February 2022
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED ANNIVERSARY
February 3, 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash. Don McLean would call it "The Day the Music Died" in his 1971 hit "American Pie."
Find out more »Birthday – GORD DOWNIE
Gordon Edgar Downie CM (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and popular artists in Canadian music history. Downie has released seven solo albums, two posthumously: Coke Machine Glow (2001), Battle of the…
Find out more »THE BEATLES ON ED SULLIVAN SHOW (1964)
9 February 1964 was the date of The Beatles' record-breaking first live appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, at Studio 50 in New York City. Seventy-three million people were reported to have watched the first show. It is still supposed to be one of the largest viewing audiences ever in the States.
Find out more »Take-Out Ham and Potato Salad Dinner
St. Mary's Polish Church will have a take-out Ham and Potato Salad Dinner on Friday, February 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Menu also includes coleslaw, bun, and dessert. Tickets are $12 each and must be pre-purchased (there will be no sales at the door). Orders for this take-out dinner can be picked up at the side door of St. Mary's Polish Church. This is a fund-raiser to support the St. Michael's Polish Benefit Society. Tickets can be ordered…
Find out more »SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Super Bowl LVI, the 56th Super Bowl and the 51st modern-era National Football League championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2021 NFL season. The American Football Conference champion Cincinnati Bengals will play the National Football Conference champion LA Rams at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The halftime show will be headlined by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar.
Find out more »Birthday – DISCO (52)
Rarely does a dance movement fit so precisely within a decade. Seventies Disco was born on Valentine's Day 1970, when David Manusco opened The Loft in New York City, and it rapidly faded in 1980. When the Disco movement peaked in 1978-79, the demographic was predominantly white, heterosexual, urban and suburban middle class. But it didn't begin that way. For the first eight years, Disco was an underground movement. Then the film Saturday Night Fever (December 1977) helped turn the…
Find out more »VALENTINE’S DAY
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have given way to mass-produced greeting cards. In North America, about 190 million Valentine's Day cards…
Find out more »“WHITE JUAN” (2004)
White Juan is the unofficial name given to the hurricane-strength nor'easter blizzard of February 2004 that affected most of Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States between February 17 and 20, 2004—five months after Hurricane Juan devastated Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Snowfall amounts for February 18–19 The aftermath of White Juan Halifax and Dartmouth: 95.5 centimetres (37.6 in) Yarmouth: 101.0 centimetres (39.8 in) Charlottetown: 74.4 centimetres (29.3 in) Halifax International Airport: 66.8 centimetres (26.3 in) Enfield: 66.6…
Find out more »NOVA SCOTIA HERITAGE DAY
Heritage Day in Nova Scotia is a provincial holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Introduced in 2015, each year this holiday will honour a different person or event, chosen by Nova Scotian school children. Heritage day in 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the Landscape of Grand-Pré becoming a UNESCO World Heritage site. Today we celebrate the rich heritage of this landscape which features an exceptional traditional agricultural settlement still in use today and an iconic place of…
Find out more »Guided Winter Snowshoe Hike
Bell Bay Golf Club Snowshoe: February 27 Hike Nova Scotia and the Baddeck Nordic Club present a guided snowshoe at the Bell Bay Golf Club in Baddeck on February 27 at 1:00 pm. 10 pairs of snowshoes are available to rent. Registration is required in advance; details are at www.hikenovascotia.ca.
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