On this Day........

Today is the Vernal or Spring Equinox. It’s the date in the northern hemisphere when night and day are nearly the same length and the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving northward. The vernal equinox marks the first day of the season of spring.

Signs of Spring - when the crocus appear

Today, in 1865, saw the birth of one of our greatest composers – Johann Sebastian Bach.

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach

Today in 1963, the notorious prison – Alcatraz - built on a small island in San Francisco Bay was closed. The vicious currents surrounding the island made escape almost impossible.

Alcatraz housed some very notorious prisoners. The most famous of these convicts was Al Capone – the Birdman of Alcatraz – who used his time inside to study birds, doing time inside their own cages!


The notorious criminal Al Capone