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[IceWizard]

22 Apr 2017



Earth Day



Celebrate and protect our natural environment by taking part in Earth Day. Join with community groups to explore environmental and ecological issues on local and international scales, and work towards making a difference to our habitat.

If you’re really committed, why not learn the words to the Earth Day anthem (sung to the tune of ‘Ode to Joy’):

Joyful joyful we adore our Earth in all its wonderment
Simple gifts of nature that all join into a paradise
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love through out all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world
Now we must resolve to protect her
Show her our love through out all time
With our gentle hand and touch
We make our home a newborn world

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International Marconi Day



Amateur radios, point-to-point contacts, high-frequency wave transfers, a mysterious yet attractive prize for the most connected stations… All of this sounds like the beginning of a quirky yet adorable B-movie. In reality, it is the essence of International Marconi Day, a 24-hour amateur radio event which celebrates the career of Italian wireless communications pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. The event takes place annually on the Saturday closest to his birthday (April 25, 1874).

To commemorate the Nobel laureate’s achievements, fans use HF radio to make direct point-to-point contact between stations, relying on the same technology Marconi developed and utilized in his time. Although nowadays the Internet is the medium of choice for global communications, the idea behind International Marconi Day is to keep the spirit of invention alive. The event also provides an exciting throwback to the days when a connected planet Earth was but a bold dream and only a few exceptional people, such as Marconi, saw the value in it.

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April 22 Birthdays




Willie Robertson - 45




Jack Nicholson - 80




Queen Isabella - (1451 - 1504) (53)




Vladimir Lenin - Vladimir Lenin - (1870 - 1924) (53)




Missy Robertson - 45




Ryan Stiles - 58




Glen Campbell - 81




Peter Frampton - 67





April 22nd

2008: Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora pled no contest to one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol. Sambora received three years probation.

1993: The Who’s Tommy premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, where it performed until June 17, 1995.

1990: Ric Ocasek of The Cars performed his debut solo concert at New York City’s Central Park as part of Earth Day festivities on a bill that also included the B-52’s and Hall & Oates.

1981: Eric Clapton was hospitalized with bruised ribs and a lacerated shin after a car accident in Seattle, two days after being released from a hospital in St. Paul, MN.

1979: The Rolling Stones performed two benefit concerts for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Oshawa, ON as part of fulfilling Keith Richards’ 1978 sentence for possession of heroin. John Belushi emceed both concerts.

1978: Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi made their debut at The Blues Brothers on Saturday Night Live.

1972: Deep Purple reached number one on the U.K. Album Chart with Machine Head, which began a three week run on top.

1969: At a ceremony on the roof of the Apple building in London, John Lennon changed his middle name from Winston to Ono.

1969: The Who performed Tommy live in its entirety for the first time during a concert in Dolton, U.K.



Birthdays:

Peter Frampton born in 1950