My Daily Banana:
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| The Third Reich Sinks |
Photo of the day:
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Word of the day:
obligate
Necessary, required
German: Nötigen, verpflichten
Name of the day:
Winston
from the Olde English christian name Wynnstan meaning "joy stone"
Event of the day:
8th May 1950
The final surrender of the German Reich comes into force. The German Instrument of Surrender was signed by the commanding officer of the German Armed Forces and the allied commanders on the 7th May 1945.
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| German Instrument of Surrender |
It was the end of the war in Europe, VE-Day the official celebration was proclaimed on 13th May 1945. It took until September to end the war with Japan.
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| Daily Mail from 13th May 1945 |
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| Happy Days are here again |
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| King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret and Winston Churchill |
There were more than seventy-five million casualties, why didn’t the politicians learn from this. Since the Second World War there hasn’t been a day of peace on this planet.
Birthday of the day:
8th May 1940
In Montgomery, Alabama, United States
Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille
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| Toni Tennille |
The better half of the pop duet "Captain and Tennille", they were popular in the Seventies, with songs such as „Love Will Keep Us Together". Ironically that didn’t match with her life, then in January this year she filed for divorce from Daryl Dragon (aka Captain) after thirty-nine years of marriage.
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| Captain and Tennille |
When the hype cooled down, with the music from Captain and Tennille she worked as a background singer for the likes of Pink Floyd (she sung on "The Wall", but it way sampled out), Art Garfunkel and Elton John. She can be heard in the albums Caribou, 21 at 33 and Blue Moves. The most notable song in which she sang backup was „Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
„Love Will Keep Us Together":
„Don‘t Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
Died on this day:
8th May 1903
In Atuona, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Born: 7th June 1848
In Paris, France
Paul Gauguin
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| Paul Gauguin |
He was a talented painter and sculptor. Famed for his beautiful paintings he produced while living in Polynesia.
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| Two Tahitain Women |
Cycle ride of the day:
My friend the dog
Every day on my round I meet a dog. It’s usually lying in the middle of the road, dreaming of whatever a dog dreams of. To begin with when I passed him, I said a friendly „Hallo" (he only understands German), my friendliness was because I respect dogs (you could say I don’t trust them). At that time he always jumped up and ran after me, but now he just stays lying on the road looking bored. Today, for the first time, I stopped to take his picture. That wasn’t easy because he came out of hibernation and came up to greet me. We exchanged back rubs and licks and arranged to meet again in the near future. Lovely dog, usually I don’t like those pavement shitting, flea bitten animals; but now I’ve got a new friend.
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| This is my Harry |
Correction:
Yesterday I wrote that Papa was born in Banffshire, untrue. He was born in Rhynie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. That’s thirty kilometers from Keith. I knew the name of the place started with RY but I didn’t know further, thanks to Andrea I hit it right today. Like I wrote, I put some vague facts together hoping to hit the core. Thanks for the correction Andrea xxx
Here's a link to Rhynie, described in Wikipedia:
Bye, see you all tomorrow. Have a good day
