Welcome to ON THIS DAY! Each day, we'll look at a few moments from history and popular culture. We'll show you where you can rediscover classic movies and music, or read more about great moments in history. We'll point you to e-books, downloadable and streamable music and film, and e-audio; and of course, we haven't forgotten about physical books or DVDs.

	On this day in 1839, Modest Mussorgsky was born. Mussorgsky's music is often inspired by Russian history or folklore. Among his best-loved works is the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition, a series of musical impressions of paintings his friend Victor Hartmann. The piece has been arranged for orchestra by several different composers; the most popular version was written by Maurice Ravel. Both the piano version and Ravel's orchestral version of Pictures at an Exhibition are available for streaming at Hoopla.
	On this day in 1940, Solomon Burke was born. Burke had a run of R&B hits in the early 1960s -- "Cry to Me," "If You Need Me," "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love," and others -- and was considered by his peers to be among the finest singers of the era. His style mixed influences of gospel, jazz, and even country into R&B. A selection of Burke's music is available for streaming or download at Freegal.
	And since 2009, this day has been observed as International Colour Day by the International Colour Assocation. The day is dedicated to encouraging research into various aspects of color, and to the use of color in science, art, design, and industry. Alexander Theroux's The Primary Colors is a set of three essays on the historical, artistic, political, literary, scientific, religious, emotional, and cultural significance of red, blue, and yellow; it's available in print.