Today in News History
On July 8, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1667, An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. In 1730, Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (born 1690) passed away. In 1900, Earle E. Partridge, American general (died 1990) was born. In 1908, Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic (died 1994) was born. In 1924, Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (died 1977) was born. In 1927, Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor was born. In 1927, Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011) was born. In 1930, Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author (died 2020) was born. In 1941, Jim Rodford, English bass player (died 2018) was born. In 1945, Helô Pinheiro, inspiration for the song "The Girl from Ipanema" was born. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lostImagine a deafening abundance of birdsong so loud it wakes your children at dawn; the chirrup of house sparrows, the chattering of starlings, the melody of the wren, and the clear high-pitched flute of blackbirds saturating the garden, reverberating around your local park, dominating your neighbourhood from early morning to evening twilight.So loud is the song of the thrush that the naturalist and ornithologist WH Hudson wrote in 1919 that he was grateful when observing one that it was perched on a tree at a distance from his home, “so that when I woke at half past three or four o’clock, the shrill indefatigable voice came in at the open window, softened by distance and washed by the dewy atmosphere to greater purity”. Continue reading...
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