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November 6 Birthdays




Emma Stone - 28



Sally Field - 70



Glenn Frey - (1948-2016)



James Naismith - (1861-1939)



Maria Shriver - 61



Pat Tillman - (1976-2004)








November 6th

1993: Pearl Jam entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart at number one with their sophomore album Vs. The band also set a record for most copies of an album sold in one week, which has since been broken.

1993: Rush entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart at number two with their fifteenth studio album Counterparts which was Rush’s highest charting album in the U.S. along with 2012’s Clockwork Angels which also debuted at number two.

1980: Led Zeppelin met with their manager Peter Grant on the Isle of Jersey to discuss their future in the wake of John Bonham’s death. The group made the decision to disband and they would publicly announce this on December 4, 1980.

1976: The Steve Miller Band reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the second time with “Rock’n Me” which spent one week on top of the chart.

1976: Heart peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Magic Man” which was their first top ten single in the U.S.

1972: Deep Purple received their first Gold record for their sixth studio album Machine Head which later went on to sell two million copies in the U.S.

1970: Aerosmith performed their first concert at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, MA.

1965: The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane performed at the opening of The Fillmore West in San Francisco.

1965: The Rolling Stones reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Get Off of My Cloud” which would spend two weeks on top of the chart.



Birthdays:

Glenn Frey - Guitarist for The Eagles born in 1948

Monday 7 Nov 2016



Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day



This intriguingly specific Day celebrates a particular combination of flavours – dark, bitter chocolate and toasted almonds. This is one of the oldest recipes involving chocolate known in the English-speaking world, featuring as the only chocolate dish in an 18th-century cookbook.

The Day stands alongside Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day. This festivity exists mainly as an idea circulated on the internet. It is sponsored by the National Confections Association, and celebrated and encouraged by organisations such as food.com, a site which aims to encourage cooking and the appreciation of food by holding various different food days.

Both the tannins in dark chocolate and the various fatty acids in almonds have many health benefits, various studies have shown. Bitter Chocolate with Almonds Day encourages a delicious and nourishing dessert, which contributes to health and long life.

Celebrate by dipping blanched almonds in the best dark chocolate you can find, and serving to your friends with a glass of red wine!



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Hug A Bear Day



Hug a Bear day isn’t about the big fuzzy beasts that roam the forests munching on nuts and berries, and once a year or so busting out the fishing skills to scoop up salmon from the teeming rivers. Hugging one of those could in fact lead to a very bad day.

They are instead about our favorite fuzzy knights of Yore. They’re big and fuzzy and warm, they watch over us at night and keep the monsters in the closet and under the bed at bay.

They’re often the first gift we’re ever given, and many of us carry them forward into our adult lives as ‘memoirs’ of our past. But we all know the real reason we still have them is our lives seem a little better, and a little saner, with our childhood protectors still working for us.

History of Hug a Bear Day

The history of stuffed animals goes back a long ways, some archaeological evidence suggests as far as Ancient Egypt. What is known for certain is that plush toys as we know them first started hitting the scene in the 1830’s, but the most iconic of all of them, the Teddy Bear, came about in 1902.

Story goes that American President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting, and refused to shoot a baby bear they came across.

Since that day the Teddy Bear has stood as the childhood toy that is given to almost every child.

The term “Teddy” was even derived from the name of this self-same president. There are now millions of Teddy Bears produced every year, in a rainbow of styles and colors.

No matter what your imagination may produce, there is sure to be a Teddy Bear that meets your idea of the perfect fuzzy protector.

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November 7 Birthdays




Madame Curie - (1867-1934)



Billy Graham - 98



Dana Plato - (1964-1999)



Joni Mitchell - 73



Christopher Knight - 59



King Kong Bundy - 59



Jon Taffer - 62








November 7th

2008: Def Leppard and Taylor Swift’s performance together on CMT Crossroads premiered. The program showed them performing four of Swift’s songs and four Def Leppard songs.

2006: Genesis announced that they would be reuniting for tours of Europe and North America in 2007.

2003: The Rolling Stones performed in Hong Kong for the first time, performing a concert to quell fear of the SARS epidemic. Neil Young was the opener and they performed together again two days later.

2003: Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music.

2002: Twelve Guns N’ Roses fans were arrested for rioting after a concert scheduled to take place in Vancouver was cancelled. Promoters cancelled the concert due to Axl Rose’s flight from Los Angeles being delayed.

1998: Black Sabbath entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart at number eleven with their live album Reunion which was recorded during two concerts at the National Exhibition Centre Arena in their hometown of Birmingham, U.K. The album went on to go Platinum in the U.S.

1995: Pearl Jam ended their tour in support of Vitalogy in the second of a two night sold out stand at the San Diego Sports Arena. The Ramones opened both concerts.

1991: Frank Zappa was diagnosed with prostate cancer which was announced by his children Moon Unit and Dweezil.

1974: Ted Nugent won the U.S. National Squirrel Shooting Archery Contest. Nugent picked off a squirrel from 150 yards and gunned down over two dozen other live moving targets.



Birthdays:

Tommy Thayer - Guitarist for Black N’ Blue and Kiss born in 1960

Tuesday 8 Nov 2016



X-Ray Day

Quote:If the hand be held between the discharge-tube and the screen, the darker shadow of the bones is seen within the slightly dark shadow-image of the hand itself… For brevity’s sake I shall use the expression ‘rays’; and to distinguish them from others of this name I shall call them ‘X- rays’. – Wilhelm Röntgen

In 1895 there was an incredible discovery made, one that would utterly change the way we looked at the human body, both literally and figuratively. On the back of this discovery, a million new technologies would be developed in the areas of medicine, security, and much more.

The man who discovered all this?

Wilhelm Röntgen, and as a result, he may just be one of the most important men in medical history. X-Ray Day celebrates his discovery and everything that’s come from it.

History of X-Ray Day

The X-Ray was discovered by accident, as part of an experiment where Wilhelm was attempting to ascertain whether or cathode rays could pass through glass.

Nearby there was a chemically coated screen, and from it was emanating an odd glow, and dubbed the rays causing that glow X-Rays.

Why you ask?

Because he didn’t know what they were, so the ubiquitous ‘X for unknown’ was utilized. They’ve been called X- Rays ever since.

So what are x-rays really?

They’re energy waves of electromagnetism that act in much the same way light rays do, but with an incredibly short wavelength. 1,000 times shorter than those of light to be precise.

Once he discovered them, he began experimenting extensively with them, determining what they could and couldn’t pass through, and how they could be photographed. It was through this that he discovered that lead absorbed it almost completely, and human bone would stop it, creating a new and innovative way to see what was going on inside the human body.

X-Rays were used extensively during the Balkan War to locate shrapnel, bullets, and broken bones in soldiers in the field. X-Rays were used extensively in things like shoe-fittings until it became apparent that it wasn’t all fun and games.

Now they’re used for things like security at airports, material analysis, and more, but with much more attention to safety.



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Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day



Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day is an event that leaves little to the imagination. In other words, cooking something original, spicy and even a bit offencive is the entire intent of this day.

Still, it is not meant to merely represent a disgusting concoction of disparate ingredients. Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day is intended to celebrate the use of herbs such as garlic and hot pepper to promote health and longevity.

The best way to recognise Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day is by (you have guessed it) cooking something bold and pungent. By using a bit of imagination, one may even find that a surprisingly original dish can be created.

When boldness is combined with innovation, some interesting results can occur!

November 8 Birthdays




Gordon Ramsay - 50



Tara Reid - 41



David Muir - 43



Esther Rolle - (1920-1998)



Jack Osbourne - 31



Leif Garrett - 55








November 8th

2008: AC/DC reached the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the first time in twenty- seven years with Black Ice which began a two week run at number one.

1986: Boston reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the first and only time with “Amanda”. “Amanda” was one of the few songs to reach the top of the singles chart in the 1980s without a music video made for it.

1986: Ric Ocasek of The Cars made his first televised appearance as a solo artist as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

1985: Jack Osbourne, the third child of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne was born in St. John’s Wood, London.

1980: Bruce Springsteen reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the first time with The River. It would remain on top of the chart for four weeks.

1980: AC/DC peaked at number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “You Shook Me All Night Long” which was their first top forty single in the U.S.

1977: Suzi Quatro made her first appearance on Happy Days as Leather Tuscadero, the younger sister of Fonzie’s girlfriend.

1971: Led Zeppelin released their fourth album Led Zeppelin IV. The album would later reach number two on the Billboard 200 album chart and sell 23 million copies in the U.S. alone, making it the third biggest selling album in U.S. history.

1970: Jim Morrison recorded poetry which would later be set to music by The Doors after Morrison’s death released in 1978 as An American Prayer.



Birthdays:

Roy Wood - Singer and guitarist for The Move born in 1946

Bonnie Raitt born in 1949

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Wednesday 9 Nov 2016

TRUMP WINS!!





World Freedom Day



In many parts of the world, freedom is something that is taken for granted—the freedom to choose any religion we want (or no religion at all), the freedom to be in a relationship with the person we love, the freedom to travel…the list goes on.

Unfortunately, there are many, many places in the world where these freedoms are not available to most people, who are forced to live empty, unfulfilling lives so the rulers of their countries don’t have them thrown in jail or worse.

If you don’t know what it means to be afraid to voice your opinion, then you can consider yourself very lucky to live in a place where liberty is a priority as well as a basic human right.

And like all good things, liberty should be celebrated, and that’s what World Freedom Day is all about.

The History of World Freedom Day

The World Freedom Day is a federal observance commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. The day commemorates the end of communism in Eastern and Central Europe and was designated in 2001 by President George W. Bush.

It was created to celebrate the reunification of loved ones separated by the Iron Curtain and differing ideologies, and ultimately serves to acknowledge that the resolve of the masses can shift boundaries, break unfavorable resolutions and ultimately determine the type of leadership they desire so as to live is a freer, more fair society.

World Freedom Day is Celebrated on November 9th.



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Chaos Never Dies Day



There are, let’s face it, quite a number of days dedicated to stress relief, calmness and generally taking it easy.

All of these days work on the premise that we’re too busy, too bustly, and need to step away from it all for a little while.

But the world doesn’t work like that – we’re all busy, all the time, and nothing’s ever simple or quiet!

Chaos Never Dies Day takes the stance that the perfect, quiet moment we’re all striving for and anticipating doesn’t – and likely never will – exist, and that we should make the most of now, chaos-and-all, and embrace the moment.

November 9 Birthdays


Carl Sagan - (1934-1996)



Lou Ferrigno - 65



Hedy Lamarr - (1913-2000)



Tom Fogerty - 75



Alan Gratzer - 68



Joe Bouchard - 68




November 9th

1996: Van Halen’s first compilation album Best of Volume I became their fifth album to reach the top of the Billboard 200 Album Chart. The album spent one week at number one and went on to sell three million copies in the U.S.

1996: Bob Dylan licensed “The Times They Are a-Changin’” to be used in a commercial for the Bank of Montreal. This was the first time Dylan licensed a song of his to be used in a commercial.

1976: Frank Zappa received his first Gold record for his 1973 album Over-Nite Sensation.

1974: Bachman-Turner Overdrive went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the only time with “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” which spent one week on top of the chart.

1968: Cream peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “White Room” which was their second and final top ten single in the U.S.

1968: Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant married his first wife Maureen Wilson in London. Their wedding reception was Led Zeppelin’s concert at London’s Roundhouse, which was their first concert in London. The couple would divorce in August of 1983.

1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone was published with John Lennon on the cover dressed in army fatigues while filming How I Won the War.

1967: Roger McGuinn kicked David Crosby out of The Byrds. Crosby shortly thereafter formed Crosby, Stills and Nash.

1966: John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time when he attended a private viewing of her art collection at the Indica Gallery in London.



Birthdays:

Tom Fogerty - Guitarist for Credence Clearwater Revival born in 1941

Joe Bouchard - Bassist for Blue Oyster Cult born in 1948

Alan Gratzer - Drummer for REO Speedwagon born in 1948

Thursday 10 Nov 2016



Sesame Street Day



There are very few of us who have not been impacted by Sesame Street in our childhood years. So, it only makes sense that Sesame Street Day was created to celebrate the tremendous influence that this maverick television programme has had upon our lives.

