V-J Day - September 2, 2020

DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate V-J Day

Following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s acceptance to the Potsdam Declaration and surrendered on 15th August 1945, effectively marking the end of World War II. However, the official surrender ceremony did not occur until over two weeks later, and thus President Truman marked 2nd September as the official V-J Day.

Learn about V-J Day

It is estimated that anywhere from 60 to 80 million people died during World War II, on all sides of the conflict. V-J Day should be seen as not only the celebration of the defeat of the tyrannical Japanese government of the time, but also the remembrance of those who lost their lives.

There are a number of different ways that people refer to V-J Day. This includes V-P Day, Victory in the Pacific Day, and Victory over Japan Day. No matter how people refer to this day, what matters is that it is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in the Second World War, marking the end of the war.

Interestingly, there are really three different dates that can be considered the date of surrender. The first is the 15th of August in 1945, which is when the announcement of Japan’s surrender was made. However, in some parts of the world, including the United States, this was actually the 14th of August in 1945 because of the time differences.

As mentioned, there is also the date that the official document of surrender was signed, which was the 2nd of September in 1945. This is when the Second World War was officially ended. 

Because of this, V-J Day is celebrated on different dates throughout the world. While the official US commemoration occurs on the 2nd of September. In the United Kingdom, for example, they actually celebrate V-J Day on the 15th of August. 

History of V-J Day

In order to understand the history of V-J Day, we need to delve deeper into the history of the war and the events that happened in the build-up to this date. On both the 6th and the 9th of August, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The Soviet Union also declared war on Japan on the 9th of August as well. A day later, on the 10th of August, the government in Japan communicated that it intended to surrender under the Potsdam Declaration terms.

Celebrations around the world started early when they heard that Japan intended to surrender. In Paris, Frenchmen and Americans paraded and sang “Don’t Fence Me In” on Champs-Élysées. On the streets of London, on Regent Street, allied soldiers danced in a conga line. 

It was six days later, on the 15th of August, a little bit after noon Japan Standard Time, that it was announced that Japan had accepted the Potsdam Declaration. Emperor Hirohito made the announcement over the radio to the people of Japan. Once the declaration had been signed, the celebrations across the world really ramped up. 

In fact, in Life Magazine, they reported the following about Americans celebrating:

It was “as if joy had been rationed and saved up for the three years, eight months and seven days since Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941”

There were a number of different terms that were included within the declaration. This included the following:

“We do not intend that the Japanese shall be enslaved as a race or destroyed as a nation, but stern justice shall be meted out to all war criminals, including those who have visited cruelties upon our prisoners.”

“The Japanese military forces, after being completely disarmed, shall be permitted to return to their homes with the opportunity to lead peaceful and productive lives.”

“Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and such minor islands as we determine.”

Why not take a look at the Potsdam Declaration in full to learn more about V-J Day?

WORLD FAMOUS SCIENTISTS

Albert Einstein produced perhaps one of the most famous equations ever: E = mc² (energy equals mass multiplied by the speed of light squared).

Joke of the Day

thanks, Becky

Alexander Graham Bell, a famous scientist and inventor well known for making the first practical telephone.

Word of the Day

horse’s mouth

MEANING:

noun: The original or authentic source of some information.

ETYMOLOGY:

The term has its origin in horse racing. If you wanted tips on how a horse was doing on a particular day, what better way than to hear it directly from the horse’s mouth? Earliest documented use: 1896.

USAGE:

“Mrs Bates was fishing. She knew full well that he and Lula had been seeing each other -- she just wanted confirmation from the horse’s mouth.”
Louisa Heaton; His Perfect Bride?; Harlequin; 2015.

Charles Darwin, a legendary scientist famous for his work on evolution and natural selection.

Idiom of the Day

Ace up your sleeve

If you have an ace up your sleeve, you have something that will give you an advantage that other people don't know about.

American inventor Thomas Edison whose many inventions included the practical electric light bulb and phonograph (a device used to play recorded sound).

This Day in History

31 B.C. - The Roman leader Octavian defeated the alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor.

1775 - Hannah, the first American war vessel was commissioned by General George Washington.

1897 - The first issue of "McCall’s" magazine was published. The magazine had been known previously as "Queens Magazine" and "Queen of Fashion."

1901 - Theodore Roosevelt, then Vice President, said "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.

1927 - Sophie Tucker recorded her song "Some of These Days." This version of the song was not released until about 30 years after it was recorded. The first part of the verse is narrated by Sophie Tucker and she tells how the song described the story of her life.

1945 - Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.

1962 - Ken Hubbs (Chicago Cubs) set a major-league baseball fielding record when he played errorless for his 74th consecutive game.


1969 - NBC-TV canceled "Star Trek." The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.

1965 - The Beatles received a gold record for the song "Help!"

1995 - In Cleveland, OH, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum officially opened.


