Good Friday Morning,
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Today in Music History
1769 - John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (US)
1809 - Royal Opera House in London opens
1977 - All 4 Kiss members release solo albums
1979 - The Who opens NYC concerts at MSG
Births in Music
1949 - Kerry Livgren, Kansas, rock guitarist/singer (Kansas)
1951 - Dee Dee Ramone, Virg, [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones)
1958 - Lita Rossana Ford, London England, metal guitarist (Kiss Me Deadly)
1587 - Francesca Caccini, Italian composer (d. circa 1640)
1636 - Pietro Sanmartini, composer
1684 - Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
1752 - Johann Anton Sulzer, composer
1765 - Oliver Holden, composer
1772 - Martin-Pierre Dalvimare, composer
1860 - Alberto Franchetti, composer
1883 - Lord Berners, [Gerald Tyrwhitt], England, composer (1st Childhood)
1885 - Abdul Muslim Mahomayev, composer
1890 - Vladimir Ambros, composer
1893 - Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba)
1897 - Pablo Sorozabal Marialcurrena, composer
1910 - Josef Tal, composer
1910 - Leon Stein, composer
1916 - Rossano Brazzi, Italian singer and actor (d. 1994)
1922 - Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer
1928 - Adam Walacinski, composer
1933 - Jimmie Rodgers, WA, singer/guitarist (Jimmie Rodgers Show, Honey Comb)
1933 - Manfred Niehaus, composer
1937 - Norman Dinnerstein, composer
1939 - Naresh Kumar Sohal, composer
1939 - Frankie Avalon, American singer and musician
1941 - Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson, composer
1943 - Michael Vetter, composer
1944 - Michael Franks, rocker
1944 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
1946 - Alan "Bam" King, rocker
1947 - Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast)
1950 - Mike Hossack, Patterson NJ, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
1960 - Kim Wilde, [Kim Smith], Chiswick England, vocalist
1962 - Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Human League)
1964 - Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
1965 - Monique Klemann, singer (Lois Lane)
1966 - Spike, guitarist (Ian Spice Breathe, Flash Cadillac)
1967 - Ricky Bell, Boston Mass, singer (New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe)
1968 - Cappadonna, American rapper
1971 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer
1971 - Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and lyricist
1973 - Ami Onuki, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)
1974 - Xzibit, American rapper
1980 - Charles Hedger, British musician for the band Cradle of Filth
Deaths in Music
1831 - Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60
1857 - Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72
1903 - Isidor Vorobchievici, composer, dies at 67
1903 - Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer, dies at 79
1918 - Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33
1929 - Hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85
1966 - Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85
1966 - Jeno Vecsey, composer, dies at 57
1969 - Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66
1970 - Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes), dies of an overdose at 27
1997 - Jimmy Witherspoon, singer, dies at 65
2007 - Pepsi Tate, Bassist from the glam-rock band, tigertailz (b. 1965)
Todays News
- Trading is suspended for the third day in succession on Russia's two main stock exchanges, the MICEX and the dollar-denominated RTS, amidst fear of financial collapse. News agencies are quoting Russia's Finance Minister, Alexei Kudrin, as saying trading on Russian exchanges won't resume until September 19. (MarketWatch)
- Officials at MICEX stock exchange describe conditions in the Russian markets as "extraordinary". (The Times)
- Russia is facing its worst stock market decline in a decade mainly because of a confidence crisis rather than liquidity problems, Deputy Finance Minister Pyotr Kazakevich says. (Hurriyet)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev orders ministers to inject another 500 billion roubles (£10.8 billion) of funds from the state budget into the markets and pledges that the financial system would receive "all necessary support". (The Times)
- British bank Lloyds TSB completes a £12.2bn takeover of rival HBOS, the UK's largest mortgage lender. The Competition Commission has allowed the deal as it has government backing, despite the fact that it will leave Lloyd's HBOS in control of a third of the UK mortgage market. (BBC News)
- The Swedish National Debt Office announces it is putting a temporary hold on its market commitment in treasury bills due to the spike in demand for treasury bonds, which are seen as a safe investment during rocky periods in the financial markets.(Riksgäldskontoret)
- A United States Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashes in southern Iraq killing seven United States soldiers. (AP via The New York Times)
- Pirates hijack a Greek bulk carrier with 25 crew aboard off the coast of Somalia. (AP via Google News)
News from this Day in History (Lots of good stuff today)
324 - Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Costa Rica on his fourth and final voyage.
1739 - The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
1759 - The British capture Quebec City.
1793 - The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
1809 - The Royal Opera House in London opens.
1837 - Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young in New York City, New York. The store was called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
1838 - The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
1850 - The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act.
1851 - First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which will become The New York Times.
1879 - The Blackpool Illuminations (world's largest free light show) are switched on for the first time.
1885 - Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination.
1895 - Booker T Washington delivers the "Atlanta Compromise" address.
1895 - Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
1910 - In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
1919 - The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
1919 - Fritz Pollard becomes the first African-American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
1922 - Hungary is admitted to League of Nations.
1927 - Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
1928 - Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
1942 - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation authorized.
1977 - Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
1984 - Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
Holidays and Observances
- In ancient Greece, the fifth day of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
- RC Saints - Feast day of
St Joseph of Cupertino
Methodius of Olympus
Richardis
Eustorgius I
- Chile - Independence Day (first junta 1810).
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