It’s only time that moves the rolling dunes
And time that counts the beat of jazzy tunes.
A cross pinned to the breasts of braver gents
Will keep their hearts beating through all events.

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Ireland, was born today in 1819.

Bob Dylan, American composer and musician, was born on this day in 1941.

Duke Ellington, American composer and jazz orchestra leader, died on this day in 1974.