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Today in Music History
1925 - Willem Landre's opera "Beatrice" premiers in The Hague
1976 - Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll"
Births in Music
1946 - Richard Carpenter, New Haven Ct, vocalist/musician (Carpenters-Close to You)
1950 - Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], Argent/Irish rock vocalist/musician (Lady in Red)
1761 - Peter Gronland, composer
1762 - Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer
1775 - Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer
1784 - Thomas Hastings, composer
1799 - August Ferdinand Haeser, composer
1852 - Wilhelm Posse, composer
1858 - Frank Valentine Van der Stucken, composer
1874 - Otallo Morales, composer
1890 - Arcady Dubensky, composer
1898 - Gunther Ramin, composer
1902 - Andrey Yakolevich Shtogarenko, composer
1902 - William Edmundson, Spokane Wash, vocalist (Southernaires)
1905 - Alexey Kozlovsky, composer
1905 - Dag Ivar Wiren, composer
1924 - Colin Romoff, NYC, orch leader (Andy Williams Show)
1925 - Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
1926 - Karl Richter, German composer
1930 - Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian singer/saxophonist
1932 - Jaan Raats, composer
1934 - N. Ramani, Indian flutist
1936 - Kari Rydman, composer
1937 - Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, singer (Eve of Destruction)
1938 - Rafael Aponte-Ledee, composer
1938 - Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician (d. 1997)
1938 - Marvin E "Marv" Johnson, US gospel/RandB singer (Move 2 mountains)
1942 - Don Stevenson, Seattle Wash, rock drummer (Moby Grape)
1951 - Frank Dimino, Wash DC, rock vocalist (Angel)
1953 - [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer (Jackson 5)
1966 - Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer (Deacon Blue-Raintown)
1968 - Jyrki 69, Finnish musician The 69 Eyes
1970 - Eric Benét, American singer
1972 - Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
1973 - Dax Riggs, American musician
1975 - Ginuwine, American singer
1977 - Erin McKeown, American musician
1980 - Siiri Nordin, Finnish singer (Killer)
1981 - Keyshia Cole, African American R&B singer
1982 - Paulini Curuenavuli, Fijian singer
1986 - Donghae, Korean singer (Super Junior)
Deaths in Music
1682 - John Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 56
1883 - Francesco Schira, composer, dies at 74
1900 - Zdenek Fibich, Czech composer, dies at 49
1914 - Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69
1917 - Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris
1955 - Fumio Hayasaka, composer, dies at 41
1964 - Cole Porter, composer (Still of the Night), dies at 73
1965 - Carl Hoff, orch leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
1968 - Franz Reizenstein, composer, dies at 57
1988 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (b. 1892)
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), dies at 72
1993 - Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34
The News of the Day
- In Canada's 40th general election, the ruling Conservative Party gains 19 seats and wins another minority government. Stephen Harper is re-elected as Prime Minister. (CTV News)
- Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins the Man Booker Prize for his debut The White Tiger. (The Canberra Times)
- A Florida grand jury issues a murder indictment in the Caylee Anthony disappearance. (AP via the Los Angeles Times)
- Zimbabwe riot police disrupt a student protest in Harare as they attempt to present a petition to Parliament. (The Times)
- 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off: Thailand states that it is prepared to respond militarily if attacked by Cambodia after Cambodia issues an ultimatum to withdraw from disputed border areas. (AP via Google News)
- Double murderer Richard Cooey is executed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, despite his claims that his obesity made lethal injection inhumane. (UPI)
- United States President George W. Bush announces new measures to attack the current economic crisis including plans for the U.S. government to buy stakes in major banks. (ABC News Australia)
- Yehude Simon swears in as the new prime minister of Peru after the resignation of Jorge Del Castillo following the oil kickback scandal in Peru.(BBC)
News from this Day in History
1764 - Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
1815 - Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.
1878 - The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
1928 - The airship, the Graf Zeppelin completed its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA.
1940 - "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
1951 - Television sitcom I Love Lucy premieres.
1951 - Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes synthesized the first oral contraceptive.
1981 - Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
1997 - The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom).
Holidays and Observances
- Roman festivals - the Equirria or October equus: sacrifice of a horse to Mars
- R.C. Saints - Saint Teresa of Avila
- United States - White Cane Safety Day
- French Republican Calendar - Amaryllis (Amaryllis) Day, twenty-fourth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
- Global Handwashing Day
- White Cane Safety Day
- Cecil Kielhorn's last day at TMHC
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