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.

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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

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

belluine: (obsolete) Of, characteristic of, or pertaining to beasts; animal, bestial; brutal. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/belluine

___________________________ 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