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Confetti cakes date at least back to the 1950s; a 1956 Betty Crocker advertisement in Life announced a new "confetti angel food" cake mix containing "colorful little morsels of sweetness". [3] In 1989, the Pillsbury Company introduced "Funfetti" cake, a portmanteau of fun and confetti , which achieved great popularity.
Shashtipurti (Sanskrit: षष्ठीपूर्ति, romanized: Ṣaṣṭipūrti) or Shashtiabdapurti (Sanskrit: षष्ट्यब्दपूर्ति ...
Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee service, 22 June 1897 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Monument in Krumau am Kamp remembering the 60th anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph I's enthronement in 1908. A diamond jubilee celebrates the 60th anniversary of a significant event related to a person (e.g. accession to the throne or wedding, among ...
Examples of computer clip art, from Openclipart. Clip art (also clipart, clip-art) is a type of graphic art. Pieces are pre-made images used to illustrate any medium. Today, clip art is used extensively and comes in many forms, both electronic and printed. However, most clip art today is created, distributed, and used in a digital form.
For smaller volumes of confetti, ABS or PVC "barrels" are filled and the confetti is projected via a "cannon" (a small pressure vessel) using compressed air or carbon dioxide. For larger venues or volumes of confetti, a venturi air mover powered by carbon dioxide is used to propel significantly larger volumes of confetti greater distances.
A jubilee is a special year of remission of sins, debts and universal pardon. In the Book of Leviticus, a jubilee year is mentioned to occur every 50th year (after 49 years, 7x7, as per Lev 25:8, NRSV) during which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest.
9: Agonalia in honor of Janus, after whom the month January is named; first of at least four festivals named Agonalia throughout the year; 11 and 15: Carmentalia, with Juturna celebrated also on the 11th; 13 (Ides) 24–26: most common dates for the Sementivae, a feriae conceptivae of sowing, perhaps also known as the Paganalia as celebrated by ...
10 cent stamps to commemorate National Day in 1962, which was held on 3 June. Singapore initially had a different date for National Day prior to 9 August, when it commemorated 3 June after achieving full internal self-governance from the United Kingdom in 1959.