On this day in1931
"The Star-Spangled Banner", officially adopted
as the United States national anthem.
(It was composed by Francis Scott Key).




IT WAS the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-.....
.A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens.

 1960 Newport Jazz Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHXfoLlMAk0