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birth:
1. Remove anachronistic "Germany". Depending on your viewpoint, he
was born in the Rheinland or Prussia.
2. Remove reference to his date of birth. It's not known, though
it's possible it was 16t or 17 December.
3. Get the date of his christening right.
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/*
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* Music
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*
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* $FreeBSD$
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*/
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#ifndef _calendar_music_
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#define _calendar_music_
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01/01 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942
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01/03 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945
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01/04 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979
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01/08 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947
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01/08 Elvis Presley born, 1935
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01/09 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945
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01/10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976
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01/10 Jim Croce is born in Philadelphia, 1943
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01/10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952
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01/10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945
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01/13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973
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01/17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969
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01/19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943
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01/22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935
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01/24 Warren Zevon is born, 1947
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01/25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978
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01/27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930
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01/27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Salzburg, Austria, 1756
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01/28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970
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01/30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982
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01/31 Franz Schubert is born in Lichtenthal, Vienna, Austria, 1797
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01/31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970
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02/01 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949
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02/02 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942
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02/03 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is born in Hamburg, Germany, 1809
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02/03 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big
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Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959
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02/07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964
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02/07 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979
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02/09 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941
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02/12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964
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02/13 Richard Wagner dies in Venice, Italy, 1883
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02/17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982
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02/18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933
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02/19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in
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Britain, 1972
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02/19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940
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02/20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946
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02/20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974
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02/23 George Friedrich Handel is born in Halle on the Saale, Germany, 1685
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02/23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944
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02/25 George Harrison born in Liverpool, England, 1943
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02/29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904
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03/01 Frederic Chopin is born in Zelazowa Wola, Warsaw, Poland, 1810
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03/01 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969
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03/02 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949
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03/03 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966
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03/04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678
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03/07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896
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03/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973
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03/08 (Louis) Hector Berlioz dies in Paris, 1869
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03/09 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945
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03/13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971
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03/15 Sly Stone born, 1944
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03/17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942
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03/21 Johann Sebastian Bach is born in Eisenach, Germany, 1685
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03/22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974
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03/25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943
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03/25 Bela Bartok is born in Nagyszentmiklos, Hungary, 1881
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03/26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971
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03/26 Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, Austria, 1827
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03/28 Sergej Rachmaninow dies in Beverley Hills, 1943
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03/29 Carl Orff dies in Munich, Germany, 1982
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03/29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973
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03/30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945
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03/31 Joseph Haydn is born in Rohrau, Austria, 1732
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04/01 Sergej Rachmaninow is born in Oneg, Russia, 1873
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04/02 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939
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04/04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork,
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Mississippi, 1915
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04/09 Paul Robeson born, 1898
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04/10 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970
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04/14 George Friedrich Handel dies in London, England, 1759
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04/14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945
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04/18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981
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04/25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925
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04/25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918
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04/26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933
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04/29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968
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05/01 Kate Smith born, 1909
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05/01 Antonin Dvorak dies in Prague, 1904
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05/03 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945
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05/07 Johannes Brahms is born in Hamburg, Germany, 1833
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05/07 Tchaikowsky born, 1840
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05/10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945
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05/11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981
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05/12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977
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05/18 Gustav Mahler dies in Vienna, Austria, 1911
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05/18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949
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05/19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945
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05/20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967
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05/22 Richard Wagner is born in Leipzig, Germany, 1813
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05/23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963
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05/24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941
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05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886
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05/31 Joseph Haydn dies in Vienna, Austria, 1809
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05/31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976
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06/01 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967
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06/03 Georges Bizet dies in Bougival, Paris, France, 1875
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06/05 Carl Maria von Weber dies in London, England, 1826
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06/06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955
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06/06 Dee Dee Ramone dies, 2002
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06/07 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969
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06/08 Robert Schumann is born in Zwickau, Germany, 1810
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06/09 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923
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06/10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910
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06/10 Judy Garland born, 1922
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06/11 Richard Strauss is born in Munich, Germany, 1864
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06/15 Edvard Grieg is born in Bergen, Norway, 1843
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06/15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941
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06/16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967
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06/18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942
