Today is Transfer Day, a public holiday in the US Virgin Islands. The holiday commemorates this day in 1917 when Denmark ceded the islands to the United States. On March 31st 1917, the 133-square-mile island chain comprising the Danish West Indies was ceded to the United States by Denmark, becoming the U.S. Virgin Islands in exchange for $25 million in gold.
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Today is the birthday, in 1953, of Sean Hopper, keyboards with Huey Lewis and the News who had the 1985 UK No.11 & US No.1 single ‘The Power Of Love’. Their third, and best-selling, album was the 1983 Sports, and they contributed to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future. Note: the music in this video starts at around 2 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBl2QGAIx1s
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