Susanna Lee Hoffs (born 1959) is an American singer-songwriter. With Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson, she founded the Bangles in 1981. Their second album, Different Light (1986), was warmly received by critics and was certified triple-platinum in 1994. The group's third album, Everything (1988), included the US-top-ten-charting "In Your Room" and number-one "Eternal Flame", both written by Hoffs with Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Following tensions including resentment at Hoffs's perceived leadership of the band and the stress of touring, the band split in 1989, reforming in 1999. Hoffs's first solo album, When You're a Boy (1991), was followed by Susanna Hoffs (1996). Neither of the releases proved to be as popular as the Bangles's albums, although they yielded two US-charting singles. Her most recent solo album is The Deep End (2023), and her first novel, This Bird Has Flown, a romantic comedy about a struggling musician, was published in the same year.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1856:

William III unilaterally revised the constitution of Luxembourg, greatly expanding his powers as grand duke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg_coup_of_1856

1963:

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the "Let Us Continue" speech, in which he advocated for civil-rights legislation and national cohesion, to a joint session of the U.S. Congress five days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Us_Continue

2009:

Lady Gaga performed the first concert of The Monster Ball Tour, which became the highest-grossing tour in history for a debut headlining artist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monster_Ball_Tour

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

snifter: 1. (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A sniff. 2. (figurative) 3. (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A strong or severe wind. 4. (originally and chiefly US) A small, wide, pear-shaped glass used for drinking aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy. 5. (originally US, informal) Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”) 6. (US, slang) Synonym of cocaine addict; a sniffer. 7. (US, slang) A small amount of cocaine taken by inhaling through the nose. 8. (US, slang) A handheld device used to detect signals from radio transmitters; a sniffer. 9. (intransitive) To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle. 10. (transitive, archaic, rare) Followed by out: to speak (words) in a nasal, snuffling manner. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snifter

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.   --Bruce Lee https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee