Faryl Smith (born 1995) is a British soprano who rose to fame after
competing on the second series of the ITV television show Britain's Got
Talent in 2008. Although she was a favourite to win after the second
round, and received praise throughout the competition, she finished
outside the top three in the live final. Smith signed a contract with
Universal Classics and Jazz for a £2.3 million advance in December
2008, the largest ever granted to a schoolgirl. Her debut album, Faryl,
was released in March 2009 and became the fastest-selling solo classical
album in British chart history, selling 29,200 copies in the first week.
Thanks to the album's success, Smith was nominated for two Classical
BRIT awards, becoming the youngest ever double nominee. Her second
album, and last with Universal, was Wonderland, which was released in
November 2009. Since the end of her contract with Universal, Smith has
continued to perform and record music.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faryl_Smith>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1868:
Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the
Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Utsunomiya_Castle>
1939:
In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother
in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and
twenty-one days.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Medina>
1973:
The NASA space station Skylab was launched from Cape Canaveral.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab>
1980:
Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador were
attacked by both Salvadoran Armed Forces and the Honduran military,
resulting in at least 300 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumpul_River_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
up to something:
(idiomatic) Doing something mischievous or scheming.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/up_to_something>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven
bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen
in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere.
--H. Rider Haggard
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard>
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