1652 ~ The Dutch established a settlement at Cape Town, South Africa.

1770 ~ Birthday of William Wordsworth, one of the 'Lake Poets'.

1795 ~ France adopted the meter as the unit of length and the base of the metric system.

1860 ~ Birthday of W.K. Kellog, who started a business named ‘Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company’.

1908 ~ Birthday of Percy Faith, Composer.

1915 ~ Birthday of Billie Holiday, Jazz Singer

1920 ~ Birthday of Ravi Shankar, Sitar player & Composer.

1945 ~ The Japanese battleship ‘Yamato’, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk during the battle for Okinawa.

1949 ~ The musical ‘South Pacific’ by Rogers and Hammerstein opened on Broadway.

1975 ~ Beverly Sills made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Gioacchino Rossini's "Siege of Corinth". What a voice!

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