Επικεφαλής της 14μελούς αντιπροσωπείας της Κυβέρνησης του Αζερμπαϊτζάν είναι ο Πρώτος Αναπληρωτής του Πρωθυπουργού του Αζερμπαϊτζάν κ. Yagub Eyyubov, και τον συνοδεύουν ο Εξοχότατος Πρέσβης της Δημοκρατίας του Αζερμπαϊτζάν κ. Rahman Mustafayev, ο Υπουργός Ενέργειας της Δημοκρατίας του Αζερμπαϊτζάν κ. Natig Aliyev, ο Πρόεδρος της Κρατικής Εταιρείας Πετρελαίου της Δημοκρατίας του Αζερμπαϊτζάν (SOCAR) κ. Rovnag Abdullayev, και επικεφαλής, σύμβουλοι και διευθυντές σχετικών επενδυτικών τμημάτων, υπηρεσιών και διευθύνσεων.
ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΖΕΡΜΠΑΙΤΖΑΝ ΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ
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Sinead O'Connor missing: Pop singer found in US
GETTY IMAGESIrish singer Sinead O'Connor has been found after being missing for more than a day, say police near Chicago.
Wilmette Police told the BBC she had been located, after earlier saying they were "seeking to check the well-being" of the 49-year-old.
Police were alerted after she went on a bike ride at 06:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Sunday, and did not return.
O'Connor became a global star in 1990 with the worldwide hit Nothing Compares 2 U, a song written by Prince.
Local media report that she had been staying with friends in the Chicago suburb for the past several weeks.
She has recorded 10 solo albums but has also made headlines with controversial outbursts throughout her career.
In 1992, she ripped apart a photo of Pope John Paul II during a live television broadcast and has been a strong critic of the Catholic Church over its handling of the child abuse scandal.
APShe said in 2012 that she had suffered a "very serious breakdown" when she cancelled a world tour.
And last week she was in the news again after alleging US comedian Arsenio Hall had supplied drugs to Prince, who died last month.
He strenuously denied the allegation and said he was suing the Dublin-born, mother-of four.
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Περισσότεροι από 1200 θεατές παρακολούθησαν το Gala Show, τη μεγάλη συναυλία με την οποία ολοκληρώθηκε Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ της Μουσικής Ακαδημίας Paradise Holiday, η οποία πραγματοποιήθηκε την Τρίτη 10 Μαΐου στο Συνεδριακό Κέντρο Ιωαννης Βελλιδης, υπό την αιγίδα του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης και με την υποστήριξη της Περιφέρειας Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας.
Το Φεστιβάλ ένωσε για μια εβδομάδα ταλαντούχους νέους καλλιτέχνες που έχουν διακριθεί σε διαγωνισμούς τραγουδιού, χορού και μοντέλων από διάφορες χώρες του κόσμου, όπως η Γεωργία, η Ισπανία, το Ισραήλ, η Κίνα, η Μολδαβία, η Ρουμανία, η Ρωσία, η Ουκρανία, η Σκωτία, και φυσικά, η Ελλάδα, την οποία εκπροσώπησαν, μεταξύ άλλων, οι μαθήτριες του μουσικού συλλόγου «Πανθερμαϊκό Χαμόγελο».
Στην εκδήλωση παρεστησαν ο Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης κ. Γιάννης Μπουτάρης, εκπρόσωποι της Περιφέρειας Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης, καθώς και των Προξενείων των χωρών που συμμετείχαν. Ανάμεσα στους θεατές ήταν μαθητές από Γυμνάσια και Λύκεια της Θεσσαλονίκης, καθώς και άτομα με ειδικές ικανότητες που ήρθαν για να απολαύσουν και να χειροκροτήσουν τα νεαρά αστέρια γνωστών τηλεοπτικών σόου, όπως το X-Factor, η Eurovision Junior, το The Voice Kids, του διαγωνισμού «Παιδικό Νέο Κύμα», το Sanremo Junior, και φυσικά τους καλύτερους διαγωνιζόμενους του Φεστιβάλ Paradise Holiday 2016. Μεταξύ των συμμετεχόντων ήταν δημοφιλείς καλλιτέχνες, όπως ο ουκρανός ΜΟΝΑΤΙΚ, οι Emotion, το μουσικό σχήμα με τα τρία πανέμορφα κορίστα Saha.
Την Ελλάδα έχουν αντιπροσωπεύσει το νεανικό συγκρότημα Shining Stars με το τραγούδι «Είμαστε Πόντιες», η δωδεκάχρονη Μαρία Αριστάδη, ο χαρισματικός φιναλίστ του Φεστιβάλ Paradise Holiday Νίκος Γιαννακίδης, ο Πάνος Ψάλτης, φιναλίστ του Fame Story και ο Χρήστος Ανδρουλάκης, οι οποίοι ξεσήκωσαν με το κέφι και τα τραγούδια τους μικρούς και μεγάλους.
Η εκδήλωση είχε φιλανθρωπικό χαρακτήρα και διοργανώθηκε από την εταιρεία Active MICE του Ομίλου Μουζενίδη, σε συνεργασία με το Μουσικό Κέντρο παραγωγής «Paradiz».
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Barbra wιλλ go on a summer tour and then release a new album. And the tour would include two nights in Brooklyn. And her many fans rejoiced.
Of course they will, right?
On Monday, Barbra Streisand’s longtime manager, Marty Erlichman, announced that Ms. Streisand’s latest North American tour would begin on Aug. 2, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and continue through Aug. 23, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
The tour will also go to Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia and San Jose, Calif., and on Aug. 11 and 13 it will come to Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where Ms. Streisand, 74, was one of the arena’s opening attractions in October 2012.
Tickets will go on sale on May 25, although tickets will be available to American Express customers early, starting Wednesday.
According to the announcement, online ticket buyers will receive a copy of Ms. Streisand’s latest album, “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” a duets record to be released “later this year.” Neither the exact release date nor the names of any of the partners was announced.
Ms. Streisand’s last album, “Partners,” opened at No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 2014, giving her the distinction of being the only act to reach No. 1 on the chart in each of the last six decades, starting in 1964, when “People,” her fourth album, made it to the top.
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ-18 ΜΑΙΟΥ
323: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 32 ετών, ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος. 1593: εκδίδεται ένταλμα σύλληψης για τον θεατρικό συγγραφέα Κρίστοφερ Μάρλοου, ύστερα από καταγγελία του συγγραφέα Τόμας Κιντ, ότι ανήκει σε αίρεση. 1642: ιδρύεται από Γάλλους αποίκους στον Καναδά η πόλη Μόντρεαλ. 1652: η Πολιτεία του Ρόουντ ’Αιλαντ θεσπίζει τον πρώτο νόμο στη Βόρεια Αμερική, που θεωρεί παράνομη τη δουλεία. 1711: γεννιέται ο Κροάτης πυρηνικός φυσικός, Ρούντζερ Μόσκοβιτς. 1765: πυρκαγιά καταστρέφει το ένα τέταρτο της πόλης Μόντρεαλ στο Κεμπέκ. 1803: στο πλαίσιο των Ναπολεόντειων Πολέμων, η Βρετανία ανακαλεί τη Συνθήκη του ’Αμιενς και κηρύττει πόλεμο στη Γαλλία. 1804: ο Ναπολέοντας ανακηρύσσεται αυτοκράτορας της Γαλλίας. 1808: "πεθαίνει ο Ελία Κρέιγκ, ""πατέρας""του καναδέζικου ουίσκι." 1860: ο Αβραάμ Λίνκολν χρίζεται υποψήφιος των Ρεπουμπλικανών για τις προεδρικές εκλογές, τις οποίες θα κερδίσει. Διετέλεσε 16ος πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ από το 1861 έως το 1865. 1872: γεννιέται ο Μπέρτραντ Ρούσελ, που τιμήθηκε με το Νόμπελ Λογοτεχνίας το 1950. 1883: γεννιέται ο ιδρυτής της σχολής αρχιτεκτονικής Μπαουχάους, Ουόλτερ Γκρόπιους. 1889: γεννιέται ο Τόμας Μιντγκλέι, Αμερικανός μηχανολόγος μηχανικός, που συνέβαλε στη δημιουργία των κινητήρων εσωτερικής καύσης. 1891: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός φιλόσοφος Ρούντολφ Κάρναπ. 1897: γεννιέται ο Φρανκ Κάπρα, σκηνοθέτης, σεναριογράφος και παραγωγός του Χόλυγουντ. 1900: η Τόνγκα, νησί μεταξύ Νέας Ζηλανδίας και Χαβάης, ανακηρύσσεται προτεκτοράτο της Βρετανίας. 1902: ανοίγουν πάλι από τους Τούρκους τα Στενά των Δαρδανελίων. 1910: ο κομήτης του Χάλεϊ δημιουργεί πανικό σε όλο τον κόσμο και τελικά προσπερνά τον πλανήτη μας σε απόσταση ασφαλείας. 1910: πεθαίνει η Πολίν Γκαρθία-Βιαρντό, Γαλλίδα σοπράνο και συνθέτρια. 1911: γεννιέται ο τραγουδιστής των μπλουζ, Μπιγκ Τζόε Τέρνερ. 1911: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 50 ετών, ο μεγάλος Τσέχος συνθέτης Γκούσταβ Μάλερ. 1912: γεννιέται ο Γουόλτερ Σισούλου, που αφιερώθηκε στον αγώνα κατά του καθεστώτος απαρτχάιντ στη Νότια Αφρική. 1919: γεννιέται η Βρετανίδα πρίμα μπαλαρίνα, Μαργκότ Φοντέιν. 1929: η FIFA αποφασίζει, σε συνέδριο στην Βαρκελώνη, να αναθέσει την διοργάνωση του 1ου Παγκοσμίου Κυπέλλου Ποδοσφαίρου στην Ουρουγουάη. 1931: "γεννιέται ο καρτουνίστας, Ντον Μάρτιν, που εικονογράφησε πολλές από τις σελίδες του περιοδικού ""Mad""." 1931: ο τζόκεϊ Εντι Αρκαρο τρέχει στην πρώτη του κούρσα όπου τερματίζει έκτος. Στην καριέρα του θα κερδίσει 4.779 από τις 24.092 κούρσες που θα πάρει μέρος συμπεριλαμβανομένων 17 Triple Crowns και 549 Stakes. 1933: στην Κούβα, στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις συγκεντρώνονται στην Αβάνα, καθώς διογκώνεται το επαναστατικό κίνημα. 1935: πεθαίνει ο Λόρενς της Αραβίας. 1937: γεννιέται ο Ζακ Σαντέρ, που διετέλεσε πρωθυπουργός του Λουξεμβούργου από το 1984 έως το 1995 ενώ υπήρξε και πρόεδρος της Κομισιόν. 1944: στην Ιταλία, γερμανικά στρατεύματα εκκενώνουν το Μόντε Κασίνο, καθώς περικυκλώνονται από τους Συμμάχους. Στη μάχη που ακολούθησε έχασαν τη ζωή τους περίπου 2.000 άνδρες. 1949: "γεννιέται ο Ρικ Γουέικμαν, μέλος του συγκροτήματος ""Yes""." 1950: ο Τζίμι Μουλέν γίνεται ο πρώτος παίκτης της Εθνικής Αγγλίας που μπαίνει αλλαγή στη θέση του Τζάκι Μιλμπουρν και ο πρώτος παίκτης αλλαγή που σκοράρει σε διεθνές παιχνίδι στον αγώνα με το Βέλγιο στις Βρυξέλλες. 1951: "καταπλέουν στο ναύσταθμο τα δυο αντιτορπιλικά ""Λέων""και ""Πάνθηρ"", που παραχώρησαν στην Ελλάδα οι ΗΠΑ." 1952: γεννιέται ο τραγουδιστής της κάντρι, Τζορτζ Στρέιτ. 1953: η Ζακλίν Κόχραν γίνεται η πρώτη γυναίκα, που σπάει το φράγμα του ήχου, πετώντας με ένα αεροπλάνο F- 86. 1954: η ευρωπαϊκή σύμβαση των ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων τίθεται σε ισχύ. 1955: "γεννιέται ο Κινέζος ηθοποιός, Τσόου Γιαν-Φατ, ευρύτερα γνωστός από το ρόλο του στην κινηματογραφική επιτυχία ""Η ’Αννα και ο Βασιλιάς""." 