Sesame Street day was first established in 2009 to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its original broadcast. While initiated in New York, it should come as no great surprise that this occasion is now recognised by tens of thousands of individuals from around the world. In fact, the number of followers continues to grow each year.

Commemorating Sesame Street Day has no real conventions; you can choose to celebrate it as you see personally fit. You might wish to relive your youth by watching old episodes or instead head to the local toy store and pick out your favourite Muppet.

Either way, Sesame Street Day is a true celebration of our childhoods!



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Area Code Day



In the beginning of the world with telephones, things were easy. You didn’t even call a number, you just called your operator and asked them to hook you up with someone in your town.

Need the Doctor, you could not only ask the operator to connect you with one but ask which one she’d suggest.

Eventually, the phone system expanded beyond just local networks and started connecting towns, counties, states, and nations. The first step was putting in a number system so that each person could dial another directly, but then there weren’t enough numbers.

Area Code Day celebrates the solution that has become a part of our everyday existence ever since.

History of Area Code Day

Area Codes first came into existence in the 1940’s in the laboratories of AT and T and Bell, slowly but surely this idea was expanded on and developed until it finally went into effect in 1947.

It was called the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) and would solve the issue of not enough phone numbers for both the USA and Canada.

It all started with numbering states and provinces with a single area code were assigned codes that had a 0 in the middle.

There’re some creative ideas that were implemented to help make dialing easier, including how the numbers were distributed.

Live in an area that has a lot of people in it?

They’ll be assigned area codes that have lower numbers at the beginning and end.

Why?

Well, in those days phone calls were made with rotary dialers, and it was determined that those in denser populated areas should be able to dial faster.

How do you make rotary phones dial faster?

By using numbers that were closer to zero so they had a shorter pull time.

Yeah… If you’ve never seen a rotary phone you probably have no idea what we’re talking about, but trust us, at the time? It worked.

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November 10 Birthdays


Glen Buxton - 69



Greg Lake - 69



Miranda Lambert - 33



Ellen Pompeo - 47



Tracy Morgan - 48



Martin Luther - (1483-1546)



Lilly Pulitzer - (1931-2013)



Sinbad - 60








November 10th

2003: While performing a concert in Nice, France, David Bowie cut his concert short due to laryngitis. His voice gave out during “Ziggy Stardust”.

2002: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Brian Setzer and Lenny Kravitz made guest appearances on The Simpsons running a Rock ‘n Roll Fantasy Camp.

1995: Bryan Adams and Bonnie Raitt performed their duet “Rock Steady” on the Late Show with David Letterman.

1992: Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose was found guilty of property damage, assault and inciting a riot during a 1991 concert outside of St. Louis. Rose was given two years probation and ordered to donate $50,000 to five local social- service organizations.

1986: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band released Live/1975-85 which went on to become one of the biggest selling box sets of all time selling thirteen million copies in the U.S. alone.

1983: Billy Idol released his second solo album Rebel Yell which went on to reach number six on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and sell two million copies in the U.S.

1983: Dire Straits singer and guitarist Mark Knopfler got married for the second time when he married Lourdes Salamone. They would divorce in 1993.

1979: The Eagles went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart for the last time with “Heartache Tonight” a song co-written by Bob Seger.

1968: Jefferson Airplane appeared on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for the third time. During this appearance where they performed “Crown of Creation” singer Grace Slick in partial blackface gave the black power salute.



Birthdays:

Glen Buxton - Guitarist for Alice Cooper born in 1947

Greg Lake - Bassist for King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer born in 1947

Friday 11 Nov 2016

Veterans Day


Joseph F. Ambrose, a World War I veteran, attends the dedication day parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982 at 86 years old, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.


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Origami Day

Quote:When you fold a piece of paper, you’re essentially changing the memory of that piece. – Eric Demaine in Between the Folds

There’s a birthday coming, and it’s an important one for all you paper folding fanatics. It’s the birthday of Lillian Oppenheimer, the founder of the first origami group in America. She also was instrumental in the founding of the British Origami Society and Origami USA.

