Today is, of course, the ‘Day that shall live in infamy’, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the United States, commemorating the surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the United States naval fleet in Pearl Harbor which began, for the USA, World War II.
Today is also Spitak Remembrance Day in Armenia commemorating the devastating earthquake of December 7, 1988 in Armenia which killed more than 25,000 and left more than half a million homeless.
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Odd juxtaposition…
Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Harry Chapin, US singer, songwriter, (1974 UK No.34 single ‘W.O.L.D. & 1974 US No.1 single ‘Cat’s In The Cradle’). Killed on 16th July 1981, when a tractor-trailer crashed into the car he was driving. This video has some interesting commentary in addition to his hit song. To ignore the commentary skip to 1:05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etundhQa724
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