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 1933, Donald E. Westlake was born. Westlake was an author of (mostly) crime fiction; he wrote more than 100 novels under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms. He is best known for two series characters. John Dortmunder leads a gang of likable thieves whose plans never quite work out; he stars in 14 comic capers under Westlake's name. The 24 Parker novels, published under the name Richard Stark, are darker and more violent stories about a ruthless criminal for hire. The first volume (and others) in each series are available as e-books from OverDrive; the Dortmunder series begins with The Hot Rock and the Parker series begins with The Hunter.
	On this day in 1934, Van Cliburn was born. Cliburn was a classical pianist who became a pop-culture phenomenon in 1958 by winning the first Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. The event was meant as a demonstration of the Soviet Union's cultural superiority at the height of the Cold War; when the American Cliburn won, he was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City. Cliburn performed and recorded only occasionally after 1980, but did perform for every President from Truman to Obama. Several of Cliburn's recordings are available for streaming or download at Freegal.
	And on this day in 1962, the Rolling Stones gave their first concert at the Marquee Club in London. They were billed as "The Rollin' Stones," and Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts had not yet joined the group. They performed a mix of Chicago blues standards and covers of early rock'n'roll songs by Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. More than fifty years later, the Stones are still hard at work, having toured Latin America earlier this year. Several of the Rolling Stones' albums are available for streaming at Hoopla.