Saturday was Revolution Day, a public holiday in Morocco. Also known as the King and People’s Revolution Day, this day commemorates the exile by the French of Sultan Mohammed V on this day in 1953. This was the beginning of the Moroccan battle for independence.
Hmmm…
Everyone is using dating apps….
Today is the birthday, in 1945, of Carmine John Granito, also known as Ron Dante, C.G. Rose, Bo Cooper and other names. He is best known as the lead vocalist for The Archies with whom he had this number one hit.
Today is Day of the Tribes, a public holiday in Nauru. It is celebrated on August 19 to honor the country’s twelve traditional tribes and matrilineal system. With a population of about 10,500 people, Nauru is the world’s second smallest sovereign state by population, after Vatican.
Aim for the stars!
SYNGSSSSSSS
Today is the birthday, in 1940, of Roger Cook, songwriter. Cook had more than 80 top 30 hits including this one by The Hollies.
Today is Independence Day in Indonesia, a public holiday. Indonesia had been a Dutch colony for over 300 years when a group of revolutionaries declared independence on 17 August 1945. It took Indonesians four years of diplomacy and armed struggle before their independence was formally granted by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.
SINES or something
Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Gary Talley, guitarist for the Box Tops.
Today is Restoration Day, a public holiday in the Dominican Republic. Known in Spanish as ‘el día de la Restauración Dominicana’, this holiday commemorates the start of the Dominican Restoration War on this day in 1863.
RATE DOGS – selections from the we rate dogs twitter account.
BADA BING!
Good morning to everyone who doesn’t have stolen nuclear secrets in their homes.
Why the hell did you tell your father that BDSM stands for Burgers, Drinks, and Salsa Music?! He just invited the neighbors over tonight for a BDSM party!
My problem is I’m about 10% stud and 90% muffin.
Your daily reminder; Fascism is much worse than inflation.
Ronald Reagan emptied out the mental hospitals, Donald Trump hired them.
My wife just opened my car door for me. Would have been a nice gesture had we not been going 70 mph.
And then Beer said, “Put that on Facebook, it’s hilarious!” But Beer was wrong. So very wrong.
Him: For the last 30 years all you’ve done is find mistakes in anything I say. Her: 31 years.
Today is the birthday, in 1958, of Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, better known as ‘Madonna’. Madonna is certified as the best-selling female recording artist of all time by Guinness World Records. She is the most successful solo artist in the history of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and holds the record for the most No.1 singles by a female artist in Australia, Canada, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
Today is Liberation Day – a public holiday in both South and North Korea. It marks the liberation of Korea from 35 years of Japanese imperial rule in 1945 after the end of the Second World War. It is also known as Gwangbokjeol, which literally means ‘Restoration of Light’ day.
On this day in 1976, ABBA released Dancing Queen as the lead single from their fourth studio album. Dancing Queen’ (which had the working title of ‘Boogaloo’) went on to top the charts in more than a dozen countries including the United States where it became ABBA’s only No.1.
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