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N A T I O N A L I C E C R E A M D A Y  National ice cream day was created in July by President Ronald Reagan. He also declared the third Sunday of every month is National ice cream day but July is National ice cream month. Reagan thought ice cream was fun and a good food that was enjoyed by 90% of the nation’s population. The (IICA) International Ice Cream Association encourages retailers and consumers to celebrate the occasion because the ice cream industry supplies citizens with thousands of jobs. It also generates about $21 billion in annual sales. Did you know that 9% of the milk manufactured by the U.S. is used to make ice cream products? The (IICA) which was founded in the 1900’s is responsible manufacturing and distributing more then 85% of ice cream and frozen deserts consumed by America. In 2009, national ice cream day will be on July 19. National ice cream day isn’t the only ice cream day, there are many others. National rocky road day(June 2), Ice cream soda(June 20), Create ice cream flavor day(July 1), National strawberry sundae day(July 7), National ice cream sandwich day(August 2), and National creamsicle day(August 14). So celebrate and enjoy!