In the mood for a good movie? Some toe-tapping music? A thrilling book? ON THIS DAY will lead you to new possibilities every day, tied to interesting moments from history and popular culture. Whether it’s streamable and downloadable music and film, e-books and e-audio, or physical books and DVDs, we hope you’ll find something to enjoy as you pick up a few bits of history each day.

	On this day in 1724, Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion was performed for the first time at the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, Germany. This re-telling of the Easter story is considered one of the great works of sacred choral music. Bach revised the work several times, but the original 1724 version is the most frequently performed. The St. John Passion is available for streaming or download at Freegal.
	On this day in 1915, Billie Holiday was born. Holiday was singing in New York jazz clubs by the time she was 14, and made her first record at 18. Her recordings from the 1930s and 1940s are legendary, and she is among the most influential jazz singers of all time. A wide selection of Holiday's music can be heard on The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959; it's available for streaming at Hoopla.
	On this day in 1967, Roger Ebert's first film review was published in the Chicago Sun-Times; the French New Wave movie Galia received 2 1/2 stars. Ebert would write for the Sun-Times for the next 45 years, becoming one of the best-known film critics in America. With partner Gene Siskel, he hosted several different weekly TV shows of film reviews for more than 20 years. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Forty years of Ebert's highest praise are collected in Four-Star Reviews 1967-2007; it's available as an e-book at OverDrive.