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Today in Music History
1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the United States Marine Corps Band.
1905 - František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to write the piano composition 1. X. 1905.
1962 - Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977
1970 - 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
1977 - Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam
Births in Music
1943 - Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer and songwriter
1945 - Donny Hathaway, American soul musician and composer (d. 1979)
1951 - Brian Greenway, Montreal, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine)
1644 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist/composer
1644 - Jean Rousseau, composer
1724 - Giovanni Battista Cirri, composer
1735 - Johann Baptist Christoph Toeschi, composer
1771 - Pierre MF de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer
1808 - Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski, composer
1820 - Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer
1832 - Henry Clay Work, composer
1841 - Anatola Vakhnyanyn, composer
1865 - Paul Abraham Dukas, Paris France, composer (Velleda)
1881 - Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer
1890 - Constantin Nottara, composer
1893 - Cliff Friend, American songwriter (d. 1974)
1894 - Ricardo Castillo, composer
1898 - Karl Ranki, composer
1899 - Lajos Bardos, composer
1904 - Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev Ukraine, pianist (Carmen)
1907 - Oedoen Partos, composer
1908 - Herman David Koppel, composer
1911 - Irwin Kostal, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show)
1918 - Antonio Iglesias Alvares, composer
1922 - Hector Campos-Parsi, composer
1926 - Roger Williams, American pianist
1931 - Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer
1932 - Albert Collins, Leona TX, blues guitarist
1933 - Olga Pozzi Escot, composer
1935 - Dame Julie Andrews, British actress and singer
1943 - Jerry Martini, US saxophonist (Sly and Family Stone)
1944 - Barbara Parritt, US soul singer (Toys-Lover's Concerto)
1944 - Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Spread the Word)
1944 - Scott McKenzie, rock vocalist (If You Come to SF)
1947 - Rob Davis, rocker
1947 - Martin Turner, rocker (Wishbone)
1947 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue)
1948 - Cub Koda, American singer (Brownsville Station)
1948 - Ellen McIlwaine, Nashville, blues singer/songwriter (Honky Tonky Angel)
1950 - Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
1954 - Richard Schlesinger, NYC, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours)
1955 - Howard Hewett, Akron Oh, R & B vocalist (Shalamar)
1955 - Phillip Oakey, rocker (Human League)
1958 - Masato Nakamura, Japanese musician
1959 - Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer (Shaking the tree)
1969 - Ori Kaplan, Israeli jazz musician
1974 - Keith Duffy, Dublin Ireland, Irish singer (Boyzone)
1982 - Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish singer
1985 - Ryo Miyamori, Japanese singer
1986 - Sayaka, Japanese singer
1989 - Brie Larson, American pop singer & actress
Deaths in Music
1602 - Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61
1609 - Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer
1708 - John Blow, British composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59
1770 - Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64
1876 - Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77
1881 - Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78
1927 - Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68
1930 - Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84
1964 - Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76
1970 - Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52
1970 - Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87
1975 - Al Jackson, soul drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39
1979 - Roy Harris, US composer, dies at 81
1984 - Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk), singer/cabaretiŠre, dies at 69
1994 - Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90
1996 - Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74
1998 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)
1999 - Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer and Child star (b. 1963)
2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
News for Today
- Sweden’s Minister of Finance, Anders Borg slams the culture of "greed" exemplified by U.S. financial institutions and its role in precipitating the current financial crisis. (The Local)
- A new unified U.S. military command for Africa 'Africom' created amid 'scepticism' about U.S. intentions. Main functions of Africom will include fighting terror, securing oil supplies in Africa and 'support' U.S. foreign policy in the region where Chinese influence is growing. U.S. was getting 15% of it's oil from East Africa in 2007, gets 20% now and is commited to increasing this amount to 25% by 2015. US government says 'there is no hidden agenda' for Africom. (BBC) (The Nation)
- Dutch food giant Unilever began recalling Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they were found to contain traces of melamine. (CBS News)
- Chinese police report having arrested 22 people on Monday over melamine tainted milk products. (BBC News)
- Shares of major Irish banks rise sharply following the announcement of a State guarantee of all deposits in Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland, Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Life & Permanent, Irish Nationwide Building Society and EBS, worth an estimated €400 billion. The guarantee includes Bank of Ireland branches in Northern Ireland while the coverage of AIB's subsidiary, First Trust is still under discussion. Deposits in foreign-owned banks remain guaranteed to €100,000. (RTÉ News) (BBC News)
- 147 people are dead after a human stampede at the Chamunda Hindu temple near Jodhpur in India. (Reuters), (CNN), (AFP via The Canberra Times)
- At least 35 people die when a bus collides with a milk tanker and catches fire in central Pakistan, police say. (News 24)
- 30 suspected mobsters arrested around Naples in "war against the Camorra". (BBC News)
- Pirates deny reports of three of their own killed in a shoot-out aboard the Ukrainian ship (MV Faina) off the African coast. (CBC News) (BBC News)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes up almost 500 points, following its largest one day point drop in history yesterday.(Yahoo Finance)
News from this Day in History
1811 - The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River arrives in New Orléans, Louisiana.
1843 - News of the World began publication in London.
1869 - Austria issues the world's first postcards.
1880 - First electric lamp factory opened by Thomas Edison.
1890 - The Yosemite National Park and the Yellowstone National Park are established by the U.S. Congress.
1903 - Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
1908 - Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
1946 - Mensa International is founded in the United Kingdom.
1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency.
1961 - Baseball: Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees engage in an epic battle to break Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60 in 1927. Maris ends up hitting his 61st against the Boston Red Sox, passing Ruth.
1964 - The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
1969 - The Concorde supersonic transport plane breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
1971 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1975 - Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
1982 - Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
Holidays and Observances
- National Day of the People's Republic of China (1949)
- Republic of Cyprus - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
- Nigeria - Independence Day (from Britain, 1960)
- San Marino - two Captains Regent, elected by parliament, take office for six months.
- Tuvalu - Independence Day (from Gilbert Islands (Kiribati), 1975)
- French Republican Calendar - Cuve (Barrel) Day, tenth day in the Month of Vendémiaire
- World Vegetarian Day
- Singapore - Children's Day
- Armenia - Teachers' Day
- RC Church - Feast days of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux; formerly of Saint Bavo, Saint Remigius and the Blessed Edward James
- Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church - Patronage/Protection of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary, Mother of God) dating to 10th Century Constantinople, when she appeared holding her mantle over the faithful who were praying in a church during a military attack on the city. Second oldest Marian Feast in the Eastern Church.
- Abai (martyr) in the Syrian Church
- Abhai the general in the Syrian church
- International Day of Older Perso
- Teachers' Day in Uzbekistan
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