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What happened in history on this day: April 16?
On April 16 in ...
- 1974 - 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario, California.
- 1991 - Mike Leander and Edward Seago's musical Matador, premieres in London.
Births on April 16
- 1703 - Birth of Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke.
- 1897 - Birth of Jaap Vranken; Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater).
- 1904 - Birth of Lily Pons in Draguignan, France; soprano/diva ("Hitting a New High").
- 1924 - Birth of Henry Mancini in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; pianist, composer, orchestra leader (Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke orchestra, worked on over 100 films, "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", Peter Gunn TV show theme, The Pink Panther movie theme, over 90 albums, "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" album (1969)).
- 1929 - Birth of Roy Hamilton in Leesburg, Georgia, USA; singer ("You'll Never Walk Alone", "If I Loved You", "Ebb Tide", "Unchained Melody", "Don't Let Go", "You Can Have Her").
- 1930 - Birth of Herbie Mann in Brooklyn, New York, USA; jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin').
- 1932 - Birth of Vince Hill; singer ("Roses of Picardy", "La Vie en Rose").
- 1933 - Birth of Perry Botkin Junior in New York City, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Bert Convy Show).
- 1935 - Birth of Bobby Vinton in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (Roses are Red, Blue on Blue).
- 1939 - Birth of Dusty Springfield AKA Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brien in Hampstead, London, England; singer ("I Only Want to Be With You", "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me", "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", "Growing Pains", Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (1999)).
- 1945 - Birth of Stefan Grossman in New York City, New York, USA; country blues singer ("Yazoo Basin Boogie").
- 1947 - Birth of Gerry Rafferty in Paisley, Scotland; guitarist/vocalist ("Baker Street").
- 1953 - Birth of Peter Garrett; singer (Midnight Oil), politician.
- 1962 - Birth of Jason Scheff; bassist (Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4").
- 1962 - Birth of Ian MacKaye; rocker (Cyrano de Bergerac).
- 1963 - Birth of Jimmy Osmond in Ogden, Utah, USA; singer (Donnie and Marie Show).
- 1964 - Birth of Dave Pirner; rocker (Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train").
- 1971 - Birth of Selena [Quintanilla Perez] in Lake Jackson, Texas, USA; tejano singer (Grammy-1994).
- 1987 - Birth of Milton J Cross in New York City, New York; TV announcer (Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air).
Deaths on April 16
- 1973 - István Kertész, Hungarian-born German conductor (London Symphony), dies at age 43.
- 1980 - Death of Morris Stoloff at age 81; film composer and conductor (musical director of Columbia Pictures for over 20 years, three Academy Awards, "Moonglow and Theme From Picnic" (1956)).
- 1992 - Death of Andy Russell at age 72 of complications from a stroke in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; drummer, singer (Your Hit Parade, "Besame Mucho", "Laughing on the Outside", "Anniversary Song").
- 1999 - Death of Alexander (Skip) Spence at age 52 of lung cancer and alcoholism in San Francisco, California, USA; rock and roll singer/guitarist/drummer (Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service).
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