1642 - The English Civil War began when Charles I called Parliament and its soldiers traitors.
1827 - Composer Josef Strauss was born.
1862 - Composer Achille-Claude Debussy was born.
1862 - Composer Achille-Claude Debussy was born.
1959 - Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, Jonathan Downes, was born. (Hey, I know him!)
1964 - Liberty Records reported the album "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles" was selling 25,000 copies a day.
Happy Birthday, dearest husband of mine.
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And to mark this occasion, how could I resist offering you one of the songs on that 25,000 copy-a-day album?