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Today in Music History
1945 - Opera "Peter Grimes of Benjamin Britten," premieres in London
1956 - Elvis Presley introduces his new single, "Hound Dog", on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.
1964 - Davie Jones and King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me," group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
1965 - "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2
1976 - "Bigfoot" by Bro Smith hits #57
1982 - "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
1983 - 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win
1989 - 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis
1989 - Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
1993 - "Livin' On The Edge" by Aerosmith hits #18
1993 - Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music)
Births in Music
1882 - Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum, Russia, composer (Rite of Spring)
1946 - Fred Stone, rock guitarist (Sly and Family Stone-Stand)
1979 - Pete Wentz, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
1981 - Sebastien Lefebvre, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1665 - Nicolas Bernier, composer
1686 - Cristoph Raupach, composer
1759 - Theodor Zwetler, composer
1798 - Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer
1813 - Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton, composer
1826 - Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer
1863 - Arthur Somervell, composer
1876 - Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
1879 - Adolf Wiklund, composer
1884 - Ralph Benatzky, Czech composer (d. 1957)
1895 - August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)
1898 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist (d. 1936)
1909 - Alfred Uhl, composer
1913 - Friedrich Wildgans, composer
1918 - Branimir Sakac, composer
1920 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)
1923 - Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Lynn Massachusetts,composer,organist and harpsichordist (Signs of Zodiac)
1925 - Dorothy Claire, LaPorte Ind, singer (Winchell and Mahoney)
1930 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, composer
1935 - Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer (Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion)
1937 - Stanley Lunetta, composer
1940 - Moira Anderson, Scotland, singer (Loch Lomond)
1941 - Floyd Butler, rocker
1941 - Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
1941 - Erasmo Carlos, Brazilian singer and songwriter
1942 - Charles Dodge, composer
1943 - Bill Hopkins, composer
1944 - Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer
1945 - Don Reid, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall)
1946 - Fuzzy Fuscaldo, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
1946 - Michael Monarch, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1947 - Tom Evans, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger)
1948 - Frank Estersmith, Australia, rocker (Air Supply)
1950 - Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
1952 - Daniel Katzen, Symphony musician
1952 - Carole Fredericks, American singer (d. 2001)
1954 - Michael "Nicko" McBain, Eng hard rock drummer (Iron Maiden-Powerslave)
1956 - Kenny G, saxophonist (Duotones)
1956 - Richard Butler, English singer (Psychedelic Furs)
1959 - Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans)
1961 - Teri Nunn, Calif, rock vocalist (Berlin-You Take my Breathe Away)
1961 - Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d. 2006)
1963 - Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
1964 - Mags, rocker (Fuzzbox-Into Rescue)
1964 - Karl Sanders, American musician (Nile)
1965 - Sandrine Piau, French soprano
1969 - Brian McKnight, American musician
1971 - Mark Wahlberg, American singer and actor
1972 - Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
1973 - Daniel Gildenlöw, Swedish musician and songwriter
1977 - Christian Martucci, American musician
1977 - Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
1979 - David Bisbal, Spanish singer
1984 - Cécilia Cara, French singer and actress
Deaths in Music
1625 - Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41
1722 - Johann Kuhnau,German composer, organist, and harpsichordist, dies at 62
1785 - Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71
1816 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
1826 - Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, composer (Oberon), dies at 39
1852 - Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki, composer, dies at 45
1861 - Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer, dies at 55
1868 - Anselm Huttenbrenner, composer, dies at 73
1885 - Julius Benedict, composer (Protoghesi), dies at 80
1894 - Immanuel Faisst, composer, dies at 70
1908 - Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71
1927 - Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89
1944 - Riccardo Zandonai, composer, dies at 61
1993 - Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933)
1999 - Mel Tormé, American singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, and actor (b. 1925)
2002 - Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (The Ramones) (b. 1952)
2003 - Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)
2004 - Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (b. 1941)
Today in the News
- Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert says that "the end of Iran's nuclear program is near" (Haaretz)
- Burma detains activist and comedian Zarganar who has been involved in private relief efforts for the victims of Cyclone Nargis and seize his computer and banned films including Rambo IV. (Reuters)
- The Detroit Red Wings win the 2008 Stanley Cup, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in the sixth game to win the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals 4-2. (AP via Google News), (CBC)
- Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the 2008 Danish embassy bombing stating it was revenge for the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. (Bloomberg)
- Tony Rezko, a Chicago property developer and former fundraiser for Barack Obama, is convicted on 16 charges of corruption. (Chicago Tribune via Los Angeles Times)
- A coolant leak at Krško Nuclear Power Plant in Slovenia triggers the European Union's ECURIE nuclear emergency alert system. Slovenian authorities state the situation is under control, with no radiation leak into the environment. (BBC)
- Reassembly of the Obelisk of Axum begins in Axum, after the monument was returned to Ethiopia from Italy in 2005. (BBC News)
- The International Olympic Committee releases a shortlist of 2016 Summer Olympics bids consisting of Chicago, United States; Tokyo, Japan; Madrid, Spain; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Sports Network)
- Zimbabwean police detain Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai while campaigning in the second round of the Zimbabwe presidential election. He is later released after eight hours in detention. (The Times), (BBC News)
- Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas announces plans to avoid recession as growth of the Lithuanian economy slows. (Bloomberg).
- The Malaysian government announces a 40% increase in fuel prices, with gasoline rising from 1.92 ringgit (US$0.61) per litre to 2.70 ringgit by midnight. (BBC)(IHT)
News from this Day in History
70 - Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem.
1817 - The first Great Lakes steamer, the Frontenac, is launched.
1851 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
1968 - U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California by Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. Kennedy dies the next day.
1977 - The Apple II, the first practical personal computer, goes on sale.
1981 - The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
1989 - The Inuvialuit Final Agreement is signed in Canada to give the Inuit of western Canada the first comprehensive land claim agreement north of the 60th parallel.
Holidays and Observances
- World Environment Day, since the United Nations General Assembly resolution in 1972.
- National holiday of Denmark (Constitution Day).
- Suriname - Indian Arrival Day
- Seychelles - Liberation Day.
- Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Núr (Light) - First day of the fifth month of the Bahá'í calendar.
- Saint Boniface (d. 754)
- Saint Valeria
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