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ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΦΑΛΚΟ ΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ
| Falco | |
|---|---|
 Falco and actress Ursela Monn (1986) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Johann (Hans) Hölzel |
| Born | 19 February 1957 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 6 February 1998 (aged 40) Between Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic |
| Genres | New wave, Neue Deutsche Welle, rock, pop, hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, bass guitar, guitar |
| Years active | 1977–1987, 1992–1998 |
| Labels | Sony, EMI, Warner |
| Associated acts | Thomas Lang |
| Website | officialfalco |
Falco had several international hits, "Rock Me Amadeus",[1] "Der Kommissar", "Vienna Calling",[1] "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)" and posthumously, "Out of the Dark". "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1985, making him the only artist whose principal language was German to score a vocal number-one hit in the United States (Bert Kaempfert reached No. 1 in January 1961 with the instrumental "Wonderland by Night"). According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 15 million singles, which makes him the best selling Austrian singer of all time.
Early years[edit]
Falco began to show signs of unusual musical talent very early. As a toddler, he was able to keep time with the drumbeat in songs he heard on the radio. He was given a baby grand piano for his fourth birthday; a year later, his birthday gift was a record player which he used to play music by Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, and the Beatles. At age five, he auditioned for the Vienna Music Academy, where it was confirmed that he had perfect pitch.[citation needed]
In 1963, Hölzel began his schooling at a Roman Catholic private school; four years later, at age ten, he switched to the Rainer Gymnasium in Vienna. Shortly thereafter his father Alois Hölzel left the family. From then on, Hölzel was raised by his mother and grandmother and remained very close to them all his life.[citation needed]
He left school at sixteen in 1973 due to absenteeism. His mother then insisted he begin an apprenticeship with the Austrian employee pension insurance institute, but this only lasted a short time. At seventeen, he volunteered for eight months of military service with the Austrian army.[citation needed]
He entered the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977, but left after one semester to "become a real musician". For a short time, he lived in West Berlin while singing in a jazz-rock band and exploring the club scene. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco", reportedly in tribute to the East German ski jumper Falko Weißpflog (he changed one letter to make the name more international), and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company.[citation needed]
En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock-punk rock band Drahdiwaberl (from 1978 until 1983). With Drahdiwaberl he wrote and performed the song "Ganz Wien" ("All of Vienna"), which he would also include on his debut solo album, Einzelhaft (Solitary Confinement ). He also played bass with the space disco band Ganymed in 1981.[citation needed]
Individual success[edit]
At a Concert of Drahdiwaberl in 1981, Falco was discovered by Austrian producer Markus Spiegel who offered him his first record contract. Falco's first hit was "Der Kommissar" from the 1982 album Einzelhaft. A German language song about drug consumption that combines rap verses with a sung chorus, Falco's record was a number-one success in many countries but failed to break big in the US. The song, however, would prove to have a life of its own in two English-language versions. British rock band After the Fire recorded an English cover version, somewhat loosely based on Falco's lyrics and also called "Der Kommissar" (with "uh-oh", "ja, ja", "alles klar Herr Kommissar" and the shout "cha" the only other lyrics held over from the original). This time, the song shot to number five in the United States (their only major hit there) in 1983, though it failed to crack the UK Top 40. That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics under the title "Deep in the Dark" on her album Branigan 2.
After a second album, Junge Römer (Young Romans) failed to provide a repeat to his debut single's success (outside of Austria and Germany, where the album topped the charts), Falco began to experiment with English lyrics in an effort to broaden his appeal, and chose a new production team: Bolland & Bolland. The result would be the most popular album and single of his career.
Falco recorded "Rock Me Amadeus" inspired in part by the Oscar-winning film Amadeus, and the song became a worldwide hit in 1986. This time, his record reached No. 1 in the US and UK, bringing him the success that had eluded him in that major market a few years earlier. The song remained in the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks and his album, Falco 3 peaked at the number three position on the Billboard album charts reached number six in the Billboard Top R&B Singles Chart. Falco 3 peaked at number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Ultimately, "Rock Me Amadeus" went to the No. 1 spot in over a dozen countries including Japan. Follow-up single "Vienna Calling" was another international pop hit, peaking at No. 18 of the Billboard Charts and No. 17 on the US Cash Box Charts in 1986. A double A-side 12" single featuring remixes of those two hits peaked at No. 4 on the US Dance/Disco charts.[citation needed]
"Jeanny", the third release from the album Falco 3, brought the performer back to the top of the charts across Europe. Highly controversial when it was released in Germany and the Netherlands, the story of "Jeanny" was told from the point of view of a possible rapist and murderer. Several DJs and radio stations refused to play the ballad, which was ignored in the US, though it became a huge hit in many European countries, and inspired a sequel on his next album.
In 1986, the album Emotional was released, produced by Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Bolland & Bolland). Songs on the album included "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", "The Kiss of Kathleen Turner", and "Kamikaze Capa" which was written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa. "The Sound of Musik" was another international success, and a Top 20 US dance hit, though it failed to make the US pop charts.[citation needed] . In 1987 he went on the "Emotional" world tour ending in Japan. In the same year he sang a duet with Brigitte Nielsen, "Body Next to Body"; the single was a Top 10 hit in the Germanic countries. The album Wiener Blut (Viennese Blood) was released in 1988 but it did not get much publicity outside Germany and Austria.[citation needed]
In 1990, he wrote a song about Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz, "Tanja P. not Cindy C.", which appeared on the album Data de Groove.[citation needed]
After 1986 there were a number of European hits, but Falco was rarely heard in the US and the UK. His 1992 comeback attempt, the album Nachtflug (Night Flight) including the song "Titanic", was successful in Austria only.[2]
Death[edit]
Falco died of severe injuries received on 6 February 1998, 13 days before his 41st birthday, when his Mitsubishi Pajero collided with a bus on the road linking the towns of Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. It was determined that Falco was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine.[3] At the time of Falco's death, he was planning a comeback. He was buried in the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) in Vienna, Austria.[4]
Tributes[edit]
In 1998, Rob and Ferdi Bolland (Dutch producers and co-writers of about half of Falco's albums) released the EP Tribute to Falco under the name The Bolland Project feat. Alida. The title track featured samples of Falco's music; the other tracks were "We Say Goodbye" and "So Lonely".
The film Falco – Verdammt, wir leben noch! was released in Austria on 7 February 2008, ten years and one day after Falco's death. This title is also the name of a posthumously-released album by Falco which translates to "Damn, we're still alive!" Written and directed by Thomas Roth, the movie features musician Manuel Rubey as adult Johann 'Falco' Hölzel.[5] The end credits include the line "With love, Ferdi & Rob", his frequent collaborators the Bollands.
Falco's good friend Niki Lauda named one of the Boeing airplanes in his Lauda Air fleet "Falco" after the singer.[6]
Although "Der Kommissar" saw nearly contemporaneous and fairly straightforward mainstream covers including the loose translation by After The Fire and the reinterpretation by Laura Branigan, both in 1982/1983, Falco's song "Rock Me Amadeus" has seen more frequent use. The track has been sampled by groups including the Bloodhound Gang, who also refer to Falco in their 1999 song "Mope", and by German rapper Fler in "NDW 2005" from Neue Deutsche Welle.
The restaurant Marchfelderhof in Vienna, Austria, maintains a permanent reserved table for Falco.[7]
Popular culture[edit]
"Rock Me Amadeus" has been frequently used as a comedic source in a number of parody versions, films, television shows, and commercials. In 1985 a parody version of "Rock Me Amadeus" entitled "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" was credited to Bud Latour and fellow Phoenix, Arizona disc jockey, Mike Elliott. "Rock Me Jerry Lewis" climbed to Number 1 on The Dr. Demento's Funny Five chart and grew to a notoriety that prompted mentions and airplay on Casey Kasem's Top 40 Radio Show as well as a call from Jerry Lewis himself. Furthermore, Jerry Lewis would begin to use the song at his personal appearances and stage shows.
In 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic included a portion of the song in the polka medley "Polka Party!", from the album of the same name. The song and clips from the video were portrayed in the animated series The Brothers Grunt. In The Simpsons episode "A Fish Called Selma" (1996), an offbeat variation is featured in a musical presentation of Planet of the Apes with the repeated tag of "Amadeus, Amadeus" transferred to "Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius". A similar usage appears in another satirical US cartoon series, Family Guy (season 4 episode 6, 2005). The Daily Show with Jon Stewart featured a parody, "Iraq Me Dave Petraeus", as a musical intro to a briefly recurring segment involving the US General's doctrine regarding the war in 2007/2008.[8] The 1986 comedy The Whoopee Boys featured one of the main characters singing Rock Me Amadeus, in a scene involving a buffet dinner. In 2012, Boston Red SoxCatcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia used the song as his at-bat song.[9]
A later episode of The Simpsons, "Behind the Laughter", features Willie Nelson saying, "Thank you, Taco, for that loving tribute to Falco," within another fictional tribute. Falco has been referenced in the US satirical cartoon series American Dad! and The Tick.
The 2009 film Adventureland features "Rock Me Amadeus" multiple times as part of an amusement park's background music, to the eventual disdain of its denizens. In 2014, German metal band Edguy included a cover version of "Rock Me Amadeus" in their album Space Police: Defenders of the Crown.
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- 1896 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
- 1903 – The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- 1907 – Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan
- 1918 – Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
- 1919 – Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1926 – Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
- 1927 – Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
- 1928 – Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
- 1935 – First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
- 1938 – Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
- 1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.
- 1941 – World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
- 1943 – All Chinese are again permitted to become citizens of the United States with the repealing of the Act of 1882 and the introduction of the Magnuson Act.
- 1944 – World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Peiper.
- 1947 – First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
- 1950 – The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
- 1951 – The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
- 1957 – The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
- 1960 – Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
- 1960 – Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
- 1961 – Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
- 1967 – Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
- 1969 – The SALT I talks begin.
- 1969 – Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
- 1970 – Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
- 1973 – Thirty passengers are killed in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on Rome's Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport.
- 1981 – American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
- 1983 – Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London, England, United Kingdom. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
- 1987 – Final Fantasy is released in Japan on the Famicon, marking the start of the Final Fantasy series and saving Square from bankruptcy.
- 1989 – Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
- 1989 – Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
- 1997 – The British Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 comes into force, banning all handguns with the exception of antique and show weapons.
- 1999 &nash; United Nations Security Council Resolution 1284 relating to Iraq is adopted.
- 2002 – Second Congo War: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years.
- 2003 – The Soham murder trial ends at the Old Bailey in London, England, with Ian Huntley found guilty of two counts of murder. His girlfriend Maxine Carr is found guilty of perverting the course of justice.
- 2003 – SpaceShipOne, piloted by Brian Binnie, makes its first powered and first supersonic flight.
- 2005 – Anti-World Trade Organization protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
- 2005 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
- 2009 – MV Danny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
- 2010 – Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire. This act became the catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.
