Calm Before the Storm

It has been a cold day, with no sun in the village.  I went for a 8,000 step walk this afternoon, noticed that the lake was nice and calm, but the mountains covered in cloud.  We are expecting snow tomorrow morning to low levels!!

Today is my youngest daughter's birthday, so we are heading out to a local restaurant for dinner

Blip 1956

NZ news 1956

Opo the friendly dolphin dies.
After 26 years of playing International cricket NZ wins the first ever test victory against the West Indies at Eden Park, Auckland.
The Roxburgh Dam is opened.
Scott Base is established in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 
The first Mobil Song Quest.  This competition would later launch the careers of Malvina Major and Kiri TeKanawa, both Opera singers.
In the Melbourne Olympics Norman Read won the 50k walk, while 2 yachties won gold in their race.
44,000 school children were vaccinated against Polio.  I was one of those children.

Famous NZers born in 1956

Judith Tizard, politician  :  Mark Todd, equestrian eventer  :  John F. Reid, cricket  :  Peter 'Possum' Bourne, rally driver  :  Brude Edger, cricket  :  Rodney Hide, politician  :  Gerry Brownlee, politician.

Pop songs 1956

Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley  :  Don't Be Cruel, Elvis Presley  :  The Wayward Wind, Gogi Grant  :  Whatever will be will be, Doris Day  :  Hound Dog, Elvis Presley  :  Memories are made of this, Dean Martin  :  The Great Pretender,  The Platters, The Green Door, Jim Lowe

World news 1956

Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed. Bob Hope Show last aired on NBC TV
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films.
Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan show for the first time.
The 10 Commandments directed by Cecil B De Mille starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner opens in the US.
Around the World in 80 days premierers in New York.
President Eisenhower is re-elected defeating Adlai Stevenson.
Nelson Mandela is arrested.

Famous people born in 1956

Tom Hanks, )60), Movie actor  :  Carrie Fisher, Movie Actress  :  Mel Gibson, (61), Movie Actor  :  Theresa May, (60), Prime Minister of the UK  :  Randy Jackson (61), TV Show Host  :  LaToya Jackson, (61), R & B singer  :  Sugar Ray Leonard, (61), boxer  :  Debby Boone, (60), Pop singer

Another Friday, so another weekend.  I hope yours is a good one.