Carole King

Today is St. Maroun’s Day in Lebanon, the founder of the Maronite Church. Maroun was a priest who later became a hermit, retiring to the Taurus Mountains in the region of Cyrrhus, near Antioch.

President Franklin

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Carole King, US singer, songwriter who wrote many songs with Gerry Goffin including the 1962 UK No.3 & US No.22 single, ‘It Might As Well Rain Until September’. Her 1970 US No.1 album ‘Tapestry’ has sold over 15 million copies and became a Grammy award winner in 71.

Today is Africa Day. It commemorates the founding of the Organization of African Unity on this day in 1963. It is a public holiday in The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

What kind of pants?

On this day in 1973, Carole King played a concert in Central Park before more than 100,000 people.

Today is Independence Day in Namibia, a public holiday. The holiday celebrates Namibia’s independence from South Africa on this day in 1990. Sam Nujoma was sworn in as the first President of Namibia at a ceremony attended by Nelson Mandela of South Africa, who had only been released from prison the month before.

A match made in heaven:

Doormats for introverts

Enough of that, time for some Barkaloungers!

Happy Monday!!

I didn’t find any good birthdays today so here is Carole King with a great song.

Today is the birthday of Carole King (1942). She wrote and performed so many wonderful songs that it’s hard to choose what to post. So here are two of my favorites.

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