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- 1632 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (d. 1695)
- 1685 – Thomas Tickell, English poet (d. 1740)
- 1699 – Charles-Louis Mion, French composer (d. 1775)
- 1706 – Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1749)
- 1734 – Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816)
- 1749 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (d. 1801)
- 1778 – Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist (d. 1829)
- 1785 – Dorothea Lieven, Russian wife of Christopher Lieven (d. 1857)
- 1796 – Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1865)
- 1797 – Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer (d. 1878)
- 1807 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (d. 1892)
- 1812 – Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter (d. 1880)
- 1827 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (d. 1893)
- 1830 – Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic (d. 1870)
- 1835 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer (d. 1910)
- 1840 – Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the Imperial Japanese Army (d. 1908)
- 1842 – Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician and academic (d. 1899)
- 1847 – Émile Faguet, French author and critic (d. 1916)
- 1853 – Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, co-founded the Pasteur Institute (d. 1933)
- 1859 – Paul César Helleu, French painter and illustrator (d. 1927)
- 1866 – Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian politician, 3rd President of Lithuania (d. 1950)
- 1866 – Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (d. 1931)
- 1873 – Ford Madox Ford, English-French author, poet, and critic (d. 1939)
- 1874 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1950)
- 1881 – Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach (d. 1930)
- 1887 – Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
- 1887 – Hermine Reuss of Greiz (d. 1947)
- 1890 – Prince Joachim of Prussia (d. 1920)
- 1892 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (d. 1950)
- 1893 – Charles C. Banks, English fighting pilot (d. 1971)
- 1893 – Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (d. 1966)
- 1894 – Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)
- 1894 – Patrick Flynn, Irish-American runner (d. 1969)
- 1894 – Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch cartographer, engineer, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
- 1898 – Loren Murchison, American sprinter (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Mary Cartwright, English mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
- 1900 – Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (d. 1973)
- 1903 – Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1903 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, composer, and actor (d. 1978)
- 1904 – Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator (d. 1999)
- 1905 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (d. 2002)
- 1905 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (d. 1992)
- 1905 – Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator (d. 1975)
- 1906 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor (d. 1994)
- 1906 – Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer (d. 1998)
- 1908 – Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)
- 1910 – Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author (d. 1999)
- 1910 – Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988)
- 1912 – Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 2012)
- 1913 – Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 1967)
- 1914 – Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet (d. 2013)
- 1914 – Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (d. 1951)
- 1915 – André Claveau, French singer (d. 2003)
- 1916 – Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet (d. 2000)
- 1917 – Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic (d. 1983)
- 1920 – Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language (d. 2004)
- 1921 – Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator (d. 1943)
- 1922 – Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic (d. 2005)
- 1923 – Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1926 – John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Stephen Lewis, English actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 2015)
- 1926 – Patrice Wymore, American-Jamaican actress and singer (d. 2014)
- 1927 – Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1992)
- 1927 – Richard Long, American actor and director (d. 1974)
- 1927 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Marilyn Beck, American journalist and actress (d. 2014)
- 1928 – Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician (d. 2012)
- 1928 – George Lindsey, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Jacqueline Hill, English actress (d. 1993)
- 1929 – William Safire, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
- 1930 – Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded Penthouse (d. 2010)
- 1930 – Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor
- 1930 – Dorothy Rowe, Australian psychologist and author
- 1931 – Gerald Finnerman, American director and cinematographer (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
- 1931 – James McGaugh, American neurobiologist and psychologist
- 1932 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Irving Petlin, American artist
- 1934 – Ray Wilson, English footballer and manager
- 1935 – Brian Langford, English cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1935 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
- 1936 – Pope Francis, Religious leader of Roman Catholic Church, Sovereign of Vatican City
- 1936 – Rosemary Martin, English actress (d. 1998)
- 1936 – Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor
- 1937 – Brian Hayes, Australian-English radio host
- 1937 – Art Neville, American singer and keyboard player (The Neville Brothers and The Meters)
- 1937 – Kerry Packer, Australian businessman, founded World Series Cricket (d. 2005)
- 1937 – John Kennedy Toole, American author and academic (d. 1969)
- 1937 – Calvin Waller, American general (d. 1996)
- 1938 – Carlo Little, English drummer (Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages and All-Stars) (d. 2005)
- 1938 – Peter Snell, New Zealand-American runner and orienteer
- 1939 – James Booker, American pianist (d. 1983)
- 1939 – Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (The Temptations) (d. 1992)
- 1940 – Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (d. 2013)
- 1940 – María Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1941 – Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean historian and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian general and politician, 7th Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- 1942 – Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1987)
- 1943 – Mary Brunner, American criminal
- 1943 – Ron Geesin, Scottish pianist and composer
- 1944 – Jack L. Chalker, American author and educator (d. 2005)
- 1944 – Carlo M. Croce, Italian-American oncologist and academic
- 1944 – Bernard Hill, English actor
- 1944 – Timo K. Mukka, Swedish-Finnish author (d. 1973)
- 1944 – İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (d. 1980)
- 1945 – Ernie Hudson, American actor
- 1945 – Chris Matthews, American journalist and author
- 1945 – Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic
- 1945 – Jacqueline Wilson, English author and academic
- 1946 – Simon Bates, English radio host
- 1946 – Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1947 – Wes Studi, American actor and producer
- 1948 – Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1948 – Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician
- 1949 – Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
- 1949 – Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, and The Law)
- 1950 – Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author
- 1950 – Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach
- 1951 – Pat Hill, American football player and coach
- 1951 – Ken Hitchcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1951 – Tatyana Kazankina, Russian runner
- 1953 – Barry Livingston, American actor
- 1953 – Sally Menke, American film editor (d. 2010)
- 1953 – Bill Pullman, American actor, singer, and director
- 1954 – Sergėjus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1955 – Brad Davis, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1956 – Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Dominic Lawson, English journalist
- 1956 – Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner
- 1957 – Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter
- 1957 – Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach
- 1958 – Mike Mills, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, and Automatic Baby)
- 1958 – Roberto Tozzi, Italian sprinter
- 1959 – Albert King, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1960 – Moreno Argentin, Italian cyclist
- 1961 – Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author
- 1961 – Sara Dallin, English singer and bass player (Bananarama)
- 1961 – Marek Kaleta, Estonian javelin thrower
- 1962 – Paul Dobson, English footballer
- 1962 – Richard Jewell, American police officer (d. 2007)
- 1962 – Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter
- 1962 – Rocco Mediate, American golfer and journalist
- 1964 – Ginger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wildhearts, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, and Silver Ginger 5)
- 1964 – Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
- 1964 – Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster
- 1964 – Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Craig Berube, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1966 – Yuko Arimori, Japanese runner
- 1966 – Tracy Byrd, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1966 – Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-Russian gymnast and coach
- 1966 – Kristiina Ojuland, Estonian politician, 23rd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1967 – Gigi D'Agostino, Italian DJ and producer
- 1967 – Vincent Damphousse, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager
- 1968 – Claudio Suárez, Mexican footballer
- 1968 – Paul Tracy, Canadian race car driver
- 1969 – Inna Lasovskaya, Russian triple jumper
- 1969 – Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
- 1969 – Chris Mason, English darts player and sportscaster
- 1969 – Mick Quinn, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Supergrass)
- 1969 – Michael V., Filipino comedian, actor, and singer
- 1970 – Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
- 1971 – Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor and director
- 1971 – Alan Khan, South African radio host
- 1971 – Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
- 1972 – John Abraham, Indian actor and producer
- 1972 – Laurie Holden, American-Canadian actress and producer
- 1972 – Iván Pedroso, Cuban long jumper and coach
- 1973 – Eddie Ray Fisher, American drummer (OneRepublic)
- 1973 – Konstadinos Gatsioudis, Greek javelin thrower
- 1973 – Rian Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 – Paula Radcliffe, English runner
- 1973 – Codrin Țapu, Romanian psychologist and academic
- 1973 – Hasan Vural, German-Turkish footballer
- 1974 – Duff Goldman, American chef and television host
- 1974 – Charl Langeveldt, South African cricketer
- 1974 – Sarah Paulson, American actress
- 1974 – Ian Petrella, American actor
- 1974 – Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
- 1974 – Marissa Ribisi, American actress and screenwriter
- 1975 – Mayuko Aoki, Japanese voice actress
- 1975 – Nick Dinsmore, American wrestler and trainer
- 1975 – Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan sprinter
- 1975 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American actress and singer
- 1975 – Bree Sharp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 – Éric Bédard, Canadian speed skater and coach
- 1976 – Nir Davidovich, Israeli footballer and manager
- 1976 – Patrick Müller, Swiss footballer
- 1976 – Andrew Simpson, English sailor (d. 2013)
- 1976 – Takeo Spikes, American football player and sportscaster
- 1977 – Arnaud Clément, French tennis player
- 1977 – Oxana Fedorova, Russian model, actress, and singer, Miss Universe 2002
- 1977 – Samuel Påhlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1977 – Katheryn Winnick, Canadian actress
- 1978 – Alex Cintrón, Puerto Rican baseball player and sportscaster
- 1978 – Riteish Deshmukh, Indian actor and producer
- 1978 – Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer, actor, singer, and politician
- 1978 – Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Three Days Grace and Thousand Foot Krutch)
- 1978 – Chase Utley, American baseball player
- 1979 – Charlotte Edwards, English cricketer
- 1979 – Jaimee Foxworth, American actress
- 1979 – Ryan Key, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yellowcard and Craig's Brother)
- 1979 – Matt Murley, American ice hockey player
- 1979 – Paul Smith, English footballer
- 1980 – Stella, Singaporean singer and actress
- 1980 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver
- 1980 – Alexandra Papageorgiou, Greek hammer thrower
- 1980 – Eli Pariser, American activist and author, co-founded Avaaz.org
- 1981 – Jerry Hsu, American skateboarder and photographer
- 1981 – Rena Takeshita, Japanese model and actress
- 1981 – Tim Wiese, German footballer
- 1981 – Tolgahan Sayışman, Turkish model, television host, and actor
- 1982 – Dynamo, English magician
- 1982 – Josh Barfield, American baseball player
- 1982 – Lorenzo Cittadini, Italian rugby player
- 1982 – Benjamin Goldwasser, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (MGMT)
- 1982 – Craig Kielburger, Canadian activist, co-founded Free the Children and Me to We
- 1982 – Stephane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player
- 1982 – Ryan Moats, American football player
- 1983 – Erik Christensen, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner
- 1983 – Kosuke Saito, Japanese DJ and composer
- 1984 – Luis Maria Alfageme, Argentinian footballer
- 1984 – Julian Bennett, English footballer
- 1984 – Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer and singer (d. 2012)
- 1984 – Andrew Davies, English footballer
- 1984 – Mikky Ekko, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1985 – Łukasz Broź, Polish footballer
- 1985 – Katie Kox, American porn actress
- 1985 – Jeremy McKinnon, American singer-songwriter and producer (A Day to Remember)
- 1985 – Ryuichi Ogata, Japanese singer and dancer (W-inds)
- 1985 – Craig Reid, English footballer
- 1986 – Emma Bell, American actress
- 1986 – Vanessa Zima, American actress
- 1987 – Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman
- 1987 – Chelsea Manning, American soldier
- 1988 – Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist
- 1988 – Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer
- 1988 – Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player
- 1988 – David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
- 1988 – Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer
- 1988 – Rin Takanashi, Japanese actress
- 1990 – Henri Anier, Estonian footballer
- 1990 – Ashley Edner, American actress
- 1990 – Makoto Takeda, Japanese actress and model
- 1991 – James Hurst, American football player
- 1991 – Nadech Kugimiya, Thai actor and singer
- 1991 – Atsedu Tsegay, Ethiopian runner
- 1993 – Patricia Kú Flores, Peruvian tennis player
- 1993 – Kiersey Clemons, American actress
- 1994 – Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor (Nat & Alex Wolff)
- 1997 – Naiktha Bains, Australian tennis player
- 1998 – Martin Ødegaard, Norwegian footballer
- 2007 – James, Viscount Severn, English son of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Deaths[edit]
- 908 – Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for a day (b. 861)
- 908 – al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
- 942 – William I of Normandy (b. 900)
- 1187 – Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)
- 1195 – Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
- 1273 – Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)
- 1663 – Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
- 1721 – Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
- 1830 – Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
- 1833 – Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
- 1847 – Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
- 1860 – Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1777)
- 1907 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
- 1909 – Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
- 1917 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
- 1925 – George Gibb, Scottish businessman (b. 1850)
- 1927 – Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
- 1928 – Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
- 1929 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
- 1930 – Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
- 1932 – Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
- 1933 – 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
- 1940 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and educator (b. 1860)
- 1942 – Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician (b. 1895)
- 1947 – Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
- 1956 – Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1957 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
- 1962 – Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1964 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
