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Today in Music History
1937 - NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1971 - Appearing at The Pavilion, Bath, England, The Faces, tickets cost 75p.
1987 - Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on TV show Late Night with David Letterman.
1999 - It was announced that Cliff Richard had signed up with Internet company Remotemusic.com, making him the first major artist to sign a deal with an online company.
Births in Music
1921 - Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist
1956 - Aldo Nova,Canadian guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist (Blood on the Bricks)
1663 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer
1699 - Jan Zach, Czech composer and musician (d. 1773)
1718 - Anton Laube, composer
1759 - Timothy Olmstead, composer
1789 - Martin de Ron, composer
1811 - Yuri Arnold, composer
1819 - Henry Brinley Richards, British? pianist/composer
1854 - George Whitfield Chadwick, Lowell Mass, composer (Judi Van Winke)
1856 - Sigwart Aspestrand, composer
1868 - Pierre Maurice, composer
1875 - Rogelio del Villar, composer
1879 - Maurice Delage, composer
1885 - Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer
1906 - Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room)
1918 - Janine Andrade, French violinist
1921 - Yoshiro Irino, composer
1921 - Joonas Kokkonen, composer
1926 - Max Vernon Mathews, composer
1933 - Clyde McPhatter, rocker
1934 - Jimmy Fontana, Italian actor, composer and singer
1937 - Kamahl, [Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song)
1939 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
1940 - Justine "Baby" Washington, US singer (Only Those in Love)
1943 - John Paul Hammond, NYC, blues singer (So Many Roads)
1944 - Timmy Thomas, American musician
1946 - Martin Bresnick, composer
1947 - Toy Caldwell, American guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993)
1949 - Terry Reid, rock guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid)
1949 - Roger Steen, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes)
1950 - Mary Lou Metzger, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show)
1951 - Bill Gibson, Calif, rock drummer (Huey Lewis and The News)
1953 - Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer (The Pogues)
1964 - Steve Wong Ka-Keung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
1971 - John Francis Zingg, Boston Mass, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys)
1972 - Shom-Rock, rocker (Young Nation)
1972 - T-Haxx, rocker (DYC)
1972 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor
1973 - Ari Hoenig, American jazz drummer
1977 - Chanel Cole, Australian singer
1978 - Nikolai Fraiture, American bassist (The Strokes)
1979 - Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
1990 - Jibbs, American rapper
Deaths in Music
1868 - Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini, Italian composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1877 - Pietro Coppola, composer, dies at 83
1896 - Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50
1916 - Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35
1944 - Paul Graener, composer, dies at 72
1951 - Hugo Leichtentritt, composer, dies at 77
1951 - Nikolai Karlovich Metner, composer, dies at 71
1967 - Pierre Moulaert, composer, dies at 60
1967 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
1973 - Bruno Maderna, Italian composer/conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53
1979 - Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93
1983 - "Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
1986 - Rudolf Schock, German opera/operetta singer, dies at 71
1988 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
1988 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
1992 - Bobby Mcclure, US singer (Don't mess up a good thing), dies at 50)
1992 - Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer
1996 - William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, pianist and organist, dies at 80
1997 - André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
1999 - Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
2004 - John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
2004 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
Whats going on in the News Today?
Russia's rouble dominated stock exchange, the MICEX, fell steeply when trade resumed after a one-day limit-down halt, prompting confusing suspension announcements and orders to the contrary from the markets watchdog.(The Guardian)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin questioned the commitment of the EU to the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline to establish the natural gas delivery network, saying "Europe must decide whether it needs this pipeline or not". European Commission spokesman stated later "The EU continues to strongly support the Nord Stream pipeline". (Wall Street Journal)
A judge in Taipei, Taiwan rules that the former President Chen Shui-bian, should be held in jail while prosecutors seek his conviction on charges of money laundering and corruption. (The New York Times)
Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi calls deployment of U.S. missile defence in Poland and Czech Republic a 'provocation' against Russian Federation. (RAI), (Il Sole 24 ore)
India's Chandrayaan-1 lunar exploration mission successfully completes its journey to the Moon, entering its intended operational orbit 100 kilometers (62 mi) above the surface. (CNN-IBN)
News from this Day in History
1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
1841 - James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis.
1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
1954 - Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
1956 - The United States Supreme Court declares Alabama and Montgomery, Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1971 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
1982 - Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
World Holidays and Observances
Roman festivals - Iovis epulum; feast of Feronia
R.C. Saints - Bricius of Tours; Frances Xavier Cabrini; Saint Homobonus; Stanislaus Kostka, All the Saints of the Premonstratensian Order, Saint Quintian
Feast day of St. John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople
Guru Nanak Jayanti - Birth anniversary of the first sikh Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Devji
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