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Happy Earth Day Everyone,
Haven't seen to much comotion/advertising/promotion etc. regarding Earth Day so far. Maybe it's just too early? Anyway, hope you all enjoy this day and do your own part in helping keep our earth green. This is an awesome planet that we live on and we hope it stays that way for future generations to enjoy and marvel at. Soo many great locations, views, stories and wonders. We're doing our little part on a daily basis such as recycling, reducing garbage, driving less/walking more, etc. trying to help in this huge undertaking but it needs to be done. Thanks so much for dropping in to globalstrings. Please check out our selections (Dean Markley, DR, Elixir, Ernie Ball, Hannabach, John Pearse, Savarez, SIT, Thomastik-Infeld to name a few) and order up what you need at great prices and fast service and we'll talk to you soon. Keep Green and all the best. Here's the news of the day.
Today in Music History
Well, it seems theres not much news in music on this day in history. Maybe someone out there will make some music news today so we have some for next year.
Births in Music
1916 - Yehudi Menuhin, NYC, violinist/conductor (Bartok's Sonata)
1922 - Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
1936 - Glen Campbell, American musician/guitarist/singer
1936 - Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
1950 - Peter Frampton, Kent Engld, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
1658 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italy, composer (Concert Grossi op 8)
1781 - Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, composer
1828 - Guilherme Antonio Cossoul, composer
1858 - Ethel Mary Smyth, composer
1868 - Jose Vianna da Motta, composer
1884 - Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer
1891 - Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Sontsovka Ukraine, composer
1892 - Nikolai Obouhov, composer
1906 - Eric William Fenby, composer/president (Delius Society)
1912 - Gavalda Miguel Querol, composer
1912 - Kathleen Ferrier, British singer (d. 1953)
1922 - Lou Stein, Phila Pa, pianist (Tonight! America After Dark)
1926 - Bob Flannigan, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1927 - Pascal Bentoiu, composer
1927 - Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
1932 - Michael Colgrass, Chicago Illinois, composer (Best Wishes)
1935 - Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
1937 - Jack Nitzsche, American composer (d. 2000)
1943 - Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
1944 - Joshua Rifkin, composer
1947 - Barry Guy, composer
1951 - Paul Carrack, English musician
1953 - Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer
1969 - Craig Logan, Scotland, rock bassist (Bros Front, Bon Jovi-New Jersey)
1970 - Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
1974 - Diego Costa, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1974 - Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
1977 - Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
1978 - Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
1979 - Daniel Johns, Australian musician (Silverchair)
1984 - Amelle Berrabah, British singer (Sugababes)
Deaths in Music
1776 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
1782 - Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66
1844 - Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76
1883 - Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38
1892 - Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, French composer, dies at 69
1925 - Andre Caplet, French composer, dies at 46
1929 - Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86
1944 - Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68
1962 - Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61
1976 - Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79
1977 - Charles Sanford, orch leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1980 - Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72
1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor
1994 - Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80
1995 - Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53
1999 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
2003 - Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2005 - Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
Today in the News
- Earth Day is celebrated throughout the world. (Times of India)
- The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that former President of the United States Jimmy Carter was advised not to hold talks with Hamas. (Reuters)
- Zimbabwe churches claim that people are being tortured, abducted and some murdered in a campaign of political retribution against the Opposition Movement for Democratic Change. (Associated Press)
- Rioting breaks out in Montreal after the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL win their first round playoff series against the Boston Bruins. Several police cars are torched, but there are no reports of any serious injuries. (Canadian Press via Globe and Mail) What is the point of this? and it's only round 1.
News from this Day in History
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
1509 - Henry VIII accedes to the throne of England after the death of his father.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act which mandates that the inscription "In God We Trust" be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1876 - The Boston Red Stockings defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5 in the first National League Baseball game.
1889 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
1970 - First Earth Day celebrated.
Holidays and Observances
- Earth Day
- Brazil - Discovery Day
- Abel McAedh
- Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions
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