Month: February 2023

15
Feb
2023

WEDNESDAY in the middle of the week

Today is Sovereignty Day in Serbia. Sovereignty Day of Serbia (Dan državnosti Srbije) is celebrated on February 15th. It is a two-day holiday and is the National Day of Serbia. It marks the anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising (against Turkish rule) in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835. It wasn’t until 1867 that the last Turkish troops left Serbia.

Life is like a box of chocolates…

France has some beautiful architecture. It also has the other kind…

Today is the birthday, in 1947, of David Brown, longtime bass player with Santana.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
14
Feb
2023

TUESDAY is Valentine’s Day!

Today is Rafik Hariri Memorial Day in Lebanon. The day remembers the former Prime Minister of Lebanon who was killed on this day in 2005. Rafik Hariri was a Lebanese businessman who had become wealthy in the 1970s. His started to use his wealth for philanthropic projects in Lebanon, including the building of educational facilities. In 1992, Hariri became the first post-civil war prime minister of Lebanon. He is credited with initiating an ambitious reconstruction program in Lebanon following the devastation of the civil war. On 14 February 2005, Hariri was killed by a massive car bomb in the capital, Beirut, along with 22 other people.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Honesty:

Today is the birthday, in 1950, of Roger Fisher from American rock band Heart who scored the 1987 US No.1 & UK No.3 single ‘Alone’. Heart has sold over 35 million records worldwide.

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Posted by Tom in eighties music, Humor, Music
13
Feb
2023

MONDAY following the superbowl

Today is Lincoln’s Birthday, a public holiday is some states in the USA. It commemorates the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States on February 12th, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Mostly in men…

EXCEL

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Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Peter Tork, American musician with The Monkees who were brought together for an American TV series in 1966. They had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single ‘I’m A Believer’ plus other hits including ‘Last Train to Clarksville’, ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’, and ‘Daydream Believer’. Tork was diagnosed with a rare form of tongue cancer in 2009. He died on February 21, 2019 age 77.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
10
Feb
2023

FRIDAY is HERE!

Today is the Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck – a public holiday in Malta. It commemorates when St. Paul was said to have been shipwrecked on Malta in 60AD.

Nothing to add here…

Tiktok…

SIGNS!

I saw yesterday that Burt Bacharach has passed away. This is one of his many, many hits sung here by Dusty Springfield.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
09
Feb
2023

THURSDAY or something like that

Today is St. Maroun’s Day in Lebanon, the founder of the Maronite Church. Maroun was a priest who later became a hermit, retiring to the Taurus Mountains in the region of Cyrrhus, near Antioch.

President Franklin

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Carole King, US singer, songwriter who wrote many songs with Gerry Goffin including the 1962 UK No.3 & US No.22 single, ‘It Might As Well Rain Until September’. Her 1970 US No.1 album ‘Tapestry’ has sold over 15 million copies and became a Grammy award winner in 71.

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Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies