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Today in Music History
1824 - World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the deaf composer's supervision.
1888 - Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys," premieres in Paris
1970 - "Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
Births in Music
1833 - Johannes Brahms, Hamburg Germany, composer, enjoys a good lullaby
1840 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk Rus, composer (1812 Overture)
1950 - Janis Ian, [Fink], NYC, singer/guitarist (At 17, Society's Child)
1704 - Carl Heinrich Graun, composer
1769 - Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
1803 - Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer
1873 - Clarence Dickinson, composer
1883 - Gino Roncaglia, composer
1901 - Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer
1907 - Jef van Durme, composer
1908 - Wouter Paap, composer
1918 - Argeliers Leon, composer
1922 - Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (d. 2006)
1927 - Jim Lowe, American singer
1931 - Teresa Brewer, Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
1933 - Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer
1934 - Heinz Marti, composer
1934 - Donald Russell Holler, composer
1936 - Cornelius Cardew, composer
1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, vocalist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted)
1939 - Johnny Maestro, NY rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge)
1940 - Armando Krieger, composer
1943 - Terry Allen, American country music singer
1943 - Rick West, [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole and Tremeloes)
1943 - Christopher Taylor White, rocker
1943 - Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter
1944 - Alison Margaret Bauld, composer
1946 - Bill Danoff, Springfield Mass, vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, drummer (Grateful Dead)
1946 - Thelma Houston, American singer
1950 - Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
1952 - Derek Taylor, rocker (Let it Be, Beatles Anthology)
1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer
1961 - Phil Campbell, British musician (Motörhead)
1963 - Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
1971 - Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
1973 - Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter
1977 - Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
1978 - Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
1986 - Matt Helders, Musician, Drummer for Arctic Monkeys
Deaths in Music
1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
1736 - John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
1793 - Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, dies at 71
1800 - Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
1814 - Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
1818 - Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
1825 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
1836 - Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
1876 - Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
1900 - Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
1914 - Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
1922 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)
1928 - Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
1934 - Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1942 - Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1970 - Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1977 - Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
1981 - Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
1995 - Ray McKinley, American jazz drummer, singer and bandleader, dies at 84
1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
Today in the News
- Brian Cowen, TD is elected as Irish Taoiseach by 88 votes to 76. (RTÉ)
- Dmitry Medvedev assumes the role of the President of Russia.
- Chilean authorities order the total evacuation of the towns of Chaitén and Futaleufú as the eruption of the Chaitén volcano continues to worsen. (Reuters via Canada.com)The
- Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, officially resigns after ten years, ten months and ten days as head of government. (RTÉ)
- 2007–2008 world food price crisis: Mogadishu residents protest for a second day over high food prices as traders reject old Somali shilling notes due to high inflation. (Reuters)
News on this Day in History
1429 - Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
1664 - Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles.
1847 - The American Medical Association (AMA) is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1895 - In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention - the world's first radio receiver. In the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Day of Radio.
1927 - Angelos Sikelianos organizes the first Delphic Festival in Delphi to celebrate the ancient Greek Delphic ideal.
1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees.
1952 - The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
1992 - Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its maiden voyage (STS-49).
1998 - Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
1999 - Pope John Paul II travels to Romania becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
2007 - The tomb of Herod the Great is discovered.
Holidays and Observances
- Russia - Radio Day (commemorating the work of Alexander Popov)
- Acacius of Byzantium
- Saint Flavia Domitilla
- John of Beverley
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