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Tuesday 22 Nov 2016



Go For A Ride Day



Go For A Ride Day encourages you to get out into the world – hop on your bike, into your car, or simply get your walking boots out of storage and go on a trip.

Don’t worry too much about where you’re going, just enjoy the journey. What with all of the cell phones and emails constantly intruding on our lives, we can all agree that everyone needs some time to just get away from it all and feel free every now and then.

And what better way to do that then to just go for a ride!

The History of Go for a Ride Day

November 22nd has seen various developments of the transportation industry since as early as 1904, making Go For a Ride Day a celebration of not only cars, but any mode of transportation that strikes your fancy.

In 1904, a man named Mathias Pfatischer living in Philadephia, was the first American to patent the pioneer direct electricity and and interpole motor.

In 1927, another American inventor named Carl J. Eliason from Saynor, Wisconsin, acquired the patent for the snowmobile, which definitely drastically changed the lives of many of the inhabitants of Wisconsin for the better.

In 1977, the the regular mass service had their trial run on the famed supersonic Concorde.

As you can see, November 22nd has been an important day for various areas of the transportation industry.



November 22 Birthdays


Scarlett Johansson - 32



Jamie Lee Curtis - 58



Oscar Pistorius - 30



Billie Jean King - 73








November 22nd

2006: After living in the U.S. since the mid 1970’s, Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood became a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles.

2004: Ozzy Osbourne’s home in Buckinghamshire, U.K. was burglarized and stole over $3 million in jewelry. Osbourne had one of the burglars in a headlock however the burglar would later break free and jump out of a 30 foot tall window and was apparently injured by the fall.

2003: ZZ Top performed the final concert at The Summit in Houston, TX, the group’s hometown. Their first concert at The Summit was in November 1975. Joel Olsteen now preachs from the stage.

1994: Pearl Jam’s third studio album Vitalogy was initially released only on vinyl. It would debut at number 55 on the Billboard Album Chart with 35,000 copies sold. The CD and cassette release occurred two weeks later and afterwards reached number one and went on to sell five million copies in the U.S.

1992: Paul Simon kicked off his first tour of South America in Brazil. Simon recorded his previous album The Rhythm of the Saints with many Brazilian musicians.

1991: Alice Cooper came to the rescue of fans Patrick and Dee Ann Kelly of Riverside, CA whose home was being foreclosed. Patrick painted Cooper’s face on a psychedelic painting on the house to help sell it. Cooper signed autographs to help raise money and 4,000 people turned up for the Kelly’s yard sale and they made their mortgage payment.

1990: Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman announced that his 17 month marriage to model Mandy Smith was over.

1981: At the Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ron Wood joined Muddy Waters onstage during Waters’ set.

1965: Bob Dylan married his first wife, Sara Lowndes in a secret ceremony. The couple would divorce in June of 1977.



Birthdays:

Steven Van Zandt - Guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band born in 1949

Tina Weymouth - Bassist for Talking Heads born in 1950