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 and DVDs.

	On this day in 1912, Jay Silverheels was born. He adopted the stage name "Silverheels" from his nickname during his early career as a lacrosse player (he is a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame). His greatest fame came on the TV series The Lone Ranger, where he played Tonto for five seasons. The first two seasons of the show are available for streaming at Hoopla.
	On this day in 1920, Peggy Lee was born. She started as a big band singer in the 1940s and continued to record and perform for fifty years. She adapted better than most singers of her era to the coming of rock and roll, and her later albums often included songs written by young writers like Paul McCartney or Melissa Manchester along with the standards by Irving Berlin or Henry Mancini. At Last: The Lost Radio Recordings is a collection of songs from her 1950s radio show; it's availablr for streaming or download at Freegal.
	And on this day in 1954, Alan Hollinghurst was born. His novels deal with the lives of gay men in Britain, both before and after the gay rights movement. The Stranger's Child tells the story of a (fictional) minor poet of the World War I era, and how his personal and literary reputation are altered over the years by cultural changes. It's available in print, or from OverDrive as an e-book or an e-audio.