- 1967 – Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
- 1967 – Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (b. 1896)
- 1970 – Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
- 1978 – Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
- 1981 – Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
- 1981 – Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (b. 1899)
- 1982 – Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
- 1986 – Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
- 1987 – Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
- 1987 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
- 1992 – Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
- 1992 – Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1998 – Allan D'Arcangelo, American painter (b. 1930)
- 1999 – Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)
- 1999 – Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
- 1999 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
- 2002 – K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
- 2002 – James Hazeldine, English actor and director (b. 1947)
- 2003 – Ed Devereaux, Australian-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
- 2003 – Alan Tilvern, English actor (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
- 2005 – Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
- 2005 – Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
- 2005 – Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)
- 2006 – Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)
- 2008 – Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
- 2008 – Ismet "Ćelo" Bajramović , Bosnian soldier. [b.1966]
- 2008 – Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)
- 2009 – Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
- 2009 – Jennifer Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Dan O'Bannon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946)
- 2010 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 2010 – Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)
- 2011 – Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983)
- 2011 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (b. 1941)
- 2011 – Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Pgeezy, American rapper (b. 1976)
- 2012 – Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)
- 2012 – James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Dina Manfredini, Italian-American super-centenarian (b. 1897)
- 2012 – Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (b. 1957)
- 2013 – Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
- 2013 – Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913)
- 2014 – Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (b. 1917)
- 2014 – Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)
- 2014 – Lowell Steward, American captain (b. 1919)
- 2014 – Ivan Vekić, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (b. 1938)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| December 17th: On this Day | |
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| 1960, Returning from Hamburg, The Beatles appeared at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool. Chas Newby joined The Beatles on bass guitar (to replace Stuart Sutcliffe, who had remained in Hamburg), a position he would hold for only two weeks and four performances. When Newby bowed out to return to college, Paul McCartney became The Beatles' bass player. | |
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| 1962, Bob Dylan arrived in England for the first time; he played his first UK date the following night at the Troubadour Club in London. | |
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| 1963, James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles record on American radio. Carroll played 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', which he had obtained from his stewardess girlfriend, who brought the single back from the UK. Due to listener demand, the song was played daily, every hour. Since it hadn't been released yet in the States, Capitol Records initially considered court action, but instead released the single earlier than planned. | |
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| 1968, The Who played their Xmas party at the The Marquee Club London. Also on the bill was a new group called Yes. Members 15 shillings, ($1.80) or £1 ($2.40) on the night. Other acts appearing at the club this month included Joe Cocker, Free and Led Zeppelin. | |
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| 1971, David Bowie released his fourth album Hunky Dory, which was the first to feature all the members of the band that would become known the following year as Ziggy Stardust's Spiders From Mars. | |
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| 1973, Slade were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Merry Xmas Everybody' their sixth chart topper. It has been released during every decade since 1973, and has been covered by numerous artists. In a 2007 poll, 'Merry Xmas Everybody' was voted the UK's most popular Christmas song. | |
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| 1977, Mr David Ackroyd purchased the one-millionth copy of 'Mull Of Kintyre', by Wings in the UK and became the first record buyer to receive a Gold Disc. | |
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| 1977, Deputising for the Sex Pistols on NBC- TVs 'Saturday Night Live', Elvis Costello stops his performance of 'Less Than Zero', saying ' there's no reason to do this', and launches into 'Radio Radio' which he'd been told not to perform. | |
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| 1977, George Harrison played an unannounced live set for the regulars at his local pub in Henley-On-Thames near his home in the UK. | |
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| 1982, American Delta blues musician and songwriter Big Joe Williams died in Macon, Mississippi aged 79. Wrote 'Baby Please Don't Go', a 1965 UK Top 10 for Them, (featuring Van Morrison). | |
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| 1982, Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters when she performed in Sherman, California. Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, the eating disorder which was a little-known illness at the time. She died at the age of 32 from heart failure, on February 4, 1983 caused by complications related to her illness. | |
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| 1984, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Big Country, Duran Duran, Ultravox, Paul Young and Wham! all appeared on the UK TV show 'Razzmatazz Solid Gold Christmas Special'. | |
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| 1988, Featured on the front page of the NME, Bros, interviewed for the paper, a quote from Matt, 'We've got the quickest selling debut LP in the history of CBS Records. You don't do that if your talentless'. | |
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| 1994, A remixed version of The Four Seasons'"December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" re-entered the US Hot 100, where it stayed for another 27 weeks, just as it did when it first charted in 1976. The combined run will establish a record for the longest total chart appearance in US chart history. | |
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| 1995, A statue of the late Frank Zappa was unveiled in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic Of Lithuania. It had been organised by Zappa fan club President Saulius Pauksty. | |
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| 1999, American jazz-funk, soul-jazz saxophonist Grover Washington Jr died of a heart attack aged 56. He collapsed in the green room after taping four songs for The Early Show, at CBS Studios in New York City, He released over 20 solo albums and featured on the 1981 Bill Withers hit ‘Just The Two of Us.’ | |
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| 2000, Bob The Builder started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Can We Fix It'. Taken from the children's television programme Bob the Builder. | |
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| 2000, Eminem was the subject of a sick Internet hoax after MTV reported that the rapper had been killed in a car crash en route to a party. | |
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| 2004, Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley agreed to sell 85% of his estate to businessman Robert Sillerman in a deal worth $100m. Sillerman would run Presley's Memphis home Graceland, and own Elvis' name and the rights to all revenue from his music and films. In the deal Lisa Marie would retain possession of Graceland and many of her father's ‘personal effects.’ | |
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| 2005, U2 had the top-grossing tour of 2005, according to Billboard. More than three million people watched the band's sell-out 90-date Vertigo tour which grossed $260m (£146.6m). The Eagles, took $117m (£66m) from 77 shows and Neil Diamond grossed more than $71m (£40m). Kenny Chesney was fourth with $63m (£35.5m), Paul McCartney $60m (£33.8m), Rod Stewart with $49m (£27m), Elton John with $45.5m (£25.6m), Dave Matthews Band with $45m (£25.3m), Jimmy Buffett with $41m (£23m) and Green Day with $36.5m (£20.5m). | |
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| 2006, English saxophonist Denis Payton died. Member of Dave Clark Five who had the 1964 UK No.1 single 'Glad All Over', 1965 US No.1 single 'Over And Over', plus over 15 other UK top 40 singles. | |
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| 2006, Leona Lewis started a 4 week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'A Moment Like This', also a US No.1. | |
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| 2010, Captain Beefheart died aged 69 from complications from multiple sclerosis. The American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California recorded 13 studio albums. | |
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| 2010, Sir Paul McCartney performed an intimate lunchtime gig at the 100 Club on London's Oxford Street, the historic music venue threatened with closure. Around 300 fans were treated to a set lasting almost two hours, in what was McCartney’s smallest gig in the UK for nearly 10 years. A campaign to keep the 100 Club open had attracted support from Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Sir Mick Jagger. | |
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| 2012, Adele was named Billboard's top artist of 2012, while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine's annual review. The 24-year-old became the first to receive both accolades two years in a row. The year's top three songs were Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know, Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe and Fun's We Are Young. respectively. | |
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| December 17th: Born on this day | |
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| 1936, Born on this day, Tommy Steele, singer, actor, (1957 UK No.1 single 'Singing The Blues', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles). | |
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| 1937, Born on this day, Art Neville, vocals, piano, The Neville Brothers, (1989 UK No.47 single 'With God On Our Side') | |
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| 1939, Born on this day, Eddie Kendricks, vocals, The Temptations, (1971 US No.1 & UK No.8 single 'Just My Imagination' and re- issued 'My Girl' UK No.2 in 1992, solo US No.1 & UK No.18 single 'Keep On Truckin'). Died on 5th October 1992. | |
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| 1942, Born on this day, Paul Butterfield, blues singer, harmonica player, (1965 album 'Paul Butterfield Blues Band'). Appeared at The Bands, 'Last Waltz'. Died on 4th May 1987. | |
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| 1943, Born on this day, David Dee, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, (1968 UK No.1 single 'Legend Of Xanadu'). Dee died on 9th Jan 2009 at the age of 65, following a three-year battle with cancer. The singer, whose real name was David Harman, was originally a police officer and as a police cadet was called to the scene of the car crash that killed Eddie Cochrane during a UK tour in 1960. | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Paul Rodgers, singer, guitarist, Free, (1970 UK No.2 & US No.4 single 'All Right Now'). Bad Company, (1974 UK No.15 single 'Can't Get Enough'). Also a member of The Firm, with Jimmy Page. | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Carlton Barrett, The Wailers, (1983 UK No.4 single with Bob Marley, Buffalo Soldier', plus 10 other UK Top 40 singles). Barrett was shot dead outside his home on 17th April 1987. | |
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| 1951, Born on this day, Wanda Hutchinson, The Emotions, (1977 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'Best Of My Love'). | |
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| 1958, Born on this day, Mike Mills, bass, R.E.M. (1991 UK No.6 & US No.10 single 'Shiny Happy People', plus over 20 Top 40 UK singles, 1992 UK No.1 & US No.2 album 'Automatic For The People'). | |
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| 1959, Born on this day, Bob Stinson, guitar, The Replacements died of an accidental drug overdose, (1984 album 'Let It Be'). | |
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| 1962, Born on this day, Sarah Dallen, singer Bananarama, (1984 UK No.3 single 'Robert De Niro's Waiting', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles, 1986 US No.1 single 'Venus'). | |
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| 1964, Born on this day, David Walls, 'Ginger', vocals, guitar, The Wildhearts, (1996 UK No.14 single 'Sick Of Drugs'). | |
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| 1969, Born on this day, Micky Quinn, bass, Supergrass, (1995 UK No.2 single 'Alright', 1995 UK No.1 album 'I Should Coco' spent 35 weeks on the UK chart). | |
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| 1970, Born on this day, DJ Homicide, Sugar Ray, (1999 UK No. 10 single 'Every Morning'). | |
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| 1973, Born on this day, Eddie Fisher, drummer and percussionist in OneRepublic who had the 2013 UK No.1 hit 'Counting Stars'. | |
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| 1978, Born on this day, Neil Christopher, drummer, Three Days Grace. | |
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| 1989, Born on this day, Taylor York, guitarist, Paramore, 2009 UK No.1 album ‘Brand New Eyes’ and their 2013 self-titled fourth studio album hit No.1 on the US chart. |
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STAR WARS PREMIERE IN LONDON
Star Wars creator George Lucas has said that having the European premiere of new film The Force Awakens in London is like "coming home".
"All of the premieres have always been in London," Lucas said.
"It's like coming home to an event we've done for the last 40 years, but this is the biggest by far."
Star Wars fans, many of them waving light sabers, turned out in force for the red carpet event in Leicester Square on Wednesday night.
They cheered as a procession of stormtroopers, led by Darth Vader, marched down the red carpet before the stars arrived.
Director JJ Abrams and cast members including Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and Lupita Nyong'o had all flown in from Los Angeles, where the world premiere was held on Monday.
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Abrams, who also co-wrote and co-produced, said it was "an enormous relief" that the world was finally going to see the seventh the film of the Star Wars franchise.
The first reviews of The Force Awakens, published earlier on Wednesday, hailed it as "a triumph" and "a classic". Many UK newspapers awarded it five stars.
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Ridley, who plays Rey, shouted to the crowd as she arrived : "May the Force be with you all!" She added: "I'm a girl from London - it's good be home."
The actress confirmed that she'd signed up for one more Stars Wars film - the as yet untitled Episode VIII, which is due out in 2017.
Londoner Boyega, who auditioned for seven months to play Finn, said: "For a guy from south-east Peckham, I think I did alright."
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"I never expected to go back in a million years," he said. "Why go back to what you've done before? But then I thought this was too extraordinary an experience to dismiss."
He described Abrams as "a brilliant filmmaker", adding: "He's an enormous film nerd - I say that with great affection because I am too."
Han Solo actor Harrison Ford's message to fans was: "I hope they enjoy the movie. It's a worthy effort. I'm very proud of it."
Speaking on the red carpet, he said: "I'm glad people are interested. It becomes a part of people's lives and I really appreciate that they have such an intense, emotional interest in these films. It means a lot to me."
Asked by red carpet host Alex Zane about handing the Star Wars baton to JJ Abrams, George Lucas quipped: "I felt that I had to pass it on before I passed on."
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is released in the UK and Ireland on 17 December and 18 December in US.
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ΜΑΘΗΤΗΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΤΟ ΧΑΡΒΑΡΝΤ ΜΕ ΥΠΟΤΡΟΦΙΑ 4 ΧΡΟΝΩΝ
Μαθητής από τη Θεσσαλονίκη έγινε δεκτός στο Harvard (EarlyAction) για να σπουδάσει Μαθηματικά με πλήρη υποτροφία. Όπως μεταδίδει το thestival.gr η υποτροφία ανέρχεται σε 69.000 δολάρια ετησίως, για τέσσερα χρόνια.
Ο Φίλιππος – Ιλαρίων Συτιλίδης, μαθητής της Γ΄ Λυκείου, παρακολούθησε το Πρόγραμμα «StudiesAbroad», το οποίο προετοιμάζει τους μαθητές του Λυκείου για την εισαγωγή τους σε πανεπιστήμια της Αμερικής και της Ευρώπης χωρίς InternationalBaccalaureate (IB).
Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι ο μαθητής είχε διακριθεί στη Βαλκανιάδα Μαθηματικών Νέων 2013 με Έπαινο, στην Εθνική Μαθηματική Ολυμπιάδα της ΕΜΕ, «Αρχιμήδης», όπου και απέσπασε χρυσό μετάλλιο το 2013 και αργυρό μετάλλιο το 2015, και στον Πανελλήνιο Διαγωνισμό Φυσικής όπου κατέκτησε την 3η θέση το 2014 και την 6η θέση το 2015.
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Ορεινό Χωριό για να περάσετε τα Φετινά Χριστούγεννα στην Ελλάδα
Στα Πιέρια Όρη, στη σκιά του Ολύμπου, βρίσκεται το Ελατοχώρι, ένα όμορφο χωριό, χτισμένο σε υψόμετρο 800 μέτρων και αποτελεί έναν από τους ωραιότερους χειμερινούς προορισμούς της Ελλάδας, προσελκύοντας κάθε χρόνο χιλιάδες επισκέπτες. Η άγρια ορεινή ομορφιά, η υπέροχη θέα στον Όλυμπο, τα κατάφυτα δάση, η μοναδική γραφικότητα του οικισμού, και το χιονοδρομικό κέντρο του Ελατοχωρίου, καθιστούν την περιοχή ιδανική για χειμερινές αποδράσεις.
Καλώς ήρθατε στο Ελατοχώρι!
Είστε έτοιμοι να περάσετε υπέροχα;
Το Ελατοχώρι βρίσκεται σε 850μ. υψόμετρο στον Ορεινό όγκο των Πιερίων που κατοικούσαν οι Μούσες και κατά την παράδοση ονομαζόταν «Κοιλάδα του Παλατιού». Είκοσι οκτώ χιλιόμετρα δυτικά της Κατερίνης στις πλαγιές των Πιερίων Όρεων αγναντεύει νότια το βουνό των θεών, τον Όλυμπο, ανατολικά και βόρεια τον κάμπο της Πιερίας, έως τα καταγάλανα παράλια του Θερμαϊκού και ενίοτε της Χαλκιδικής.
Το χιονοδρομικό, θα σας μαγέψει!
Το Χιονοδρομικό Κέντρο Ελατοχωρίου το συναντάμε στη βορειοανατολική πλευράτων Πιερίων Ορέων, στη θέση «Παπά Χωράφι», και σε υψόμετρο 1450μ. Βρίσκεται σε μια προνομιακή τοποθεσία με καταπληκτική θέα προς τον Όλυμπο και τον Αλιάκμονα. Απέχει μόλις 8 χλμ. από το γραφικό χωριό Ελατοχώρι, 36 χλμ. από την Κατερίνη ,474 χλμ. από την Αθήνα, 105χλμ από την Θεσσαλονίκη και 120χλμ από την Λάρισα..
Αν και είναι ένα σχετικά καινούριο χιονοδρομικό κέντρο, έχει γίνει δημοφιλή στους λάτρεις των χειμερινών σπορ, οι οποίοι και κατακλύζουν τις πίστες του. Γεγονός που οφείλεται τόσο στις άρτιες υποδομές του κέντρου όσο και στην υπέροχη φύση που το περιβάλει.
Κάντε μια βόλτα με έλκηθρο!
Οι εγκαταστάσεις του Χιονοδρομικού Κέντρου περιλαμβάνουν 10 πίστες με κυμαινόμενη υψομετρική διαφορά και με διαφορετικό βαθμό δυσκολίας ώστε να ικανοποιούνται τόσο οι έμπειροι και απαιτητικοί σκιέρ, όσο και οι αρχάριοι που πρωτοδοκιμάζουν τις δυνατότητές τους στο δημοφιλέστερο χειμερινό σπορ. Επίσης, λειτουργεί μια πίστα για snowboard και μια για έλκηθρα. Το συνολικό μήκους που έχουν οι πίστες και το δίκτυο των χιονο-διαδρόμων που τις συνδέει μεταξύ τους, ξεπερνάει τα 12.000 μ.
Δοκιμάστε τις ικανότητές σας στα σλάλομ!
Εκεί θα βρείτε πίστα για έλκηθρα, που ταιριάζουν απόλυτα με το πνεύμα των Χριστουγέννων (τηλ.: 23510 82994, www.elatohori-ski.gr).
Τι άλλο μπορείτε να κάνετε;
Το 1944 πυρπολήθηκε από τους Γερμανούς. Η Σκουτέρνα, αναγεννήθηκε για να γίνει ένα παραμυθένιο χριστουγεννιάτικο σκηνικό.
Επισκεφτείτε την εκκλησία του Αγίου Νικολάου του 1779 με το εκπληκτικό ξυλόγλυπτο τέμπλο. Βρίσκεται στο παλιό Ελατοχώρι, σε ένα από τα ψηλότερα σημεία του χωριού.
Αγοράστε παραδοσιακά γλυκά του κουταλιού και μαρμελάδες κάστανο, καρυδάκι και δαμάσκηνο αλλά και αρωματικά λικέρ από το Εργαστήρι των Πιερίδων. Πωλητήριο θα βρείτε στην πλατεία του Παλιού Ελατοχωρίου αλλά και στο Χιονοδρομικό (τηλ.: 23510 82247).
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Article 2
ένα από τα 100 καλύτερα ξενοδοχεία στον κόσμο
Φτάνοντας ο ταξιδιώτης στην Playa Del Carmen, το κοσμοπολίτικο θέρετρο του Μεξικού, μεταφέρεται έξω από την πόλη Riviera Maya, στο πολυτελές ξενοδοχείο Banyan Tree Mayakoba.
Δεν είναι ένα τυχαίο κατάλυμα: ψηφίστηκε το τρίτο καλύτερο στο Μεξικό και κατατάχθηκε στην 27η θέση στα 100 κορυφαία ξενοδοχεία στον κόσμο.
Κι αυτό δεν είναι τυχαίο, αν δει κανείς τι προσφέρει το ξενοδοχείο στους επισκέπτες: κάθε μία από τις 16 ιδιωτικές βίλες έχει τη δική της πισίνα- και δύο κοινές, αν κάποιον θέλει να κοινωνικοποιηθεί στη διάρκεια του μπάνιου του. Η ίδια η βίλα περιλαμβάνει ευρύχωρο υπνοδωμάτιο, χωλ, γυάλινες πόρτες από το ταβάνι ως το πάτωμα, πολυτελές μπάνιο, walk-in wardrobe και γιγάντιο τζακούζι για χαλάρωση κάτω από τα αστέρια.
Ο επισκέπτης μπορεί να έχει τον προσωπικό του σεφ και υπηρεσίες σπα που έρχονται στο δωμάτιό του με ένα τηλεφώνημα. Επιλέγοντας το πρόγραμμα Intimate Moments το τζακούζι γεμίζει με αρωματικά έλαια και άλατα μπάνιου καθώς και ροδοπέταλα, ενώ γύρω γύρω ατμόσφαιρα φτιάχνουν τα αναμμένα κεράκια. Συμπεριλαμβάνεται το κρασί ή η σαμπάνια.
Τα εστιατόρια του ξενοδοχείου μπορούν να ικανοποιήσουν ακόμα και τον πιο απαιτητικό ουρανίσκο καθώς προσφέρονται ταϊλανδέζικα, ευρωπαϊκά αλλά και μεξικάνικα μενού.
Στον ίδιο χώρο λειτουργεί μπουφές για το πρωινό με ποικιλία που εντυπωσιάζει.
Το μπαρ προσφέρει μεξικανικά τάπας, φρέσκα θαλασσινά αλλά και υπέροχα κοκτέιλ.
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ΑΠΟ ΤΟΝ ΙΟΥΝΙΟ ΠΛΟΙΟ ΑΠΟ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ ΓΙΑ ΛΗΜΝΟ
Ο Δήμαρχος Λήμνου κ. Δημήτρης Μαρινάκης πρόκειται να συμμετάσχει στη συνεδρίαση του Συμβουλίου Ακτοπλοϊκών Συγκοινωνιών, που θα πραγματοποιηθεί σημερα.Στα θέματα ημερήσιας διάταξης του προσεχούς Σ.Α.Σ. περιλαμβάνεται μεταξύ άλλων η δρομολόγηση του Ε/Γ- Ο/Γ IONIAN QUEEN στη γραμμή Πειραιάς-Μεστά Χίου-Μυτιλήνη-Λήμνος-Θεσσαλονίκη από 17-06-2016 έως 11-09-2016.
Αυτά αναφέρονται στο δελτίο τύπου του Δήμου και συμπληρωματικά θα πρέπει να πούμε οτι η ανωτέρω γραμμή για τη Λήμνο έχει ιδιαίτερη σημασία στο σκέλος Λήμνος Θεσσαλονίκη!
Το πλοίο σύμφωνα με διαδικτυακές πληροφορίες ήταν παροπλισμένο στην Πάτρα για 3 χρόνια λόγω χρεών και τα δημοσιεύματα για την ρυμούλκηση του από την προβλήτα της Πάτρας είχαν το στοιχείο της ανακούφισης για το χώρο που θα άδειαζε...
Άλλα δημοσιεύματα αναφέρουν οτι όλο αυτό το διάστημα δεν υπήρξε ενδιαφέρον για την αγορά του μέσω πλειστηριασμών, αλλά τελικά η τιμή του έπεσε στα 3 εκατ. ευρώ και το πλοίο άλλαξε χέρια.
Μάλιστα υπάρχει ένα δημοσίευμα που αναφέρει οτι στο διάστημα των 3 ετών εγκατάλειψης το πλοίο έχει υποστεί φθορές μη αναστρέψιμες και θα πάει για παλιοσίδερα.
Όλα αυτά όμως μπαίνουν στην άκρη από το παρακάτω δημοσίευμα στο ΒΗΜΑ, που έγινε πρόσφατα, στις 3 Δεκέμβρη. Κατά τη γνώμη μας η απόκτηση του πλοίου από τη Hellenic seaways , όπως αναφέρεται, σχετίζεται με την κερδοφορία που παρουσιάζουν οι γραμμές Βορείου Αιγαίου - Βορείου Ελλάδος, που οφείλεται και στη μεταφορά των 1000δων μεταναστών.
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Article 0
Ανολοκλήρωτο συμφωνικό έργο του Φραντς Σούμπερτ (1797-1831), σύμφωνα με την πλειονότητα των μουσικολόγων. Υπάρχει και η αντίθετη άποψη, που θεωρεί το έργο ολοκληρωμένο. Ο πρωτότυπος τίτλο του είναι Συμφωνία αρ. 8 σε Σι ελάσσονα και φέρει τον αριθμό 759 στον κατάλογο Ντόιτς με τα έργα του σπουδαίου αυστριακού συνθέτη. Παρά τις διιστάμενες απόψεις, η Ημιτελής Συμφωνία παραμένει ένα από τα κορυφαία επιτεύγματα στον χώρο της συμφωνικής μουσικής.
Το 1822 ήταν μια μεστή χρονιά για τον Σούμπερτ, παρά τα οικονομικά προβλήματα που αντιμετώπιζε. Συνέθεσε πολλά και αξιόλογα έργα (Λειτουργία σε λα ύφεση, Φαντασία του Οδοιπόρου, λίντερ σε ποίηση Γκέτε, Ένγκελχαρτ, Μπρούχμαν και Σόμπερ), ενώ σε προσωπικό επίπεδο συμφιλιώθηκε με τον υπερπροστατευτικό πατέρα του, με τον οποίον τα είχε «τσουγκρίσει» πριν από τέσσερα χρόνια. Στις 30 Οκτωβρίου άρχισε να συνθέτει τη Συμφωνία σε Σι ελάσσονα, που δημιούργησε αμφισβητήσεις, προβλήματα και δίχασε τους ιστορικούς της μουσικής.