1958: ένα αεροσκάφος τύπου F-104 κατακτά το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ ταχύτητας, πετώντας με 1,404.19 μίλια ανά ώρα. 1959: στο Λάος, μάχες ξεσπούν μεταξύ των βασιλικών στρατευμάτων και των δυνάμεων του Πάθετ Λάο, στην κοιλάδα Ζαρ. 1960: μπροστά σε 127.621 θεατές, η Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης νικά την ’Αιντραχτ Φραγκφούρτης 7-3 στη Γλασκώβη, στον πιο θεαματικό ίσως τελικό Κυπέλλου Πρωταθλητριών. Η Ρεάλ θα κάνει 38 χρόνια να ξαναπάρει Κύπελλο Πρωταθλητριών. 1960: ξεκινά η διαστημική αποστολή των ΗΠΑ, Απόλλο 10. 1961: στη Σεούλ, της Νότιας Κορέας, πραξικόπημα από αντικομμουνιστές ανατρέπει το καθεστώς του στρατηγού Τσανγκ. 1962: επεισόδια μεταξύ των βουλευτών σημειώνονται στην ελληνική Βουλή κατά τη συζήτηση δυσπιστίας προς την κυβέρνηση. 1962: ο Αμερικανός Al Oerter γίνεται ο πρώτος δισκοβόλος που σπάει το φράγμα των 61μ. 1963: επίσημη επίσκεψη στην Ελλάδα πραγματοποιεί ο στρατηγός Ντε Γκολ. 1964: χιλιάδες λαού παίρνει μέρος στη μαραθώνια πορεία ειρήνης στην Ελλάδα. 1969: γεννιέται η Μάρτα Μαρέρο, Κουβανή τραγουδίστρια. 1969: οι διαστημικές αρχές των ΗΠΑ συνεχίζουν με ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία τις προσπάθειές τους για την κατάκτηση της σελήνης. 1970: οι Σοβιετικοί κατηγορούν τον Μάο ότι, επιζητά να κυριαρχήσει σε ολόκληρη την Ασία. 1972: μετά από συναυλία μουσικής, η Ένωση Κρητών Φοιτητών οργανώνει αντιχουντική διαδήλωση στην οδό Πατησίων. 1973: η επίσκεψη του Σοβιετικού ηγέτη Λεονίντ Μπρέζνιεφ στην Ομοσπονδιακή Δημοκρατία της Γερμανίας θεωρείται ορόσημο για την αποκατάσταση των σχέσεων των δυο χωρών. 1973: πεθαίνει η πρώτη γυναίκα που εκλέχθηκε στη Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων των ΗΠΑ, η Ζανέτ Ράνκιν. 1974: η Ινδία αποκτά το πρώτο πυρηνικό της όπλο, μια ατομική βόμβα ίσης ισχύος με αυτή, που έριξαν οι ΗΠΑ στη Χιροσίμα. 1978: ανακαλύπτεται η σορός του Τσάρλι Τσάπλιν, που είχε κλαπεί από τυμβωρύχους, και συλλαμβάνονται οι δράστες, που απαιτούσαν λύτρα 600 χιλιάδων δολαρίων. 1980: αυτοκτονεί ο Ίαν Κέρτις, η ψυχή του συγκροτήματος Τζό Ντιβίζιον. 1980: "ξυπνά""το ηφαίστειο στο Όρος της Αγίας Ελένης στην Ουάσινγκτον, προκαλώντας πυρκαγιές, πλημμύρες, κατολισθήσεις και το θάνατο 57 ανθρώπων." 1984: στη Γουατεμάλα, βρίσκεται ασύλητος τάφος των Μάγια. 1989: ένα εκατομμύριο διαδηλωτές βγαίνουν στους δρόμους του Πεκίνου, ζητώντας δημοκρατικές μεταρρυθμίσεις. 1990: σε έντονο διάβημα προς το ΝΑΤΟ προβαίνει η κυπριακή Βουλή, επειδή συμπεριελήφθη το παράνομο αεροδρόμιο του τουρκοκρατούμενου Λευκονοίκου σε άσκηση επί χάρτου της Συμμαχίας. 1991: πυρηνική δοκιμή ισχύος 60 κιλοτόνων πραγματοποιεί η Γαλλία στην Ατόλη του Ειρηνικού, Μουρουρόα. 1992: οι υπουργοί Πολιτισμού της ΕΟΚ αποφασίζουν να είναι η Θεσσαλονίκη Πολιτιστική Πρωτεύουσα της Ευρώπης το 1997. 1994: η τρομοκρατική οργάνωση 17Ν χτυπά με ρουκέτα τα γραφεία της IBM, στην οδό Φιλελλήνων, στην Αθήνα. 1994: στρατιωτικοί παρατηρητές επιστρέφουν από τη Ρουάντα και αναφέρουν ότι, οι φυλετικές συγκρούσεις έχουν προκαλέσει το θάνατο τουλάχιστον 200.000 ατόμων. 1994: "τελικός Κυπέλλου Πρωταθλητριών Μίλαν- Μπαρτσελόνα 4-0 στο ΟΑΚΑ με γκολ των Μασάρο (2), Σαβίσεβιτς και Desailly. Με τη Μίλαν, εκτός των σκόρερ, παίζουν οι Μπομπαν και Μαλντινι ,ενώ με την Μπαρτσελόνα οι Στοζτσκοβ, Ρομαριο και Κοεμαν, που είναι πρώτος σκόρερ της διοργάνωσης. Η ΕΡΤ καλύπτει τον αγώνα και στη σκηνοθεσία είναι ο Κώστας Περπερίδης και ο Γιάννης Ντατσόπουλος ενώ στο μικρόφωνο ο Μανώλης Μαυρομμάτης. Θα χρειαστεί να περάσουν 9 ολόκληρα χρόνια για να ξανακερδίσει η Μίλαν τον τίτλο (Μίλαν- Γιουβέντους 2-1 στα πέναλτι στον ""ιταλικό""τελικό του Ολντ Τράφορντ)." 1995: ο Αλέν Ζιπέ αναλαμβάνει πρωθυπουργός της Γαλλίας. 1995: οι ΗΠΑ ασκούν βέτο στο Συμβούλιο Ασφαλείας του ΟΗΕ, αποτρέποντας την καταδίκη του Ισραήλ, επειδή προχωρά στην απαλλοτρίωση αραβικών εδαφών της ανατολικής Ιερουσαλήμ. 1995: πεθαίνει ο Ρώσος χορευτής των μπαλέτων Μπολσόι και ηθοποιός Αλεξάντερ Γκοντούνοφ. 1995: συγκέντρωση διαμαρτυρίας και πορεία προς τη Βουλή πραγματοποιούν οι Βορειοηπειρώτες ζητώντας νόμιμη παραμονή στην Ελλάδα και την οικονομική και πολιτιστική ανάπτυξη της Βορείου Ηπείρου. 1996: σε ηλικία 72 ετών πεθαίνει ο δημοσιογράφος Πότης Παρασκευόπουλος. 1997: "στο Φεστιβάλ των Κανών, το Χρυσό Φοίνικα κερδίζουν από κοινού ο Ιρανός σκηνοθέτης Αμπάς Κιαροστάμι για την ταινία του ""Η γεύση του κερασιού""και ο Ιάπωνας Σοχέι Ιμαμούρα για ""Το χέλι""." 1998: το Υπουργείο Δικαιοσύνης των ΗΠΑ και 20 Πολιτείες καταθέτουν μήνυση εναντίον της Microsoft, κατηγορώντας την για παραβίαση του αντιμονοπωλιακού νόμου. 1999: πεθαίνει η Μπέτι Ρόμπινσον, που κέρδισε το χρυσό στον πρώτο oλυμπιακό αγώνα γυναικών στα 100 μέτρα. 1999: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 64 ετών ο πρωτοπόρος της ελληνικής γυμναστικής Ηλίας Ταπραντζής. Διετέλεσε προπονητής του Ιορδάνου (που κατέκτησε το πρώτο βαλκανικό μετάλλιο για την Ελλάδα) και των εθνικών ομάδων, τεχνικός σύμβουλος του ΣΕΓΑΣ, επιστημονικός συνεργάτης της Ελληνικής Γυμναστικής Ομοσπονδίας και καθηγητής του ΤΕΦΑΑ Θεσσαλονίκης. ↧
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- 332 – Constantine the Great announced free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
- 1096 – First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany
- 1152 – Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.
- 1268 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch.
- 1291 – Fall of Acre, the end of Crusader presence in the Holy Land
- 1302 – Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
- 1388 – During the Battle of Buyur Lake, General Lan Yu led a Chinese army forward to crush the Mongol hordes of Tögüs Temür, the Khan of Northern Yuan.
- 1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now Venezuela.
- 1565 – The Great Siege of Malta begins, in which Ottoman forces attempt and fail to conquer Malta.
- 1565 – The Royal Audiencia of Concepción is created by a decree of Philip II of Spain.
- 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
- 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
- 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.
- 1756 – The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
- 1763 – Fire destroys a large part of Montreal
- 1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
- 1803 – Napoleonic Wars: The United Kingdom revokes the Treaty of Amiens and declares war on France.
- 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
- 1811 – Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay led by José Artigas.
- 1812 – John Bellingham is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging for the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval.
- 1843 – The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.
- 1848 – Opening of the first German National Assembly (Nationalversammlung) in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 1860 – Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
- 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
- 1896 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
- 1896 – Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
- 1900 – The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
- 1910 – The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
- 1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne is released in Mumbai.
- 1917 – World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
- 1926 – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears while visiting a Venice, California beach.
- 1927 – The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
- 1927 – After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
- 1933 – New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1944 – World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino.
- 1944 – Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
- 1948 – The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
- 1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
- 1955 – Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
- 1956 – First ascent of Lhotse 8,516 meters, by a Swiss team.
- 1958 – An F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph (2,259.82 km/h).
- 1959 – Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
- 1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
- 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
- 1974 – Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- 1974 – Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991.
- 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
- 1980 – Gwangju Massacre: Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
- 1983 – In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
- 1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
- 1991 – Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
- 1993 – Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police opened fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injured 11 demonstrators. In total 113 bullets are fired.
- 2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
- 2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
- 2009 – The LTTE are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending almost 26 years of fighting between the two sides.
- 2011 – Twenty-two people are killed when Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crashes in southern Argentina.
- 2015 – At least 78 people die in a landslides caused by heavy rains in the Colombian town of Salgar.
Births[edit]
- 1048 – Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1131)
- 1186 – Konstantin of Rostov (d. 1218)
- 1450 – Piero Soderini, Italian politician and diplomat (d. 1513)
- 1474 – Isabella d'Este, Italian wife of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1539)
- 1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1664)
- 1662 – George Smalridge, English bishop (d. 1719)
- 1692 – Joseph Butler, English bishop, theologian, and apologist (d. 1752)
- 1711 – Ruđer Bošković, Croatian physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1787)
- 1777 – John George Children, English chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist (d. 1852)
- 1778 – Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish soldier and diplomat, British Ambassador to Austria (d. 1854)
- 1785 – John Wilson, Scottish author and critic (d. 1854)
- 1797 – Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (d. 1854)
- 1822 – Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (d. 1896)
- 1835 – Charles N. Sims, American Methodist preacher and third chancellor of Syracuse University (d. 1908)
- 1850 – Oliver Heaviside, English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1925)
- 1851 – James Budd, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of California (d. 1908)
- 1852 – Gertrude Käsebier, American photographer (d. 1934)
- 1854 – Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (d. 1924)
- 1855 – Francis Bellamy, American minister and author (d. 1931)
- 1862 – Josephus Daniels, American publisher and politician, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1948)
- 1868 – Nicholas II of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1871 – Denis Horgan, Irish shot putter and weight thrower (d. 1922)
- 1872 – Bertrand Russell, British mathematician, historian, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1873 – Lucy Beaumont, English-American actress (d. 1937)
- 1876 – Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1931)
- 1878 – Johannes Terwogt, Dutch rower (d. 1977)
- 1882 – Babe Adams, American baseball player, manager, and journalist (d. 1968)
- 1883 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and politician, 16th President of Brazil (d. 1974)
- 1883 – Walter Gropius, German-American architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building (d. 1969)
- 1887 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1946)
- 1889 – Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (d. 1944)
- 1891 – Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and academic (d. 1970)
- 1892 – Ezio Pinza, Italian-American actor and singer (d. 1957)
- 1895 – Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (d. 1934)
- 1896 – Eric Backman, Swedish runner (d. 1965)
- 1897 – Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
- 1898 – Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (d. 1973)
- 1901 – Henri Sauguet, French composer (d. 1989)
- 1901 – Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
- 1902 – Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer (d. 1984)
- 1904 – Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator (d. 1971)
- 1904 – Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General (d. 1986)
- 1905 – Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1943)
- 1907 – Irene Hunt, American author and educator (d. 2001)
- 1907 – Lincoln Stedman, American actor (d. 1948)
- 1909 – Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author (d. 1999)
- 1911 – Big Joe Turner, American singer (d. 1985)
- 1912 – Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1912 – Perry Como, American singer and actor (d. 2001)
- 1912 – Walter Sisulu, South African politician (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician (d. 2000)
- 1913 – Mary Howard de Liagre, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
- 1913 – Charles Trenet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1914 – Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (d. 1982)
- 1914 – Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer (d. 1993)
- 1917 – Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
- 1918 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
- 1919 – Margot Fonteyn, English-Panamanian ballerina and academic (d. 1991)
- 1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Lucia Mannucci, Italian singer and actress (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
- 1922 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychologist and academic (d. 2005)
- 1922 – Bill Macy, American actor
- 1922 – Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (d. 1983)
- 1923 – Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Priscilla Pointer, American actress
- 1924 – Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster
- 1925 – Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
- 1926 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor, singer, and producer (d. 1980)
- 1927 – Richard Body, English politician
- 1927 – Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1928 – Pernell Roberts, American actor and singer (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach (d. 2000)
- 1929 – Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
- 1931 – Robert Morse, American actor and singer
- 1931 – Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (d. 1995)
- 1931 – Clément Vincent, Canadian farmer and politician
- 1933 – Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France
- 1933 – H. D. Deve Gowda, Indian farmer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of India
- 1933 – Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (d. 1985)
- 1934 – Dwayne Hickman, American actor and director
- 1936 – Leon Ashley, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Rita Cadillac, French dancer, singer, and actress (d. 1995)
- 1936 – Türker İnanoğlu, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1936 – Michael Sandle, English sculptor and academic
- 1937 – Brooks Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1937 – Jacques Santer, Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg
- 1938 – Janet Fish, American painter and academic
- 1939 – Silvana Armenulić, Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1939 – Patrick Cormack, Baron Cormack, English historian, journalist, and politician
- 1939 – Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
- 1939 – Gordon O'Connor, Canadian general and politician, 38th Canadian Minister of Defence
- 1940 – Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1941 – Gino Brito, Canadian wrestler and promoter
- 1941 – Malcolm Longair, Scottish astronomer, physicist, and academic
- 1941 – Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress and singer
- 1942 – Nobby Stiles, English footballer, coach, and manager
- 1943 – Jimmy Snuka, Fijian-American wrestler and actor
- 1944 – Albert Hammond, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Family Dogg)
- 1944 – W. G. Sebald, German author and academic (d. 2001)
- 1946 – Frank Hsieh, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 40th Premier of the Republic of China
- 1946 – Ameril Umbra Kato, Filipino warlord (d. 2015)
- 1946 – Reggie Jackson, American baseball player, sportscaster, and actor
- 1946 – Gerd Langguth, German political scientist and author (d. 2013)
- 1946 – Suze Randall, English model, photographer, and pornographer
- 1947 – John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1947 – Gail Strickland, American actress
- 1947 – Hugh Keays-Byrne, Indian-Australian actor
- 1947 – Akira Terao, Japanese singer and actor
- 1948 – Yi Mun-yol, South Korean author and academic
- 1948 – Richard Swedberg, Swedish sociologist and academic
- 1948 – Tom Udall, American lawyer and politician, 28th New Mexico Attorney General
- 1949 – Rick Wakeman, English keyboard player and songwriter (Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, and Warhorse)
- 1950 – Thomas Gottschalk, German radio and television host
- 1950 – Rod Milburn, American hurdler and coach (d. 1997)
- 1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh, American singer-songwriter and painter (Devo)
- 1951 – Jim Sundberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1951 – Angela Voigt, German long jumper (d. 2013)
- 1952 – Diane Duane, American author and screenwriter
- 1952 – David Leakey, English general and politician
- 1952 – George Strait, American singer, guitarist, producer, and actor (Ace in the Hole Band)
- 1952 – Jeana Yeager, American pilot
- 1953 – Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1954 – Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1955 – Peeter Vähi, Estonian composer
- 1955 – Chow Yun-fat, Hong Kong actor and screenwriter
- 1956 – Catherine Corsini, French director and screenwriter
- 1956 – John Godber, English playwright and screenwriter
- 1956 – Naomichi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
- 1957 – Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer (Moti Special and Enigma)
- 1957 – Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
- 1957 – Jane Root, English broadcaster and academic
- 1958 – Rubén Omar Romano, Argentinian-Mexican footballer and coach
- 1958 – Toyah Willcox, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Toyah, The Humans, and Sunday All Over the World)
- 1959 – Graham Dilley, English cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
- 1959 – Jay Wells, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 – Brent Ashton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 – Jari Kurri, Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1960 – Yannick Noah, French tennis player and singer
- 1961 – Russell Senior, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pulp)
- 1962 – Sandra, German singer (Arabesque and Enigma)
- 1962 – Mike Darnell, American businessman
- 1962 – Nanne Grönvall, Swedish singer-songwriter (One More Time)
- 1962 – Olga Volozhinskaya, Russian ice dancer and choreographer
- 1962 – Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (d. 2009)
- 1963 – Marty McSorley, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and actor
- 1963 – Sam Vincent, American basketball player and coach
- 1964 – Ignasi Guardans, Spanish academic and politician
- 1965 – Ingo Schwichtenberg, German drummer (Helloween) (d. 1995)
- 1966 – Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper and coach
- 1966 – Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer (DC Talk, Tait, and Newsboys)
- 1967 – Nina Björk, Swedish journalist and author
- 1967 – Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
- 1967 – Nancy Juvonen, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Flower Films
- 1967 – Mimi Macpherson, Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity
- 1968 – Philippe Benetton, French rugby player
- 1968 – Ralf Kelleners, German race car driver
- 1968 – Sergei Martynov, Belarusian target shooter
- 1969 – Martika, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Oppera)
- 1970 – Tina Fey, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Tim Horan, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
- 1970 – Billy Howerdel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (A Perfect Circle and Ashes Divide)
- 1971 – Brad Friedel, American soccer player and sportscaster
- 1971 – Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
- 1971 – Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
- 1972 – Turner Stevenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1973 – Donyell Marshall, American basketball player and coach
- 1973 – Aleksandr Olerski, Estonian footballer (d. 2011)
- 1974 – Nelson Figueroa, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1974 – Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1974 – Valmo Kriisa, Estonian basketball player
- 1975 – John Higgins, Scottish snooker player
- 1975 – Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 – Ron Mercer, American basketball player
- 1976 – Marko Tomasović, Croatian pianist and composer
- 1976 – Oleg Tverdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
- 1977 – Lee Hendrie, English footballer
- 1977 – Danny Mills, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1978 – Ricardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
- 1978 – Jessica Cutler, American blogger and author
- 1978 – Marcus Giles, American baseball player
- 1978 – Charles Kamathi, Kenyan runner
- 1979 – Jens Bergensten, Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft
- 1979 – Anna Chatziathanassiou, Greek figure skater
- 1979 – Mariusz Lewandowski, Polish footballer
- 1979 – Michal Martikán, Slovak canoe racer
- 1979 – David Nail, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 – Milivoje Novaković, Slovenian footballer
- 1979 – Julián Speroni, Argentinian footballer
- 1980 – Reggie Evans, American basketball player
- 1980 – Michaël Llodra, French tennis player
- 1980 – Diego Pérez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980 – Ali Zafar, Pakistani singer-songwriter, actor, and director
- 1981 – Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer
- 1982 – Jason Brown, English footballer
- 1982 – Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian tennis player
- 1983 – Gary O'Neil, English footballer
- 1983 – Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1983 – Vince Young, American football player
- 1984 – Ivet Lalova, Bulgarian sprinter
- 1984 – Simon Pagenaud, French race car driver
- 1984 – Darius Šilinskis, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1984 – Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
- 1984 – Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
- 1985 – Francesca Battistelli, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Dalma Kovács, Romanian singer and actress
- 1985 – Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter
- 1985 – Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver
- 1986 – Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
- 1987 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentinian actress and singer (Erreway)
- 1988 – Taeyang, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Big Bang)
- 1988 – Kōji Seto, Japanese actor and singer
- 1990 – Dimitri Daeseleire, Belgian footballer
- 1990 – Heo Ga-yoon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (4Minute and 2YOON)
- 1990 – Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
- 1992 – Spencer Breslin, American actor and singer
- 1993 – Stuart Percy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1993 – Jessica Watson, Australian sailor
- 1998 – Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
- 1999 – Laura Omloop, Belgian singer-songwriter
Deaths[edit]
- 526 – Pope John I (b. 470)
- 1401 – Vladislaus II of Opole (b. 1332)
- 1550 – Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (b. 1498)
- 1551 – Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian painter (b. 1486)
- 1584 – Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese commander (b. 1559)
- 1675 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, historian, and theologian (b. 1623)
- 1675 – Jacques Marquette, French-American missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
- 1692 – Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (b. 1617)
- 1733 – Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (b. 1761)
- 1780 – Charles Hardy, English-American admiral and politician, 29th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1714)
- 1781 – Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian-Indian rebel leader (b. 1742)
- 1792 – Levy Solomons, Canadian merchant and fur trader (b. 1730)
- 1795 – Robert Rogers, American-English colonel (b. 1731)
- 1799 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and publisher (b. 1732)
- 1800 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729)
- 1807 – John Douglas, Scottish bishop and scholar (b. 1721)
- 1808 – Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey (b. 1738)
- 1829 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (b. 1803)
- 1844 – Richard McCarty, American lawyer and politician (b. 1780)
- 1853 – Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (b. 1806)
- 1867 – Clarkson Stanfield, English painter (b. 1793)
- 1889 – Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
- 1900 – Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
- 1908 – Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
- 1909 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
- 1909 – George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
- 1910 – Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
- 1910 – Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
- 1911 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
- 1922 – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
- 1927 – Andrew Kehoe, American educator and murderer, committed the Bath School disaster (b. 1872)
- 1941 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
- 1943 – Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
- 1947 – Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
- 1955 – Mary McLeod Bethune, American educator and activist (b. 1875)
- 1956 – Maurice Tate, English cricketer (b. 1895)
- 1958 – Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and critic (b. 1881)
- 1963 – Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1939)
- 1967 – Andy Clyde, Scottish-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
- 1971 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1908)
- 1973 – Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (b. 1880)
- 1974 – Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (b. 1885)
- 1975 – Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
- 1980 – Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
- Reid Blackburn, American photographer and journalist (b. 1952)
- David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (b. 1949)
- Harry Randall Truman, American owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge (b. 1896)
- 1980 – Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (Joy Division) (b. 1956)
- 1981 – Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1981 – William Saroyan, American author and playwright (b. 1908)
- 1987 – Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)
- 1988 – Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer (b. 1916)
- 1989 – Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
- 1990 – Jill Ireland, English-American actress and singer (b. 1936)
- 1992 – Skip Stephenson, American comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- 1992 – Marshall Thompson, American actor and director (b. 1925)
- 1995 – Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
- 1995 – Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
- 1995 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)
- 1995 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
- 1998 – Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (b. 1939)
- 1997 – Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975)
- 1999 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1954)
- 1999 – Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911)
- 2000 – Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi, Indian-Pakistani scholar (b. 1932)
- 2000 – Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian-American composer and musicologist (b. 1946)
- 2001 – Irene Hunt, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
- 2002 – Davey Boy Smith, English wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2003 – Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Barb Tarbox, Canadian activist (b. 1961)
- 2004 – Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Jaan Eilart, Estonian geographer, ecologist, and historian (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1932)
- 2008 – Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (b. 1911)
- 2009 – Dolla, American rapper (b. 1987)
- 2009 – Wayne Allwine, American voice actor and sound editor (b. 1947)
- 2009 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954)
- 2009 – Türkan Saylan, Turkish physician and academic (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Jai Gurudev, Indian religious leader (b. 1895)
- 2012 – Peter Jones, English-Australian drummer and songwriter (Crowded House and Deadstar) (b. 1967)
- 2012 – Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the Raleigh Chopper (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Paul O'Sullivan, Canadian actor and educator (b. 1964)
- 2013 – Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1959)
- 2013 – Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Steve Forrest, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2013 – David McMillan, American football player (b. 1981)
- 2013 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Lykourgos Angelopoulos, Greek singer, musicologist, and academic (b. 1941)
- 2014 – Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Hans-Peter Dürr, German physicist and academic (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
- 2014 – Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (b. 1946)
- 2014 – Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (b. 1932)
- 2015 – Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1947)
- 2015 – Raymond Gosling, English physicist and academic (b. 1926)
- 2015 – T. J. Moran, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1930)
- 2015 – Jean-François Théodore, French businessman (b. 1946)
- 2015 – Elbert West, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| May 18th: On this Day | |
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| 1964, A riot broke out in Hamilton, Scotland during a Rolling Stones UK tour when over 4,000 fans with forged tickets gate-crashed the bands gig at the Chantingall Hotel. | |
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| 1966, The Castiles (with Bruce Springsteen on vocals), made their first recordings at Mr Music Inc in Brick Town, New Jersey. They cut two Springsteen songs, ‘Baby I’ and ‘That’s What You Get’. The songs were cut directly to disc, of which seven or eight test pressings of the studio takes were made. | |
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| 1966, During his 1966 world tour, Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson from The Band were filmed singing several songs in a hotel room in Glasgow, Scotland, the footage turning up in the film Eat The Document. The film was originally commissioned for the ABC television series Stage '66, but after Dylan edited the film himself ABC rejected it as 'incomprehensible for a mainstream audience'. | |
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| 1967, John Lennon and Paul McCartney sang backing vocals on The Rolling Stones track 'We Love You' during a session at Olympic Studios, London. | |
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| 1967, The Beatles were selected to represent the UK for the first-ever global-wide satellite broadcast. The group agreed to be shown in the studio recording a song written especially for the occasion, scheduled for June 25. John Lennon wrote ‘All You Need is Love’ which was thought to sum up the 1967 'summer of love' and The Beatles' sympathies. With the satellite broadcast being broadcast to many non-English-speaking countries, the BBC asked The Beatles to 'keep it simple'. | |
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| 1967, Pink Floyd started recording their forthcoming single 'See Emily Play' at Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London. Syd Barrett was inspired to write See Emily Play, by the ‘looning about’ of the early Pink Floyd fan Emily Young, (who is now a renowned sculptor). Guitarist David Gilmour, playing gigs in France with his own band in that period, visited Floyd in the studio during a trip to London. | |
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| 1968, The first Miami Pop event took place with an estimated 100,000 people attending the concert, which was promoted by Richard O'Barry & Michael Lang (later famous as the promoter of Woodstock). Bands featured at the festival included Steppenwolf, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Mothers of Invention, Blue Cheer, Chuck Berry, The Blues Image, Pacific Gas and Electric, Three Dog Night and the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. | |
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| 1974, Ray Stevens started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with the novelty song 'The Streak' which capitalized on the then popular craze of streaking. Also No.1 in the UK. | |
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| 1975, Five times married US country singer, Tammy Wynette was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Stand By Your Man.' Originally released as a single in 1968 in the USA. It proved to be the most successful record of Wynette's career and is one of the most covered songs in the history of country music. | |
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| 1980, Joy Division singer and guitarist Ian Curtis hanged himself in the kitchen of his house in Macclesfield, England at the age of 23. Curtis had the Iggy Pop album 'The Idiot', playing on his stereo and left a note that said, 'At this very moment, I wish I were dead. I just can't cope anymore.' Joy Division released the critically acclaimed debut album Unknown Pleasures in 1979, and recorded their follow-up 'Closer' in 1980. | |
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| 1985, Simple Minds were at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Don't You Forget About Me', (a No. 7 hit in the UK). Written by Keith Forsey (who won an Oscar for "Flashdance... What a Feeling") and Steve Schiff (guitarist and songwriter from the Nina Hagen band, the track was featured in the 1985 American teen drama film The Breakfast Club. | |
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| 1988, Fleetwood Mac played the first of six sold out nights at Wembley Arena, London on their 'The Tango In The Night' Tour. | |
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| 1993, Sister Lovers, 18 Wheeler, Boyfriend and Oasis appeared at King Tuts in Glasgow, Scotland. Creation Records boss Alan McGee who was in the audience declared after seeing Oasis, 'I've found the greatest rock 'n' roll band since The Beatles'. McGee had missed a train at nearby Queen Street station, and decided to head to Tuts to kill time before the next one. He signed Oasis to his Creation label. | |
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| 1997, Blur won pop music's equivalent of the FA Cup, the Music Industry Soccer Six. The band's win at Fulham's FC's ground Craven Cottage saw them beating off competition from Robbie Williams, My Life Story and The Prodigy. | |
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| 2000, Madonna's boyfriend Guy Ritchie was arrested after attacking a fan outside the superstar's London home. Ritchie was said to have kicked and punched a male fan after the couple returned home from a night out. | |
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| 2003, The Isley Brothers were at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Body Kiss' the group's first US No.1 in over 30 years. | |
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| 2004, Clint Warwick the original bass player with The Moody Blues died from liver disease at the age of 63. Clint left the band in 1966 after playing on their only number one hit, 'Go Now'. | |
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| 2008, Ting Tings scored their first UK No.1 single with 'That's Not My Name'. Taken from the Manchester duo's debut studio album 'We Started Nothing'. | |
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| 2011, John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for the 1967 Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' sold for $237,132 (£145,644) at an auction in the US. The sale of the sheet, which featured the song's third verse and the opening words to 'She's Leaving Home', took place at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Both songs feature on the 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was speculated the song was about the drug LSD, however, The Beatles denied this, with Lennon saying the inspiration had come from a picture his son Julian had drawn of a classmate named Lucy Vodden - who died of the immune system disease Lupus in 2009. | |
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| 1911, Born on this day, Joe Turner, (best known as Big Joe Turner), US blues songwriter. He wrote 'Shake Rattle and Roll', 'Sweet Sixteen'. Turner died on 23rd November 1985 at the age of 74 of heart failure, having suffered the earlier effects of arthritis, a stroke and diabetes and was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. | |
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| 1912, Born on this day, Perry Como, American singer and TV presenter, (1957 US No.1 single 'Round And Round' and 15 US & over 25 UK chart hits, 1958 UK No.1 single 'Magic Moments'). Como died on 12th May 2001. | |
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| 1942, Born on this day, Albert Hammond, Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 1966 Hammond co-founded the British vocal group the Family Dogg, scoring a UK Top 10 hit with "A Way of Life" in 1969. As a solo artist he scored the 1972 US No.5 single 'It Never Rains In Southern California', and the 1973 UK No.19 single 'Free Electric Band'. Other hits Hammond has written with collaborator Mike Hazlewood include "Little Arrows" for Leapy Lee, "Gimme Dat Ding" for the Pipkins and "The Air That I Breathe" which was a hit for the Hollies. | |
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| 1946, Born on this day, Bruce Gilbert, guitar, Wire, (1989 UK No.68 single 'Eardrum Buzz'). | |
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| 1946, Born on this day, George Alexander, The Flamin Groovies, (1976 album 'Shake Some Action). | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Rick Wakeman, English keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter. As a session musician his early sessions included playing on "Space Oddity", for David Bowie and songs by Junior's Eyes, T. Rex, Elton John, and Cat Stevens. Wakeman became a member of Strawbs and then the classic line-up in Yes. As a solo artist he scored the 1974 UK No.1 album 'Journey To The Centre Of The Earth'. | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, William Wallace, Guess Who, (1970 US No.1 & UK No.19 single 'American Woman'). | |
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| 1950, Born on this day Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the new wave band Devo. His other musical projects include work for television series, films, and video games. | |
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| 1952, Born on this day, George Strait, US country singer, songwriter, (1992 album 'Pure Country' spent 40 weeks on the US chart). He has the second most number one country hits among any artist in any musical genre in history, totalling 53 number one hit songs. Only Conway Twitty has more, with 55. | |
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| 1953, Born on this day, Butch Tavares, Tavares, (1976 UK No.4 and US No.15 single 'Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel'). | |
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| 1954, Born on this day, Wreckless Eric (Eric Goulden), singer, songwriter and Stiff Records artist, had the 1978 UK airplay hit 'Whole Wide World'. | |
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| 1956, Born on this day, Jim Moginie founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter with Midnight Oil. Moginie has worked with many notable musicians from Australia and New Zealand, including Silverchair, Sarah Blasko, End of Fashion, Neil Murray, Kasey Chambers and Neil Finn. | |
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| 1957, Born on this day, Michael Cretu, Enigma, (1991 UK No.1 & US No.5 single 'Sadness Part 1). | |
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| 1958, Born on this day, Toyah, (Victoria Wilcox), English singer and actress, who scored the 80's hits "It's a Mystery", "Thunder in the Mountains" and "I Want to Be Free". Toyah has released over 20 albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films. Willcox married Robert Fripp of King Crimson in 1986. | |
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| 1961, Born on this day, Hugh Whittaker, Housemartins, (1986 UK No.1 single 'Caravan Of Love'). | |
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| 1961, Born on this day, Russell Senior, guitar, Pulp, (1995 UK No.2 single 'Common People'). Left the band on 20th January 1997. | |
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| 1969, Born on this day, Martika, American singer-songwriter and actress. Her biggest hit was 'Toy Soldiers' which peaked at No.1 for two weeks in the US in mid 1989. | |
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| 1975, Born on this day, Jack Johnson, Hawaii born singer, songwriter, surfer, (2006 UK No.1 album 'In Between Dreams', 2006 US & Australian No.1 album ‘Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George'). He is also known for organizing an annual event, the Kōkua Festival. |
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Article 6
Η Αν. Υπουργός Τουρισμού αναφέρθηκε στις σημαντικές προοπτικές προσέλκυσης επισκεπτών όλο το χρόνο στην περιοχή μέσα από την υλοποίηση των στόχων της νέας εθνικής τουριστικής πολιτικής, και δήλωσε την υποστήριξή της στις δράσεις και ενέργειες για την ανάδειξη της ιδιαίτερης τουριστικής ταυτότητας του προορισμού.
Ο κ. Ζωγράφος επισήμανε ότι σε τοπικό επίπεδο εφαρμόζεται η εθνική πολιτική για την επιμήκυνση της τουριστικής περιόδου, την ανάπτυξη των θεματικών μορφών τουρισμού και την ανάδειξη νέων ελληνικών προορισμών, και τόνισε ότι οι προσπάθειες αποδίδουν.
Αναφέρθηκε ειδικότερα στις δράσεις που πραγματοποιούνται το χειμώνα για την τόνωση της κίνησης σε περιόδους χαμηλής ζήτησης, καθώς και στη συνεργασία της Παραλίας με γειτονικούς προορισμούς για την ενιαία τουριστική προβολή και προώθηση στο εξωτερικό.
Ο κ. Ζωγράφος παρέδωσε εκ μέρους της Ένωσης Ξενοδόχων Παραλίας τιμητική πλακέτα στην κα Κουντουρά για την προσφορά και το έργο της στην ενίσχυση του τουρισμού.
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ME AEΡΟΣΤΑΤΟ ΣΤΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ Ο ΨΙΝΑΚΗΣ
Ο δήμαρχος Μαραθώνα θα μεταβεί στη Θεσσαλονίκη με... αεροστάτο από την Αφετηρία Μαραθωνίου Δρόμου, κάνοντας ένα ταξίδι 25 συνολικά ωρών.
Με... αερόστατο θα κάνει τη διαδρομή Μαραθώνας-Θεσσαλονίκη ο Ηλίας Ψινάκης.
Ο δήμαρχος Μαραθώνα αποφάσισε να μεταβεί με αυτό τον πρωτότυπο τρόπο στην πόλη, για να παραστεί στην Τελετή Υπογραφής Πρωτοκόλλου Συνεργασίας, για τους Δήμους, τις Περιφέρειες και Πολιτιστικούς Φορείς της Βορείου Ελλάδας, με σκοπό την Ίδρυση «Αμφικτυονίας Αρχαίων Ελληνικών Πόλεων».
Σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση του δήμου Μαραθώνα, η απογείωση του κ. Ψινάκη θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Πέμπτη 19/05, στις 10:00, στην Αφετηρία Μαραθωνίου Δρόμου, όσο και στην προσεδάφιση που θα γίνει την Παρασκευή 20/05, στις 11:00, στο Λευκό Πύργο.
Με... αερόστατο θα κάνει τη διαδρομή Μαραθώνας-Θεσσαλονίκη ο Ηλίας Ψινάκης.
Ο δήμαρχος Μαραθώνα αποφάσισε να μεταβεί με αυτό τον πρωτότυπο τρόπο στην πόλη, για να παραστεί στην Τελετή Υπογραφής Πρωτοκόλλου Συνεργασίας, για τους Δήμους, τις Περιφέρειες και Πολιτιστικούς Φορείς της Βορείου Ελλάδας, με σκοπό την Ίδρυση «Αμφικτυονίας Αρχαίων Ελληνικών Πόλεων».
Σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση του δήμου Μαραθώνα, η απογείωση του κ. Ψινάκη θα πραγματοποιηθεί την Πέμπτη 19/05, στις 10:00, στην Αφετηρία Μαραθωνίου Δρόμου, όσο και στην προσεδάφιση που θα γίνει την Παρασκευή 20/05, στις 11:00, στο Λευκό Πύργο.
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ΜΥΚΟΝΟ ΚΑΙ ΣΑΝΤΟΡΙΝΗ ΜΕ 20 ΕΥΡΩ
 Η Sky Express προγραμμάτισε πτήσεις από και προς: Οι πτήσεις είναι καθημερινές και από αρχές Ιουνίου αυξάνονται ανά ημέρα. Οι ναύλοι μας ξεκινούν από 20€ και όλοι οι επιβάτες μας, που θα αναχωρούν από την Αθήνα με προορισμό τη Σαντορίνη ή Μύκονο θα έχουν πρόσβαση στο Business Lounge, “Μελίνα Μερκούρη”. Προγραμματίστε τώρα το επόμενο ταξίδι σας και επωφεληθείτε! Οι αναφερόμενοι ναύλοι δεν συμπεριλαμβάνουν φόρους αεροδρομίων και είναι διαθέσιμοι για περιορισμένο αριθμό θέσεων. |
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7 ελληνικά νησιά που πωλούνται -Από 3 εκατ. ευρώ η τιμή τους
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OI KAΛΥΤΕΡΕΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΗΣ
Το καλοκαίρι στην Ελλάδα ισοδυναμεί με μια βόλτα στον παράδεισο. Οι αμέτρητες παραλίες και το εξαιρετικό κλίμα αποτελούν εγγύηση για κάθε επίδοξο παραθεριστή που ψάχνει για προορισμό.
Κάποιες από τις παραλίες της χώρας είναι ήδη γνωστές όχι μόνο στους Έλληνες, αλλά και στους ξένους. Το Σαρακήνικο στη Μήλο, η Κόκκινη Παραλία στη Σαντορίνη, η Ελαφόνησος στην Κρήτη κλπ. Κάποιες άλλες πάλι μπορεί να στερούνται δόξα, όχι, όμως, την ικανότητα να ξελογιάσουν τον επισκέπτη με τα καταγάλανα και πεντακάθαρα νερά τους.
Ο Οργανισμός European Best Destinations, με έδρα τις Βρυξέλλες και πάνω από 10.000 εγγεγραμμένα μέλη ταξιδιωτών αποκάλυψε δύο από αυτές, συμπεριλαμβάνοντάς τες στην λίστα με τις 10 καλύτερες παραλίες της Ευρώπης, που είναι λιγότερο γνωστές στους ταξιδιώτες.
Η Παραλία Καβαλικευτά στην Λευκάδα και η Άπελλα της Καρπάθου ξεχώρισαν και κατέλαβαν την 6η κι 8η θέση αντίστοιχα. Η πρώτη ξεχωρίζει για το παράξενο χρώμα που έχουν τα νερά της, του τεράστιους όρμους και την κατάλευκη άμμο, ενώ, η δεύτερη για τα ζεστά νερά της, ιδανικά για ανοιξιάτικες βουτιές.
Δείτε ολόκληρη τη λίστα:
1. Stiniva, Βις, Κροατία
2. Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava, Ισπανία
3. Concha, Σαν Σεμπαστιάν, Ισπανία
4. Berlanga, Πορτογαλία
5. Cala Acciarino, Lavezzi, Κορσική
7. Αρμακάι ντε Πέρα, Αλγκάρβε, Πορτογαλία
9. Santa Maria dell'Isola, Καλαβρία, Ιταλία
10. Εξαμίλι Αγίων Σαράντα, Αλβανία
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Article 1
Παγκόσμια διαφήμιση για την Μύκονο
το νέο video clip του Willy Williams
«Ποιά Eίσαι;» («Qui Tu Es») τραγουδά ο Willy Williams με φόντο το γαλάζιο και το λευκό της Μυκόνου! Ο διάσημος dj, μουσικός παραγωγός και τραγουδιστής έκανε τα γυρίσματα του νέου βιντεοκλίπ του στο νησί των Ανέμων, γεγονός που αποτελεί τεράστια διαφήμιση για την «βασίλισσα» των Κυκλάδων.
Ακολουθώντας τις οδηγίες δύο Ιταλών σκηνοθετών και έχοντας στο πλευρό του μια ομάδα 20 συνεργατών, ο 46χρονος καλλιτέχνης, με καταγωγή από την Γαλλία και την Τζαμάικα, επισκέφτηκε γνωστή παραλία του νησιού, περπάτησε στα γραφικά σοκάκια της Χώρας και απόλαυσε το μυκονιάτικο ηλιοβασίλεμα με την συνοδεία πολλών αιθέριων υπάρξεων. Η κάμερα του Mykonos Live Tv βρέθηκε στα παρασκήνια των γυρισμάτων και σας μεταφέρει αποκλειστικά πλάνα. Ο Willy Williams έγινε γνωστός στο ευρύ κοινό το 2015 με την επιτυχία «Ego». Το επίσημο βιντεοκλίπ του εν λόγω κομματιού, όπου εμφανίζεται ο πρώην ποδοσφαιριστής του Παναθηναϊκού Djibril Cisse, έχει ξεπεράσει μέχρι σήμερα τα 28 εκατομμύρια views! Στο βιντεοκλίπ «Qui Tu Es» πρωταγωνιστεί η Ελληνίδα Αγγελίνα Ματαλιωτάκη, η οποία πλαισιώνεται και από άλλα γνωστά μοντέλα, όπως η Olga Grinzel, η Κατερίνα Παράσχη και η Ιωάννα Παπαγιάννη. Την ευθύνη και τον συντονισμό της παραγωγής είχε ο γνωστός παραγωγός Ήζυ Κουτιέλ, ενώ για το άρτιο αποτέλεσμα σημαντική ήταν η συνεισφορά του δήμου Μυκόνου καθώς και επιχειρήσεων που εδρεύουν στην Μύκονο όπως το ξενοδοχείο Cavo Tagoo του ζεύγους Λιάκου, το εστιατόριο Kiku και το γραφείο ενοικιάσεων οχημάτων Maxima. Τέλος, να σημειώσουμε ότι τα γυρίσματα του νέου βιντεοκλίπ του Willy Williams συνοδεύτηκαν από εκδήλωση για την απονομή πλατινένιου δίσκου στον δημοφιλή καλλιτέχνη για το κομμάτι «Ego»
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ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΔΑΣΟΥΣ 2016
2οΦεστιβάλ Δάσους
Με την υπογραφή του ΚΘΒΕ
Η μεγάλη καλοκαιρινή γιορτή της Βόρειας Ελλάδας!
Το Φεστιβάλ Δάσους, το μεγάλο πολιτιστικό γεγονός της Θεσσαλονίκης, θα πραγματοποιηθεί για δεύτερη φορά αυτό το καλοκαίρι, με το κύρος και την υπογραφή του ΚΘΒΕ. Από την 1η Ιουνίου έως τις 15 Σεπτεμβρίου, με κέντρο το Θέατρο Δάσους, αλλά και με παράλληλες εκδηλώσεις στο Θέατρο Γης, στο Βασιλικό Θέατρο και στην ΕΜΣ, οι θεατές θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να απολαύσουν κορυφαίες παραγωγές στο θέατρο, στη μουσική και στο χορό, με τους πιο αγαπημένους δημιουργούς αλλά και τα μεγαλύτερα ονόματα της ελληνικής μουσικής σκηνής. Όλοι οι δρόμοι οδηγούν και φέτος το καλοκαίρι στη μεγάλη γιορτή της της Βόρειας Ελλάδας!
Χορηγός Φεστιβάλ Δάσους: FIX HELLAS
«Ο πολιτισμός και όλα όσα συνεπάγεται είναι μία από τις κινητήριες δυνάμεις που μας πάνε πάντα μπροστά, ιδίως στη συγκυρία που διανύουμε.
Η μουσική, το θέατρο, η ελεύθερη έκφραση και η αλληλεπίδραση με την τέχνη είναι στοιχεία που ανέκαθεν μας αναδείκνυαν ως λαό, γιατί είναι στο DNA μας.
Γι’ αυτό και η FIX Hellas εξακολουθεί να στηρίζει έμπρακτα το Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος, αποτελώντας τον βασικό χορηγό του 2ου Φεστιβάλ Δάσους και αυτή τη χρονιά!
Προσκαλούμε, λοιπόν, τους πολίτες της Βορείου Ελλάδος – και όχι μόνο – να απολαύσουν εξαιρετικές παραστάσεις και μουσικές διαδρομές, παρέα πάντα με την αγαπημένη τους ελληνική μπύρα
FIX Hellas. Ποια να συγκριθεί μαζί σου!»
Στέλιος Γιαννακούδης
Διευθυντής Πωλήσεων
Πρόγραμμα Φεστιβάλ
ΘΕΑΤΡΟ ΔΑΣΟΥΣ
ΙΟΥΝΙΟΣ 2016
Τετάρτη 8 Ιουνίου
Μουσική
Συναυλία με τον Θανάση Παπακωνσταντίνου
Τραγούδι Ματούλα Ζαμάνη & Αλέξανδρος Κούστας
Τη συναυλία ανοίγουν οι Λάργκο.
[Πληροφορίες: Ε. HYPERLINK "mailto:ihohroma@yahoo.gr"ihohroma@yahoo.gr, HYPERLINK "http://www.facebook.com/ihohroma"www.facebook.com/ihohroma, Τ. 210.7700087]
Δευτέρα 13 Ιουνίου
Μουσική
Συναυλία με τον Λαυρέντη Μαχαιρίτσακαι τον Γιάννη Κότσιρα
«Τα καλύτερα τραγούδια της “Παραγγελιάς”»
[Πληροφορίες: «ΜΕΤΡΟ»: www.metrolive.gr, HYPERLINK "mailto:info@metrolive.gr"info@metrolive.gr, HYPERLINK "mailto:4.live.info@gmail.com"4.live.info@gmail.com, Τ. 210.6461980 / «Μenta Art Events»: HYPERLINK "http://www.menta3.com"www.menta3.com, HYPERLINK "mailto:info@menta3.com"info@menta3.com, Τ. 210.8617577]
Τετάρτη 22 Ιουνίου
Μουσική
Συναυλία με τη Νατάσσα Μποφίλιου, τον Θέμη Καραμουρατίδηκαι τον Γεράσιμο Ευαγγελάτο
«Βαβέλ»
[Πληροφορίες: PROSPERO, www.prospero.com.gr 2315 200200, 210.7258901]
ΙΟΥΛΙΟΣ 2016
Τετάρτη 6 & Πέμπτη 7 Ιουλίου
Θέατρο
«Επτά επί Θήβας»του Αισχύλου
Σκηνοθεσία: Τσέζαρις Γκραουζίνις
Παίζουν: Γιάννης Στάνκογλου, Χρίστος Στυλιανού, Γιώργος Καύκας, Αλέξανδρος Τσακίρης, Νάντια Κοντογεώργη, Ιώβη Φραγκάτου.
