19/05/10

Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536.  Thick smoke and heavy clouds plunged eastern Canada and much of New England into complete darkness at around 10:00 a.m. in 1780.  The darkness stayed for more than 24 hours.  Oscar Wilde was released from Reading gaol in 1897.

Born today:  Nellie Melba (1861-1931), James Fox (1939), Nora Ephron (1941), Pete Townshend (1945), Grace Jones (1948), Joey Ramone (1951-2001), Victoria Wood (1953) and Manuel Almunia (1977).

It is World Hepatitis Day.