Month: May 2023

03
May
2023

WEDNESDESNESDAY

Today is Constitution Memorial Day in Japan also know as ‘Kenpo kinenbi‘. This public holiday commemorates the constitution of Japan coming into force on May 3, 1947. After Japan surrendered following the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country’s constitution was rewritten to emphasize peace.

This holiday is part of the ‘Golden Week’ when four holidays occur in the space of seven days The days which are holidays each year depending on how the holidays fall in combination with the two weekends either side of Golden Week. It has become a very popular and busy holiday season in Japan.

Not very gentle…

Today is the birthday, in 1934, of Frankie Valli, singer, from American rock and pop band The Four Seasons who had the 1960s hits ‘Sherry’, ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, ‘Walk Like a Man’, and the 1976 UK & US No.1 single ‘December 1963, (Oh What A Night’). They are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAgQIb77UhU

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies
02
May
2023

TUUUUUUESDAY

Today is Day of the Flag in Poland, their national day and a public holiday. The date was chosen for two reasons.

The first, a historical one, is connected with the fact that on May 2, 1945, the Polish flag was hung in Berlin on the Reichstag and the Victory Column.

The second was defiance against the communist regime, which abolished the 3rd of May Constitution holiday: after May 1, the flags were to be taken down immediately so that they would not be around until May 3.

Along with the Flag Day on May 2 Poland celebrates the Day of Poles abroad, established by the Sejm on March 20, 2002.

It’s not what it looks like, dear.

Well-placed ad…

Today is the birthday, in 1946 of American singer, songwriter, actress and activist, Lesley Gore, who had the 1963 US No.1 & UK No.9 single ‘It’s My Party’, (which was produced by Quincy Jones). Gore composed songs for the soundtrack of the 1980 film Fame, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for ‘Out Here on My Own’, written with her brother Michael. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtCIdpnQoWk

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies