The HiA HOME SHOW is Australia’s No.1 Building & Renovation Exhibition. The 2013 Home Show features over 300 exhibitors showcasing the latest trends in renovation, building, furnishing, home improvements, sustainable options and Continue reading HiA HOME SHOW Australia’s No.1 Building & Renovation Exhibition
RUBY ROSE SHARES STORY ABOUT HER DEPRESSiON ON FACEBOOK & Gives Inspiration To Others Struggling
RUBY ROSE SHARES HER STORY ABOUT HER BATTLE WiTH DEPRESSiON ON FACEBOOK & Gives Inspiration To Others Struggling (Posted on Facebook: Tuesday 2nd April 2013)
There are very few things that can bring a 27 year old self-supporting, out spoken, thick skinned, grown woman to her knees squeezing her Continue reading RUBY ROSE SHARES STORY ABOUT HER DEPRESSiON ON FACEBOOK & Gives Inspiration To Others Struggling
GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES NEW Logo Launch
GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES NEW Logo Launced (4 April 2013)
The logo for the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia from the 4th April 2018, was officially unveiled today. Queensland’s Minister for the Commonwealth Games Jann Stuckey, was joined on stage by acting Gold Coast Mayor Donna Gates, Olympic champion Sally Pearson and Continue reading GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES NEW Logo Launch
LEADBEATER’S POSSUM AWARENESS WEEK 2013
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The endangered Leadbeater’s Possum also known as the Fairy Possum, is an Australian threatened species. These tiny marsupials are only found in the central highland old growth mountain ash forests of Victoria, Australia. The Leadbeater’s Possum was rediscovered in Australia on the 3rd April 1961, after 50 years of being presumed extinct. Their population dropped below 1000 since the disastrous Continue reading LEADBEATER’S POSSUM AWARENESS WEEK 2013
WORLD AUTiSM AWARENESS DAY
WORLD AUTiSM AWARENESS DAY has been held on the 2nd day of every April since 2008. Visit the Autism Awareness website to learn more about this day, and learn how we can increase acceptance, respect and support. Continue reading WORLD AUTiSM AWARENESS DAY
HAPPY APRiL FOOLS’ DAY
“Take the time to think out of the box this month, when looking at life and the challenges you are confronted with.” ~ Anton K
APRiL FOOL’S DAY was first recorded in association with April 1st in 1932, and foolishness on this 1st day of April in 1392, as found in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. April Fools’ Day aka All Fools Day is celebrated by Continue reading HAPPY APRiL FOOLS’ DAY
The HAPPY EASTER PRAYER RABBiT Found Praying
MARCH 31 ~ ON THiS DAY in History
1492 – Queen Isabella of Castille issued the Alhambra decree on the 31st March 1492, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
1732 – Joseph Haydn the Austrian composer was born on the 31st March 1732 (died 1809).
1889 – The Eiffel Tower was officially opened on the 31st March 1889.
1921 – The Royal Australian Air Force was formed on the 31st March 1921.
1930 – The Motion Pictures Production Code was instituted on the 31st March 1930, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next 38 years.
1934 – Richard Chamberlain the American actor and singer was born on the 31st March 1934.
1934 – Shirley Jones the American actress and singer was born on the 31st March 1934.
1935 – Herb Alpert the American singer-songwriter and trumpet player was born on the 31st March 1935.
1938 – Sheila Dikshit the Indian politician and 6th Chief Minister of Delhi was born on the 31st March 1938.
1948 – Al Gore the American politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate was born on the 31st March 1948.
1955 – Angus Young the Scottish-Australian guitarist from AC/DC was born on the 31st March 1955.
1959 – The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crossed the border into India on the 31st March 1959, and was granted political asylum.
1963 – Paul Mercurio the Australian actor and dancer was born on the 31st March 1963.
1966 – The Soviet Union launched Luna 10 on the 31st of March 1966, which later became the 1st space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
1970 – Explorer 1 re-entered the Earth‘s atmosphere on the 31st March 1970, after 12 years in orbit.
1971 – Ewan McGregor the Scottish-American actor was born on the 31st March 1971.
1972 – Evan Williams the American businessman and co-founder of Twitter and Pyra Labs was born on the 31st March 1972.
1986 – A Mexicana Boeing 727 en route to Puerto Vallarta erupted in flames and crashed in the mountains northwest of Mexico City on the 31st March 1986, killing 167 people.
1994 – The journal Nature reported the finding in Ethiopia of the 1st complete Australopithecus afarensis skull on the 31st March 1994.
1995 – TAROM Flight 371 crashed on the 31st March 1995, killing all of the 10 crew and 50 passengers on board.
HAPPY EASTER & NEW BEGiNNiNGS For a New Day to Resurrect Your Life with Passion, Purpose & Happiness
HAPPY EASTER to all you good people. This Easter morning when i arose from my cosy bed, I wrote about the way i Continue reading HAPPY EASTER & NEW BEGiNNiNGS For a New Day to Resurrect Your Life with Passion, Purpose & Happiness
MARCH 30 ~ ON THiS DAY in History
1842 – Ether anesthesia was used for the 1st time on the 30th March 1842, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
1853 – Vincent van Gogh the Dutch painter was born on the 30th March 1853 (died 1890).
1856 – The Treaty of Paris was signed on the 30th March 1856, ending the Crimean War.
1957 ~ Paul Reiser the American comedian, actor, writer, author, musician, best known for his role in the sitcom Mad About You was born on the 30th March 1957.
1867 – Alaska was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million on the 30th March 1867, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1913 – Frankie Laine the American singer-songwriter, and actor was born on the 30th March 1913 (died 2007).
1930 – Rolf Harris the Australian singer-songwriter was born on the 30th March 1930.
1937 – Warren Beatty the American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter was born on the 30th March 1937.
1941 – Graeme Edge the English singer-songwriter and drummer from the Moody Blues was born on the 30th March 1941.
1945 – Eric Clapton the English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born on the 30th March 1945.
1962 – MC Hammer the American rapper and actor was born on the 30th March 1962.
1964 – Tracy Chapman the American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born on the 30th March 1964.
1964 – Ian Ziering the American actor was born on the 30th March 1964.
1968 – Celine Dion the Canadian singer-songwriter was born on the 30th March 1968.
1982 – STS-3 Mission was completed on the 30th March 1982, with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.