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Mar 25, 2024 · Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved great success as a teenager. She was known for a grungy pop-rock sound. Her notable albums included Let Go (2002), Under My Skin (2004), The Best Damn Thing (2007), and Goodbye Lullaby (2011).
5 days ago · Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne has released seven studio albums, nine extended plays (EPs), 33 singles, and 40 music videos, and she has appeared on several movie soundtracks and charity albums.
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3 days ago · April 22 – Pink Floyd open the North American leg of their "Animals" tour in Miami, Florida. April 24 – Several artists, including Joan Baez and Santana, perform at a free concert for 653 inmates of California's Soledad Prison. April 26 – New York's disco Studio 54 opens.
2 days ago · 1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (d. 1680) 1697 – Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763) 1721 – Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799) 1741 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)
Mar 31, 2024 · Don’t be alarmed, you’ve simply immersed yourself in the centuries-long French tradition of April Fool’s Day, known as poisson d’avril or “April Fish.”. “The idea of April Fool’s ...
1 day ago · 1622 Henry Vaughan, English poet (Silex Scintillans), born in Newton St. Bridget, Brecknockshire, Wales (d. 1695) 1644 Abraham Jansz Storck, Dutch painter, baptized in Amsterdam (d. 1708) 1666 François Valentijn, Dutch vicar and writer (Old and New East-India), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727) 1676 Frederik I, van Hessen Kassel, King ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Back to poisson d’avril. The term didn’t mean “an April Fool” originally. Starting in the 15th century, it meant “go-between”—likely because of the two French meanings of maquereau.