Ονομάστηκε «Ημιτελής» επειδή αποτελείται από δύο μέρη (Allegro moderato - Andante con moto) αντί των τεσσάρων μιας συνηθισμένης συμφωνίας του καιρού του. Έχουν διατυπωθεί διάφορες θεωρίες, όπως ότι ο Σούμπερτ δεν μπόρεσε να εμπνευστεί περισσότερα μέρη, ισάξια με τα δύο πρώτα ή ότι ολοκλήρωσε το έργο, αλλά τα δύο τελευταία μέρη χάθηκαν ή ακόμη ότι συνήθιζε να αρχίζει μία σύνθεση, να την ξεχνάει σ’ ένα συρτάρι και να καταπιάνεται με μια νέα. Πάντως, υπάρχει ένα προσχέδιο «σκέρτσο» για την αρχή του τρίτου μέρους, με βάση το οποίο διάφοροι συνθέτες επιχείρησαν να τη συμπληρώσουν, χωρίς όμως επιτυχία.
Το ερώτημα αν τελικά πρόκειται για ανολοκλήρωτη συμφωνία ή όχι δημιούργησε το γεγονός ότι ο Σούμπερτ την προσέφερε και την αφιέρωσε στη Μουσική Εταιρεία της Στυρίας για την τιμή που του είχε κάνει ανακηρύσσοντάς τον επίτιμο μέλος της. Οι μουσικολόγοι, λοιπόν, που αντιτίθενται στο όρο «Ημιτελής», προβάλλουν το επιχείρημα ότι θα ήταν αδιανόητο ο συνθέτης να προσφέρει σε ένα μουσικό ίδρυμα ένα ατελές έργο του. Έτσι, οδηγούνται στο συμπέρασμα ότι ο συνθέτης την είχε συλλάβει στη μορφή που την παρουσίασε, δηλαδή με μόνο δύο μέρη.
Η πρεμιέρα του έργου δόθηκε στις 17 Δεκεμβρίου 1865 στη Βιέννη, 34 χρόνια μετά τον πρόωρο θάνατο του συνθέτη. Η Ημιτελής παρουσιάζεται εξαιρετικά σκοτεινή με έντονα δραματικά στοιχεία και διαμετρικά διαφορετική από τις υπόλοιπες συμφωνίες του συνθέτη. Γι’ αυτό θεωρείται ως η πρώτη ρομαντική συμφωνία του Σούμπερτ.
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-18 ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ
1737: πεθαίνει ο διάσημος Ιταλός κατασκευαστής βιολιών Αντόνιο Στραντιβάρι. 1779: γεννιέται στο Λονδίνο ο Τζόζεφ Γκριμάλντι, κωμικός ηθοποιός και ακροβάτης. 1787: το Νιου Τζέρσεϊ επικυρώνει το Σύνταγμα των ΗΠΑ 1829: ιδρύεται από τον Καποδίστρια η πρώτη εκκλησιαστική σχολή στην Ελλάδα. 1865: καταργείται ο θεσμός της δουλείας στην Αμερική, με την επικύρωση της 13ης τροπολογίας του Συντάγματος. 1870: "γεννιέται ο συγγραφέας Έκτορ Χιου Μουνρό, ο οποίος έγινε γνωστός με το ψευδώνυμο ""Σάκι""." 1876: αδιαφορεί για τα ελληνικά δίκαια η πρεσβευτική διάσκεψη που συνέρχεται στην Κωνσταντινούπολη. Η αποτυχία της Διάσκεψης θα οδηγήσει στον ρωσοτουρκικό πόλεμο. 1879: γεννιέται ο Ελβετός ζωγράφος Πολ Κλε. 1886: γεννιέται ο Τάι Κόμπ, Αμερικανός παίκτης του μπέιζμπολ. 1890: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός εφευρέτης και μηχανικός Έντουιν ’Αρμστρονγκ. 1901: απονέμονται τα πρώτα Νόμπελ στη Σουηδία. Οι βραβευθέντες είναι μεταξύ άλλων, ο Γερμανός Βίλχελμ Ρέντγκεν για την ανακάλυψη των Ακτίνων Χ, ο Γάλλος Σιλί Προυντόν για την ποίησή του, καθώς και ο Ερρίκο Ντινάν για την ίδρυση του Ερυθρού Σταυρού και ο Φρεντερίκ Πασί για την ίδρυση της Γαλλικής Εταιρίας των Φίλων της Ειρήνης. 1907: οργανώνεται συλλαλητήριο στην Ηλεία για το σταφιδικό ζήτημα. 1911: γεννιέται η δημοσιογράφος Ελένη Βλάχου. 1911: γεννιέται στις ΗΠΑ ο Γάλλος σκηνοθέτης Ζιλ Ντασέν, σύντροφος της Μελίνας Μερκούρη. 1912: ανακαλύπτεται από τον ερασιτέχνη αρχαιολόγο Τααρλς Ντόσον, ο άνθρωπος του σπηλαίου Πιλτντάουν. 1913: "γεννιέται ο Γερμανός σοσιαλδημοκράτης καγκελάριος, Βίλι Μπραντ. Αναγκάστηκε σε παραίτηση το 1974, όταν αποκαλύφθηκε ότι ο γραμματέας του ήταν κατάσκοπος της Ανατολικής Γερμανίας. Το 1971 του απενεμήθη το Νόμπελ Ειρήνης για την περίφημη ""Οστ Πολιτίκ""του, που πρέσβευε την προσέγγιση ανατολής και δύσης." 1917: η αμερικανική Γερουσία εγκρίνει την ποτοαπαγόρευση. 1919: η Γερμανία εθνικοποιεί τον ηλεκτρισμό. 1920: γεννιέται στο Barnaul της Γερμανίας η υψίφωνος Rita Streich. 1923: με στρατιωτική απόφαση, εξορίζεται ο βασιλιάς της Ελλάδας Γεώργιος Β΄. 1929: η Βρετανία θεσπίζει ημερήσιο ωράριο εργασίας 7,5 ωρών για τους ανθρακωρύχους. 1939: ο αξιωματούχος του Ράιχ, Ρόμπερτ Λέι, υποστηρίζει ότι, η Γερμανία στοχεύει στον αφανισμό της Βρετανίας. 1940: "στο Βερολίνο, εκπονούνται τα μυστικά σχέδια της ναζιστικής ""Επιχείρησης Μπαρμπαρόσα"", που αναφέρονται στην εισβολή στη Ρωσία." 1941: τα γερμανικά στρατεύματα αρχίζουν να υποχωρούν από τη Βόρεια Αφρική. 1942: στη Γερμανία, ο Χίτλερ συναντιέται με τον Μουσολίνι και τον Πιέρ Λαβάλ. 1943: γεννιέται το μέλος του θρυλικού ροκ γκρουπ Ρόλινγκ Στόουνς, Κιθ Ρίτσαρντς. 1946: γεννιέται ο δημοφιλής Αμερικανός σκηνοθέτης Στίβεν Σπίλμπεργκ. 1952: ο Σούγκαρ Ρέι Ρόμπινσον ανακοινώνει την αποχώρησή του από τα ρινγκ. 1955: γεννιέται στο Νιου Τζέρσεϊ των ΗΠΑ ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός Ρέι Λιόττα. 1956: "απονέμεται για πρώτη φορά η ""Χρυσή Μπάλα"", το βραβείο του γαλλικού περιοδικού ""France Football"". Ο Στάνλεϋ Μάθιους επιλέγεται από ένα πάνελ 49 Ευρωπαίων δημοσιογράφων ποδοσφαίρου ως ο καλύτερος παίκτης της χρονιάς." 1957: ανοίγει ο πρώτος πυρηνικός σταθμός στην Πενσιλβάνια των ΗΠΑ. 1958: εκτοξεύεται ο Σκορ, πρώτος πειραματικός δορυφόρος επικοινωνιών. 1963: ο Ρον Κλαρκ καταρρίπτει το ρεκόρ των 10χλμ στην Μελβούρνη με 28:15.6 το οποίο θα επανανακαταρρίψει στις 14/7/1965 με 27:39.4 στο Όσλο. Ένα χρόνο αργότερα, στη Στοκχόλμη στις 5/7/1966, θα κάνει παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ στα 5χλμ με 13:16.6. Ο Κλαρκ, που τελικά θα μείνει στην ιστορία του στίβου σαν άνθρωπος των ρεκόρ και όχι των μεταλλίων, θα περάσει μια περίοδο, όπου θα κυριαρχήσει στους πίνακες των 5 και 10χλμ χωρίς όμως να καταφέρει να πάρει ποτέ χρυσό σε μεγάλη διοργάνωση. 1965: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός ηθοποιός Μπράντ Πιτ. 1968: "κατεδαφίζεται το ""ρολόι""του Πειραιά." 1969: καταργείται η θανατική ποινή στη Βρετανία. 1970: στη Νεβάδα των ΗΠΑ, διαρροή ατομικής ενέργειας αναγκάζει εκατοντάδες ανθρώπους να σπεύσουν σε μέρος ασφαλές. 1971: αποτυγχάνει η επανάσταση στην Πολωνία. 1971: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 69 ετών ο Μπόμπι Τζόουνς, ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους παίκτες του γκολφ και θεμελιωτής του τουρνουά Masters. 1972: στις ΗΠΑ, ο Λευκός Οίκος ανακοινώνει ότι, οι βομβαρδισμοί θα ξαναρχίσουν στο Βόρειο Βιετνάμ μέχρι να επιτευχθεί συμφωνία. 1974: η Ελλάδα σπάει μια παράδοση 40 χρόνων κερδίζοντας τη Βουλγαρία με 2-1 στο Στάδιο Καραϊσκάκη με γκολ των Σταύρου Σαράφη και Αντώνη Αντωνιάδη. 1980: 18 είναι οι τραυματίες από την έκρηξη του εργοστασίου ΠΥΡΚΑΛ στην Ελευσίνα. 1980: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 76 ετών από καρδιακή προσβολή ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός της ΕΣΣΔ Αλεξέι Κοσίγκιν. Ήταν πρόεδρος από το 1964 έως το 1980. 1980: το Βιετνάμ υιοθετεί Σύνταγμα. 1982: ολοκληρώνονται οι εργασίες του 11ου Συνεδρίου του ΚΚΕ, με την επανεκλογή του Χαρίλαου Φλωράκη στη θέση του γενικού γραμματέα του κόμματος και την εκλογή νέας Κεντρικής Επιτροπής. 1989: εγκαινιάζεται με τη δωρεά του Παναγιώτη Αγγελόπουλου ο ανοικοδομημένος Πατριαρχικός Οίκος στο Φανάρι. 1991: η Ελλάδα γίνεται δεκτή στη Συμφωνία του Σένγκεν με το καθεστώς του παρατηρητή. 1991: ο Πρόεδρος Μπους απορρίπτει τη διανομή από το κράτος προφυλακτικών και συριγγών για την καταπολέμηση του AIDS, λέγοντας ότι οι ΗΠΑ δεν μπορούν να εγκαταλείψουν τις αξίες τους. 1992: η Γερμανία επικυρώνει τη συνθήκη του Μάαστριχτ. 1992: το ΣΑ του ΟΗΕ καταδικάζει τους μαζικούς βιασμούς μουσουλμάνων γυναικών στα στρατόπεδα αιχμαλώτων της Βοσνίας. 1993: επίσημη άδεια επαναλειτουργίας δίδεται στον πυρηνικό αντιδραστήρα του Κοζλοντούι, στη Βουλγαρία. 1994: μεσολαβητική αποστολή σε Βοσνία και Κροατία για το βοσνιακό ξεκινά ο πρώην πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ Τζίμι Κάρτερ. 1994: "σύμφωνα με το BBC, το οποίο επικαλείται το τουρκικό πρακτορείο ""Ανατολή"", σχεδόν 5.000 άνθρωποι έχουν σκοτωθεί από την αρχή του χρόνου έως τα μέσα Οκτωβρίου, στις συγκρούσεις μεταξύ τουρκικού στρατού και Κούρδων." 1994: το Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα της Βουλγαρίας (πρώην Κομμουνιστικό) κερδίζει τις εκλογές. 1995: τη δυσαρέσκειά τους για τα χαμηλά, προβλεπόμενα από τον προϋπολογισμό, κονδύλια για την Παιδεία, εκφράζουν οι πρυτανικές αρχές του Πάντειου Πανεπιστημίου και του ΕΜΠ. 1995: τη μετατροπή του ΟΓΑ σε κύριο φορέα ασφάλισης των αγροτών, εξαγγέλλει ο υπουργός Γεωργίας Στέφανος Τζουμάκας. 1996: το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο Ανθρωπίνων Δικαιωμάτων δικαιώνει την Κύπρια Τιτίκα Λοϊζίδου στην προσφυγή της κατά της Τουρκίας, η οποία της απαγορεύει την ελεύθερη πρόσβαση στην ιδιόκτητη γη της στην κατεχόμενη Κερύνεια. 1997: στην Τουρκία, σύμφωνα με φιλοκουρδική εφημερίδα, ο ηγέτης του Κουρδικού Εργατικού Κόμματος PKK, Αμπντουλάχ Οτσαλάν, είναι έτοιμος να υποβάλλει πρόταση εκεχειρίας στην Τουρκία. 2000: "σπάνια επίδειξη ""ευ αγωνίζεσθε""από τον Ιταλό επιθετικό της Γουέστ Χαμ Paolo di Canio στον αγώνα εναντίον της Έβερτον (1-1), όταν αντί να προωθήσει τη μπάλα στα δίχτυα σταματάει τον αγώνα για να προσφερθούν οι πρώτες βοήθειες στον πεσμένο αντίπαλο τερματοφύλακα. Ο ίδιος παίκτης είχε εξοργίσει την φίλαθλη κοινή γνώμη της Βρετανίας, όταν διαμαρτυρόμενος έσπρωξε βάναυσα τον διαιτητή Alcock, ενέργεια που του στοίχισε ποινή 11 αγωνιστικών." ↧
ΕVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 18/12
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- 218 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Roman Republic.
