[Wikipedia Daily Article] July 30: Kate Bush

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   Kate Bush is a British singer, songwriter, musician and record
   producer.  Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic lyrics have
   made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful and original solo
   female performers of the past 30 years.  Bush was signed up by EMI at
   the age of 16 after being recommended by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
   In 1978 at age 19, she debuted with the surprise hit "Wuthering
   Heights", topping the UK charts for four weeks and becoming the first
   woman to have a UK number one with a self-written song.  She has since
   gone on to release eight albums, three of which topped the UK album
   charts, and have UK top ten hit singles with "Running Up That Hill",
   "King of the Mountain", "Babooshka", "The Man with the Child in His
   Eyes", and "Don't Give Up".  During her tour of 1979, the only tour of
   her career, she became the first ever singer to use a wireless headset
   radio microphone on stage.  With her 1980 album Never for Ever, she
   became the first solo female British singer to top the UK album
   charts.  Her songwriting ability was recognised in 2002 with an Ivor
   Novello Award for "Outstanding Contribution to British Music".  In
   2005, she released Aerial, her first album in 12 years.  The album was
   a UK success and earned her BRIT Award nominations for "Best Album"
   and "Best Solo Female Artist".

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   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Bush


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Today's selected anniversaries:

1756:
   Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli presented the Catherine Palace, a
   Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo, to Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Palace)

1864:
   American Civil War: Union forces failed to break Confederate lines
   in the Battle of the Crater by exploding a large bomb under their
   trenches.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater)

1930:
   Uruguay defeated Argentina, 4 to 2, in front of their home crowd at
   Estadio Centenario in Montevideo to win the first Football World Cup.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930_FIFA_World_Cup)

1945:
   World War II: The USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser of the United
   States Navy, was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58, killing over 800
   seamen.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_%28CA-35%29)

2003:
   The last old-style Beetle, the economy car produced by the German
   automaker Volkswagen, rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle)

2006:
   Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building
   near the South Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28
   civilians, including 16 children.
   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qana_airstrike)


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Wiktionary's Word of the day:

   foster: To nurture or bring up (offspring); or to provide similar
   parental care to (an unrelated child).
   (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/foster)


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Wikiquote of the day:

   Just being alive
   It can really hurt.
   These moments given
   Are a gift from time.
   Just let us try
   To give these moments back
   To those we love
   To those who will survive.  -- Kate Bush
   (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush)