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[IceWizard]

Sunday 17 July 2016



National Peach Ice Cream Day







Peaches are a summer fruit, and Peach Ice Cream Day is a way to celebrate their goodness while enjoying a cooling delicious dessert.

Peaches are native to China and were taken to America by Spanish explorers in the 16th century.

Commercial cultivation has made them the second biggest fruit crop in the US (after apples). Peach ice cream is generally only made during the summer months and can be enjoyed in a sundae, as an ice-cream cone, on top of slices of peach, or simply on its own in a dish. It doesn’t need sprinkles, sauces or toppings as they can overpower the delicate flavour.

Celebrate Peach Ice Cream Day by making your own in an ice-cream maker. It’s easy to do and you can use big chunks of fresh peach, like the old-fashioned ice-cream used to be. Be generous with your scoop!



And



National Yellow Pig Day









Yellow Pig Day originated in the 1960s when two math students from Princeton spent a long time obsessively analysing the number 17. It seems that they went a little mad eventually, and decided to invent the concept of a yellow pig with 17 toes, 17 teeth, and so forth…

Now Yellow Pig Day is an important part of the academic calendar, and is celebrated with cake, carols, parades and general revelry.

Note
It was the 60's... And Dr. Timothy Leary was "preachin his word" ... These "college students" may have been Leary followers

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Gangsta Grandma - 87



David Hasselhoff - 64



Angela Merkel - 62



Donald Sutherland - 81



John Jacob Astor - (1763-1848)



Phyllis Diller - (1917-2012)

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Also ..... Today in Rock



2006: Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro announced that he was splitting up with his third wife Carmen Electra. Electra filed for divorce the following month.

1996: Chas Chandler, bassist for The Animals and manager for The Jimi Hendrix Experience died of an aortic aneurysm. He was 58 years old.

1994: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley made a surprise appearance at a Kiss convention in Pontiac, MI to reclaim Kiss costumes stolen from more than a decade ago.

1993: Guns N’ Roses performed the last concert of their 26 month tour in support of Use Your Illusion I and II in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It would also be their final full concert with original members Slash and Duff McKagan.

1992: A co-headlining tour with Guns N’ Roses and Metallica kicked off at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC with Faith No More as the opening act. They originally wanted Nirvana as the opening act, but refused due to Kurt Cobain’s dislike of Axl Rose’s “macho rock persona”.

1982: Judas Priest released their eighth studio album Screaming for Vengeance which went on to be their first top twenty album in the U.S. And their biggest selling album selling two million copies in the U.S.

1979: Gary Moore left Thin Lizzy in the midst of a U.S. tour and was replaced by Midge Ure.

1974: The Moody Blues opened their own recording studio in London which was the first quadrophonic facility in the world.

1972: Before The Rolling Stones performed at the Montreal Forum, a bomb exploded under their equipment. The bomb was believed to be the work of French separatists.



Birthdays:

Spencer Davis born in 1939

Ron Asheton-guitarist for The Stooges born in 1948

Geezer Butler-bassist for Black Sabbath born in 1949

Mick Tucker-drummer for Sweet born in 1949