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Today in Music History
1963 - Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1984 - After 37 weeks, "Thriller" is knocked off as top album by "Footloose"
1993 - Rolling Stone Bill Wyman weds Suzanne Accosta on French Riveria
Births in Music
1942 - Bobby McClure, US gospel singer (Don't Mess Up a Good Thing)
1947 - Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
1959 - Michael Timmins, Canadian musician (Cowboy Junkies)
1546 - Arcangelo Crivelli, composer
1672 - Johann Philipp Kafer, composer
1730 - Antonin Kammel, composer
1749 - Johann Michael Malzat, composer
1779 - William Knyvett, composer
1814 - Beni Egressy, composer
1824 - Anselmo Clave, composer
1853 - Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer
1854 - Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer
1871 - Leo Blech, composer
1871 - Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
1892 - Jaroslav Kvapil, composer
1899 - Clement D'Hooghe, composer
1899 - Randall Thompson, NYC, composer (Trip to Nahant)
1901 - Julian Bautista, composer
1907 - Antoni Szalowski, composer
1915 - Andor Kovach, composer
1919 - Don Cornell, American singer (d. 2004)
1920 - Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, (Hyperion) [or Mar 21]
1924 - Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, (Louvin Brothers)
1933 - Easley Blackwood, Indianapolis In, composer, (Un Voyage Cythere)
1936 - Anthony Joseph Gnazzo, composer
1938 - Ernie Maresca, American singer, songwriter and record executive
1939 - John McCabe, composer
1945 - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (d. 2000)
1947 - John Weider, bassist (Eric Burdon and the Animals, Family)
1947 - Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
1948 - Paul Davis, Meridian Mi, country/rock vocalist (I Go Crazy)
1949 - Patti LuPone, American singer and actress
1951 - Nicoel Barclay, rocker
1951 - Paul Carrack, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
1951 - Robert Gotobed, English drummer (Wire)
1954 - Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer
1959 - Robert Smith, Sussex, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1959 - Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits)
1966 - Michael Franti, American musician
1970 - Glen Hansard, Irish song-writer/actor
1972 - Severina Vučković, Croatian singer
1977 - Doseone, American rapper
1978 - Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)
1978 - Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid, formerly of The Used)
Deaths in Music
1652 - Pietro Della Valle, composer, dies at 66
1696 - Andres de Sola, composer, dies at 61
1780 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 60
1878 - Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, dies at 78
1900 - Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
1922 - Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)
1939 - Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
1948 - Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
1961 - James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
1968 - Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
1975 - Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70
1978 - Sandy Denny, British vocalist/country singer, dies at 37
1991 - Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
1999 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor and musician (b. 1904)
2000 - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (b. 1929)
2003 - Nina Simone, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
2007 - Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
Today and over the weekend in the News
- Former bishop Fernando Lugo is elected as the President of Paraguay. (AFP via Google News)
- Radio Television of Kosovo wants to participate as soon as possible in the Eurovision Song Contest and therefore aims to join the European Broadcasting Union. Some EBU members such as Serbia, Russia and Greece may object, as they don't recognise the new Republic of Kosovo. (oikotimes.com)
- In auto racing, Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first female driver to win an IndyCar race.
- The New York Times publishes an exposé on the Pentagon message machine. (The New York Times)
- Muqtada al-Sadr threatens a new rebellion if a United States-Iraqi crackdown against his followers continues. (Sunday Herald)
- Soyuz TMA-11 lands safely outside Arkalyk, 475 kilometers (295 mi) short of the planned landing site in Kazakhstan, due to a computer glitch. (Spaceflightnow)
- 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay: Chinese nationalists boycott the French-owned retail chain Carrefour in cities including Kunming, Hefei and Wuhan, accusing the French people of racism. Protesters block customers with large flags and throw water bottles. In Hefei, a Carrefour store was vandalized and looted by protesters. (News.sina.com)
- A South African court blocks unloading of the An Yue Jiang, a Chinese cargo ship carrying 77 tonnes of small arms bound for Zimbabwe, purportedly from the Chinese Ministry of Defense. According to reports, the ship has since left for Mozambique. (The Guardian) (BBC News)
- CNN news anchor Richard Quest is arrested for possession of methamphetamine in New York's Central Park. (Reuters)
- A Texas judge rules that 418 children taken from the YFZ Ranch should remain in state custody for 60 days. (Dallas Star-Telegram)
News on this Day in History
753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date)
1509 - Henry VIII ascends the throne of England (unofficially) at the death of his father, Henry VII.
1792 - Tiradentes, a revolutionary who was leading a movement for Brazil's independence, is hanged and quartered.
1863 - Bahá'u'lláh, considered the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declares his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest".
1944 - Women in France receive the right to vote.
1952 - Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
1960 - Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 9:30 am the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
1962 - The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the U.S. since World War II.
1966 - Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
1982 - Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves.
1994 - The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.
Holidays and Observances
- Bahá'í Faith - First day of the festival of Ridván.
- Roman Empire - the Parilia was held in honor of Pales.
- Rome - city birthday.
- Tiradentes - Brazil.
- Grounation Day in Rastafari movement.
- San Jacinto Day - Texas state holiday.
- Aggie Muster at Texas A&M University.
- Holy Infant of Good Health
- Saint Abdecalas
- Saint Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Saint Anastasius I
- Saint Konrad von Parzham
- Saint Wolbodo |
