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Today-Music-History-May10

Today in Music History for May 10: In 1899, dancer, singer and actor Fred Astaire, whose real name was Frederick Austerlitz, was born in Omaha, Neb.
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Today-Music-History-May07

Today in Music History for May 7: In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven's monumental "Ninth Symphony" premiered in Vienna.
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Today-Music-History-May08

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.
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Today-Music-History-May06

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.
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Celebrity-Birthdays-May01

Celebrity Birthdays for May 1: Singer Judy Collins is 85. Composer Victor Davies is 85. Actor Stephen Macht ("Suits," ''General Hospital") is 82. Singer Rita Coolidge is 79. Singer-bassist Nick Fortuna of The Buckinghams is 78.
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Today-Music-History-May05

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.
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Celebrity-Birthdays-May04

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.
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Today-History-May11

Today in History for May 11: On this date: In 1189, Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders left Regensburg in southern Germany for the Holy Land. In 1421, Jews were expelled from Styria in Austria.
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Celebrity-Birthdays-May02

Celebrity Birthdays for May 2: Singer Englebert Humperdinck is 88. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 79. Actress-activist Bianca Jagger is 79. Actor David Suchet is 78. Country singer Larry Gatlin is 76. Singer Lou Gramm of Foreigner is 74.
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Today-History-May10

Today in History for May 10: On this date: In 1278, Jews in England were imprisoned on charges of coining. In 1427, Jews were expelled from Berne, Switzerland. In 1534, Jacques Cartier arrived at Cape Bonavista, Nfld., on his first voyage to Canada.
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