Today is Saint Pierre Chanel Day, a public holiday in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Chanel was a French missionary who arrived in Futuna in 1837. Through his efforts many of the people of the islands were converted to Christianity including the King of Futuna’s son. The King sent his son-in-law to deal with the problem who killed Chanel on April 28th 1841.
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On this day in 1979, Blondie reached number one with Heart of Glass – the first of their four number one songs
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