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June 9, 2018

It's National Donald Duck Day

Donald Duck Day Facts
 
June 9 is celebrated as the National Donald Duck Day across the U.S. to commemorate the birthday of the cartoon character.
 

Donald Duck appeared for the first time on the big screen on June 9, 1934, in the cartoon “The Wise Little Hen.” He turned 83 today. To mark his birthday, this day is celebrated as the National Donald Duck Day across the U.S.

Donald, who's often represented wearing a sailor suit and a red bowtie, is the only TV cartoon character to represent a major American university sports team – the University of Oregon Ducks. Donald first appeared as a drawing in a May 1934 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine promoting the film "The Wise Little Hen." AN interesting fact about Donald is that he has appeared in more films than any other Disney character.

One of Donald’s famous sayings is “Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.”

Here are some lesser-known facts about one of Disney’s most beloved characters:

  • Donald Duck’s full name is Donald Fauntleroy Duck. Disney first revealed Donald’s full name in the 1942 film “Donald Gets Drafted.” He is reportedly the only major Disney character with an official middle name. He has a twin sister named Della Duck (occasionally referred to as Dumbella Duck or Thelma Duck) . His mother is Hortense McDuck and his dad is Quackmore Duck. In the late Thirties, Donald was joined by his perennial girlfriend, Daisy Duck (called Donna before she became famous. She first appeared in "Don Donald," a 1937 short film.), and by his three mischievous nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie ( best recognized from the show “DuckTales.”).
  • Donald is an American Pekin duck. His species was historically bred in China but became a popular commercial duck breed for egg and meat production in the U.S. after it was first brought to Long Island in 1873.
  • Donald has an asteroid named after him. Asteroid 12410 was named Donald in 1995 and is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.  
  • .Donald won an Oscar for the 1943 animated short Der Fuehrer's Face, which was originally titled Donald Duck in NutziLand.
  • Donald co-hosted the Oscars in 1958, appearing at the movie awards ceremony on film alongside the night's other hosts - Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, David Niven, Rosalind Russell, and James Stewart.
  • In 2005, Donald was given his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • Walt Disney created Donald when he heard Clarence Nash doing his "duck" voice while reciting Mary Had a Little Lamb. Disney wanted a character that was more negative than Mickey Mouse, so the bad-tempered Duck was born. Nash voiced the character from 1934 to 1983, training Tony Anselmo to take over.
  • "One of the greatest satisfactions in our work here at the studio is the warm relationship that exists within our cartoon family. Mickey, Pluto, Goofy, and the whole gang have always been a lot of fun to work with. But like many large families, we have a problem child. You’re right, it’s Donald Duck,” Walt Disney once said of the character.
  • Donald Duck first appeared on the silver screen on June 9, 1934, in the animated short film, The Wise Little Hen, dancing to the Sailor's Hornpipe.

  • He has gone on to star in seven feature films--which is more than any of his Disney counterparts. He is six years younger than Mickey Mouse.

Where can you find all of your favorite Disney characters outside of the theme parks? Right in the Zazzle’s Disney store, of course!

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December 4, 2017

It's National Sock Day










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December 30, 2014

National Bacon Day



Image credit: Bacon by cyclonebill, on Flickr

National Bacon Day celebrates all things bacon! Smoked meat lovers will celebrate the food that serves as the center of their world - bacon. There are two different dates for Bacon Day, and we are happy to observe both (International Bacon Day is on Aug. 31).

The History Of Bacon How about a shout-out to those ancient Middle Easterners who domesticated* the wild boar as early as 9,000 B.C.E., in the Tigris River basin. (The boar was domesticated independently in Asia.)

To these brave and hungry hunters and boar-wranglers we owe ham and bacon—although the modern bacon we know and love wouldn’t appear until the mid-1700s.

While boar and pig meat was cured from earliest times (smoked, salted and/or dried), it was in the early- to-mid 18th century in which a transformation began that distinguished “bacon” as the side of pork (the pig’s sides), cured with salt. Numerous food historians credit pig farmers in the English countryside for noticing that some breeds of pig had meatier sides.

The British system for making bacon became widespread in the 18th century, and spread to other parts of Europe.

By the 1700s in England, bacon was defined as meat cut from the side of the pig and cured with salt. If you come across the word gammon in books or films from the U.K., it refers to the entire side of bacon. A rasher is a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling or a portion of three or four slices.

According to The Oxford Companion To Food, the first large-scale bacon curing business was established in the 1770s in the county of Wiltshire, in south-central England, by one John Harris.

According to some accounts of the history of bacon, John Harris of Wiltshire set up one of the first bacon curing shops in the country. The place has certainly become known for its production of bacon.

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Asian pigs were introduced to Europe and crossbred to create breeds with qualities that made them better as bacon pigs, lard pigs, ham pigs and so forth. Today there are more than 70 breeds in commercial production.

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