Birthdays
1862 - Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American Romantic and Parlour song composer, singer, pianist and songwriter famous for "I Love You Truly" (here, sung by D. Giannini) and "A Perfect Day". She composed some 175 pieces of popular music from the 1890s through the early 1940s, best remembered for writing the parlor song "I Love You Truly", becoming the first woman to sell one million copies of a song. The song first appeared in her 1901 collection Seven Songs as Unpretentious as the Wild Rose, along with "Just Awearyin' for You", which was widely recorded. Jacobs-Bond's song with the highest number of sales immediately after release was "A Perfect Day" in 1910. (YouTube. Uploaded by Musical Treasures. Accessed August 11, 2021.) Jacobs-Bond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. (Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1933) Film Short. Uploaded by Peter Mintun. Accessed August 11, 2017.)
1897 - Enid Blyton, English children's writer, considered the most famous children's writer in history, with creations such as The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, The Magic Faraway Tree, and Noddy stories. She wrote around 800 books.
1925 - Arlene Carol Dahl, American actress who achieved stardom during the 1950s. She has three children, the eldest of whom is actor Lorenzo Lamas. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood at this point in time, 11th August 2019.
1927 - Alexander Yurlov, Soviet conductor of Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, also music and public figure and teacher. Honored Artist of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1969) and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1970).
1950 - Steve Wozniak, (born Stephen Gary Wozniak, also known by his nickname "Woz"), American PC inventor, co-founder (with Steve Jobs) of Apple, Inc.. He's an electronics engineer, programmer, philanthropist, and technology entrepreneur. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Inc., which later became the world's largest information technology company by revenue and the largest company in the world by market capitalization. Through their work at Apple, he and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs are widely recognized as two prominent pioneers of the personal computer revolution.
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A Perfect Day
Words & Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
(Video uploaded by Mustel1887. Accessed Aug 11, 2019.)
When you come to the end of a perfect day,
And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
For the joy that the day had brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friend have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too;
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For mem’ry has painted this perfect day
With colors that never fade,
And we find, at the end of a perfect day,
The soul of a friend we’ve made.
an all-time favourite parlaour song, "I Love You Truly (!901)." YouTube, uploaded by Sheet Music Singer. Accessed August 11, 2023. (Also, here's Bing Crosby singing "I love you truly". Uploaded by 'A Trip Down MEmory Lane', accessed August 11, 2023.)
1934 - The famous prison Alcatraz opens in San Francisco Bay.
1966 - John Lennon apologises at a press conference in Chicago for saying The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
1972 - The last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
1984 - In the 3,000-meter finals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, British athlete Zola Budd accidentally trips over American favourite Mary Decker.
2003 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is given command of peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan. This is the first time in its 54-year history that it has operated outside of Europe.
Resources:
Words & Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
(Video uploaded by Mustel1887. Accessed Aug 11, 2019.)
When you come to the end of a perfect day,
And you sit alone with your thought,
While the chimes ring out with a carol gay,
For the joy that the day had brought,
Do you think what the end of a perfect day
Can mean to a tired heart,
When the sun goes down with a flaming ray,
And the dear friend have to part?
Well, this is the end of a perfect day,
Near the end of a journey, too;
But it leaves a thought that is big and strong,
With a wish that is kind and true.
For mem’ry has painted this perfect day
With colors that never fade,
And we find, at the end of a perfect day,
The soul of a friend we’ve made.
an all-time favourite parlaour song, "I Love You Truly (!901)." YouTube, uploaded by Sheet Music Singer. Accessed August 11, 2023. (Also, here's Bing Crosby singing "I love you truly". Uploaded by 'A Trip Down MEmory Lane', accessed August 11, 2023.)
Historical Events
1934 - The famous prison Alcatraz opens in San Francisco Bay.
1966 - John Lennon apologises at a press conference in Chicago for saying The Beatles were more popular than Jesus.
1972 - The last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
1984 - In the 3,000-meter finals at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, British athlete Zola Budd accidentally trips over American favourite Mary Decker.
2003 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is given command of peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan. This is the first time in its 54-year history that it has operated outside of Europe.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com
3. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
4. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
5. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
(c) June 2007. Updated August 11, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
3. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
4. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
5. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
(c) June 2007. Updated August 11, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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