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What happened in history on this day: December 17?
On December 17 in ...
- 1865 - Franz Schubert's "Unvolendete Symphony" premieres.
- 1953 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 10th Symphony premieres in Leningrad.
- 1962 - Beatles first British TV appearance (People and Places).
- 1965 - Astrodome opens, first event is Judy Garland and Supremes concert.
- 1969 - 50 million TV viewers see singer Tiny Tim marry Miss Vicky, on The Tonight Show.
Births on December 17
- 1894 - Birth of Arthur Fiedler in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; viola player, longtime conductor of the Boston Pops (1930-1979).
- 1910 - Birth of Sy Oliver in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA; trumpet player/arranger/bandleader (Tommy Dorsey - "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Opus One").
- 1936 - Birth of Tommy Steele in London, England; singer/actor ("Half a Sixpence", "Finian's Rainbow").
- 1937 - Birth of Art Neville in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; vocalist (Neville Brothers).
- 1939 - Birth of Eddie Kendricks in Birmingham, Alabama, USA; singer (The Temptations - "My Girl", "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (1964), solo - "Keep on Truckin'", "Boogie Down").
- 1939 - Birth of James Booker in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; rhythm and blues musician (Gonzo).
- 1942 - Birth of Paul Butterfield in Chicago, Illinois, USA; blues musician (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - "Better Days").
- 1948 - Birth of Jim Bonfanti; drummer (The Raspberries - "Go All the Way").
- 1949 - Birth of Paul Rodgers in England; rocker (Bad Company - "Feel Like Makin' Love", The Firm).
- 1950 - Birth of Carlton Barrett; Jamaican reggae drummer (Bob Marley and Wailers).
- 1951 - Birth of Wanda Hutchison; rocker (The Emotions).
- 1953 - Birth of Mark Gane in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; rocker (M+M).
- 1953 - Birth of Sharon White; country singer (The Whites).
- 1958 - Birth of Mike Mills; US pop bassist (REM - "One I Love", "Stand").
- 1961 - Birth of Sarah Dallin; rocker (Bananarama - "Venus").
- 1994 - Birth of Nathaniel Marvin Wolff, American actor, singer-songwriter/keyboardist (The Naked Brothers Band).
Deaths on December 17
- 1965 - Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at age 76.
- 1978 - Death of Don Ellis at age 44; jazz musician and composer (The French Connection movie score (1973)).
- 1999 - Grover Washington Junior, jazz saxophonist and composer, suffers a heart attack and collapses after taping four songs for The Saturday Early Show on CBS, dying in hospital in New York City.
- 1999 - Death of Rex Allen, after being accidently run over in his own driveway; singer, published over 300 songs, starred in 19 Republic western movies, narrated dozens of Disney films and TV ashows.
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