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Today in Music History
1961 - Blues singer Howlin Wolf arrived in London for his first UK tour.
1966 - The Beatles get together for the first time since their return from the summer tour of the United States, ready to record a new album. The first song selected for recording is John's 'Strawberry Fields Forever', which will end up, not on the album, but on The Beatles' next single. This day's session is devoted entirely to ‘Strawberry Fields Forever.’
1991 - Freddie Mercury died of complications from aids at his home in London's Holland park aged 45, just one day after he publicly admitted he was HIV positive. Mercury was openly bisexual and enjoyed a colourful rock star lifestyle; during his career with Queen he scored over 40 Top 40 UK singles including the worldwide No.1 'Bohemian Rhapsody'.
1993 - US blues guitarist Albert Collins died aged 61.
1999 - during a Bonhams of London rock auction, Buddy Holly's first driving licence sold for £3,795; and a copy of The Beatles 'White Album' numbered 00000001, sold for £9,775.
Births in Music
1868 - Scott Joplin, US, ragtime pianist/composer (The Entertainer)
1941 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, TN, bassist (Booker T and the MG's)
1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer
1747 - Felice Alessandri, composer
1768 - Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
1787 - Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
1795 - Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer
1848 - Lilli Lehmann, opera singer
1892 - Isidor Achron, composer
1899 - Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
1900 - Cornelius Kee, composer
1908 - Ray Carter, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1909 - Hans Melchior Brugk, composer
1912 - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, US jazz pianist/arranger
1917 - Richard Bilderback Hervig, composer
1917 - Rita Corita, [Hendrika Sturm], Dutch singer
1918 - William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician
1927 - Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala)
1927 - Emma Lou Diemer, composer
1929 - Eileen Barton, Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House)
1934 - Claudio Prieto, composer
1934 - Alfred Schnittke, Russia, composer (St Florian)
1939 - Jim Yester, Birmingham Alabama, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association)
1940 - Wendell Morris Logan, composer
1941 - Pete Best, drummer (Beatles)
1941 - Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
1942 - Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer
1943 - Richard Tee, US pianist (Stuff, Strokin')
1943 - Robin Williamson, Scottish musician (Incredible String Band)
1945 - Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
1946 - Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer (ELO)
1947 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1949 - Anita Louis, US singer (Soul Children)
1953 - Tod Machover, composer
1955 - Clement Burke, rock drummer (Blondie)
1957 - Chris Hayes, Calif, rock guitarist (Huey Lewis and The News)
1958 - Carmel, [McCourt], England, rocker (Storm)
1960 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1962 - John Squire, English pop guitarist (Stone Roses)
1964 - Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
1966 - Russell Watson, British singer
1968 - Dawn Robinson, singer (En Vogue)
1969 - Rob Nicholson, American musician
1970 - Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1970 - Chad Taylor, musician (Live)
1987 - Megan Mullins, American singer
Deaths in Music
1615 - Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59
1650 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer, dies at 83
1722 - Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
1822 - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50
1838 - Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65
1842 - Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92
1880 - Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73
1903 - Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
1916 - John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79
1944 - Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
1946 - Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70
1948 - Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
1953 - George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73
1956 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
1970 - Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
1972 - Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
1985 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1990 - Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72
1991 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born British singer/musician (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1991 - Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss), dies of cancer at 41
1993 - Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
1996 - Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67
2001 - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
2006 - Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
News of the Day from One Year ago
Bangladesh's Electoral Commission reschedules the date for the Bangladeshi general election from December 18 to December 29. (BBC)
A convoy of President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and President of Poland Lech Kaczyński passing through the South Ossetia region is attacked with gunshots. (CNN-IBN)
People's Alliance for Democracy protestors surround Thailand's National Assembly as part of a "final push" against the government. (AFP via the Melbourne Age)
Citigroup gets $32 billion from the US bailout package. (News.com.au)
Mario Fernando Hernández, a Liberal Party of Honduras member of the Honduras Congress is shot dead in the northern city of San Pedro Sula. (ABC News Australia)
Mahmoud Abbas is appointed as the President of the "State of Palestine" by the Central Council of the Palestinian National Authority. (BBC)
Human rights activists and opposition politicians in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia say that the predominantly Muslim region is now in a state of civil war. (BBC)
One person is killed and several injured in an apparent failed coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau, hours after the controversial results of the parliamentary election were announced where the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde won 67 of 100 seats. (BBC News)
The government of Burundi abolishes capital punishment and bans homosexuality. Genocide and war crimes are now recognized as illegal activities. (Gulf Times)
Scientists led by the University of Calgary are searching for the remains of a meteorite that is believed to have struck northern Canada, around the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, overnight. (CBC)
Venezuelans go to the polls for regional elections. Allies of the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez win 17 of 21 governorships but the Opposition wins in the two biggest states of Miranda and Zulia as well as the Mayor of Caracas. (Reuters), (BBC)
The Dalai Lama warns that he is losing confidence in Chinese officials and that the Tibetan people are facing "great danger". (AFP via Google News)
The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Montreal Alouettes 22-14 to win the 96th Grey Cup. (TSN)
The Columbus Crew defeat Red Bull New York 3-1 to win MLS Cup 2008. (ESPN)
News from this Day in History
1639 - Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus, an event he had predicted.
1642 - Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
1859 - Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
1947 - Red Scare: After the so-called Hollywood 10 refuse to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communist influence in the movie industry, the United States House of Representatives votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of Congress against them.
1971 - During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money - neither he nor the money have ever been found.
1974 - Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
World Holidays and Observances
Roman festivals - in the Byzantine empire the Brumalia (a wine festival) were celebrated from this day until the winter solstice
R.C. Saints - Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and other Vietnamese Martyrs, Saint Colman of Cloyne - Cobh, Ireland, Flavian of Ricina
Teacher's Day in Turkey
Lachit Divas is observed on 24th November each year in Assam, India to commemorate the heroism of the Assamese General Lachit Borphukan and the victory of Assamese army over the Mughal army in the Battle of Saraighat in 1671.
Evolution Day
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