November 2020
Birthday – PREMIER STEPHEN MCNEIL (56)
Stephen McNeil MLA (born November 10, 1964) is a Canadian politician who is the 28th and current premier of Nova Scotia, having assumed office on October 22, 2013. He has also represented the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 2003 and has been the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party since 2007.
Find out more »Birthday – ALDO NOVA (64)
Aldo Nova (born Aldo Caporuscio on November 13, 1956) is a Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. Nova initially gained fame with his self-titled debut album Aldo Nova in 1982 which climbed to Billboard's number 8 position, and its accompanying single, "Fantasy", which climbed to number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Nova produced some early Celine Dion albums. He co-wrote the hit song, "A New Day Has Come" for Dion, and has been featured playing guitar, synthesizer, and…
Find out more »GUINNESS WORLD RECORD DAY
How to celebrate Guinness World Record Day In fear of being redundant, one celebrates Guinness World Record Day by attempting to break a world record! Some of them you won’t be able to do in one day, so consider this holiday to be your starting gun. After all, one such record is for the “Longest continually supported and updated Game”, an honor which goes to the unique wilderness survival game Unreal World . You can also head on over to Guinness World Records to…
Find out more »Album – A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (QUEEN)
This was the album that broke Queen to a wider audience around the world and established them as true rock superstars. In its original chart run it spent forty-four weeks in the UK album charts – four of them at No.1 – and 47 weeks in the USA Billboard album chart, reaching the highest position of No.4. Its sales in the USA earned it a gold disc... it went quadruple platinum in the UK. At the 19th Grammy Awards, it…
Find out more »Album – HI INFIDELITY (REO SPEEDWAGON)
Hi Infidelity is the ninth studio album by the band REO Speedwagon, released on November 21, 1980. The album Peaked at number one on the Billboard 200. It went on to become the biggest-selling rock album of 1981, eventually being certified 10 times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Of the four singles released, "Take It on the Run" went to number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the band got their first of two number one…
Find out more »Album – THE BEATLES (The Beatles)
The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. The Beatles consisted of a plain white sleeve. The band's name, was crookedly blind embossed slightly below the middle of the album's right side. Later vinyl record releases in the US showed the title in grey printed (rather than embossed) letters. Originally, each copy of the record featured a unique stamped serial number, "to…
Find out more »Zodiac Sign SAGITTARIUS
Sagittarians are optimistic, lovers of freedom, hilarious, fair-minded, honest and intellectual. They are spontaneous and fun, usually with a lot of friends, and are perhaps the best conversationalists in the zodiac (maybe tied with Gemini). 22 November – 21 December
Find out more »AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
The 2020 American Music Awards, hosted by Taraji P. Henson, air 9 p.m. on ABC and CTV from the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles.
Find out more »Birthday – BRUCE HORNSBY (66)
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, gospel, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions. 1987 Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist with Bruce Hornsby and the Range, 1990 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and 1994 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. He was a touring member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, playing over 100 shows during…
Find out more »Virtual Halifax Christmas Tree Lighting
The in-person tree lighting ceremony at Grand Parade Square is cancelled for this year. The tree is in place and decorated, and a virtual Christmas tree lighting video will be shared on the municipality’s Youtube page starting today, premiering at 8 a.m.
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