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What happened in history on this day: April 20?
On April 20 in ...
- 1992 - The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium in London, England, is televised live to over one billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research.
- 2001 - Italian conductor and composer Giuseppe Sinopoli collapses and dies of a heart attack at age 54 in Berlin, Germany while conducting Verdi's Aida.
Births on April 20
- 1909 - Birth of Lionel Hampton; orchestra leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below).
- 1923 - Birth of Tito Puente in Puerto Rico; bandleader (Dance Mania).
- 1929 - Birth of Bob Braun in Ludlow, Kentucky, USA; singer (Dotty Mack Show).
- 1938 - Birth of Johnny Tillotson in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; singer ("Gidget", "Poetry in Motion").
- 1945 - Birth of Jimmy Winston in London, England; organist (Small Faces - "Itchycoo Park").
- 1948 - Birth of Craig Frost; keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad - "Some Kind of Wonderful").
- 1949 - Birth of Michal Israel; rocker (Sky with Stars).
- 1951 - Birth of Luther Vandross in the Bronx, New York, USA; rock vocalist ("Here and Now", "Never Too Much").
- 1957 - Birth of Richenel [Hubertus R Baars] singer/performer (Dance Around The World).
Deaths on April 20
- 1707 - Death of Johann Christoph Denner in Leipzig, Germany; musical instrument maker, invented the clarinet.
- 1956 - Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies.
- 1984 - Death of Mabel Mercer at age 84; English/US singer ("Fly Me to the Moon").
- 1991 - Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at age 44 (born 1947).
- 2001 - Italian conductor and composer Giuseppe Sinopoli collapses and dies of a heart attack at age 54 in Berlin, Germany while conducting Verdi's Aida.
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