We remember Laura Ingalls Wilder (1860-1957)

Most of us learned of Laura Ingalls Wilder when we got hooked on "Little House on the Prairie".    We fell in love with the cast, from Pa to Ma and the cute girls.

The real Laura Ingalls Wilder was born in Wisconsin on this day in 1860 and died in 1957.  The Ingals lived in Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and South Dakota.  In 1885, she married Almanzo Wilder and they had one daughter.  

Frankly, I never read the books but the TV shows were fantastic.

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February 1958: George joined John & Paul

George Harrison joined the band that we'd later call The Beatles this week in 1958.    John & Paul needed a strong lead guitarist and George was available.

In the early days, George was always in the background.  He got the nickname of "the Quiet Beatle".

He sang background vocals.  Once in a while, George sang "lead".

One of those early examples was "Devil in her heart", a tune made popular by US groups.

In the US, the song was released on "Second album", an LP thrown together from early songs recorded in the UK in 1963.    

So we remember the day that George joined John & Paul.

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We remember Jules Verne (1828-1905)

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France.  He started writing while attending boarding school.   Verne died in 1905.

Most of us read his books in school.  We also saw the movies based on his books:   "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), "The Mysterious Island" (1929 and 1961), "From the Earth to the Moon" (1958), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1959), and "Around the World in 80 days.

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