Freddie Mercury would have become 62 years old today… The photo (from my galleries) shows his decorated statue in Montreux four years ago.
YouTube, among others, got quite a selection of his solo songs and videos – I couldn’t make my mind up to pick a single one to include here. 
No, I’m not writing about the Olympics in Beijing and their opening ceremony which will start today at 8:08pm local time = 12:08 UTC1; I just wanted to mention that by chance there are exactly 8 marriages planned at Pfaffenhofen’s civil registry today.2
A wedding date that’s probably harder to forget than others… local couples probably won’t think much about the Asian superstition that the number 8 means luck and wealth. (Hopefully. 
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Just a little pity for the couples that they have to take the ramp at the back of the town hall because the proper front entrance is still inaccessible due to the construction works – my photo from this Sunday shows the ground at the front.
Photo: Paul Retherford – Fotolia.com
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Today is Pi Day – thanks to the American notation of 3/14 for today’s date. Also it’s Albert Einstein‘s birthday, he would be 129 years old today.
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