Today in 1948 Svetlana Y Savitskaya was born, Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to walk in space (July 25, 1984).
In music, Decca Records scrapped 25,000 copies of Ray Peterson's 'Tell Laura I Lover Her' in 1960 because they felt the song, which recounts the last thoughts of a teenager dying from a car accident, was "too tasteless and vulgar". A cover version by Ricky Valance, went to No.1 on the UK chart a month later.
Thank you Abbie! Thanks to all of you who took time out of your day to send me birthday wishes! I played hooky to spend some time at the beach and it was a very nice day.