Χορός: Λουκία Βασιλείου, Δημήτρης Δρόσος, Δάφνη Κιουρκτσόγλου, Χρήστος Μαστρογιαννίδης, Κλειώ-Δανάη Οθωναίου, Βασίλης Παπαγεωργίου, Σταυριάννα Παπαδάκη, Γρηγόρης Παπαδόπουλος, Αλεξία Σαπρανίδου, Εύη Σαρμή, Πολυξένη Σπυροπούλου, Γιώργος Σφυρίδης, Ευανθία Σωφρονίδου, Κωνσταντίνος Χατζησάββας.
Κρατικό Θέατρο Βορείου Ελλάδος- Πρεμιέρα
[Πληροφορίες: 2315 200 200, www.ntng.gr]
Δευτέρα 11 Ιουλίου
«Η λίμνη των κύκνων» του Πιοτρ Ίλιτς Τσαϊκόφσκι
Moscow Classical Ballet/ Russian Ballet Theater
[Πληροφορίες: Μαρία Τσολάκη, 697 476790, mtsolaki@gmail.com]
Δευτέρα 18 Ιουλίου
Μουσική
Συναυλία με τη Δήμητρα Γαλάνη, την Ελένη Τσαλιγοπούλουκαι τη Γιώτα Νέγκα
[[Πληροφορίες:
zuma communications: Xαρά Ζούμα, 6980571057, HYPERLINK "mailto:chara@zumacom.gr"chara@zumacom.gr
Prospero: Ελένη Γιαννοπούλου, 6978995586, HYPERLINK "mailto:giannopoulou@prospero.com.gr"giannopoulou@prospero.com.gr]
Δευτέρα 25 και Τρίτη 26 Ιουλίου
Θέατρο
«Συρανό»του Εντμόν Ροστάν
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Πέμπτη 8 και Παρασκευή 9 Σεπτεμβρίου
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ΣΗΜΕΡΑ 19 ΜΑΙΟΥ
1535: ο Γάλλος εξερευνητής Ζακ Καρτιέ ξεκινάει το δεύτερο ταξίδι του στη Βόρεια Αμερική με τρία πλοία και 110 άντρες. 1802: ιδρύεται στη Γαλλία από τον Ναπολέοντα η Λεγεώνα της Τιμής. 1848: το πρώτο πολυκατάστημα του κόσμου ανοίγει τις πύλες του στη Νέα Υόρκη. 1861: Γεννιέται στο Richmond της Μελβούρνης η υψίφωνος Dame Nellie Melba. 1864: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας Ναθάνιελ Χόθορν. 1896: ο Παναχαϊκός ΓΣ διοργανώνει με μεγάλη επιτυχία στην Πάτρα τους Παναχαϊκούς Αγώνες Στίβου που διαρκούν μέχρι τις 21/5. Κατά τη διάρκεια των αγώνων εξουσιοδοτείται ο Πανελλήνιος να αναλάβει πρωτοβουλία για τη σύσταση αθλητικής ομοσπονδίας, κάτι που θα γίνει στις 25/10. 1897: ο Όσκαρ Ουάιλντ βγαίνει από τη φυλακή. 1898: πεθαίνει ο Βρετανός πρωθυπουργός Ουίλιαμ Γκλάντστοουν. 1900: η Μεγάλη Βρετανία προσαρτά τις Νήσους Τόγκα. 1903: ιδρύεται η Μπιούικ Μοτορς. 1903: στη Γαλλία, πραγματοποιείται διαδήλωση για την ανάκληση της απόφασης περί τριετούς υποχρεωτικής στρατιωτικής θητείας. 1904: πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος ιστορικός Ογκίστ Μολινιέ. 1910: στη Γαλλία, ο Ανρί Φαρμάν και ο Ρότζερ Σόμερ πραγματοποιούν την πρώτη νυκτερινή αεροπορική πτήση στο Μουρμελόν. 1915: γεννιέται ο Πολ Ποτ, ο αρχηγός των Ερυθρών Χμερ της Καμπότζης. 1919: ο Κεμάλ Ατατούρκ φεύγει από την Κωνσταντινούπολη και πάει στη Σαμψούντα για να προετοιμάσει τον πόλεμο, ανεξάρτητα από την κυβέρνηση της Οθωμανικής Αυτοκρατορίας. 1921: στις ΗΠΑ, νέος νόμος μετανάστευσης θέτει εθνικά επιτρεπόμενα όρια, περιορίζοντας τη μετανάστευση στο 3% κάθε εθνότητας που ζούσε στην Αμερική από το 1910. 1922: οι Σύμμαχοι ζητούν από τη σοβιετική κυβέρνηση να ανταποκριθεί στα χρέη του Τσάρου, να αποζημιώσει τους ξένους για τις περιουσίες τους που κατασχέθηκαν κατά τη διάρκεια της επανάστασης και να συμφωνήσει να πάρει μέρος στο Διεθνές Δικαστήριο για την επίλυση μελλοντικών οικονομικών διαφορών. 1925: γεννιέται ο Μάλκολμ Χ. 1929: στην Ισπανία, η Παγκόσμια Έκθεση ανοίγει τις πύλες της στη Βαρκελώνη. 1930: οι λευκές γυναίκες της Νότιας Αφρικής αποκτούν πολιτικά δικαιώματα. 1931: η ΕΣΣΔ ανακοινώνει το δεύτερο πενταετές οικονομικό πρόγραμμά της. 1932: η ιρλανδική Βουλή ψηφίζει νόμο, ο οποίος καταργεί τον όρκο πίστης και αφοσίωσης στο βασιλιά της Αγγλίας. 1941: "γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα σεναριογράφος Νόρα Έφρον που έχει γράψει το σενάριο των ταινιών ""’Αγρυπνος στο Σιάτλ""και ""Όταν ο Χάρι γνώρισε τη Σάλι""." 1941: η Ανατολική Αφρική παραδίνεται στους Βρετανούς. 1941: Στις ΗΠΑ, νέος νόμος μετανάστευσης έθετε εθνικά επιτρεπόμενα όρια, περιορίζοντας τη μετανάστευση στο 3% κάθε εθνότητας που ζούσε στην Αμερική από το 1910. 1943: ο Ουίνστον Τσόρτσιλ, μιλά στο αμερικανικό Κογκρέσο, και δηλώνει ότι οι Σύμμαχοι θα νικήσουν οριστικά τον ’Αξονα. 1945: "γεννιέται ο Βρετανός ρόκερ Πιτ Τάουνσχεντ, από τα ιδρυτικά μέλη των ""Who""." 1948: γεννιέται η Τζαμαϊκανή τραγουδίστρια και ηθοποιός Γκρέις Τζόουνς. 1951: Η ΕΣΣΔ ανακοίνωσε το δεύτερο πενταετές οικονομικό πρόγραμμά της. 1952: o Γιοσίρο Σιράι γίνεται ο πρώτος Ιάπωνας παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής στην πυγμαχία, στην κατηγορία μύγας όταν κερδίζει τον πρωταθλητή Dado Marino στο Τόκιο. 1952: "γεννιέται ο μουσικός Τζόι Ραμόν, τραγουδιστής του συγκροτήματος ""The Ramones""." 1956: "γεννιέται ο Τζέιμς Γκόσλινγκ, ο ""πατέρας""της γλώσσας προγραμματισμού Java." 1961: H Ανατολική Αφρική παραδόθηκε στους Βρετανούς. 1962: σημειώνεται έξαρση της βίας στην Αλγερία. 1964: στην αμερικανική πρεσβεία στη Μόσχα, οι Αμερικανοί διπλωμάτες ανακαλύπτουν 40 μυστικά μικρόφωνα. 1969: στη Γερμανία, για πρωθυπουργός της Ρηνανίας-Παλατινάτου προτείνεται ο Χέλμουτ Κολ. 1971: Ο καναδός πρωθυπουργός Πιέρ Τριντό υπέγραψε στη Μόσχα σύμφωνο φιλίας. 1971: ο Καναδός πρωθυπουργός Πιέρ Τριντό υπογράφει στη Μόσχα σύμφωνο φιλίας. 1971: ο Μαρς 2 εκτοξεύεται από τη Σοβιετική Ένωση. 1971: στον τελικό Κυπελλούχων Ομάδων Ευρώπης, Τσέλσι- Ρεάλ Μαδρίτης έρχονται ισοπαλία 1-1 στο Καραϊσκάκη με γκολ των Όσγκουντ και Ζόκο. Επειδή δεν προβλέπεται παράταση ορίζεται επαναληπτικός αγώνας για τη μεθεπομένη. 1973: η ΕΣΣΔ και η Δυτική Γερμανία υπογράφουν δεκαετή συμφωνία συνεργασίας σε οικονομικό, βιομηχανικό και τεχνικό επίπεδο. 1979: με πρωτοβουλία του γ.γ. ΟΗΕ, Κουρτ Βαλντχάιμ, ο Πρόεδρος της Κύπρου, Σπύρος Κυπριανού, συναντάται με τον κατοχικό ηγέτη, Ραούφ Ντενκτάς. 1980: στο Μαϊάμι, 18 άτομα σκοτώνονται και 400 τραυματίζονται σε τρεις μέρες, από ταραχές που προκλήθηκαν λόγω της αθώωσης τεσσάρων ατόμων, που η αστυνομία έχει κατηγορήσει ότι δολοφόνησαν μαύρο. 1982: η Σοφία Λόρεν συλλαμβάνεται και φυλακίζεται, με την κατηγορία της φοροδιαφυγής. 1986: η Νότια Αφρική επιτίθεται στη Ζάμπια, τη Ζιμπάμπουε και τη Μποτσουάνα. 1989: "ο Αντώνης Τρίτσης ανακοινώνει την ίδρυση του κόμματός του με το όνομα ""Ριζοσπαστικό Κίνημα""." 1991: ο Γουίλι Τ. Ριμπς γίνεται ο πρώτος έγχρωμος οδηγός που προκρίνεται στο Indianapolis 500. 1991: "στο Φεστιβάλ των Κανών, το βραβείο της κριτικής του διεθνούς Τύπου δίνεται στην ταινία ""Η διπλή ζωή της Βερόνικα"", του Κριστόφ Κισλόφσκι." 1992: στη Νιγηρία, 300 είναι οι νεκροί κατά τη διάρκεια εθνικιστικών και θρησκευτικών ταραχών. 1993: οι Δανοί υπερψηφίζουν τη Συνθήκη του Μάαστριχτ για την ευρωπαϊκή ενοποίηση με ποσοστό 56,8% έναντι 43,2% που επέμειναν στην αρνητική ψήφο. 1993: οι ΗΠΑ αναγνωρίζουν την πρώην μαρξιστική κυβέρνηση της Αγκόλας. 1994: κάθειρξη 17 χρόνων και τριών μηνών επιβάλει το Μικτό Ορκωτό Εφετείο της Λάρισας στον Γιάννη Καλαμπόκα για τη δολοφονία του καθηγητή Νίκου Τεμπονέρα. 1994: πεθαίνει η Τζάκι Κένεντι - Ωνάση. 1996: O Ολυμπιακός ανακηρύσσεται πρωταθλητής Ελλάδος στο Μπάσκετ ( Ολυμπιακός - Παναθηναϊκός 73-38) στον πέμπτο αγώνα των τελικών των plays - offs) στην μεγαλύτερη διαφορά σκορ της ιστορίας των play offs. 1996: ο Ολυμπιακός ανακηρύσσεται πρωταθλητής Ελλάδος στο μπάσκετ (Ολυμπιακός- ΠΑΟ 73-38 στον 5ο αγώνα των τελικών των playoffs) στη μεγαλύτερη διαφορά σκορ της ιστορίας των playoffs. 1997: ΟΗΕ, ΗΠΑ, Νότια Αφρική και Γερμανία αναγνωρίζουν το νέο κράτος-καθεστώς στο Ζαΐρ, το οποίο μετονομάζεται σε Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό. 1999: διεξάγεται ο 39ος και τελευταίος τελικός του Κυπέλλου Κυπελλούχων μεταξύ της Λάτσιο και της Μαγιόρκα (2-1) στο Βίλα Παρκ του Μπέρμιγχαμ. Από την περίοδο 1999-2000 το Κυπελλούχων θα ενοποιηθεί με το UEFA. 1999: "κάνει πρεμιέρα στις ΗΠΑ η ταινία ""Η απειλή του Φαντάσματος""της τριλογίας ""Ο πόλεμος των άστρων""." 2000: πεθαίνει ο κοσμοναύτης Γεβγκένι Κρουνόφ. 2001: η Ζονγκούα Σαν καταδικάζεται σε θάνατο από τη Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας επειδή αρνήθηκε να υποστεί επέμβαση στείρωσης. ↧
ΕVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 19/5
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- 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Daizong at Jiucheng Palace.