So if you love the art of folding paper and creating beautiful creations from paper, cloth, dollar bills, napkins, or anything that’ll hold a crease, Origami Day is for you!

History of Origami Day

The art of folding paper arose in several places throughout the world, including Europe, China, and Japan. It has accompanied traditions and celebrations of every kind, including funerals, birthdays, and more.

The first actual reference to a paper model is in a poem, which somehow seems appropriate given that such things are traditionally written on paper.

In that poem, a butterfly design was referenced in connection to Shinto weddings, but that’s just one of many ways that these designs were used.

In Europe, it was napkin folding that was all the rage, a tradition which was abundant during the 17th and 18th centuries as a sign of being a good host or hostess.

Sadly, this particular tradition was going to fade out and become nearly forgotten until recently, when it’s beginning to see something of a resurgence.

When Japan opened its borders in the late 1800’s, they started incorporating German paper folding techniques and two worlds came together in a glorious union.

These days Origami has been used as a beacon of hope, with the tradition of folding a thousand cranes being done for people who are in the hospital fighting cancer, for instance.



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Pocky Day



You’ll find it at every place that fans of Japanese culture and anime gather. It graces the shelves of every con, and even appears in places as common as Wal-Mart in a variety of flavors and colors.

The concept is simple, a delicious slightly sweet biscuit dipped in a coating of flavor that can be easily snacked on.

In Japan it is one of the most popular treats that can be found, and even appears in bars served alongside a glass of ice water.

We are, of course, talking about Pocky, and Pocky Day is an excuse (like you need one) to introduce your friends to it and eat as much as you want!

History of Pocky Day

1963 saw the creation of a new delicious innovation in snacking, a breadstick coated in chocolate and served in boxes. It was instantly popular, though it had the issue of being messy to eat, the entire stick was coated in chocolate and thus resulted in chocolate coated hands. Surely this wouldn’t do, this candy, known as Pretz, was in for a revolution.

Ezaki Glico food corporation went back to the drawing board, and came up with a number of solutions for their popular candy. Should they cover one end of the stick in a removable foil?

Certainly this would work, but it would also result in increased costs for a typically low cost snack, and it would be annoying for the customer.

Suddenly they’d have a new piece to get rid of, and have to unwrap it while snacking.

Then genius struck, they’d just remove chocolate from a portion of the candy, and leave it with a handle. From that one decision a sensation was born, they renamed it to Rocky until 2014, when the name we know and love, Pocky, became the name that would stay.

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November 11 Birthdays


Leonardo DiCaprio - 42



Demi Moore - 54



Abigail Adams - (1744-1818)



George S. Patton - (1885-1945)



Fuzzy Zoeller - 65






November 11th

1990: Outside of an AC/DC concert in East Rutherford, NJ, a 21 year old man died after being attacked. A New Jersey state trooper was later cleared of criminal wrongdoing in connection with the incident.

1989: The Rolling Stones peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 Album Chart with Steel Wheels which went on to sell two million copies in the U.S.

1986: Pink Floyd issued a statement that they would continue to use the name even though Roger Waters was no longer in the band.

1978: The Rolling Stones peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Chart with “Beast of Burden” which was their second top ten single off of Some Girls.

1977: Wings released “Mull of Kintyre” which went on to become their biggest hit in the U.K., later reaching number one for eight weeks. It only went to number forty-five in the U.S.

1972: Berry Oakley, bassist for The Allman Brothers Band died in a motorcycle accident in Macon, GA. He was 24 years old.

1970: Bob Dylan published his first novel, the long awaited Tarantula which was poorly received.

1969: The Doors’ singer Jim Morrison was arrested for allegedly attacking a stewardess during a flight from Los Angeles to Phoenix. Morrison was charged with public drunkenness and interfering with the flight of an aircraft. The charges would later be dropped after the stewardess withdrew her evidence.

1965: The Velvet Underground performed their first concert as the opening act for the Middle Class at a high school dance in Summit, NJ.



Birthdays:

Chris Dreja - Guitarist for The Yardbirds born in 1945

Vince Martell - Guitarist for Vanilla Fudge born in 1945

Rudy Sarzo - Bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot and Whitesnake born in 1950