actor best known as the drummer for the Beatles. As a child he was twice
afflicted by life-threatening illnesses requiring prolonged
hospitalisations. He cofounded his first band in 1957, the Eddie Clayton
Skiffle Group, and then achieved moderate success with Rory Storm and
the Hurricanes. He joined the Beatles in 1962, replacing Pete Best. He
sang lead vocals for "With a Little Help from My Friends" and "Yellow
Submarine". Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in
numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released "It
Don't Come Easy", "Photograph" and "Back Off Boogaloo", followed by the
1973 top ten album Ringo. He narrated the first two seasons of the
children's television series Thomas & Friends. Since 1989, he has
successfully toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All-
Starr Band. In 2011 Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest
drummer of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
as a Beatle in 1988 and for his solo career in 2015.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1456:
Twenty-five years after her death, Joan of Arc was declared
innocent of heresy in a posthumous retrial.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrial_of_Joan_of_Arc>
1834:
In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists
began, fueled by rumors that they were encouraging miscegenation.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abolitionist_riots_(1834)>
1915:
Sinhalese army officer Henry Pedris was wrongly executed by
British authorities for allegedly inciting race riots, hastening the Sri
Lankan independence movement.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Pedris>
1994:
Troops from the former North Yemen captured Aden, ending the
Yemeni civil war.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemeni_Civil_War_(1994)>
2005:
Suicide bombers killed 52 people in a series of four explosions
on London's public transport system (emergency responders pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
sanguinary:
1. Attended with bloodshed.
2. Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
3. Consisting of, covered with or similar in appearance to blood.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sanguinary>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
There was so much to grok, so little to grok from.
--Stranger in a Strange Land
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land>
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