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Today in Music History
1854 - Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1922 - Commerce Sec Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference
1942 - J S Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun
1981 - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record "Ebony and Ivory"
1991 - Singer James Brown is released from prison
1997 - Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop
Births in Music
1920 - Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
1923 - Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1990)
1948 - Eddie Gray, rock guitarist (Tommy James and Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1954 - Neal Schon, rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)
1957 - Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
1959 - Johnny Van Zant, American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1981 - Josh Groban, American singer and musician
1649 - Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
1702 - Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
1745 - Silverius Muller, composer
1746 - Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
1759 - Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
1784 - Job Plimpton, composer
1822 - Eugene Gautier, composer
1846 - Joaquin Valverde, composer
1848 - Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
1867 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
1870 - Louis Coerne, composer
1874 - Max Ettinger, composer
1879 - Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
1888 - Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
1890 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
1891 - David Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)
1891 - Georges E Migot, French composer
1893 - Joseph Messner, composer
1894 - Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
1897 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)
1898 - Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
1899 - Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
1907 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
1909 - Elisabeth Welch, singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)
1919 - Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
1921 - Andras Szollosy, composer
1923 - Viktor Kalabis, composer
1927 - Guy Mitchell, American singer (d. 1999)
1935 - Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer
1935 - Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)
1936 - Chuck Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
1937 - David Ackles, American singer songwriter (d. 1999)
1943 - Morten Lauridsen, American composer
1945 - Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (d. 2004)
1947 - Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
1951 - Steve Harley, British rock musician (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel)
1952 - Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer (Good Cause)
1952 - Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
1955 - Garry Christian, rocker
1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician, video director and designer
1960 - Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
1964 - Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
1965 - Frank Peter Zimmermann, German violinist
1965 - Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician
1969 - Brad Vander Ark, American musician
1970 - Patricia Petibon, French opera singer
1971 - Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
1973 - "Pooh" Clark, rocker (High-5)
1973 - Ali Tabatabaee, American Iranian rapper (Zebrahead)
1973 - Peter André, Australian singer
1980 - Bobby Valentino, American singer
1984 - Antti Tuisku, Finnish singer
1989 - Kelly Breeding, American singer from B5
Deaths in Music
1731 - Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 - Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1797 - Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
1805 - Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
1852 - Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1887 - Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1923 - Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
1929 - Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
1956 - Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956 - Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
1968 - Ludvik Podest, composer, dies at 46
1968 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (b. 1942)
1972 - Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1973 - Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
1978 - Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov, Russian composer, dies at 65
1982 - Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39
1991 - H J of Royen, manager Dutch (Concertgebouw Orch), dies at 52
2003 - John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)
2007 - Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
Todays News
- The Euro reaches a record closure rate of US$1.5044.
- A roadside bomb in Afghanistan results in the death of two NATO soldiers. (AP via USA Today)
- The biggest earthquake in nearly 25 years hits England (5.2 on Richter scale). BBC News
- A shutdown at the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station causes a loss of electricity for millions in Florida. (Reuters)
News and bits from this day in History
1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
1812 - Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1860 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that was largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1940 - Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14.
1964 - The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1974 - People magazine is published for the first time.
Holidays and Observances
- Roman Empire - Equirria; horse races in honor of the war god Mars were held.
- Bahá'í Faith - Day 2 of Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) - days in the Bahá'í calendar devoted to service and gift giving.
- Dominican Republic - National Day.
- Russia - First day of Maslenitsa (2006)
- Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
- Saint Leander
- Saint Honorine
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