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What happened in history on this day: April 8?
On April 8 in ...
- 1781 - Premiere of Mozart's violin sonata K379.
- 1935 - Bartóks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington DC.
Births on April 8
- 1692 - Birth of Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo).
- 1889 - Birth of Adrian Boult in Chester, England; conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra).
- 1902 - Birth of Josef Krips in Vienna, Austria; conductor (London Symphony 1954-63).
- 1920 - Birth of Carmen [Mercedes] McRae in New York City, New York, USA; jazz singer/pianist (Downbeat's New Star of 1954).
- 1923 - Birth of Franco Corelli in Ancona, Italy; tenor (Don José - Carmen).
- 1928 - Birth of Monty Sunshine; jazz bandleader ("Gotta Travel On").
- 1929 - Birth of Jacques Brel in Brussels, Belgium; songwriter/singer/actor (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Pain in the Ass).
- 1930 - Birth of John Reardon in New York City, New York, USA; baritone (Falke-Die Fledermaus).
- 1933 - Birth of Fred Ebb; lyricist (Cabaret).
- 1941 - Birth of Peggy Lennon in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (Lennon Sisters).
- 1944 - Birth of Roger Chapman in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; rock vocalist (Family - "Family Entertainment").
- 1947 - Birth of Peter Banks in England; guitarist (Yes - "Owner of a Lonely Heart").
- 1947 - Birth of Steve Howe in London, England; rock guitarist (Asia - "Wildest Dream", Yes - "Roundabout").
- 1951 - Birth of Mel Schachter; rocker (Grand Funk Railroad - "We're An American Band").
- 1952 - Birth of Adam Woods; rock drummer/pianist (Fixx).
- 1962 - Birth of Izzy Stradlin [Jeff Isabelle] in Lafayette, Indiana, USA; guitarist (Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle").
- 1963 - Birth of Julian Lennon in Liverpool, England, son of John Lennon; singer ("Too Late for Goodbyes"), subject of Beatles' "Hey Jude".
- 1964 - Birth of Biz Markie; rocker (Meteor Man, Townsend Television).
- 1979 - Birth of Alexi Laiho; Finnish rock guitarist (Children of Bodom).
Deaths on April 8
- 1991 - Death of Per "Dead" Yngve Ohlin, vocalist for Mayhem/Morbid (suicide) (born 1969).
- 1994 - Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana, is found dead in Seattle, Washington. His death is believed to have been a suicide.
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