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06/21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948
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06/22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948
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06/24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944
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06/27 John Entwistle dies in Las Vegas, 2002
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07/02 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969
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07/03 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971
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07/06 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965
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07/07 Gustav Mahler is born in Kalischt, Bohemia, 1860
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07/07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940
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07/10 Carl Orff is born in Munich, Germany, 1895
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07/12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 1979
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07/14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912
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07/16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966
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07/16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981
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07/17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilion, 1968
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07/20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947
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07/25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965
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07/25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969
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07/26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943
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07/28 Antonio Vivaldi dies in Vienna, 1741
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07/28 Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig, 1750
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07/28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973
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07/29 Robert Schumann dies in Endenich, Bonn, Germany, 1856
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08/01 The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971
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08/04 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus", 1966
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08/10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947
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08/13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951
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08/15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey, 1962
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08/15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965
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08/15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969
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08/16 Elvis Presley dies, 1977
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08/16 Madonna Louise Ciccone born in Bay City, Michigan, 1958
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08/21 Joe Strummer (The Clash), born John Mellor in Ankara, Turkey, 1952
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08/23 Keith Moon is born in London, England, 1946
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08/26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970
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08/26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970
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09/04 Edvard Grieg dies in Bergen, Norway, 1907
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09/07 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978
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09/08 Antonin Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Bohemia, 1841
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09/08 Richard Strauss dies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 1949
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09/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno, California, 1945
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09/14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814
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09/16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925
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09/18 Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Colvin) born in Fort Lee, Virginia, 1952
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09/19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981
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09/20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
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09/23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969
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09/23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949
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09/25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980
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09/26 Bela Bartok dies in New York, 1945
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09/26 George Gershwin is born in Brooklyn, NY, 1898
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10/04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970
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10/05 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943
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10/07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957
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10/09 John Entwistle is born in London, England, 1944
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10/09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940
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10/10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946
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10/12 Ray Conniff dies after falling down and hitting his head, 2002
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10/12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966
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10/16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947
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10/17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967
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10/17 Frederic Chopin dies in Paris, France, 1849
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10/18 Chuck Berry is born in San Jose, California, 1926
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10/20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977
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10/21 Jesus Christ Super Star debuted on Broadway, 1971
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10/22 Franz Liszt born, 1811
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10/22 Pablo Casals dies in Puerto Rico, 1973
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10/25 Georges Bizet is born in Paris, France, 1838
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10/25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944
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10/25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964
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10/29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971
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10/30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939
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11/02 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 1968
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11/02 Keith Emerson is born, 1944
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11/03 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972
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11/04 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy dies in Leipzig, Germany, 1847
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11/06 Ray Conniff born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1916
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11/07 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943
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11/08 Patti Page born, 1927
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11/09 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967
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11/10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948
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11/12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945
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11/13 Paul Simon born, 1942
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11/16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965
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11/18 Carl Maria von Weber is born in Eutin, Germany, 1786
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11/19 Franz Schubert dies in Vienna, Austria, 1828
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11/20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946
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11/20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947
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11/22 Saint Cecilia's day (patron saint of music)
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11/24 Scott Joplin born, 1868
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11/25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976
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11/25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867
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11/26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968
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11/26 Paul Hindemith is born in Hanau, Germany, 1895
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11/27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942
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11/29 Pau Casals born in Vendrell, 1876
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11/30 George Harrison dies at 13:30 in L.A., 2001
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12/04 Frank Zappa dies in his Laurel Canyon home shortly before 18:00, 1993
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12/05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies in Vienna, Austria, 1791
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12/06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877
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12/06 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969
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12/07 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942
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12/08 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943
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12/08 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980
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12/09 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973
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12/11 (Louis) Hector Berlioz born in La-C<>te-Saint-Andr<64>, 1803
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12/13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949
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12/15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877
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12/16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971
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12/17 Ludwig van Beethoven is christened in Bonn, 1770
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12/21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940
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12/23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871
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12/23 Joe Strummer (born John Mellor) dies in Broomfield, England, 2002
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12/28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946
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12/28 Paul Hindemith dies in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 1963
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12/31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969
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#endif /* !_calendar_music_ */
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