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In Music History
1949 Rocker Terry Reid is born in Huntingdon, England. Known for '60s songs like "Better By Far" and The Hollies' "A Man With No Expression," which he wrote with Graham Nash (later recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as "Horses Through a Rainstorm").
1947 Toy Caldwell (lead guitarist for The Marshall Tucker Band) is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
1946 Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is born in Soper, Oklahoma. Wrote the Jerry Jeff Walker song "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother" (1973).
1944 R&B singer Timmy Thomas, known for the 1972 hit "Why Can't We Live Together," is born in Evansville, Indiana.
1942 Blues singer and guitarist John Hammond Jr. is born in New York City, New York.
1940 Justine "Baby" Washington is born in Bamberg, South Carolina, but would be raised in Harlem, New York. Known for her biggest hit, "That's How Heartaches Are Made," in 1963.
1935 Bing Crosby records "Silent Night."
1921 Composer Joonas Kokkonen, known for his opera The Last Temptations, is born in Iisalmi, Finland.
1868 Italian composer Gioachino Rossini dies of pneumonia in Passy, Paris, France, at age 76.
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2015 The blues-rock band Eagles of Death Metal are in the midst of performing their song "Kiss the Devil" at a sold-out show at Le Bataclan in Paris, France, when the venue is attacked by terrorists armed with automatic rifles, grenades and explosive suicide vests - one of many attacks throughout the city.More
2006 After failing in their attempt at a video streaming service, Google buys YouTube, growing it into the second-most-popular website worldwide (after google.com).
2001 With the help of Gloria Estefan, Colombian-born songstress Shakira releases her first English-language album, Laundry Service. It features the Top 10 hit "Whenever, Wherever."More
1982 Men at Work's debut album Business as Usual hits #1 in America, where it stays for 15 weeks until it is dethroned by Michael Jackson's Thriller.
1976 Rod Stewart's "Tonight's The Night," with some French cooing by his girlfriend Britt Ekland, hits #1 in America for the first of eight weeks.More
1965 Simple as Do-Re-Mi: The Sound of Music soundtrack, featuring Julie Andrews, hits #1 in America.
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