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Sunday 16 Oct 2016

National Feral Cat Day



If the internet is any judge, everyone loves a cat, well… Unless it’s a stray cat, at which point the tropes involve more back-alley caterwauling and boots being thrown at yowling cats on fences.

Feral Cat Day is here to remind us of our love of the furry-little devils, and how every stray cat has within them a loving cuddle-able furball looking for a foreverhome.

History of Feral Cat Day

To talk about the history of Feral Cat Day one must first discuss the history of the cat. In the grand scheme of things cats have been domesticated nearly as long as dogs, and have been living alongside us for over 10,000 years.

There isn’t a place in the world that one can’t find cats in homes, and colonies of cats living in every nook and cranny of human cities. It’s no surprise either, we generate a lot of waste, and by extension attract a lot of vermin, vermin which these natural predators love to chase, catch, and eat.

In August of 2001, Alley Cat Allies celebrated their 10th anniversary, and launched the first annual Feral Cat Day to promote raising awareness about feral cat colonies and how to care for, and prevent them. Alley Cat Allies is a strong supporter of the ‘Trap-Neuter-Return’ policy, where stray cats are captured and brought in to local volunteer veterinarians to be neutered and returned to the streets.

This allows the cats to live out their lives on the streets, without creating more kittens to perpetuate the problem.



And



World Food Day



World Food Day was first launched in 1945.

The reason World Food Day was created was to celebrate the launch of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.

The main principle which World Food Day celebrates is the furtherance of food security all over the world, especially in times of crisis. The launch of the Food and Agriculture Organisation by the UN has played a huge role in taking this worthy goal forward. Its annual celebration serves as a marker of the importance of this organisation and helps to raise awareness of the crucial need for successful agriculture policies to be implemented by governments across the world to ensure there is ample food available for everyone. In recent years,

World Food Day has used its annual day of celebration to focus on different aspects of food security and agriculture, including fishing communities, climate change and biodiversity.

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October 16 Birthdays


Flea - 54



Angela Lansbury - 91



Oscar Wilde - (1854-1900)



Manute Bol - (1962-2010)



Suzanne Somers - 70



Tim Robbins - 58






October 16th

2006: CBGB, the legendary New York club credited with discovering The Ramones and Patti Smith closed. Smith performed the venue’s final concert the prior evening.

2002: Billy Joel checked out of the Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT where he allegedly was undergoing treatment for alcoholism.

1992: Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary tribute took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Special guests included Neil Young, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam and Roger McGuinn.

1991: Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell was arrested at a Holiday Inn in Santa Monica, CA and charged with being under the influence of a controlled substance after a maid who is cleaning his room found syringes, white powder and crack pipes.

1986: Keith Richards organized a concert at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis to celebrate Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday which was two days later. Berry would be joined onstage by the likes of Richards, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Cray, Julian Lennon, Linda Ronstadt and Etta James.

1982: The Alan Parsons Project peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Eye in the Sky” which was their first and only top ten single in the U.S.

1978: The Cars received their first Gold record for their self-titled debut album which went on to sell six million copies in the U.S.

1972: Credence Clearwater Revival announced that they were splitting up. The press release included a statement where the group said “We don’t regard this as breaking up. We look at it as an expansion of our activities.”

1965: The Beatles recorded “Day Tripper” at EMI Studios in London. The song would later reach number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.



Birthdays:

Fred Turner - Bassist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive born in 1943

Bob Weir - Guitarist for Grateful Dead born in 1947

Flea - Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers born in 1962