Good Summer morning
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Today in Music History
1955 - Bill Haley and Comets' "Rock Around Clock" hits #1 on Top 100 chart
1956 - Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand
1972 - 1st tour of Paul McCartney and Wings (France)
Births in Music
1929 - Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
1975 - Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes)
1984 - Jacob Hoggard, Canadian singer of band Hedley
1791 - Nicolas Ledesma, composer
1805 - Henry John Gauntlett, composer
1839 - Carl Baermann, composer
1841 - Carl Christian Lumbye, composer
1855 - Johann P Zilcher, German composer
1879 - Ottorino Respighi, Bologna Italy, composer (Pines of Rome)
1882 - Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/composer/conductor (Caponsacchi)
1898 - Marcel Delannoy, composer
1900 - Robert Oboussier, composer
1910 - Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician
1915 - David Leo Diamond, Rochester NY, composer (Paderewski Prize-1943)
1916 - Joe Liggins, US composer (Pink Champagne)
1916 - Sir Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer (d. 1984)
1917 - Ted Steele, Hartford Ct, orch leader (Cavalcade of Stars)
1918 - Herbert Brun, composer
1924 - Leonard Pennario, Buffalo NY, pianist (LA Philharmonic)
1924 - Pierre Cochereau, composer
1925 - Alan Dale, Bkln NY, singer (Alan Dale Show)
1927 - Ed Ames, American singer and actor
1928 - Vince Edwards, American actor, director and singer (d. 1996)
1929 - Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1930 - Buddy Bregman, Chicago, American musical arranger and conductor (Eddie Fisher Show)
1933 - Nodar Kalistratovich Gabuniya, composer
1935 - Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer
1936 - David Joel Zinman, NYC, composer/conductor (Balt Symphony-1983)
1938 - Paul Seiko Chihara, Seattle Washington, US/Japanese composer
1940 - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
1941 - Don McPherson, rocker
1943 - Bon Scott, [Ronald Belford], Kirriemuir, Scotland, Australian singer (AC/DC)
1946 - Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
1946 - Joe Micelli, rocker
1947 - Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth and Fire)
1947 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
1952 - John Tesh, American composer
1954 - Debbie Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1956 - [Peter] Marc Almond, Merseyside England, vocalist (Soft Cell)
1959 - Jim Kerr, Glasgow Scotland, rock vocalist (Simple Minds)
1963 - Frank Bello, US heavy metal bassist (Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal)
1964 - Courtney Love, American musician
1969 - Mark Lui, Hong Kong composer and producer
1971 - Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
1974 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and singer (Millencolin)
1977 - Isaac Brock, American musician
1978 - Mark Medlock, German singer
1979 - Ella Koon, Hong Kong singer and actress
1983 - Lucia Micarelli, American musician
1986 - Kiely Williams, American singer and actress
1991 - Spencer Elden, Baby/Model on Nirvana's Nevermind album
Deaths in Music
1747 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76
1755 - Gottlob Harrer, composer, dies at 52
1821 - Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58
1883 - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67
1934 - Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55
1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born Australian composer, dies at 75
1951 - Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54
1957 - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80
1960 - Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
1969 - Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64
1969 - Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63
1972 - Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
1978 - Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49
1981 - Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88
1984 - Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
1994 - Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57
1994 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
Today in the News
- Five peacekeepers are killed and another 17 missing following an ambush on a patrol by the joint United Nations African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur. (AP via Google News)
- Three members of the Turkish police force die during an armed attack on the United States consulate in Istanbul. (Hurriyet)
- Iran test fires nine long- and medium-range missiles including the Shahab-3 capable of reaching Israel and United States bases in the Middle East. (Reuters via The New York Times)
- The United States and the Czech Republic sign an initial agreement to base a United States missile defense system in the Czech Republic. (AP via Google News)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov responds to this development, "We will be forced to react not with diplomatic, but with military-technical methods." (The Times)
- The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicates that he does not expect an attack by the United States or Israel because he considers George W. Bush to be a lame duck president. (Bloomberg)
- Leaders of the G8 nations meeting at the 34th G8 summit in Japan agree to a target of cutting world greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050. (BBC News)
- The former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra goes on trial facing corruption charges. (BBC News)
- The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani denies any involvement in the 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul. The Government of Afghanistan has hinted that it believes that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence had some involvement. (AP via Yahoo! News) (Reuters)
- Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is stable after undergoing an operation to improve his breathing, his deputy says. (BBC News)
- The UNESCO World Heritage Committee votes in Quebec City and adds 27 new sites to the World Heritage List. (Unesco)
News from this Day in History
1793 - The Act Against Slavery is passed in Upper Canada and the importation of slaves into Lower Canada is prohibited.
1900 - Queen Victoria gives royal assent to an Act creating the Commonwealth of Australia thus uniting separate colonies on the continent under one federal government.
1922 - Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
1948 - Pakistan issues its first set of Postage stamps, bearing images of the Constituent Assembly, the Jinnah International Airport (Quaid-e-Azam International Airport), and the Shahi Fort.
1955 - The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
Holidays and Observances
- Roman festival - Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina.
- Argentina - Independence Day.
- São Paulo (state) - Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932.
- Palau - Constitution Day.
- Bahá'í Faith - Holy Day: Martyrdom of the Báb.
- Fence month - The closed season for deer in England ends (date varies).
Roman Catholic Church
- Feast of Our Lady of Peace; Octave of the Visitation
- Saint Agilulf, bishop of Cologne, martyr
- Saint Cyril, bishop and companions, martyrs
- Saint Ephrem the Deacon, confessor, Doctor of the Church
- Holy Martyrs of Gorcum (d. 1572)
- Translation of Saint Nicholas, bishop, confessor
- Saint Sabinus, bishop, martyr
- Saint Everildis, virgin
- Saint Veronica de Julianis, virgin
- Saint Zeno, martyr
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