Non-musical history for today: 1820 – The Venus de Milo was discovered on the Aegean island of Milos. Think about that. Discovered in 1820, but was most likely sculptured sometime between 165-110 BC. At the time, Milos (sometimes Melos) was in Turkey; now, it’s in Greece. She’s tall, too. Base and all she’s around 6’7″ or so. No true clue about the sculpture. The most speculated is attributed to Alexandros from Antioch on the Maeander, but again, there’s no true evidence to sustain that. Apparently, she was holding one apple in one of her hands because that was found inside her digsite, and scientific testing has strongly supported this theory.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 8.

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