Wednesday, April 25, 2012

A Look Back

April 25 is the birthday of:

1908 - Edward R. Murrow
1917 - Ella Fitzgerald
1940 - Al Pacino

In "recent" music history:
1967 - The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love" during a British TV broadcast. Marianne Faithful sang in the chorus.

1968 - The Beatles refused to perform for the Queen of England at a British Olympic Appeal Fund show because "Our decision would be the same no matter what the cause. We don't do benefits." 
 It is a holiday or observance of:
ANZAC Day (Australia, New Zealand)
Arbor Day (Germany)
Army Day (North Korea)
Flag of Faroe Islands
Christian Feast Day:
----The latest possible date for Easter Sunday, last in 1943.
----Mark the Evangelist
----Philo and Agathopodes
----Pope Anianus of Alexandria
DNA Day
Flag Day (Faroe Islands)
Flag Day (Swaziland)
Flag of Swaziland
Freedom Day (Portugal)
Malaria Awareness Day (International)
Military Foundation Day (North Korea)
Red Hat Society Day

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