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 1887, Paul Wittgenstein was born. He was a concert pianist whose right arm was amputated after he was shot during World War I. Wittgenstein began to commission concertos and other pieces for the left hand only; Britten, Prokofiev, Ravel, Korngold, and others wrote music for him. Several of those pieces are now part of the standard repertoire and are regularly performed by two-handed pianists. Leon Fleisher, who lost the use of his right hand for several decades due to a neurological disorder, performs a recital of pieces from the left-handed repertoire; it's available for streaming or download at Freegal.
	On this day in 1911, Roy Rogers was born. Rogers began his career as part of the western band Sons of the Pioneers; by the mid-1930s, they were recording radio programs that were heard nationally. Rogers' movie career took off in the 1940s, and he made nearly 100 westerns before starring with wife Dale Evans in his own TV show for six years.The Centennial Collection gathers the best of Rogers' work with the Sons of the Pioneers; it's available for streaming at Hoopla.
	And on this day in 1919, Myron Floren was born. For nearly 30 years, Floren was a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show. The "happy Norwegian," as Welk called him, was a virtuoso accordionist who taught himself to play the instrument. Floren's Come Dance With Me is a collection of polkas, waltzes, and other dance tunes; it's available for streaming or download at Freegal.