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What happened in history on this day: May 19?
On May 19 in ...
- 1886 - Camille Saint-Saëns' third Symphony in C, premieres.
- 1960 - Alan Freed and eight other disk jockeys accused of taking radio payola.
Births on May 19
- 1859 - Birth of Nellie Melba [Heal Mitchell]; Australian soprano (Peach Melba).
- 1919 - Birth of Georgie Auld AKA John Altwerger in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; jazz tenor saxophonist (Artie Shaw orchestra, Jan Savitt orchestra, Benny Goodman orchestra, Bunny Berigan orchestra).
- 1945 - Birth of Peter Townshend in England; rock guitarist/vocalist/composer (The Who - "Tommy").
- 1946 - Birth of Phillip Rudd in Melbourne, Australia; rock drummer (AC/DC - "Rock 'n Roll Damnation").
- 1947 - Birth of Jerry Hyman in Brooklyn, New York, USA; rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat and Tears).
- 1948 - Birth of Grace Jones [Mendoza] in Spanishtown, Jamaica; singer/actress (Vamp).
- 1948 - Birth of Tom Scott in Los Angeles, California, USA; saxophonist/bandleader (Pat Sajak Show).
- 1949 - Birth of Dusty Hill; rocker (ZZ Top - "Legs").
- 1951 - Birth of Joey Ramone AKA Jeffrey Hyman in Queens, New York, USA; punk rocker (Ramones - "Beat on the Brat" (1976), "Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue", "Baby I Love You").
- 1952 - Birth of Barbara Loomis; rocker (BT Express).
- 1954 - Birth of Phil Rudd; drummer (AC/DC).
- 1956 - Birth of Martyn Ware; rocker (Heaven 17 - "Electric Dreams").
- 1962 - Birth of Iain Harvie; Scottish rock guitarist (Del Amitri - "Nothing Ever Happens").
- 1963 - Birth of Yazz [Yasmin Evans]; rocker ("Fine Time", "The One Way is Up").
- 1972 - Birth of Jenny Berggren; singer (Ace of Base).
Deaths on May 19
- 1961 - Joe Howard; singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at age 94.
- 1969 - Death of Coleman Hawkins at age 69 of bronchial pneumonia in New York, USA; jazz saxophonist ("Body and Soul" (1939)).
- 2006 - Death of Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (born 1940).
- 2023 - Death of Andy Rourke at age 59 of pancreatic cancer in Manhattan, New York, USA; bassist (Smiths).
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