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Sunday 11 Dec 2016

Worldwide Candle Lighting Day



For hundreds of years, lighting a candle has been a way to show respect for those that have died. This beautiful gesture shows that although someone may be gone from this world, their memory will endure, and the light of their flame will continue to inspire and guide others.

Worldwide Candle Lighting Day is a celebration of solidarity and memory. It’s a day on which people around the world gather to light candles for children who have died and to show that they will always be loved and never forgotten.

The candles are lit at the same time in every time zone, meaning that a consistent warm glow passes around the planet for a full 24-hour day.

The History of Worldwide Candle Lighting Day

Worldwide Candle Lighting Day was a gift to the bereavement community from The Compassionate Friend.

The Compassionate Friend’s Worldwide Candle Lighting Day started in the United States in 1997 as a small internet observance in honor of children who lived tragically short lives for any number of reasons, from sickness, to accidents, to war, but has since spread throughout the world.

Nowadays, hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held in many different countries and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten. many organizations join in to observe this holiday, some of which are local bereavement groups, churches, funeral homes, hospitals, hospices, children’s gardens, schools, cemeteries, and community centers, and rememberance services have ranged in size from just a few people to nearly a thousand over the years since the creation of this special day.

All of this just goes to show how necessary it was to set this day aside for this purpose.



And



International Mountain Day



Towering, majestic, and beautiful. Mountains are some of the most beautiful of nature’s structures, stolid and regal they stand against the sky, of such a size that they can catch entire countryside’s in their shadow, and turn back the ravages of storms against their unflinching sides.

They are the source of recreation and resource, with snow covered sides providing ski slopes to enthusiasts, and minerals in abundance to those brave enough to delve into their stony sides.

In certain areas of the world they are also a source of unique agriculture, providing ample space for the production of those products that grow best on their slopes. Coffee, Cocoa, Herbs, Spices, and the form of handicrafts that spring from the minds of those who live in the unchanging protection of these towering edifices to geology. International Mountain Day is your opportunity to head out and appreciate these unique landforms, and all they have to offer.

History of International Mountain Day

Established in December of 2003, the United Nations General Assembly created this day to help bring awareness to all of the things we rely on mountains for. Whether it’s all of the glories mentioned above, or how necessary they are for the health and well-being of the flora and fauna that call them their home, International Mountain Day promotes them all.

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December 11 Birthdays


Nikki Sixx - 58



Jermaine Jackson - 62



Brenda Lee - 72



Karla Souza - 31



John Kerry - 73



Vampira - (1922-2008)



Donna Mills - 76








December 11th

2002: David Lee Roth filed a lawsuit against his then-former bandmates in Van Halen and Warner Bros. Records for unpaid royalties, claiming he was not included in their 1996 contract renegotiation with Warner Brothers Records.

2002: The remaining dates of Guns N’ Roses’ North American tour was cancelled by promoters after a riot in Philadelphia six days earlier due to Axl Rose no-showing the concert. 35 concerts were scheduled, but only 16 took place.

1993: Guns N’ Roses entered the Billboard 200 Album Chart at number four with their covers album “The Spaghetti Incident?” which was their last album to feature original guitarist Slash and original bassist Duff McKagan.

1982: Pat Benatar peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Shadows of the Night”, Benatar’s seventh top forty single in the U.S.

1982: Billy Idol made his first appearance on American Bandstand where he performed “Hot in the City” and “White Wedding”.

1978: Black Sabbath performed their last concert with their original lineup at the Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, NM. They later reunited for one- off performances at Live Aid in 1985 and in 1992 at Ozzy Osbourne’s “farewell” concerts before touring sporadically between the years of 1997-2005.

1976: During a Kiss concert in Lakeland, FL, Ace Frehley accidentally touched a short-circuited light bulb and was electrocuted. Frehley later returned to finish the concert and this incident inspired the song “Shock Me” which was Frehley’s first lead vocal in Kiss.

1972: Genesis made their U.S. live debut at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA outside of Boston.

1968: The Rolling Stones began filming their Rock and Roll Circus television special. Special guests included The Who, John Lennon, Jethro Tull and Eric Clapton. This television special wouldn’t see the light of day until 1996.



Birthdays:

Nikki Sixx - Bassist for Motley Crue born in 1958