Today is Independence Day in Zimbabwe. This holiday marks independence from the United Kingdom on this day in 1980 and is the National Day of Zimbabwe. This independence was achieved after an extensive campaign of guerilla warfare against the white minority which had made an earlier, unilateral declaration of independence in 1965 to maintain white control.
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Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Mike Vickers, British musician who came to prominence as guitarist, flautist and saxophonist with Manfred Mann, who had the 1964 UK & US No.1 single ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc0x7xOap4I
Today is Landing of the 33 Patriots Day, a public holiday in Uruguay. It commemorates the return of Juan Lavelleja and his 33 exiled Uruguayan fighters in 1825, who took an oath to free Uruguay from Brazilian control. In 1820, the region’s anticolonial hero, José Gervasio Artigas was forced into exile to Argentina, and by 1822, Banda Oriental (as Uruguay was then known) had become a province of Brazil following its independence from Portugal. in 1825, a group of Uruguayan fighters who had been exiled with Artigas returned under the leadership of Juan Antonio Lavalleja, a compatriot of José Gervasio Artigas. They crossed the Plata river landing on Agraciada Beach on the eastern side on April 19th. There they planted a flag of blue, white and red horizontal bars, colors associated with the Banda Oriental and took an oath to fight for independence for Uruguay. In August 1825, Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil, instigating the Argentina- Brazil War. The conflict lasted until August 1828, when a British negotiated a resolution to the war that led to Brazil recognizing Uruguay’s independence.
On this day in 1982, Vangelis was at No.1 on the US album chart with Chariots Of Fire, he later also won an Oscar for the album for best original score. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-HfNE3EIo
Today is New Year’s Eve in Sri Lanka. Called Aluth Avurudda in Sinhala and Puthandu in Tamil, New Year’s Day is a statutory holiday in Sri Lanka. Tamil New Year’s Day is celebrated on the first day of Chithirai – the first month in the Tamil Calendar and is also known as Varusha Pirappu. This is also Sinhalese New Year. Like Tamil New Year, it marks the end of the harvest and the arrival of spring as indicated by the sun moving from Meena Rashiya ( Pisces) to Mesha Rashiya (Aries). To mark the new year, everyone in the country celebrates by wearing light golden clothes and turning towards the east. It is a tradition that the first financial transaction of the year is when elders give gifts of money to the unmarried young, as a sign of good luck.
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Today is the birthday, in 1954 of merican musician Jimmy Destri, keyboardist with Blondie They scored five UK No.1 singles including the 1979 UK & US No.1 single ‘Heart Of Glass’ and the 1978 world-wide No.1 album Parallel Lines. He was one of the principal songwriters for the band along with Chris Stein and Deborah Harry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU
Today is National Children’s Day in Bolivia, Dia del Nino. On April 12, 1952 the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) drafted a joint Universal Declaration on the Rights of Children, a document that establishes which rights children have and how those rights must be protected. It asked each country to declare a Children’s Day (Dia del Nino) to help create awareness among the population regarding the problems children face and what can be done. Bolivia selected April 12th, the same day on which the Declaration was drafted, and Dia del Nino has been celebrated here since 1955.
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Today is the birthday, in 1944 of German-Canadian rock singer, songwriter, and guitaris John Kay, from Steppenwolf who had the 1969 US No.2 hit single ‘Born To Be Wild’. Steppenwolf sold over 25 million records worldwide, released eight gold albums and scored 12 Billboard Hot 100 singles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41cFf9N5F-A
Today is Juan Santamaria Day in Costa Rica. The holiday commemorates the Battle of Rivas, made famous by the heroic actions of the National Hero, Juan Santamaria, the “Little Drummer Boy”. The Battle of Rivas took placeon Aril 11, 1856 in Rivas, Nicaragua between the army lead by William Walker and Costa Rica’s army led by President Juan Rafael Mora Porras, General José Joaquín Mora Porras, and General Jose Maria Cañas. Walker was an American who had assumed control of Nicaragua and was amassing troops and consolidating his power in the region. The battle was a stalemate until Juan Santamaría, a Costa Rican drummer boy from Alajuela, volunteered to burn down the “El Mesón de Guerra”, a building, in which Walker’s troops where gathered.
Santamaria threw a torch onto the thatched roof of Walker’s stronghold, causing it to catch fire and his troops to flee. While he was successful in his mission and his actions enabled the Costa Ricans to win the battle, Santamaria was then killed by sniper fire.
His heroics were the defining factor in the Costa Rican victory at Rivas. For his sacrifice, he became recognised as a National Hero of Costa Rica.
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We celebrate Jesus brutally dying on the cross by getting a giant bunny rabbit to hide chocolate eggs. I can’t help but feel there is a massive gap in information somewhere.
Why is Easter an Alzheimer’s patient’s favorite holiday? They get to hide their own eggs.
I feel sorry for Jesus. He spent most of his life trying to do good deeds, yet more people celebrate his death than Hitler’s.
I’m combining Easter and April Fool’s Day this year…I’m sending the kids out to look for eggs I haven’t hidden.
I love Jesus. He’s born, I get presents. He dies, I get chocolate.
Today is the birthday, in 1947 of Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist Bunny Wailer, who was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he is considered one of the long-time standard-bearers of reggae music. He died on 2 March 2021 age 73. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf8GjhXvOjU
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