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[IceWizard]

03 Sept 2017


National Skyscraper Day



The construction of tall buildings has become so commonplace in cities around the globe that the general public gives little thought to the visionaries responsible for creating a city’s unique skyline. Skyscraper day provides the opportunity to learn more about the architects who commit a dream to paper and the construction crews that make it reality.

Whoever it was that first considered placing dwellings on top of each other instead of side-by-side would be astounded at how modern buildings literally seem to touch the sky. What they may also find interesting is the status that is often attached to living or working at the highest level. Although this analogy is obvious there is another to be drawn from the consequences of a power failure. These are just a few aspects to ponder on a day that is set aside to reflect on man’s apparent conquest of upper space.


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Pet Rock Day



Hallowe’en can be a traumatic time for pets. Between the parties, costumes and bombardment of trick or treaters, the non-human components of your family can find themselves a little stressed out, which is one of the reasons to spend the days leading up to Hallowe’en comforting and reassuring them. Thank goodness, then, for Pet Rock Day, offering the perfect opportunity to pamper and spoil the special stone in your life.

Launched in the 1970s by advertising executive Gary Dahl, the pet rock was an antithesis to those living pets in need of regular care. It did, however, come with a mean “attack” mode. For a mere $3.95 people could adopt their very own rock, supplied on a bed of hay in an well-ventilated box. Like all things, pet rocks are more expensive these days, but you could always catch a wild one for free – just remember that undomesticated rocks may be more difficult to handle…

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September 3 Birthdays




Charlie Sheen - 52




Shaun White -31




Don Brewer - 69




Steve Jones - 62










September 3rd


2010: Electric Light Orchestra cellist Mike Edwards was killed when a cylindrical hay bale weighing 1,300 pounds rolled and collided with the van he was driving. Edwards was 62 years old.

2002: The Rolling Stones kicked off their 40th anniversary tour in Boston in support of their compilation album Forty Licks.

1999: Motley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx was arrested after a concert in Raleigh, NC on charges on inciting a riot in Greensboro, NC in October of 1997. Sixx also faced charges of assault and disorderly conduct.

1994: John Mellencamp peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with his cover of Van Morrison’s “Wild Night” which was a duet with Me’shell Ndegeocello & was Mellencamp’s tenth and last top ten single in the U.S.

1992: David Bowie became the first person to appear on the cover of Architectural Digest in four years.

1988: Triumph performed their last concert with guitarist and singer Rik Emmett until 2008 at the Kingswood Music Theatre at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, ON outside of Toronto.

1982: The US Festival kicked off the first of three days in San Bernardino, CA. Artists on the bill included The Police, Talking Heads, The Ramones, Pat Benatar, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Cars, The Kinks, Santana, Fleetwood Mac, & the Grateful Dead.

1977: Heart peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with “Barracuda” their third top forty single in the U.S.

1970: It was reported that Bob Dylan’s bootleg album Great White Wonder has sold over 350,000 copies.



Birthdays:

Freddie King born in 1934

Don Brewer - Drummer for Grand Funk Railroad born in 1948

Steve Jones - Guitarist for the Sex Pistols born in 1955