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In Music History
1933 Jazz guitarist Calvin Newborn is born in Whiteville, Tennessee.
1932 Country singer Maxine Brown (of The Browns) is born in Campti, Louisiana.
1904 Syd Nathan, King Records founder who signed James Brown, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1810 Beethoven composes his "Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor," (better known as "Für Elise".) The piece is dedicated to Therese Malfatti, a friend and student of Beethoven's.
1749 George Frederick Handel's "Music For The Royal Fireworks" debuts in London's Green Park.
British Acts Vanish From American Chart
2002For the first time since 1963, there are no British acts in the US Hot 100, as Americans reject acts like Blur, Oasis and Robbie Williams.
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2003 Iggy Pop reunites with The Stooges for the first time in 30 years to close out the Coachella festival. In 2010, the Stooges enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1988 Lizzo is born Melissa Jefferson in Detroit, Michigan. She moves to Minneapolis in 2011 and appears on the 2014 Prince song "BoyTrouble" before releasing her breakthrough single, "Truth Hurts," in 2017.
1987 U2 make the cover of Time magazine with the headline "Rock's Hottest Ticket."
1981 The Beatle and the Bond Girl: Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach after meeting her on the set of the movie Caveman. They defy Hollywood odds and stay together.
1976 After a trip to Moscow, David Bowie is detained in vain on a train at the Poland-Russian border by customs officers who don't appreciate his collection of Nazi books and mementos. Bowie claims he is researching a film on Joseph Goebbels, and is released after a few hours.
1932 Casey Kasem, a DJ famous for hosting American Top 40 and for being the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, is born Kemal Amen Kasem in Detroit, Michigan.
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