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What happened in history on this day: May 16?
On May 16 in ...
- 1941 - First US/radio performance of Bennett's "Symphony in D for the Dodgers".
- 1946 - Musical Annie Get Your Gun starring Ethel Merman premieres in New York City.
- 2004 - The "We Are the Future" concert takes place in Rome, organized by Quincy Jones in partnership with the Glocal Forum.
Births on May 16
- 1902 - Birth of Jan Kiepura in Sosnowiec, Poland; vocalist/actor (Her Wonderful Lie).
- 1904 - Birth of Lily Pons; opera singer/actress (That Girl From Paris).
- 1913 - Birth of Woody Herman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; band leader (Isham Jones' band (1934), Woody Herman Herd (1936) - "Woodchopper's Ball" (1939)).
- 1919 - Birth of Wladziu Valentino Liberace AKA Liberace AKA Walter Busterkeys AKA Walter Liberace AKA Lee Liberace AKA Liberace Chefroach in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA; pianist (Liberace Show), actor (Evil Chandell - Batman) (dies 1987).
- 1930 - Birth of Friedrich Gulda; Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs).
- 1930 - Birth of Betty Carter AKA Lillie Mae Jones in Flint, Michigan, USA; jazz singer (album "Look What I Got!" (1988 Grammy award)).
- 1932 - Birth of Isaac "Redd" Holt; American drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited - "In Crowd").
- 1944 - Birth of Billy Cobham in Panamá; jazz artist ("Same Ole Love").
- 1945 - Birth of Nicky Chinn; English songwriter/producer (Chinn and Chapman).
- 1946 - Birth of Roger Earl; rocker (Foghat - "Slow Ride").
- 1947 - Birth of Barbara Lee in New York City, New York, USA; singer (The Chiffons - "He's So Fine" (1963)).
- 1949 - Birth of William Sputnik Spooner; rock guitarist (Grateful Dead, Tubes).
- 1950 - Birth of Jock Bartley; rocker (Firefall).
- 1951 - Birth of Jonathan Richman; rocker (Modern Lovers - "New England", "Egyptian Reggae").
- 1953 - Birth of Richard Page in Los Angeles, California, USA; rocker (Mr Mister).
- 1955 - Birth of Hazel O'Connor in Coventry, England; singer/actress (Breaking Glass).
- 1958 - Birth of Glenn Gregory; rock vocalist (Heaven 17 - "Electric Dreams").
- 1963 - Birth of Jimmy Osmond; rocker (Osmond Brothers).
- 1964 - Birth of Boyd Tinsley; violinist (The Dave Matthews Band).
- 1966 - Birth of Janet Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer, Michael Jackson's sister (Control).
- 1966 - Birth of Scott Reeves in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Ryan - The Young and the Restless), country singer (Blue County).
- 1968 - Birth of Ralph Tresvant in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; singer (New Editon).
Deaths on May 16
- 1954 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at age 61.
- 1978 - Death of William Steinberg in New York; conductor of Pittsburg Symphony from 1952 to 1976, Prague Opera and the Frankfurt Opera.
- 1981 - Death of Ernie Freeman at age 58 of a heart attack; pianist ("Raunchy" (1957)), arranger, and producer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Connie Francis).
- 1990 - Death of Sammy Davis Junior at age 64 of throat cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA; dancer, actor (Mr. Wonderful Broadway play (1956), Golden Boy Broadway play (1966), Sportin' Life - Porgy and Bess movie (1959)), singer ("I've Gotta Be Me" (1969), "The Candy Man" (1972), "What Kind of Fool Am I", "Hey There", "Something's Gotta Give", "That Old Black Magic", "Mr. Wonderful", "Too Close for Comfort").
- 1993 - Death of Marv Johnson at age 54 of a stroke at a concert in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; singer ("Come to Me" (1959), "You Got What it Takes").
- 1995 - Death of Lola Flores at age 70; singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona).
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