Well, It's time to wind this stuff up for now. Started this series April 16, 2005 and stopping April 15, 2006. That makes it exactly one while.

I realized some time back this was taking me longer to do than previously – youse guys don't let me get away with much and I've tried to recheck the sources and all. So, I decided to cut it short after a while instead of just going on several years. Once around the sun seemed reasonable. Therefore I tried to use the better items and often double up for things I thought were more "important." In the past I didn't care because I thought I could always use an item next year.

I've been endlessly gratified by the support from everybody.   Comments, corrections, expansions, reminiscences, additional items. Even criticism and incomprehension showed people taking an interest.

I was going to thank everyone individually but I soon saw there were too many people. So thank you All for your time and attention.

Hopefully I'll remember to add Feb 29 in 2008.

The master Happy File has an average of about eight items per day so there's more to post – some day. See you again for the next series – a few years down the road.

Abby  

Happy! - Apr 1 (Virgil Sturgill/Hunter)	happy? - Apr 1 (Eleanor of Aquitaine)
Happy! - Apr 2 (HC Andersen / E Harris)	happy? - Apr 2 (St. Abb — a good name)
Happy! - Apr 3 (Richard Thompson)	happy? - Apr 3 (Jericho / Richmond)
Happy! - Apr 4 (Chastity Belt)	happy? - Apr 4 (Hokey Pokey)
Happy! - Apr 5 (Mad Jack / Warner)	happy? - Apr 5 (4000 Jews shot at Ponar)
Happy! - Apr 6 (Hedy West)	happy? - Apr 6 (Smugglers of Buffalo)
Happy! - Apr 7 (Eleanora Fagan-Lady Day)	happy? - Apr 7 (a possat in his hand)
Happy! - Apr 8 (Frank Shay)	happy? - Apr 8 (Died of masturbation)
Happy! - Apr 9 (T Lehrer / P Robeson)	happy? - Apr 9 (A week before Easter)
Happy! - Apr 10 ('The Gaberlunyie Man')	happy? - Apr 10 (Emiliano Zapata)
Happy! - Apr 11 (Bernard Patrick O'Dowd)	happy? - Apr 11 ('Meagher's Children')
Happy! - Apr 12 (I S Posen / F Reece)	happy? - Apr 12 (new town of Tipperary)
Happy! - Apr 13 (G Fawkes / T Jefferson)	happy? - Apr 13 (Walter Scott / Cigars)
Happy! - Apr 14 (Ed Trickett)	happy? - Apr 14 ('49 wrecks / Roxburghe)
Happy! - Apr 15 (Bessie Smith)	happy? - Apr 15 ('Flying Cloud' launch)