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What happened in history on this day: April 14?
On April 14 in ...
- 1895 - First performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) second Symphony.
- 1971 - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies", premieres in New York City.
- 1986 - 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Alabama, Reba McEntire.
Births on April 14
- 1819 - Birth of Charles Halle; pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orchestra).
- 1912 - Birth of Piet van Egmond; Dutch organist/conductor (Netherlands Chamber Orchestra).
- 1925 - Birth of Bill Harris; American guitarist (Clovers - "Good Lovin'").
- 1933 - Birth of Buddy Knox in Happy, Texas, USA; rock vocalist ("Party Doll", "Lovey Dovey").
- 1945 - Birth of Derek Leckenby; rocker/actor ("Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter").
- 1945 - Birth of Ritchie Blackmore in England; guitarist (Rainbow - "Stone Cold", Deep Purple).
- 1946 - Birth of Patrick Fairley; guitarist (Marmalade - "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da").
- 1948 - Birth of Larry Ferguson in Nassau, Bahamas; keyboardist (Hot Chocolate - "You Sexy Thing").
- 1948 - Birth of Ty Grimes; rocker (Captain Beefheart Band Drums).
- 1960 - Birth of Brian Forster; rocker (Partridge Family Drums).
- 1967 - Birth of Barret Martin; rocker (Screaming Trees).
Deaths on April 14
- 1759 - Georg Frideric Händel organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at age 74.
- 1983 - Death of Pete Farndom at age 30 of a drug overdose at his home in England; bass guitarist (The Pretenders).
- 1985 - Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at age 63.
- 1995 - Death of Burl Ives at age 85 of mouth cancer in his home in Anacortes, Washington, USA; folk singer ("The Blue Tail Fly", "Little Bitty Tear", "Funny Way of Laughin'", "Holly, Jolly Christmas"), actor (The Big Country (Oscar award 1958), Big Daddy - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Alias Smith and Jones TV show).
- 1996 - Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at age 50.
- 1999 - Death of Anthony Newley at age 67 of cancer in his home in Florida, USA; British entertainer/songwriter/singer ("Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "The Candy Man", "Goldfinger").
- 2007 - Death of Don Ho in Hawaii at age 76; singer ("Tiny Bubbles").
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