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What happened in history on this day: August 12?
On August 12 in ...
Births on August 12
- 1644 - Birth of Heinrich Biber in Wartenberg, Bohemia, Austrian Empire; composer and violinist, court musician for the Archbishop of Salzburg.
- 1890 - Birth of Al Goodman in Nikopol, Russia; orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour).
- 1927 - Birth of Porter Wagoner in rural Missouri, USA; country music producer, singer ("A Satisfied Mind" (1955), "Misery Loves Company" (1962), The Porter Wagoner Show TV show (1960-1981)).
- 1929 - Birth of Buck Owens AKA Alvis Edgar Owens Junior in Sherman, Texas, USA; country music star ("I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Act Naturally", "Waiting in Your Welfare Line"), host (Hee Haw TV show).
- 1949 - Birth of Mark Knopfler; guitar/vocals (Dire Straits - "Sultans of Swing").
- 1954 - Birth of Pat Metheny; jazz guitarist ("As Wichita Falls").
- 1956 - Birth of Danny Shirley; country singer (Confederate Railroad).
- 1960 - Birth of Morty Black; heavy metal rocker (TNT - "Seven Seas").
- 1961 - Birth of Pete De Freitas; rocker (Echo and the Bunnymen - "Heaven Up Here").
- 1961 - Birth of Roy Hay; guitarist (Culture Club - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me").
Deaths on August 12
- 1985 - Death of Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer ("Sukiyaki"), killed in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (born 1941).
- 1995 - Death of Marty Paich at age 70 of colon cancer; arranger, pianist, composer (Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé).
- 2007 - Death of Merv Griffin at age 82 of prostate cancer; singer (Freddy Martin's Orchestra, "I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts"), TV host (Tonight Show, Merv Griffin Show), TV show creator (Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune).
- 2009 - Death of Les Paul at age 94 from complications of pneumonia in New York, USA; guitarist ("Mockin' Bird Hill", "How High the Moon", "The World is Waiting for the Sunrise"). guitar designer (marketed by the Gibson company), built the first eight-track tape recorder, invented "sound-on-sound" recording or overdubbing, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame (1978) and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (1988).
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