Ringo Starr (born 1940) is an English drummer, singer, songwriter, and actor best known as the drummer for the Beatles. As a child he was twice afflicted by life-threatening illnesses requiring prolonged hospitalisations. He cofounded his first band in 1957, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, and then achieved moderate success with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He joined the Beatles in 1962, replacing Pete Best. He sang lead vocals for "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Yellow Submarine". Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released "It Don't Come Easy", "Photograph" and "Back Off Boogaloo", followed by the 1973 top ten album Ringo. He narrated the first two seasons of the children's television series Thomas & Friends. Since 1989, he has successfully toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All- Starr Band. In 2011 Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988 and for his solo career in 2015.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1456:
Twenty-five years after her death, Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a posthumous retrial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrial_of_Joan_of_Arc
1834:
In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began, fueled by rumors that they were encouraging miscegenation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abolitionist_riots_(1834)
1915:
Sinhalese army officer Henry Pedris was wrongly executed by British authorities for allegedly inciting race riots, hastening the Sri Lankan independence movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pedris
1994:
Troops from the former North Yemen captured Aden, ending the Yemeni civil war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(1994)
2005:
Suicide bombers killed 52 people in a series of four explosions on London's public transport system (emergency responders pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
sanguinary: 1. Attended with bloodshed. 2. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty. 3. Consisting of, covered with or similar in appearance to blood. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sanguinary
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There was so much to grok, so little to grok from. --Stranger in a Strange Land https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land