2010 - At Nashville's Bridgestone Arena, Brooks & Dunn played their final show together at a fundraiser for the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

thanks, Bev



DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, September 2:

You are generous to a fault, always ready and willing to lend a hand, and kindhearted. A humanitarian and idealist, you aim to take everyone’s perspective into consideration and are a true team player. You are someone who notices details that others often miss. Others might often turn to you for information and advice. Inquisitive and curious, you are highly intelligent and also heavily draw on your intuition when coming to conclusions. You tend to thrive in partnership and can in fact be quite successful in careers that involve a lot of one-on-one interactions, such as a therapist, counselor, or lawyer. You can be emotional and moody, which can be confusing to those around you. They may leave you alone when you’d prefer company simply because they may be unsure of how to please you. Famous people born today: 

1877 Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel laureate, (d. 1956), born in Eastbourne, Sussex (d. 1956)

1936 Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American pioneer in the semiconductor industry and one of the founders and CEO of Intel, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2016)

1952 Jimmy Connors, American tennis player (8-time Grand Slam winner), born in St. Louis, Illinois

1964 Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Matrix), born in Beirut, Lebanon

1965 Lennox Lewis, British/Canadian boxer (Olympic gold super-heavyweight 1988, undisputed world heavyweight champion 1999), born in London, England

1966 Salma Hayek, Mexican American actress (Desperado, Frida), born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico

thanks, Alice

READERS INFO

1.

(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

Time passes faster for your face than your feet.

"Time dilation" is a side effect of Einstein's relativity. You might have heard about it in relation to something called the "twin paradox" – a thought experiment that involves one twin being sent up to space while the other remains on Earth. Einstein's theory says that the twin on the spaceship, traveling at high speed around the universe, ages more slowly, and when she returns is younger than her Earth-bound sibling. This has been proved true by sending clocks up in planes. And in 2010 scientists published research showing that this can in fact be seen on smaller scales too – with height differences of less than a metre. The difference is much too small for humans to perceive, but, technically, time passes faster at your face than your feet, because the pull of Earth's gravitational field is ever so slightly stronger at your feet than at your head.

There are five species of flying snake.

There are five species of flying snake, which all belong to the genus Chrysopelea. Chrysopelea, more commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake, is a genus that belongs to the family Colubridae. Flying snakes are mildly venomous, though the venom is dangerous only to their small prey. Ok, so it's more like controlled falling than true flying. These snakes can't really gain altitude. But they can glide through the air between trees, so you'd forgive someone on the ground who sees that for saying "holy sh*t that's a flying snake". These snakes live in forests in South and Southeast Asia and hop between trees by wiggling their body to stay in the air, to save themselves the trouble of slithering all the way down and back up again.

There's a gas cloud in the constellation of Aquila that holds enough alcohol to make 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.

It's a thousand times the diameter of our solar system, and it contains enough ethyl alcohol to keep every single person on Earth very, very drunk for several billion years. Sadly, it's 10,000 light years away, and the alcohol is mixed in with some other chemicals that wouldn't taste so good, like hydrogen cyanide.

2.

1976 -

The NASA spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars on this day. The unmanned spacecraft took the first close-up, color photos of the planet’s surface.

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

Square Elephant Hat

Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, a brilliant astronomer who made many contributions to the world of science.

Pictures of the day

Intaglio is a printing and printmaking technique in which an image is incised into a surface, with the resulting incised lines and sunken areas holding ink. It is the direct opposite of relief printing, in which the parts of the matrix that make the image project from the main surface. The intaglio process probably originated in Germany in the 15th century, and came to be used for many mass-printed materials. Nowadays, intaglio engraving is mostly used for paper currency, passports, and occasionally high-value postage stamps. This macro photograph is of an 18.1 mm × 13.5 mm (0.71 in × 0.53 in) section of a Hungarian 1,000-forint banknote, depicting intaglio printing on the face of King Matthias Corvinus.

Cardiff, Calif.

A surfer gets some air off a wave.

Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and a leading scientist who made discoveries related to electricity.

knit
thanks, Paige

Echo Shawl pattern by Cate Carter-Evans

knit

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Owl Puppet

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HarVest and Pumpkin HarVest!

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Majorca Top
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Tumbling Blocks Blanket

Jane Goodall, a scientist famous for her studies of chimpanzees in Tanzania.

Knit Pattern of the Day: 

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Sixth Degree Shawl

Bonnie Blanket

French chemist Louis Pasteur. He was famous for his many discoveries related to the immune system and the nature of diseases.
crochet
thanks, Gabby

How To Crochet An Acorn Cap Necklace

crochet

thanks, Nancy

Apple Wreath

crochet

Bachelor's Button Rug

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Aeolis Throw

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Flower Square Blanket

Marie Curie, a scientist famous for being the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes as well as her extensive work on radioactivity. 

