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Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays
Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays
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Celebrity Birthdays for May 9: Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 90. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 87. Composer Bruce Mather is 85. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 84.
May 8, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in Music History for May 9: In 1909, fiddler Don Messer, Canada's foremost exponent of old-time music, was born in Tweedside, N.B. "Don Messer and His Islanders" were a fixture on Canadian radio and television for more than 30 years.
May 8, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in History for May 9: In 1092, England's Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated. In 1265, the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, author of the Divine Comedy, was born.
May 8, 2024 11:15 PM
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Celebrity Birthdays for May 8: Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 98. Author Thomas Pynchon is 87. Singer Toni Tennille is 84. Actor James Mitchum is 83. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 82. Bassist Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds) is 81.
May 7, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in History for May 8: In 615, Pope St. Boniface IV, who sanctioned moral and material improvements for the lower clergy, died.
May 7, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in Music History for May 8: In 1929, Metropolitan opera tenor Edward Johnson sang on the final evening of the first music festival held in his hometown of Guelph, Ont.
May 7, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in Music History for May 7: In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven's monumental "Ninth Symphony" premiered in Vienna.
May 6, 2024 11:15 PM
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Celebrity Birthdays for May 7: Singer Thelma Houston is 81. Actress Robin Strasser ("One Life To Live," ''Passions") is 79. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 78. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 78.
May 6, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in History for May 7: In 1274, during the Council of Lyons in France, the Eastern and Western churches were briefly reconciled. In 1355, 1,200 Jews in Toledo, Spain, were killed by Count Henry of Trastamara.
May 6, 2024 11:15 PM
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Celebrity Birthdays for May 6: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays is 93. Singer Bob Seger is 79. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 79. Singer and comedian Lulu Roman ("Hee Haw") is 78. Actor Alan Dale ("Lost," ''Ugly Betty") is 77.
May 5, 2024 11:15 PM
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