September 25 is:
National Comic Book Day
National Quesadilla Day
The word, Quesadilla, in Spanish, literally means “little cheesy thing.”
It is said that one in three Americans make a quesadilla every week. * V&V Supremo®’s Chihuahua® Brand Quesadilla Cheese is the best choice for making your quesadillas authentic.
In the central and southern regions of Mexico, a quesadilla is a flat circle of cooked corn masa, called a tortilla, warmed to soften it enough to be folded in half, and then filled.
While 66% of people use two tortillas when they make quesadillas, the traditional Mexican method requires folding one tortilla in half.
In culinary terms, a quesadilla, is a tortilla that is filled with cheese, other toppings, then grilled or pan fried.
1237 – England and Scotland signed the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
1493 Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere. The second voyage brought European livestock (horses, sheep, and cattle) and settlers to America for the first time.
Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reached what would become known as the Pacific Ocean in 1513. He crossed the Isthmus of Panama.
1789 – The United States Congress passed twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
On September 25, 1890, the U.S. Congress established Sequoia National Park.. Yosemite National Park was established October 1, 1890.
Birthday of William Faulkner (September 25, 1897), the Nobel Prize-winning author of the American South, was born. Noted for writing “The Sound and the Fury”, “As I Lay Dying”, “Light in August”, “Absalom, Absalom!”, and “A Rose for Emily”.
President Woodrow Wilson was paralyzed by a stroke. On October 2, 1919, he suffered a second stroke, leaving him paralyzed on his left side, and with only partial vision in the right eye. He was confined to bed for weeks and sequestered from everyone except his wife and physician.
On this date in 1974, the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) was performed, on baseball player Tommy John. Today, nearly one-third of current Major League Baseball pitchers have undergone the surgery.