Connie Talbot (born 20 November 2000) is a British singer who reached
the final of the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007. Although
she had never taken singing lessons, her initial performance drew
international press coverage. She signed with Rainbow Recording Company,
and her debut album, Over the Rainbow, was released in the UK in
November 2007. The album was re-released in June 2008 with a new track
listing, along with its first single, a cover of Bob Marley's "Three
Little Birds". Despite negative critical reception, Over the Rainbow
reached number one in three countries, and has sold over 250,000 copies
worldwide. Since the initial album release, Talbot has performed
publicly and on television in Europe and the US, as well as across Asia,
where her music had gained recognition through YouTube. Three more
albums by Talbot were released between 2008 and 2012: Connie Talbot's
Christmas Album, Holiday Magic and Beautiful World.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Talbot>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1845:
Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: The Argentine
Confederation was defeated in the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, but the
losses ultimately made the United Kingdom and France give up the
blockade.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vuelta_de_Obligado>
1947:
Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI of the United
Kingdom, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title
Duke of Edinburgh.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh>
1969:
A group of Native American activists began a 19-month
occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz>
1990:
Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific
serial killers, with 52 murder convictions, was arrested in
Novocherkassk.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
belluine:
(obsolete) Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal,
bestial; brutal.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/belluine>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
The question is not what programs we should seek to enact. The
question is whether we can find in our own midst and in our own hearts
that leadership of humane purpose that will recognize the terrible
truths of our existence. We must admit the vanity of our false
distinctions among men and learn to find our own advancement in the
search for the advancement of others. We must admit in ourselves that
our own children's future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others.
We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or
enriched by hatred or revenge.Our lives on this planet are too short and
the work to be done too great to let this spirit flourish any longer in
our land. Of course we cannot vanquish it with a program, nor with a
resolution. But we can perhaps remember, if only for a time, that those
who live with us are our brothers, that they share with us the same
short moment of life; that they seek, as do we, nothing but the chance
to live out their lives in purpose and in happiness, winning what
satisfaction and fulfillment they can. Surely, this bond of common
faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something.
Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow
men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the
wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen
once again.
--Robert F. Kennedy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy>