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Lionel Bart (August 1, 1930–April 3, 1999), English composer, would have turned 93 this year. Ronnie Kemper (August 1, 1909–February 16, 1997), American singer, would have turned 114 this year. Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779–January 11, 1843), American composer, lawyer and poet, would have turned 244 this year.
Jackie McLean (May 17, 1931 –March 31, 2006), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 93 this year. Karl Drewo (May 17, 1929 –October 05, 1995), Austrian tenor saxophonist, would have turned 95 this year. Peter Badie (May 17, 1925 –April 15, 2023), American bass player, would have turned 99 this year. Bob Merrill (May 17, 1921 ...
This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. 1933 – Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona. 1936 – The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
The Beatles were the only group or artist to have more than one #1 song in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. Their song " Hey Jude " was the best-performing single in 1968, spending a total of nine consecutive weeks atop the chart and tying the record at the time for the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, set by " Theme from A ...
August 1: Lughnasadh in the Northern Hemisphere; Buwan ng Wika begins in the Philippines; PLA Day in China ( 1927 ) Joseph Priestley. 30 BC – War of Actium: Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at Alexandria, establishing Roman Egypt.
La'Porsha Renae Mays was born on August 1, 1993, in McComb, Mississippi. At age 16, Renae auditioned for the tenth season of American Idol. After graduating from college at age 22, Renae was a victim of domestic abuse. After a year, she separated from her husband and moved back to McComb with her one-month-old daughter Nayalee Keya.
November 8. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.