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

thanks, Debbie

Chicken Casserole (Meals for Hard Times)

Servings per Recipe: 6

Calories per Serving: 193

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Gluten-free

Diet: Gluten Free

Ingredients

• 2 cups frozen veggies, broccoli would be excellent
• 1 cup leftover cooked chicken
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup rice
• seasonings to taste, salt, pepper, season salt, galic salt, etc.
• ½ cup cheese , for topping

Instructions

• Put 1 cup of rice, and 1 cup of broth (conserving the rest), and 1 cup of water in a casserole dish with the chicken and broccoli.
• Season to taste, cover, and bake for 1/2 hour.
• Uncover and sprinkle a little of any kind of cheese and continue baking until cheese melts.

Johannes Kepler, a German astronomer famous for his laws of planetary motion. 

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Kale Mary

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist, inventor and scientist who made many contributions to these fields and others. He is often regarded as one of the most talented people to have ever lived.

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Stacy

Slow-Cooker Chicken & Dumplings

French physicist Pierre Curie, famous for his many breakthrough discoveries in radioactivity.

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE

Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.

thanks, Alice

Gluten-Free Apple Crisp with Cranberries

Nikola Tesla, an important scientist and inventor who made many contributions to the fields of magnetism and electricity, including the Tesla coil.

COPYCAT RECIPE 

thanks, Jenny

These homemade Pop-Tarts® include all the flavor of the original, but don't contain any of the stuff you can't pronounce on the back of the box! They freeze well and can be filled with anything. Try pumpkin butter, cinnamon sugar, Nutella®, or peanut butter and jelly! Homemade fruit preserves are delicious as well! Top with confectioners' sugar.

Pop-Tarts®

British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is well known for his work on black holes and his popular book ‘A Brief History of Time’. 

SWEETS

thanks, Anita

Grain-Free Amaretto Cookies

Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus devised a heliocentric model of the universe that differed from other theories at the time.

ADULT COLORING

Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher who contributed many ideas to science.

FUN

Can You Spot the Hidden Queen of Hearts in This Image?

This puzzle isn't for the faint of heart.

answer:

French physicist Blaise Pascal developed work on natural and applied sciences as well being a skilled mathematician and religious philosopher.

CRAFTS

thanks, Emma

Paint Sample Calendar

German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is famous for his work on electromagnetic radiation, earning the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Nobel Prize winning chemist, Ernest Rutherford worked on radioactivity, coining the terms ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’ to describe the two different types of radiation emitted by uranium and thorium. He also observed that radioactive material took the same amount of time for half of it to decay, known as its “half life”.

PUZZLE

Three Horses Jigsaw Puzzle



Austrian theoretical physicist Erwin Schrodinger. He was famous for his work on quantum mechanics and won the Nobel Prize in 1933.

WORD SEARCH

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James Maxwell, a Scottish theoretical physicist who made important contributions to electromagnetic theory. 

SUDOKU ... very hard

solution:

Danish physicist David Bohr, a famous scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

QUOTE

thanks, Judy



Max Planck, one of the 20th century's most important physicists, helping found quantum theory and earning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.

British physicist Michael Faraday, famous for his many contributions to science including electrochemistry and electromagnetism.

CLEVER 

DOG QUIZ

1. Is the domestic dog a carnivore, omnivore or herbivore?

2. True of false? Like most mammals, dogs have color vision which is similar to red-green color blindness in humans.

3. What is a dog’s most powerful sense?

4. The average lifespan of dogs is around 5 to 8 years, 10 to 13 years or 15 to 18 years?

5. According to the American Kennel Club, what is the most popular dog breed found in the USA?

6. True or false? Dogs are susceptible to parasites such as ticks, mites and fleas.

7. Who has better hearing, a human or a dog?

8. What is the name of the phobia for someone who has a fear of dogs?

9. True or false? The tallest dog in the world stands over 150cm in height.

10. Because of dogs unique relationship with humans they are often referred to as man’s best........?

 

Dog Quiz Answers

1. Omnivore - Dog’s can healthily eat a range of foods including grains and vegetables as part of their daily nutritional requirements without the need to solely rely on meat.

2. True

3. Its sense of smell.

4. 10 to 13 years

5. The Labrador Retriever

6. True

7. A dog - Dogs can hear both above and below humans on the frequency spectrum, can pinpoint sound direction faster and can hear sounds that are four times as far away as what humans can hear.

8. Cynophobia

9. False - The tallest dog is a Great Dane that stands 106.7 cm (42.2 in) at the top of the shoulder.

10. Friend

British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac standing in front of a blackboard. Dirac made many contributions in the early development of quantum mechanics.

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Lana

23 Easy At-Home Workouts You Can Do During Quarantine

Isaac Newton, one of the most famous scientists of all time.

thanks for the pics, Jeri

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

There are conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity. -Paul Bourget, novelist (2 Sep 1852-1935)

OPTICAL ILLUSION

How many human faces can you find in this picture?
There are probably more than you first see, so keep trying.
How did you do?

Seeing 4 or 5 is average. 6 or 7 is above average. 8 or 9, very observant. 10 or 11 extraordinarily observant.

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