
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