Questo e Quello

Yours for the axing

On this day in 1893 Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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On this day in 1893 Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.  

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Born on this day in 1819 composer Jacques Offenbach
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSA-W-TV830

Born on this day in 1891 soprano Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOyIEgf6p_k

Born on this day in 1896 conductor and pianist Wilfrid Pelletier
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Born on this day in 1899 soprano Helen Traubel
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie8N9K_nriA

Born on this day in 1905 mezzo-soprano Helene Bouvier
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD7TcTEv8BA

Happy 78th birthday bass Stafford Dean
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mAXcMIZ7V0

Happy 70th birthday tenor Wolfgang Neumann
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTa6wJPxb4I

Happy 69th birthday baritone Brent Ellis
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpRNExig9p0

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