- 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
- 1051 – Henry I of France is married to Anne of Kiev.
- 1445 – John II of Castile defeats the Infantes of Aragon at the First Battle of Olmedo.
- 1499 – Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
- 1535 – French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
- 1542 – The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Burma.
- 1568 – Queen Elizabeth I of England orders the arrest of Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 1643 – Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
- 1649 – An Act of Parliament declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament. England would be a republic for the next eleven years.
- 1655 – The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- 1743 – Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
- 1749 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Continental Army garrison surrenders in the Battle of The Cedars.
- 1780 – New England's Dark Day: A combination of thick smoke and heavy cloud cover causes complete darkness to fall on Eastern Canada and the New England area of the United States at 10:30 A.M.
- 1802 – Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
- 1828 – U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
- 1845 – Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
- 1848 – Mexican–American War: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for US$15 million.
- 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
- 1911 – Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
- 1917 – The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
- 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
- 1921 – The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
- 1922 – The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
- 1934 – Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
- 1941 – The Viet Minh, a communist coalition, formed at Cao Bằng Province, Vietnam.
- 1942 – World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
- 1943 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the Normandy landings ("D-Day"). It would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather.
- 1950 – A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
- 1950 – Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
- 1959 – The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- 1961 – Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
- 1961 – At Silchar Railway Station, Assam, 11 Bengalis die when police open fire on protesters demanding state recognition of Bengali language in the Bengali Language Movement.
- 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
- 1963 – The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
- 1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- 1984 – Michael Larson, a contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck exploits a bug in the prize board, and wins over US$110,000.
- 1986 – The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
- 1991 – Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
- 1997 – The Sierra Gorda biosphere, the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, is established as a result of grassroots efforts.
- 2007 – President of Romania Traian Băsescu survives an impeachment referendum and returns to office from suspension.
- 2010 – The Royal Thai Armed Forces concludes its crackdown on protests by forcing the surrender of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship leaders.
- 2012 – Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing 1 and injuring 5 others.
- 2012 – A car bomb explodes near a military complex in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing 9 people.
- 2015 – The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
Births[edit]
- 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter and illustrator (d. 1678)
- 1616 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (d. 1667)
- 1700 – José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, Spanish sergeant and politician (d. 1770)
- 1724 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (d. 1779)
- 1744 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818)
- 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1814)
- 1773 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854)
- 1795 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1873)
- 1797 – Maria Isabel of Portugal (d. 1818)
- 1827 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French academic and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1896)
- 1832 – James Watney, Jr., English politician, brewer and cricketer (d. 1886)
- 1861 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (d. 1931)
- 1870 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (d. 1936)
- 1871 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (d. 1963)
- 1874 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1955)
- 1878 – Alfred Laliberté, Canadian sculptor and painter (d. 1953)
- 1879 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)
- 1880 – Albert Richardson, English architect and educator, designed the Manchester Opera House (d. 1964)
- 1881 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish marshal and politician, 1st President of Turkey (d. 1938)
- 1884 – David Munson, American runner (d. 1953)
- 1886 – Francis Biddle, American lawyer and judge, 58th United States Attorney General (d. 1968)
- 1887 – Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor (d. 1983)
- 1889 – Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author (d. 1939)
- 1889 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (d. 1963)
- 1890 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator (d. 1962)
- 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (d. 1969)
- 1891 – Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (d. 1916)
- 1893 – H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1950)
- 1897 – Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
- 1898 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter (d. 1974)
- 1899 – Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician (d. 1955)
- 1901 – Piri Vaszary, Hungarian actress (d. 1965)
- 1902 – Lubka Kolessa, Ukrainian-Canadian pianist and educator (d. 1997)
- 1906 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (d. 2007)
- 1908 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)
- 1908 – Merriam Modell, American author (d. 1994)
- 1908 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
- 1909 – Nicholas Winton, English banker and humanitarian (d. 2015)
- 1910 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (d. 1949)
- 1910 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (d. 1983)
- 1913 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 1996)
- 1913 – Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania (d. 1973)
- 1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
- 1914 – John Vachon, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975)
- 1915 – Renée Asherson, English actress (d. 2014)
- 1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000)
- 1919 – Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1990)
- 1919 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (d. 1991)
- 1921 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Yuri Kochiyama, American activist (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch historian and author (d. 1999)
- 1922 – Joe Gilmore, Irish bartender
- 1924 – Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1998)
- 1925 – Guy Provost, Canadian actor (d. 2004)
- 1925 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (d. 1965)
- 1926 – Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader and author (d. 2013)
- 1926 – David Jacobs, English radio and television host (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic
- 1926 – Fernand Raynaud, French actor and singer (d. 1973)
- 1926 – Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1927 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005)
- 1928 – Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (d. 1982)
- 1928 – Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (d. 2010)
- 1928 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Richard Larter, Australian painter (d. 2014)
- 1929 – John Stroger, American politician (d. 2008)
- 1930 – Eugene Genovese, American historian and author (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright and director (d. 1965)
- 1931 – Bob Anderson, English race car driver (d. 1967)
- 1931 – Éric Tappy, Swiss tenor and actor
- 1932 – Claude Blanchard, Canadian singer and actor (d. 2006)
- 1932 – Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
- 1932 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Elena Poniatowska, Mexican intellectual and journalist
- 1933 – Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, author, and academic
- 1934 – Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
- 1934 – Bill Fitch, American basketball player and coach
- 1934 – Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author
- 1935 – David Hartman, American journalist and actor
- 1937 – Pat Roach, English wrestler and actor (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Moisés da Costa Amaral, East Timorese politician (d. 1989)
- 1938 – Madge Hindle, English actress
- 1938 – Girish Karnad, Indian actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright
- 1938 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
- 1939 – Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter
- 1939 – James Fox, English actor and singer
- 1939 – Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-American actress and makeup artist
- 1939 – Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach
- 1939 – Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
- 1940 – Mickey Newbury, American singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1941 – Bobby Burgess, American singer and dancer
- 1941 – Nora Ephron, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1941 – Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Maltese-English lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
- 1941 – Tania Mallet, English model and actress
- 1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994)
- 1942 – Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
- 1943 – Eddie May, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Shirrel Rhoades, American author, publisher, and academic
- 1944 – Peter Mayhew, English-American actor
- 1945 – Pete Townshend, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Who, Deep End, and Thunderclap Newman)
- 1946 – Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
- 1946 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
- 1946 – André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
- 1947 – Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Planxty and The Johnstons)
- 1947 – Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
- 1947 – Steve Currie, English bass player (T. Rex) (d. 1981)
- 1947 – David Helfgott, Australian pianist
- 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1949 – Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (ZZ Top and American Blues)
- 1949 – Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
- 1949 – Archie Manning, American football player
- 1950 – Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (d. 1998)
- 1951 – Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian singer and actor (d. 2008)
- 1951 – Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (Ramones and Sniper) (d. 2001)
- 1951 – Dick Slater, American wrestler
- 1952 – Charlie Spedding, English runner
- 1952 – Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
- 1953 – Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
- 1953 – Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
- 1953 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (d. 1997)
- 1953 – Jimmy Thackery, American singer and guitarist (The Nighthawks)
- 1953 – Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1954 – Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1954 – Nükhet Duru, Turkish singer and actress
- 1954 – Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
- 1954 – Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer (AC/DC and Buster Brown)
- 1955 – James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java
- 1956 – Steven Ford, American actor
- 1956 – Oliver Letwin, English philosopher and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1956 – Martyn Ware, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Human League and Heaven 17)
- 1957 – Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
- 1957 – James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (Australian Crawl)
- 1959 – Nicole Brown Simpson, German-American murder victim (d. 1994)
- 1960 – Yazz, English singer
- 1961 – Vadim Cojocaru, Moldovan politician
- 1961 – Gregory Poirier, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1961 – Wayne Van Dorp, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 – Filippo Galli, Italian footballer and manager
- 1964 – Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
- 1964 – John Lee, South Korean-American football player
- 1964 – Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
- 1964 – Murali, Indian actor (d. 2010)
- 1964 – Lawrence Ng, Hong Kong actor
- 1964 – Sean Whalen, American actor and screenwriter
- 1965 – Boris, French singer-songwriter and radio host
- 1965 – Cecilia Bolocco, Chilean model and television host, Miss Universe 1987
- 1965 – Maile Flanagan, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1966 – Sophia Crawford, English actress and martial artist
- 1966 – Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
- 1966 – Polly Walker, English actress
- 1967 – Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
- 1968 – Kyle Eastwood, American actor, singer, and bass player
- 1970 – K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer
- 1970 – Mario Dumont, Canadian television host and politician
- 1970 – Jason Gray-Stanford, Canadian actor
- 1970 – Regina Narva, Estonian chess player
- 1971 – Psicosis, Mexican wrestler
- 1971 – Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
- 1972 – Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base)
- 1972 – Claudia Karvan, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 – Dario Franchitti, Scottish race car driver
- 1974 – Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1974 – Emma Shapplin, French soprano
- 1975 – Pretinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 – Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor
- 1975 – London Fletcher, American football player
- 1975 – Josh Paul, American baseball player and manager
- 1975 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Katatonia, Bloodbath, and October Tide)
- 1976 – Ed Cota, American basketball player
- 1976 – Kevin Garnett, American basketball player
- 1977 – Manuel Almunia, Spanish footballer
- 1977 – Wouter Hamel, Dutch singer and guitarist
- 1977 – Brandon Inge, American baseball player
- 1977 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and actress
- 1978 – Marcus Bent, English footballer
- 1978 – Dave Bus, Dutch footballer
- 1979 – Diego Forlán, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979 – Bérénice Marlohe, French actress
- 1979 – Andrea Pirlo, Italian footballer
- 1980 – Drew Fuller, American model and actor
- 1980 – Tony Hackworth, English footballer
- 1981 – Luciano Figueroa, Argentinian footballer
- 1981 – Yo Gotti, American rapper
- 1981 – Michael Leighton, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Sina Schielke, German sprinter
- 1981 – Georges St-Pierre, Canadian mixed martial artist and actor
- 1981 – Bong Tae-gyu, South Korean actor
- 1981 – Klaas-Erik Zwering, Dutch swimmer
- 1982 – Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
- 1982 – Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer
- 1982 – Alexandru Găvan, Romanian mountaineer
- 1982 – Rebecca Hall, English-American actress
- 1982 – Mihiro, Japanese actress, singer, and television personality
- 1982 – Klaas Vantornout, Belgian cyclist
- 1984 – Marcedes Lewis, American football player
- 1984 – Carla Lynch, English actress and model
- 1985 – Serina, Japanese entertainer (SDN48)
- 1985 – Chris Loudon, Scottish darts player
- 1986 – Mario Chalmers, American basketball player
- 1987 – Michael Angelakos, American singer-songwriter and producer (Passion Pit)
- 1987 – David Edgar, Canadian soccer player
- 1987 – Mariano Torres, Argentinian footballer
- 1989 – Jasmine, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1991 – Jordan Pruitt, American singer-songwriter
- 1992 – Michele Camporese, Italian footballer
- 1992 – Ola John, Dutch footballer
- 1992 – Sam Smith, English singer-songwriter
- 1993 – Ryunosuke Kamiki, Japanese actor
- 1994 – Carlos Guzmán, Mexican footballer
Deaths[edit]
- 804 – Alcuin, English monk and scholar (b. 735)
- 988 – Dunstan, English archbishop and saint (b. 909)
- 1102 – Stephen, Count of Blois (b. 1045)
- 1125 – Vladimir II Monomakh, Russian son of Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1053)
- 1296 – Pope Celestine V (b. 1215)
- 1319 – Louis, Count of Évreux (b. 1276)
- 1389 – Dmitry Donskoy, Russian son of Ivan II of Moscow (b. 1350)
- 1526 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (b. 1464)
- 1531 – Jan Łaski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1456)
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, English wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
