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October
16th
World
Food Day
世界粮食日
World
Food Day is celebrated every year on the
16th of October to commemorate the founding of
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO) in 1945. It aims to
increase public awareness of the plight of the
world's hungry and malnourished and to encourage
people worldwide to take action against hunger.
More than 150 countries observe this event every
year.
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October
19th
Star
Spangled Banner
First
Sung In 1814
1814年《星条旗》
--美国国歌首度演唱
"The
Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of
the United States of America. The lyrics come
from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott
Key, a then 35-year-old amateur poet. The
poem was set to the tune of a popular British
drinking song, which was already popular in the
United States. Renamed "The Star-Spangled
Banner", it would soon become a well-known
American patriotic song. With a range of one and
a half octaves, it is known for being difficult
to sing.
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October
22nd
Thomas
Edison Demonstrates Electric Light
“托马斯爱迪生”
点燃了第一盏电灯
In
1879, after many experiments with platinum and
other metals, Thomas Edison successfully
demonstrated electric light on October 22,
1879. The experiment, which used low
current electricity, a small carbon filament and
a vacuum inside a glass globe, produced light
that lasted 40 hours.
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