Monday 20 August 2012

Born On This Day:
Robert Plant turns 64 today
An English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Plant is regarded as one of the most significant singers in the history of rock music, and has influenced contemporaries and later singers such as Freddie Mercury and Axl Rose. 

In Memoriam:
Fred Hoyle died 11 years ago today
An English astronomer and mathematician noted primarily for his contribution to the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and his often controversial stance on other cosmological and scientific matters—in particular his rejection of the "Big Bang" theory, a term originally coined by him out of ridicule for the main rival of his own theory.



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