Great moments in history and popular culture happen every day, and ON THIS DAY will share a few of them with you. We’ll also point you to related resources in our collection, helping you to discover classic films, musical favorites, and historical tidbits. The primary focus will be on our e-material – e-books, e-audio, and downloadable and streamable music and film – but physical books and DVDs will also be part of the fun.

	On this day in 1882, Percy Grainger was born. In the early 20th century, Grainger traveled throughout England, recording and transcribing traditional folksongs; much of his work as a composer was made up of arrangements of those songs. He generally ignored the traditional large-scale musical forms -- symphony, sonata, opera -- and most of his pieces are small, rarely more than a few minutes long. A collection of Grainger's piano music is available for streaming at Hoopla.
	On this day in 1908, Louis Jordan was born. Jordan was a singer and bandleader who played a key role in the early development of R&B. In the 1940s, he dominated the national R&B charts, holding down the #1 spot for 44 straight weeks in 1946-47 with five different songs. Among his popular songs were "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?," "Caldonia," "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," and "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie." A variety of Jordan's music is available for streaming or download at Freegal.
	And on this day in 1949, Wolfgang Puck was born. Puck apprenticed as a chef throughout Europe and the United States for more than a decade before opening Spago in Los Angeles. He is now a high-profile celebrity chef with dozens of restaurants around the world, and appears frequently as a judge on TV cooking competitions. In Wolfgang Puck Makes It Easy, Puck offers favorite recipes in versions tailored to the home chef; it's available as an e-book from OverDrive or in print.