Today is the Summer Bank Holiday in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, St. Helena, Isle of Man and probably some other places.
The Notting Hill Carnival coincides with this day every year. It began as a protest day in 1965 to express anger against bad living conditions by Caribbean immigrants, but it has become a carnival full of fun and entertainment. It is a very popular event and people from all walks of life and from different places participate in it, but it still maintains its Caribbean character.
Today is the birthday, in 1965, of Shania Twain, Canadian singer, (Eilleen Regina Edwards). Her 1997 album ‘Come On Over’, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time selling more than 40 million copies worldwide. Twain has won 5 Grammy Awards and 27 BMI Songwriter awards and is sometimes referred to as “The Queen of Country Pop”, she is one of the most commercially successful artists of all time, having sold over 80 million albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJL4UGSbeFg
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