- 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
- 1622 – Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.
- 1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
- 1688 – The inhabitants of Derry shut the city gates against the Irish Army of James II.
- 1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the Americans over British General John Burgoynein the Battle of Saratoga in October.
- 1787 – New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
- 1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
- 1833 – The national anthem of the Russian Empire "God Save the Tsar!" is first performed.
- 1865 – US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.
- 1867 – The Angola Horror train wreck occurred.
- 1878 – John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires is executed in Pennsylvania.
- 1878 – The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar
- 1888 – Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discover the ancient Indian ruins of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde.
- 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- 1898 – Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245 mph (63.159 km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car
- 1900 – The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
- 1912 – The Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is announced by Charles Dawson.
- 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
- 1917 – The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
- 1932 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans in the first NFL Championship Game.
- 1935 – The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
- 1939 – World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
- 1944 – World War II: Seventy-seven B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base.
- 1956 – Japan joins the United Nations.
- 1958 – Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
- 1966 – Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
- 1969 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder (but not for all crimes) for a period of five years.
- 1971 – Capitol Reef National Park is established in Utah.
- 1972 – Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.
- 1973 – Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
- 1973 – The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
- 1978 – Dominica joins the United Nations.
- 1981 – First flight of the Russian supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the largest and most powerful military supersonic aircraft.
- 1987 – Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.
- 1989 – The European Economic Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.
- 1997 – HTML 4.0 is published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
- 1999 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
- 2002 – California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier.
- 2005 – The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.
- 2006 – The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced.
- 2006 – United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.
Births[edit]
- 1507 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1551)
- 1602 – Simonds d'Ewes, English historian and politician (d. 1650)
- 1610 – Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (d. 1688)
- 1620 – Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar (d. 1668)
- 1626 – Christina, Queen of Sweden (d. 1689)
- 1660 – Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1715)
- 1661 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor (d. 1751)
- 1662 – James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish colonel and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (d. 1711)
- 1707 – Charles Wesley, English missionary and composer (d. 1788)
- 1725 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian (d. 1791)
- 1734 – Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor and composer (d. 1810)
- 1778 – Joseph Grimaldi, English actor and dancer (d. 1837)
- 1800 – James Watney, English brewer and landowner (d. 1884)
- 1825 – Charles Griffin, American general (d. 1876)
- 1825 – John S. Harris, American surveyor and politician (d. 1906)
- 1835 – Lyman Abbott, American minister, theologian, and author (d. 1922)
- 1847 – Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (d. 1903)
- 1849 – Henrietta Edwards, Canadian activist and author (d. 1931)
- 1851 – Graciano López Jaena, Filipino journalist (d. 1896)
- 1856 – J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1860 – Edward MacDowell, American pianist and composer (d. 1908)
- 1861 – Lionel Monckton, English composer and critic (d. 1924)
- 1863 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (d. 1914)
- 1867 – Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player and horse breeder (d. 1941)
- 1869 – Edward Willis Redfield, American painter (d. 1965)
- 1870 – Saki, Burmese-English author and playwright (d. 1916)
- 1873 – Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (d. 1957)
- 1875 – Matt McGrath, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1941)
- 1878 – Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1953)
- 1879 – Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator (d. 1940)
- 1882 – Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer, designed the Salta–Antofagasta railway (d. 1950)
- 1883 – Raimu, French actor (d. 1946)
- 1884 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist, co-founded clinical pharmacology (d. 1942)
- 1886 – Ty Cobb, American baseball player and manager (d. 1961)
- 1886 – Martin Dooling, American soccer player (d. 1966)
- 1887 – Bhikhari Thakur, Indian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 1971)
- 1888 – Gladys Cooper, English actress and singer (d. 1971)
- 1888 – Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (d. 1981)
- 1890 – Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (d. 1954)
- 1896 – Gerald Barry, English Army officer and cricketer (d. 1977)
- 1897 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist and composer (d. 1952)
- 1899 – Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian philosopher and author (d. 1990)
- 1904 – George Stevens, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1975)
- 1907 – Bill Holland, American race car driver (d. 1984)
- 1907 – Lawrence Lucie, American guitarist (Mills Blue Rhythm Band) (d. 2009)
- 1908 – Celia Johnson, English actress (d. 1982)
- 1908 – Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (d. 1969)
- 1910 – Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director (d. 1985)
- 1910 – Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire (d. 2010)
- 1911 – Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1912 – Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2002)
- 1913 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (d. 1987)
- 1913 – Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
- 1913 – Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
- 1916 – Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American union leader and academic (d. 2008)
- 1916 – Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1973)
- 1917 – Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Robert Leckie, American soldier and author (d. 2001)
- 1922 – Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Tony Melody, English actor (b. 2008)
- 1923 – Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Greater London
- 1924 – Cicely Tyson, American actress
- 1927 – Ramsey Clark, American lawyer and politician, 66th United States Attorney General
- 1927 – Roméo LeBlanc, Canadian journalist and politician, 25th Governor General of Canada (d. 2009)
- 1928 – Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Indian-English caliph and author (d. 2003)
- 1929 – Gino Cimoli, American baseball player (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Moose Skowron, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Allen Klein, American talent agent and businessman (d. 2009)
- 1931 – Alison Plowden, English historian and author (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Bill Thompson, American television host (d. 2014)
- 1932 – Roger Smith, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1933 – Lonnie Brooks, American singer and guitarist
- 1934 – Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman, founded Glencore (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Boris Volynov, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut
- 1935 – Rosemary Leach, English actress
- 1935 – Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author
- 1936 – Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (d. 1987)
- 1938 – Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (The Animals) (d. 1996)
- 1938 – Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter and composer (d. 2005)
- 1938 – Roger E. Mosley, American actor
- 1939 – Michael Moorcock, English author and songwriter
- 1939 – Harold E. Varmus, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1940 – John Cooper, English sprinter and hurdler (d. 1974)
- 1941 – Sam Andrew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
- 1941 – Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpet player and composer (Creative Construction Company)
- 1941 – Joan Wallach Scott, American historian, author, and academic
- 1942 – Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor
- 1943 – Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (d. 2014)
- 1943 – Keith Richards, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones, The Dirty Mac, and The New Barbarians)
- 1943 – Alan Rudolph, American director and screenwriter
- 1944 – Crispian Steele-Perkins, English trumpet player and educator
- 1945 – Jean Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – Steve Biko, South African activist, founded the Black Consciousness Movement (d. 1977)
- 1946 – Alex Ligertwood, Scottish singer (Average White Band and The Senate)
- 1946 – Steven Spielberg, American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks
- 1947 – Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian author and screenwriter
- 1948 – Edmund Kemper, American serial killer
- 1948 – Bill Nelson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Be-Bop Deluxe and Bill Nelson's Red Noise)
- 1948 – Mimmo Paladino, Italian visual artist
- 1948 – Laurent Voulzy, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949 – David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (d. 1980)
- 1950 – Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1950 – Randy Castillo, American drummer (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (d. 2002)
- 1950 – Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan general and politician
- 1950 – Leonard Maltin, American historian, author, and critic
- 1952 – John Leventhal, American songwriter and producer
- 1953 – Elliot Easton, American guitarist and singer (The Cars, The New Cars, and Creedence Clearwater Revisited)
- 1953 – Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Kazakhstani singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1954 – John Booth, English race car driver
- 1954 – Ray Liotta, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1954 – Willi Wülbeck, German runner
- 1955 – Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician
- 1955 – Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner
- 1956 – Ron White, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1957 – Jonathan Cainer, English astrologer and author
- 1958 – Geordie Walker, English guitarist (Killing Joke, The Damage Manual, and Murder, Inc.)
