Rolling Stones

Today is the first day of the Platinum Jubilee celebration marking seventy years on the throne for Queen Elizabeth II.

Today is the birthday, in 1941, of Charlie Watts, long-time drummer for the Rolling Stones.

Today’s holiday is Independence Day in Finland. This holiday is celebrated annually on December 6th and marks the Declaration of Independence from the Russian empire by the Finnish Parliament in 1917. Finland had been part of the Russian Empire since 1809. Following the Russian revolution and the defeats in the First World War, movements within Finland pushed for independence from Russia and on December 6th 1917, the parliament declared Finland as an independent state.

Anniversary!!

On this day in 1965, the Rolling Stones recorded this iconic song…

Well, with the news that Charlie Watts has died, it has to be the Stones today.

Here’s a bit of music for today.