- 1601 – Costanzo Porta, Italian composer (b. 1528)
- 1610 – Thomas Sanchez, Spanish priest and theologian (b. 1550)
- 1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588)
- 1715 – Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
- 1786 – John Stanley, English organist and composer (b. 1712)
- 1795 – Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 4th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1729)
- 1795 – James Boswell, Scottish biographer(b. 1740)
- 1798 – William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1722)
- 1821 – Camille Jordan, French lawyer and politician (b. 1771)
- 1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1760)
- 1831 – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Estonian-German physician, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1793)
- 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author and diplomat (b. 1804)
- 1865 – Sengge Rinchen, Mongolian general (b. 1811)
- 1876 – Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
- 1885 – Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
- 1895 – José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
- 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
- 1901 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
- 1903 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
- 1904 – Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
- 1904 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
- 1906 – Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)
- 1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
- 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
- 1915 – John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
- 1918 – Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
- 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, Welsh-English colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
- 1939 – Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
- 1940 – Diego Mazquiarán, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1895)
- 1943 – Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
- 1945 – Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
- 1946 – Booth Tarkington, American author and playwright (b. 1869)
- 1950 – Daniel Ciugureanu, Moldovan physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
- 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
- 1958 – Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
- 1958 – Ronald Colman, English-American actor (b. 1891)
- 1963 – Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
- 1965 – Tu'i Malila, Malagasy turtle (b. 1777)
- 1969 – Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
- 1971 – Ogden Nash, American poet and author (b. 1902)
- 1975 – Li Tobler, Swiss model and actress (b. 1948)
- 1978 – Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
- 1980 – Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
- 1983 – Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
- 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and academic (b. 1906)
- 1984 – Michael Silka, American spree killer (b. 1958)
- 1986 – Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
- 1987 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (b. 1915)
- 1989 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)
- 1989 – Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator (b. 1910)
- 1994 – Jacques Ellul, French sociologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (b. 1929)
- 1994 – Luis Ocaña, Spanish cyclist (b. 1945)
- 1996 – John Beradino, American baseball player and actor (b. 1917)
- 1998 – Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1922)
- 1999 – James Blades, English drummer and educator (Melos Ensemble) (b. 1901)
- 1999 – Candy Candido, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
- 2001 – Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
- 2002 – Ralph Anstruther, Scottish courtier (b. 1921)
- 2002 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911)
- 2002 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 2005 – Henry Corden, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1920)
- 2006 – Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (Freddie and the Dreamers) (b. 1940)
- 2007 – Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (b. 1940)
- 2007 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
- 2008 – Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
- 2009 – Nicholas Maw, English composer and academic (b. 1935)
- 2009 – Clint Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1913)
- 2009 – Herbert York, American physicist and academic (b. 1921)
- 2011 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 8th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Jeffrey Catherine Jones, American artist (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Tamara Brooks, American conductor and educator (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Ian Burgess, English race car driver (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Gerhard Hetz, German-Mexican swimmer (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Bella Flores, Filipino actress (b. 1929)
- 2013 – G. Sarsfield Ford, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1940)
- 2014 – Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (b. 1982)
- 2014 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Terry W. Gee, American businessman and politician (b. 1940)
- 2014 – Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (b. 1931)
- 2014 – Sante Kimes, American murderer (b. 1934)
- 2014 – Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (b. 1932)
- 2014 – Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (b. 1934)
- 2015 – Bruce Lundvall, American businessman (b. 1935)
- 2015 – Ted McWhinney, Australian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
- 2015 – State of Bengal, Pakistani-English DJ and producer (b. 1965)
- 2015 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (b. 1926)
- 2015 – Robert S. Wistrich, English historian, author, and academic (b. 1945)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| May 19th: On this Day | |
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| 1960, American DJ Alan Freed was indicted along with seven others for accepting $30,650 in payola from six record companies. Two years later, he was convicted and given a suspended sentence and a $300 fine. | |
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| 1967, The Beatles held a press party at manager's Brian Epstein's house in London for the launch of the Sgt. Pepper album. Linda Eastman was hired as the press photographer. | |
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| 1973, Stevie Wonder went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life'. His third US No.1, won Wonder a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. This song was the second single released from the album 'Talking Book'. | |
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| 1973, Wizzard were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'See My Baby Jive,' Roy Wood's (from The Move), latest group spent four weeks at the top of the charts. | |
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| 1973, Paul Simon released the single 'Kodachrome' named after the Kodak 35mm film Kodachrome which became a No.2 hit in the US. It was not released as a single in Britain, because the BBC would not play the trademarked name. | |
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| 1974, The Rubettes were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Sugar Baby Love', the group's only UK No.1. | |
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| 1976, Rolling Stone Keith Richards crashed his car near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, after falling asleep at the wheel; marijuana and cocaine were found by the police resulting in another fine for the guitarist. | |
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| 1978, Dire Straits released their first major label single 'Sultans Of Swing', recorded on a £120 budget. The song was first recorded as a demo at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977, and quickly acquired a following after it was put on rotation at Radio London. | |
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| 1979, ABBA started a four week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Voulez-Vous' the group's fourth No.1 album. | |
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| 1979, Eric Clapton held a party at his Surrey house celebrating his recent marriage to Patti Boyd. Clapton had set-up a small stage in the garden and as the evening progressed, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ended up jamming together along with Clapton, Ginger Baker and Mick Jagger. The all-star band ran through old Little Richard and Eddie Cochran songs. | |
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| 1979, Supertramp went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Breakfast In America', the group's only US No.1. It featured three US Billboard hit singles: 'The Logical Song', 'Goodbye Stranger' and 'Take the Long Way Home'. | |
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| 1980, Ringo Starr and his future wife were involved in a car crash less than half a mile from where Marc Bolan was killed, the car was a write-off but Starr and Bach were not seriously injured. | |
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| 1981, Sting was named songwriter of the year at the 26th Ivor Novello Awards. | |
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| 1984, Bob Marley and the Wailers started a 12-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with the compilation album 'Legend', released to commemorate the third anniversary of Marley's death. | |
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| 1988, James Brown was arrested for the fifth time in 12 months, following a car chase near his home, he was charged with assault, resisting arrest and being in charge of illegal weapons, he was given a 6 year jail sentence. | |
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| 1990, Madonna started a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Vogue'. Originally planned as a B-side, it became the singers eighth US No.1 and seventh UK No.1 hit. | |
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| 2001, Mike Sammes founder of The Mike Sammes Singers died aged 73. He worked with Tom Jones, Cliff Richard and featured on The Beatles, ‘I Am the Walrus’, and 'The Long And Winding Road.' | |
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| 2002, Liberty X went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Just A Little.' They were the five runners-up from the TV talent show "Pop Stars", who failed to become part of the winning group Hear'Say. | |
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| 2007, Lawyers for Michael Jackson dropped an effort to block an auction of the star's personal belongings and other Jackson family items. An agreement was reached with representatives of an auctioneer, who was the current owner of the materials, and a New Jersey man who claimed to own a warehouse full of Jackson memorabilia after a failed business venture wound up in bankruptcy court. | |
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| 2010, 'Stairway To Heaven' was named the UK's favourite rock song in a survey by listeners to radio station Absolute Classic Rock. Led Zeppelin had two other tracks in the top 10; ‘Whole Lotta Love’ was voted at No. 4 and ‘Rock 'n' Roll’, from the group’s fourth album, was at No. 7. | |
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| 2013, A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison sold for $408,000 (£269,000) at auction. The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by VOX was bought by an unidentified US buyer in New York. Harrison played ‘I Am the Walrus’, on the guitar in a scene from Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. Lennon used it in a video for 'Hello, Goodbye' later that year. After playing the guitar, Lennon gave it as a 25th birthday present to Alexis "Magic Alex" Mardas, a member of The Beatles' inner circle in the 1960s. | |
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| 2015, Lee Ryan became the fourth and final member of Blue to declare himself bankrupt. Lee became the last member of the chart-topping boyband - who earned more than £80million after selling in excess of 15million records worldwide - to file for bankruptcy, following in the financial footsteps of his band mates Simon Webbe, Antony Costa and Duncan James. | |
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| 1932, Born on this day, Alma Cogan, UK singer, (1955 UK No.1 single 'Dreamboat', plus 20 other UK Top 40 hits). Youngest female to top the charts during the 50's. She died of stomach cancer on 26th October 1966. | |
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| 1945, Born on this day, Pete Townshend, guitar, vocals, The Who, (1965 UK No.2 single 'My Generation' 1967 US No.9 single 'I Can See For Miles' plus over 20 other UK Top 40 hit singles, 16 US Top 40 singles and rock opera albums 'Tommy'& 'Quadrophenia'). Townshend became known for his eccentric stage style during the band's early days, swinging his right arm against the guitar strings in his signature move; a windmill style, often smashing guitars on stage. | |
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| 1947, Born on this day, Greg Herbert, Blood Sweat & Tears, (1969 US No.2 single 'Spinning Wheel'). Herbert died of an accidental drug overdose 31st January 1977. | |
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| 1948, Born on this day, Tom Scott, saxophonist, the L.A. Express worked with Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Steely Dan. Composer of film soundtracks & TV shows. | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Dusty Hill, bass, keyboardist, and co-vocalist with ZZ Top, (1984 US No.8 and 1985 UK No.16 single 'Legs'). ZZ Top has had global album sales in excess of 50 million as of 2014. Along with his brother Rocky Hill and future fellow ZZ Top member Frank Beard, Hill played in local Dallas bands the Warlocks, the Cellar Dwellers, and American Blues. | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Romeo Challenger, Showaddywaddy, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Under The Moon Of Love', plus over 20 other UK Top 40 singles). | |
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| 1952, Born on this day, Grace Jones, singer, model, (1985 UK No.12 single 'Slave To The Rhythm'). | |
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| 1952, Born on this day, Jeffrey Hyman, (Joey Ramone), vocals, the Ramones, 1977 UK No.22 single 'Sheena Is A Punk Rocker'. He died on 15th April 2001 after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer aged 49. On November 30, 2003, a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place. | |
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| 1954, Born on this day, Phil Rudd, drums, AC/DC, from 1975 through 1983, and again from 1994 to 2015, (1980 UK No.36 single 'Whole Lotta Rosie' and 1980 UK No.1 & US No.14 album Back In Black sold over 49 million copies). On 6 November 2014 Rudd was arrested and charged with attempting to procure a murder, threatening to kill, possession of methamphetamine and possession of cannabis, following a police raid on his home. | |
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| 1956, Born on this day, Martyn Ware, Heaven 17, (1983 UK No.2 single 'Temptation'), Human League, (1981 UK No.1 single 'Don't You Want Me' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles). | |
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| 1960, Born on this day, Yasmin Evans, (Yazz), singer, (1988 UK No.1 single 'The Only Way Is Up'). | |
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| 1962, Born on this day, Iain Harvie, guitarist, Del Amitri, (1990 UK No.11 single 'Nothing Ever Happens'). | |
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| 1963, Born on this day, Ben Volperliere, Curiosity Killed The Cat, (1989 UK No.14 single 'Name And Number'). | |
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| 1968, Born on this day, Paul Hartnoll, Orbital, (1996 UK No.11 single 'The Box'). | |
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| 1970, Born on this day, Attrell Cordes, Prince Be, PM Dawn, (1991 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Set Adrift On Memory Bliss'). | |
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| 1970, Born on this day, Stuart Cable, drums, Stereophonics, (2001 UK No.5 single 'Have A Nice Day'). Left the band in 2003. Presented his own Cable TV show in Wales and worked for BBC Radio Wales. Cable was found dead at him home near Aberdare in Wales on 7th June 2010 aged 40. | |
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| 1972, Born on this day, Jenny Berggren, singer, songwriter, Ace Of Base, (1993 UK No.1 single 'All That She Wants', 1994 US No.1 single 'The Sign'). | |
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| 1992, Born on this day, Sam Smith, British singer-songwriter. He featured on Naughty Boy's 'La La La' which was a UK No.1 in May 2013 and scored the 2014 UK No.1 single 'Stay with Me', and won four Grammy Awards in 2015. |
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