- 1958 – Julia Wolfe, American composer and educator
- 1960 – Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist and academic
- 1961 – Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater and coach
- 1961 – Leila Steinberg, American singer, producer, author, and poet
- 1961 – Daniel S. Loeb, American businessman
- 1962 – Renaldo Lapuz, Filipino-American singer-songwriter
- 1963 – Norman Brown, American singer and guitarist (BWB)
- 1963 – Greg D'Angelo, American drummer (White Lion, Britny Fox, Pride and Glory)
- 1963 – Karl Dorrell, American football player and coach
- 1963 – Pauline Ester, French singer
- 1963 – Allan Kayser, American actor
- 1963 – Rikiya Koyama, Japanese actor
- 1963 – Pierre Nkurunziza, Burundian soldier and politician, President of Burundi
- 1963 – Charles Oakley, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Brad Pitt, American actor and producer
- 1964 – Stone Cold Steve Austin, American wrestler, actor, and producer
- 1964 – Don Beebe, American football player and coach
- 1964 – Robson Green, English actor, singer, and producer
- 1965 – Shawn Christian, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Mick Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Gories and The Dirtbombs)
- 1965 – Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
- 1965 – Fawna MacLaren, American model and actress
- 1966 – Makiko Esumi, Japanese actress
- 1966 – Gianluca Pagliuca, Italian footballer and sportscaster
- 1966 – Mille Petrozza, German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kreator and Voodoocult)
- 1967 – Mario Frangoulis, Greek tenor and actor
- 1967 – Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch journalist
- 1968 – Mario Basler, German footballer and manager
- 1968 – Rachel Griffiths, Australian actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1968 – Alejandro Sanz, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 – Casper Van Dien, American actor and producer
- 1968 – Nina Wadia, Indian-English actress
- 1969 – Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer
- 1969 – Justin Edinburgh, English footballer and manager
- 1969 – Akira Iida, Japanese race car driver
- 1970 – DMX, American rapper and actor
- 1970 – Lucious Harris, American basketball player
- 1970 – Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer-songwriter
- 1970 – Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and model
- 1970 – Cowboy Troy, American rapper (MuzikMafia)
- 1970 – Rob Van Dam, American wrestler and actor
- 1970 – Jonathan Yeo, English painter
- 1971 – Barkha Dutt, Indian journalist
- 1971 – Jason Hughes, Welsh actor
- 1971 – Noriko Matsueda, Japanese pianist and composer
- 1971 – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player and sportscaster
- 1972 – Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukrainian pole vaulter
- 1972 – Rah Digga, American rapper and actress (The Conglomerate)
- 1972 – Raymond Herrera, American drummer (Fear Factory, Arkaea, and Brujeria)
- 1972 – DJ Lethal, Latvian-American DJ and producer (House of Pain, Limp Bizkit, and La Coka Nostra)
- 1973 – Leila Arcieri, American actress and model
- 1973 – Neil Busch, American singer-songwriter and bass player (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead)
- 1973 – Fatuma Roba, Ethiopian runner
- 1974 – Peter Boulware, American football player and politician
- 1974 – Kari Byron, American sculptor and television host
- 1974 – Bill Duggan, American actor
- 1974 – Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan colonel (d. 2011)
- 1974 – Knut Schreiner, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (Turbonegro, Euroboys, and Mirror Lakes)
- 1975 – Sia, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1975 – Jessica Feshbach, former official and spokesperson in the Church of Scientology
- 1975 – Randy Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1975 – David O'Doherty, Irish comedian, actor, and singer
- 1975 – Trish Stratus, Canadian wrestler and actress
- 1975 – Masaki Sumitani, Japanese wrestler and comedian
- 1975 – Vincent van der Voort, Dutch darts player
- 1976 – Koyuki, Japanese actress and model
- 1977 – Axwell, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia)
- 1977 – José Acevedo, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 – Maria Brink, American singer-songwriter (In This Moment)
- 1977 – Claudia Gesell, German runner
- 1978 – Daniel Cleary, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Ali Curtis, American soccer player
- 1978 – Katie Holmes, American actress
- 1978 – Funky Kato, Japanese singer-songwriter (Funky Monkey Babys)
- 1978 – Naomi Lang, American ice dancer
- 1979 – Eric Pérez, Puerto Rican wrestler
- 1979 – Mamady Sidibé, Malian footballer
- 1980 – Christina Aguilera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1980 – Heinz Inniger, Swiss snowboarder
- 1980 – Benjamin Watson, American football player
- 1983 – Andy Fantuz, Canadian football player
- 1984 – Paul Harrison, English footballer
- 1984 – Derrick Tribbett, American bass player and singer (Twisted Method and Dope)
- 1985 – Tara Conner, American model, Miss USA 2006
- 1985 – Natalie Gal, Russian-American model and actress
- 1985 – Hana Soukupová, Czech model
- 1986 – François Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
- 1986 – Usman Khawaja, Australian cricketer
- 1986 – Bill Stull, American football player
- 1987 – Ayaka, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1987 – Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
- 1987 – Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
- 1987 – Fernando Jara, Panamanian jockey
- 1987 – Minami Tsukui, Japanese actress
- 1988 – Lizzie Armitstead, English cyclist
- 1988 – Seth Doege, American football player
- 1988 – Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Canadian heptathlete
- 1989 – Emily Atack, English actress
- 1989 – Ashley Benson, American actress
- 1989 – Ashley Slanina-Davies, English actress
- 1990 – Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter (Versa)
- 1992 – Bridgit Mendler, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1993 – Riria, Japanese actress
- 1993 – Byron Buxton, American baseball player
Deaths[edit]
- 821 – Theodulf of Orléans, Spanish bishop and poet (b. 750)
- 1075 – Edith of Wessex (b. 1025)
- 1133 – Hildebert, French poet and scholar (b. 1055)
- 1495 – Alfonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
- 1591 – Marigje Arriens, Dutch woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1520)
- 1651 – William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath (b. 1580)
- 1692 – Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)
- 1737 – Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)
- 1787 – Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)
- 1799 – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)
- 1803 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
- 1829 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
- 1843 – Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
- 1848 – Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)
- 1869 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
- 1880 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
- 1892 – Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
- 1922 – Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
- 1936 – Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
- 1939 – Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
- 1944 – Alexander Cudmore, American soccer player (b. 1888)
- 1950 – Johnny Hyde, Russian-American talent agent (b. 1895)
- 1961 – Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
- 1968 – Joan Tabor, American actress (b. 1932)
- 1969 – Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
- 1971 – Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
- 1971 – Diana Lynn, American actress and singer (b. 1926)
- 1973 – Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)
- 1974 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)
- 1975 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900)
- 1977 – Michio Nishizawa, Japanese baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
- 1980 – Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1902)
- 1980 – Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1904)
- 1980 – Gabrielle Robinne, French actress (b. 1886)
- 1982 – Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
- 1984 – Aris Maliagros, Greek actor and tenor (b. 1895)
- 1985 – Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1916)
- 1987 – Conny Plank, German keyboard player and producer (Moebius & Plank and Cluster) (b. 1940)
- 1988 – Niyazi Berkes, Turkish Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (b. 1908)
- 1990 – Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1990 – Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. 1914)
- 1990 – Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1900)
- 1991 – George Abecassis, English race car driver (b. 1913)
- 1992 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (b. 1915)
- 1993 – Helm Glöckler, German racing driver (b. 1909)
- 1993 – Sam Wanamaker, American-English actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
- 1994 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
- 1994 – Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (b. 1896)
- 1995 – Brian Brockless, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Ross Thomas, American author (b. 1926)
- 1995 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer, designed the Z3 computer (b. 1910)
- 1996 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)
- 1996 – Irving Caesar, American lyricist (b. 1895)
- 1997 – Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (b. 1964)
- 1998 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (b. 1901)
- 2000 – Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952)
- 2000 – Randolph Apperson Hearst, American businessman (b. 1915)
- 2000 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)
- 2001 – Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1927)
- 2001 – Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist and educator (b. 1901)
- 2002 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada (b. 1934)
- 2002 – Wayne Owens, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
- 2002 – Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and intellectual (b. 1954)
- 2004 – Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (b. 1926)
- 2005 – Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Ruth Bernhard, German-American photographer (b. 1905)
- 2006 – Mike Dickin, English radio host (b. 1943)
- 2006 – Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author and activist (b. 1923)
- 2007 – Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1918)
- 2007 – Gerald Le Dain, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
- 2007 – Jack Linkletter, American television host (b. 1937)
- 2007 – William Strauss, American author and playwright (b. 1947)
- 2007 – Alan Wagner, American businessman and critic (b. 1931)
- 2008 – Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (b. 1932)
- 2008 – Mark Felt, American FBI agent (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
- 2010 – Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist, author, and scholar (b. 1913)
- 2010 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Economy and Finances (b. 1940)
- 2010 – James Pickles, English judge and journalist (b. 1925)
- 2011 – Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Koko, Australian acting dog (b. 2005)
- 2012 – Frank Macchiarola, American lawyer and academic (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Mustafa Ould Salek, Mauritanian colonel and politician, President of Mauritania (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Jim Whalen, American football player (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
- 2013 – Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Ken Hutcherson, American football player (b. 1952)
- 2013 – Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, Mexican drug lord (b. 1971)
- 2013 – Larry Lujack, American radio host (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Graham Mackay, South African-English businessman (b. 1949)
- 2014 – Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli politician (b. 1923)
- 2014 – Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (The Newbeats) (b. 1937)
- 2014 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (b. 1944)
- 2014 – Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (b. 1912)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| December 18th: On this Day | |
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| 1961, The Tokens started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'; it reached No.11 in the UK. REM included a live version of the song on the 1993 'Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight' single. | |
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| 1962, On their fifth visit to West Germany The Beatles played the first night of a two-week engagement at the Star-Club, Hamburg. A 13 night run, playing 3 hours each night. The final night's performance was recorded and became known as ‘The Star-Club Tapes’, released in 1977 against the wishes of the ex-Beatles themselves. | |
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| 1966, Tara Browne was killed when driving at high speed in his Lotus Elan after it collided with a parked lorry in South Kensington, London. A close friend of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Brian Jones his death was immortalized in The Beatlessong ‘A Day In The Life’ after John Lennon read a report on the coroner's verdict into Browne's death. | |
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| 1971, Jerry Lee Lewis and his wife Myra who he married when she was 13 divorced, as he prepared to marry 29-year old Karen Elizabeth Gunn Pate. | |
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| 1971, Sly and the Family Stone went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'There's A Riot Going On'. | |
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| 1972, Bob Dylan starting filming his role in the film 'Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid.' | |
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| 1982, Hall and Oates started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Maneater', the duo's 5th US No.1 and biggest hit in the UK making No.6. | |
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| 1982, UK-based Italian tenor and English girl Renee And Renato were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Save Your Love', the duo's only UK Top 40 hit and this years Christmas No.1. | |
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| 1983, American guitarist Jimmy Nolan, died of a heart attack in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 47. Known for his distinctive ‘chicken scratch’ lead guitar playing, he worked with James Brown from 1965 until his death. | |
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| 1983, Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richards married 27-year old Patti Hansen on his 40th birthday. | |
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| 1988, Mike Peters of The Alarm was rushed to hospital after having his eyes burnt by spotlights during a gig in Chester, causing the remaining dates on their UK tour to be cancelled. | |
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| 1993, Take That had their third UK No.1 single with the Gary Barlow penned song 'Babe'. | |
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| 1999, The Spice Girls unveiled their waxwork look-alikes at Madame Tussaud's, London. Each model had cost £35,000 to make. | |
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| 2000, UK singer, songwriter Kirsty MacColl was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Mexico when a speedboat hit her. MacColl was aged 41. McColl and her sons were diving at the Chankanaab reef, of Cozumel, Mexico in a designated diving area that watercraft were restricted from entering. MacColl saw the boat coming before her sons did; Louis (then 13) was not in the boat's path, but Jamie (then 15) was. She was able to push him out of the way (he sustained minor head and rib injuries) but in doing so, she was hit by the boat and killed instantly. | |
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| 2000, *NSYNC fan Danielle McGuire filed suit against group member Justin Timberlake, alleging that he harassed and verbally assaulted her. McGuire, 15, filed suit in St. Louis, Missouri, charging Timberlake with false imprisonment of a minor. | |
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| 2001, English singer songwriter Clifford T. Ward died aged 57 after suffering from multiple sclerosis since 1984. His first album, Singer Songwriter, was released in 1972 on Dandelion Records (a label formed by the late disc jockey John Peel). He had the 1973 UK No.8 single 'Gaye'. Working as an English teacher in the late 60’s, one of his pupils was the future wife of Sting, Trudie Styler. | |
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| 2003, Out on bail, Michael Jackson was formally charged with seven counts of child molestation and two counts of administering intoxicating liquor to a minor with the intent of committing a crime. The abuse was claimed to have taken place between 7 February and 10 March 2003 and the alleged victim was identified only as 'John Doe'. Jackson's lawyer said the entertainer was 'unequivocally and absolutely innocent' and would fight the charges 'with every fibre of his soul.' | |
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| 2003, James Brown and country music star Loretta Lynn were honoured for their contributions to US culture. The pair were invited to a gala attended by President George Bush at the Kennedy Arts Centre in Washington. | |
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| 2004, A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon sold for £294,000 ($570,000) at auction in New York. The Gibson SG guitar was used by Harrison from 1966 to 1969, including the recording of Revolver, and by Lennon during The White Album sessions. Other items sold in the Christie's auction included a letter by Kurt Cobain which fetched £10,000 ($19,400), and a school book report by Britney Spears (£1,000). | |
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| 2005, ‘Fairytale of New York’ was voted the favourite Christmas song ever in a VH1 poll. The song by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl took the top spot, Mariah Carey's ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’, was voted into 2nd place and Wham's ‘Last Christmas’ came third. Other songs voted into the Top 10 were, ‘Mistletoe and Wine’, Sir Cliff Richard at No.4, ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ by Slade at No.5, ‘I Wish it could be Christmas Everyday’, Wizzard, No.6, ‘Christmas Time’, The Darkness, No.7, ‘Saviour's Day’, Sir Cliff Richard No.8, Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984), Band Aid at No.9 and ‘Lonely This Christmas’ by Mud at No.10. | |
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| 2005, Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drink or drugs after being stopped by police in east London. Police said the 26-year-old had been driving erratically. Officers sent suspicious substances found in the vehicle for analysis, Doherty was released on bail. | |
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| 2005, UK pop-folk act Nizlopi were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'JCB Song', their only No.1 hit. | |
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| 2013, Fazer, best known for being part of the group N-Dubz, was declared bankrupt. The 26-year-old rose to fame alongside N-Dubz bandmates Costadinos Contostavlos (Dappy) and Tulisa Contostavlos. N-Dubz had eight songs in the Official Singles Chart. Their most successful track was the appropriately titled Number 1, which hit the top spot in 2009. | |
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| 2013, Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was sentenced to 35 years in jail for a string of child sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. Watkins, 36, from Pontypridd, Wales, had pleaded guilty at Cardiff Crown Court last month to 13 child sex offences. | |
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| December 18th: Born on this day | |
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| 1938, Born on this day, Chas Chandler, bass, The Animals, (1964 UK & US No.1 single 'House Of The Rising Sun'). Chandler became the manager of Jimi Hendrix and Slade, he died on 17th July 1996. | |
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| 1941, Born on this day, Sam Andrew, Janis Joplin Band, (1971 US No.1 single 'Me And Bobby McGee', 1971 US No.1 single 'Pearl'). Andrew was also Music Director of the musical Love, Janis, based on the life of Janis Joplin. He died on February 12, 2015, following complications from open-heart surgery due to a heart attack suffered ten weeks prior. | |
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| 1943, Born on this day, Keith Richards, 'The Human Riff', guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of The Rolling Stones who have had over 35 Top 40 singles and albums. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created 'rock's greatest single body of riffs'. Classic albums include: Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street. | |
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| 1943, Born on this day, Bobby Keys American saxophone player who worked with The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and others. Keys died on Dec 2nd 2014. | |
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| 1948, Born on this day, Bill Nelson, guitar, vocals, Be Bop Deluxe, (1976 UK No.23 single, 'Ships In The Night'). Solo. | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Martha Johnson, Martha And The Muffins, (1980 UK No.10 single, 'Echo Beach'). | |
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| 1953, Born on this day, Elliot Easton, The Cars, (1978 UK No.3 single 'My Best Friend's Girl', 1985 UK No.4 single 'Drive'). | |
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| 1958, Born on this day, Geordie, Killing Joke, (1985 UK No.16 single 'Love Like Blood'). | |
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| 1959, Born on this day, Grant Marshall, Daddy-G, Massive Attack, (1991 UK No.13 single 'Unfinished Sympathy'). | |
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| 1964, Born on this day, Robson Green, actor/singer, (1995 UK No.1 single as Robson and Jerome 'Unchained Melody', 'The White Cliffs Of Dover'). | |
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| 1966, Born on this day, Steve Dullaghan, Primitives, (1988 UK No.5 single 'Crash'). | |
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| 1968, Born on this day, Andy Miller, Dodgy, (1996 UK No.4 single 'Good Enough'). | |
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| 1970, Born on this day, DMX, (Earl Simmons), US rapper, (UK No. 30 single 'Slippin'). | |
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| 1975, Born on this day, Sia (Sia Kate Isobelle Furler), Australian singer and songwriter who scored the 2014 US No.1 album 1000 Forms of Fear. | |
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| 1980, Born on this day, Christina Aguilera, US singer, (1999 US & UK No.1 single 'Genie In A Bottle', 1999 US No.1 album 'Christina Aguilera', 2001 US & UK No.1 single with Mya, Lil' Kim and Pink, 'Lady Marmalade'). | |
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| 1980, Born on this day, Lyndsay Armaou, singer, B*Witched, (1998 UK No.1 single 'C'est La Vie'). |
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Article 7
Στη Μυτιλήνη η Σούζαν Σάραντον
Στη Μυτιλήνη και συγκεκριμένα στη Σκάλα Συκαμνιάς βρίσκεται η γνωστή ηθοποιός του Χόλιγουντ Σούζαν Σάραντον, για να βρεθεί κοντά στην τραγωδία των προσφυγικών και μεταναστευτικών ροών στη Λέσβο.
