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Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays
Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays
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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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Today in History for May 6: In 1491 BC, it is said Moses began his ascent up Mount Sinai and his inevitable appointment with the Lord to receive the Ten Commandments.
May 5, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in Music History for May 6: In 1859, John Bayley conducted the Victoria Philharmonic Society in the first concert given in what now is the British Columbia capital.
May 5, 2024 11:15 PM
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Celebrity Birthdays for May 5: Actor Michael Murphy is 86. World and Olympic champion pairs figure skater Barbara Wagner is 86. Actor Lance Henriksen ("Millennium," ''Aliens") is 84. Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 81.
May 4, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in Music History for May 5: In 1891, New York's Carnegie Hall, then called the Music Hall, had its opening night with a concert that included works conducted by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Walter Damrosch.
May 4, 2024 11:15 PM
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Today in History for May 5: In 614, Persians seized Jerusalem and captured the True Holy Cross that St. Helena had placed there after finding it. It would be years before the Christians would recapture it.
May 4, 2024 11:15 PM
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Celebrity Birthdays for May 4: Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson musical family, is 94. Jazz bassist Ron Carter is 87. Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator George Will is 83. Singer Peggy Santiglia Davison of The Angels is 80.
May 3, 2024 11:15 PM
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