Hector Berlioz triumphed on this day back in 1837. His Requiem performed in Paris had a choir of 200, 110 violins and 16 tympani (and the Brass section couldn't sit down). His music is great (although he couldn't play a single instrument properly) but his hair! Look at portraits of him. Even allowing for the exaggeration of contemporary cartoonists, Berlioz had the silliest hair in Classical Music.
In other news ...
HMS Resolution, Britain's first nuclear submarine was launched today by the Queen Mother in 1966. It was the first time that a Royal had used the well-known family Scuba-diving skills and the old girl hardly suffered the Bends at all.
Jolly good show, Your ex-Maj.