Η κοινωνική της δράση είναι γνωστή (ενδεικτικά αναφέρουμε ότι το 2007 μαζί με τον Τιμ Ρόμπινς και την Τζέιν Φόντα συμμετείχε στην αντιπολεμική συγκέντρωση στη Ουάσιγκτον υποστηρίζοντας την απόσυρση των αμερικανικών δυνάμεων από το Ιράκ) και τώρα η προσοχή της στράφηκε στην προσφυγική κρίση και στο μέρος που έχει πληγεί ιδιαίτερα τους τελευταίους μήνες.
Η Σάραντον κινήθηκε στην παραθαλάσσια περιοχή από την Εφταλού προς τη Σκάλα Συκαμνιάς, συζήτησε με εθελοντές και μέλη μη Κυβερνητικών Οργανώσεων που επιχειρούν στην περιοχή.
Την φωτογραφία ανέβασε στο facebook ο Αποστόλης Παρασκευόπουλος, κάτοικος στη σκάλα Συκαμιάς και εθελοντής που βοηθάει όλους αυτούς τους μήνες τους πρόσφυγες . Η Σούζαν Σάραντον πέρασε την πόρτα της ταβέρνας που δουλεύει ο Αποστόλης και όπως μας είπε ήταν εξαιρετικά φιλική και πολύ απλή. Έφαγαν με την παρέα της στην ταβέρνα -η ίδια παρήγγειλε ψαρόσουπα- και έφυγαν μετά από λίγο.
Την φωτογραφία ανέβασε στο facebook ο Αποστόλης Παρασκευόπουλος, κάτοικος στη σκάλα Συκαμιάς και εθελοντής που βοηθάει όλους αυτούς τους μήνες τους πρόσφυγες . Η Σούζαν Σάραντον πέρασε την πόρτα της ταβέρνας που δουλεύει ο Αποστόλης και όπως μας είπε ήταν εξαιρετικά φιλική και πολύ απλή. Έφαγαν με την παρέα της στην ταβέρνα -η ίδια παρήγγειλε ψαρόσουπα- και έφυγαν μετά από λίγο.
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ΕΠΙΘΕΣΗ ΜΕ ΒΟΜΒΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΤΟΥΡΚΙΚΟ ΠΡΟΞΕΝΕΙΟ
Δεκαπέντε βόμβες μολότοφ εκτόξευσαν κουκουλοφόροι τα ξημερώματα εναντίον της αστυνομικής φρουράς στο τουρκικό προξενείο στη Θεσσαλονίκη, που βρίσκεται στην οδό Αγίου Δημητρίου.
Σύμφωνα με το thestival.gr η επίθεση έγινε γύρω στις 03:20 στα ξημερώματα από μία ομάδα 25 ατόμων.
Αμέσως μετά οι κουκουλοφόροι τράπηκαν σε φυγή και χάθηκαν στα γύρω στενά της περιοχής. Από την Αστυνομία δεν αναφέρθηκαν τραυματισμοί ούτε φθορές στο προξενείο. Η υπόθεση ερευνάται.
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Article 5
Dinan: Ένα Γαλλικό χωριό που λες και.. ξεπήδησε από παραμύθι! Το Dinan είναι ένα πανέμορφο γαλλικό μεσαιωνικό χωριό που βρίσκεται στο Côtes-d’Armor και ανήκει στα ωραιότερα χωριά της χώρας. Και πώς αλλιώς άλλωστε αφού με την πρώτη ματιά κερδίζει τον επισκέπτη με τις ομορφιές του.  Μικρό, γοητευτικό, εντυπωσιακό, καταπράσινο, κουκλίστικο, μοιάζει να έχει ξεπηδήσει μέσα από σελίδες παραμυθιού.  Μεσαιωνικές κατοικίες, πλακόστρωτα δρομάκια, γωνιές ανθισμένες, πλατείες κρυμμένες στην Παλιά Πόλη, γουστόζικα καταστήματα και η αύρα του Μεσαίωνα που πλανάται παντού καθιστούν το Dinan έναν από τους πιο αγαπημένους προορισμούς των Γάλλων.            –   |
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Article 4
Χειμερινό μπάνιο στο φυσικό σπα της Ελλάδας!
Λουτρά Πόζαρ - Θεραπεία και χαλάρωση σε καυτά νερά
Τα Λουτρά Πόζαρ ή Λουτρακίου αποτελούν ιδανικό προορισμό όλο το χρόνο αλλά το χειμώνα και έχουν την δική τους ξεχωριστή θέση για εκατοντάδες λάτρεις των καυτών νερών που αναβλύζουν από τις πηγές στην Αριδαία.
Οι πηγές βρίσκονται στους πρόποδες Καϊμάκτσαλαν και αποτελούν πόλο έλξης τουριστών απ’ όλη την Ελλάδα αλλά και το εξωτερικό. Τα ζεστά νερά των πηγών οφείλονται στο θερμοπόταμο που διασχίζει την περιοχή. Τα καυτά νερά που αναβλύζουν εδώ και χιλιάδες χρόνια από την πηγή σε υψόμετρο 360 -390 μέτρων δημιουργούν στην κυριολεξία ένα φυσικό σπα, έχοντας σταθερή θερμοκρασία 37οC όλο το χρόνο. Ούτε το χιόνι δεν πτοεί τους επισκέπτες αφού ακόμη και όταν χιονίσει δεν διστάζουν να βάλουν το μαγιό τους και να κάνουν μια βουτιά στα θερμά θεραπευτικά νερά των πηγών.
Εκτός από τα ιαματικά νερά, το φυσικό τοπίο με το βουνό και το άγριο δάσος δημιουργούν το ιδανικό περιβάλλον για να περάσει κανείς μέρες απόλυτης χαλάρωσης και ξεκούρασης. Ήδη ο επισκέπτης έχει χαλαρώσει από την διαδρομή προς τα Λουτρά μέσα από μια μαγευτική, καταπράσινη διαδρομή σε ένα φυσικό τοπίο.
Εντύπωση προκαλεί στους επισκέπτες πώς δημιουργούνται οι θερμές πηγές και διατηρείται το νερό τους πάντα ζεστό. Οι ιαματικές πηγές Πόζαρ δημιουργούνται από το νερό της βροχής το οποίο μπαίνει στο έδαφος και φτάνει σε μεγάλο βάθος, όπου θερμαίνεται, ανεβαίνει ψηλότερα και στην πορεία του εμπλουτίζεται με μέταλλα και άλλα συστατικά. Σύμφωνα με έρευνες ειδικών οι θεραπευτικές ιδιότητες που έχουν οι πηγές συνιστώνται για όσους έχουν παθήσεις του κυκλοφοριακού και του αναπνευστικού συστήματος, ρευματοπάθειες, γυναικολογικές αλλά και δερματικές παθήσεις. Οι ευεργετικές ιδιότητες των λουτρών Πόζαρ έχουν φήμη που προσελκύει τουρίστες απ’ όλη την Ελλάδα σταθερά όλο το χρόνο.
Χαρακτηριστικό είναι ότι στα Λουτρά Πόζαρ φτάνουν άτομα κάθε ηλικίας, από νεαρά ζευγάρια μέχρι ηλικιωμένους ανθρώπους που θέλουν να κάνουν την θεραπεία τους στα ιαματικά νερά.
Για τους λάτρεις της πολυτέλειας υπάρχουν στην περιοχή, εκτός από τα φυσικά λουτρά, πισίνες με ιαματικό νερό κατευθείαν από την πηγή σε ξεχωριστά δωμάτια αλλά ακόμη τζακούζι και σπα. Οι παροχές αυτές γίνονται σε ειδικά διαμορφωμένους χώρους με διακόσμηση από ψηφιδωτά ενώ το ιαματικό νερό έρχεται σε αυτά με πίεση και ανανεώνεται συνεχώς από της πηγές. Μάλιστα η ζήτηση είναι τόσο αυξημένη ώστε θα είναι καλό κάποιος αν θέλει να τα απολαύσει να κάνει νωρίτερα κράτηση.
Φτάνοντας κανείς στην Αριδαία αξίζει να επισκεφθεί εκτός από το φαράγγι των Λουτρών το οποίο εκτείνεται από τα Ελληνικά σύνορα μέχρι τα Λουτρά, και την γύρω ορεινή περιοχή που προσφέρεται για ορειβασία, περιπάτους στις ειδικά διαμορφωμένες γέφυρες και πιο οργανωμένες εκδρομές.
Ειδικά για τους χειμερινούς επισκέπτες και λάτρεις των exreme sports μετά τα Λουτρά αξίζει να περάσουν μια βόλτα και από το Καϊμάκτσαλάν και το ομώνυμο χιονοδρομικό κέντρο.
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