Santana

Today is Lao Women’s Union Establishment Day – a public holiday in Laos. This day marks the establishment of the Lao Women’s Union on this day in 1955.

The Lao Women’s Union (LWU) was established on July 20th 1955 to promote the role of women under the National Constitution. The aim of the LWU is to protect the rights and interests of Lao women and children. The union also incorporates promoting the implementation of policy geared toward gender equality and the advancement of women in national socio-economic development.

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Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Carlos Santana, Mexican and American rock guitarist. Santana had the 1977 UK No.11 single ‘She’s Not There’, and their 1999 US No.1 single ‘Smooth’ spent eleven weeks at No.1, (also No.1 in the UK). He won eight Grammy Awards for his Supernatural album at the 2000 awards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPauXWjY4T8

Today is Sovereignty Day in Serbia. Sovereignty Day of Serbia (Dan državnosti Srbije) is celebrated on February 15th. It is a two-day holiday and is the National Day of Serbia. It marks the anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising (against Turkish rule) in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835. It wasn’t until 1867 that the last Turkish troops left Serbia.

Life is like a box of chocolates…

France has some beautiful architecture. It also has the other kind…

Today is the birthday, in 1947, of David Brown, longtime bass player with Santana.

Today is Republic Day in Tunisia. It is a public holiday and commemorates the anniversary of the vote to abolish the monarchy and found the republic on July 25th 1957.

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Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Jose Chepito Areas percussionist and member of Santana

That time of year!

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Today is the birthday, in 1946, of Barry Manilow, whom I consider to be one of the most annoying singers ever. But it’s also the birthday of Greg Rolie, one of the founding members of Santana. You can see/hear him playing keyboard in this song.