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Witching hour. In folklore, the witching hour or devil's hour is a time of night that is associated with supernatural events, whereby witches, demons and ghosts are thought to appear and be at their most powerful. Definitions vary, and include the hour immediately after midnight, and the time between 3:00 am and 4:00 am.
Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The event is held annually, encouraging the individuals, communities, and businesses to give an hour for Earth, and additionally marked by landmarks and businesses switching off non-essential electric lights, for one hour from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., usually on the last Saturday of March, as a symbol of commitment to the ...
Peñate was born in London on 2 September 1984, the son of an English mother and Spanish father. [1] His maternal grandfather was author Mervyn Peake. [2] He attended St. Olave's Preparatory School in New Eltham and Alleyn's School in Dulwich, then began studying for a bachelor's degree in Ancient World Studies at University College London, but dropped out at the end of the second year as ...
The blue hour (from French l'heure bleue; [ 1][ a] pronounced [lœʁ blø]) is the period of twilight (in the morning or evening, around the nautical stage) when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon. During this time, the remaining sunlight takes on a mostly blue shade. This shade differs from the colour of the sky on a clear day ...
The following is a list of songs that have charted for 100 weeks or more in total on the UK Singles Chart Top 100, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC). [1] The chart here is as recorded by the OCC, i.e. usually a Top 50 from 1960 to 1978, Top 75 from then until 1982, and Top 100 from 1983 onwards.
Radio 1 began to play the song every hour – normally an A-list single got seven or eight plays per day. The number one single at the time of its release was " I Should Have Known Better " by Jim Diamond , and Diamond was quoted as saying, "I'm delighted to be at number one, but next week I don't want people to buy my record; I want them to ...
5 12 May 1984: 1 5 May 1984: 5 "Automatic" The Pointer Sisters: 2 19 May 1984: 2 3 "When You're Young and in Love" The Flying Pickets: 7 5 May 1984: 2 3 "Don't Tell Me" Blancmange: 8 5 May 1984: 2 4 "One Love/People Get Ready" Bob Marley and the Wailers: 5 19 May 1984: 1 12 May 1984: 3 "Footloose" Kenny Loggins: 6 19 May 1984: 1 19 May 1984: 5 ...
Daylight saving time was introduced by the Summer Time Act 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. 14), which was implemented in 1916 as GMT plus one hour and Dublin Mean Time plus one hour. The length of DST could be extended by Order in Council, and was extended for the duration of World War I. For 1916, DST extended from 21 May to 1 October, with transitions ...