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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