By Michelle Dumas
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Sadenia Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as the lead vocalist of the folk and soft rock band Fairground Attraction, and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three Brit Awards. In 2003, she showcased the works of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns.
In 2013, Reader married John Douglas, a songwriter and member of Trashcan Sinatras alongside her brother Frank.
AWARDS
The Robert Burns project saw Reader awarded an MBE for outstanding contributions to the arts in the New Year’s honours list of 2006.
In May 2007, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde. Later that year she was recognised for her contributions to music and to the education and encouragement of young musicians with an honorary doctorate and a Doctor of Letters from Glasgow Caledonian University. In June 2008, she received another doctorate for her musical work, this time from the University of Stirling, and in 2013 she received an honorary doctor of music award from the University of Edinburgh.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Today Thursday, the 29th of August of 2024,
August 29 is the 242nd day of the year
124 days remain until the end of the year
BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST 29
1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (d. 1894)
1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958)
1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
1920 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)
1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
1936 – John McCain, American captain and politician (d. 2018)
1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor and producer
1940 – James Brady, American politician and activist, 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014)
1947 – Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)
1959 – Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
HISTORICAL EVENTS FOR AUGUST 29
708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
1786 – Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1952 – American experimental composer John Cage’s 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David Tudor.
1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
1997 – Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
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