:-) Well then, Charles, we'll have to delve into the "happy?" file and come up with something else for today. Won't do for me to be half-hour behind the Simpsons...
How about this?
Sam Pepys' diary entry for 1/2/1666: "In perfect pleasure I was to hear her [the actress, Mrs. Knipp] sing, and especially her little Scotch song of Barbary Allen."