OTD: Thur. 04MAY2023

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Coming to you live from Deeping St. Magma, County Gloamshire ...

Today is:
International Fire Fighters Day, Intergalactic Star Wars Day, & International Respect for Chickens Day !!!

Classical B-Days:
1655 Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker - considered the inventor of the piano
1924 Tatiana Nikolayeva, Russian pianist and composer
1973 Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, Lithuanian composer

Rock/Folk B-days:
1941 David LaFlamme [Gary Posie], American electric rock violinist [ group(s): It's A Beautiful Day ]
1950 Darryl Hunt, British Celtic-rock bassist [ group(s): The Pogues ]
1951 Colin Bass, British bassist [ group(s): Camel ]

WRR 101.1 FM ― MotD:
John Philip Sousa: "The Pride of the Wolverines" march

WWotD:
inveteratist ― (n) opponent of reform; one who inveterately holds to tradition.

QotD:
“It is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all.” ― James Thurber, writer, and cartoonist (1894-1961)