On this Day…

On this day, March 6th, this happened…

1475 The birth of one of the greatest artists, Michelangelo.

1961 Lancashire Born ukulele player, George Formby died today. He was famous of the song ‘When I’m cleaning windows’

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfmAeijj5cM[/youtube]

1985 Yul Brynner played his his 4,500th performance in the musical “The King and I.”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-t7uVdID3s[/youtube]

1997  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.

Today is also Independence Day for Ghana, who released from British rule in 1957.