NetBSD/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.music
briggs ec0bcc8e62 Add entry for birthday of John Towner Williams (08 Feb 1932). He's most
well-known for his movie scores, which include Star Wars, E.T., Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler's List, Indiana Jones (all
three), and many, many more.  He was also the 19th conductor of the
Boston Pops.
2000-02-09 13:05:55 +00:00

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01/01 Country Joe McDonald is born in El Monte, California, 1942
01/03 Steven Stills is born in Dallas, 1945
01/04 Jazz great Charlie Mingus dies at 57 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1979
01/08 David Bowie (then David Robert Jones) is born in London, 1947
01/09 James Patrick Page (Led Zeppelin) is born in Middlesex, England, 1945
01/10 Blues guitarist Howlin' Wolf dies in Chicago, 1976
01/10 Jim Croce is born in Phildelphia, 1943
01/10 Pat Benatar is born in Long Island, 1952
01/10 Rod Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1945
01/13 Eric Clapton plays the "Rainbow Concert" in London, 1973
01/17 Led Zeppelin's first album is released, 1969
01/19 Janis Joplin is born in Port Arthur, Texas, 1943
01/22 Sam Cooke is born in Chicago, 1935
01/24 Warren Zevon is born, 1947
01/25 Bob Dylan plays the second "Hurricane" benefit, in the Astrodome, 1978
01/27 Bobby "Blue" Bland (Robert Calvin Bland) is born in Tennessee, 1930
01/27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in Salzburg, 1756
01/28 Jimi Hendrix headlines Madison Square Garden, 1970
01/30 Lightnin' Hopkins, the most-recorded blues artist ever, dies, 1982
01/31 The Grateful Dead are busted in New Orleans, 1970
02/01 RCA Victor unveils the 45 rpm record playing system, 1949
02/02 Graham Nash is born in Lancashire, England, 1942
02/03 The Day The Music Died; Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big
Bopper are killed in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa, 1959
02/07 Beatles land at JFK airport to begin first U.S. tour, 1964
02/07 Steven Stills makes the first digitally recorded rock album, 1979
02/08 John Towner Williams born in New York City, 1932; composer
well-known for his many motion picture and television scores
02/09 Carole King (Carole Klein) is born in Brooklyn, 1941
02/12 The Beatles play Carnegie Hall in New York City, 1964
02/17 Jazz great Thelonius Monk dies in Englewood, New Jersey, 1982
02/18 Yoko Ono Lennon is born in Tokyo, 1933
02/19 Paul McCartney's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is banned in
Britain, 1972
02/19 William "Smokey" Robinson is born in Detroit, 1940
02/20 J. Geils (J. Geils Band) is born, 1946
02/20 Yes sells out Madison Square Garden...without advertising, 1974
02/23 Handel born, 1685
02/23 Johnny Winter is born in Leland, Mississippi, 1944
02/29 Jimmy Dorsey born, 1904
03/01 Jim Morrison is busted for obscenity in Miami, 1969
03/02 Blues guitarist Rory Gallagher is born in Ballyshannon, Ireland, 1949
03/03 Buffalo Springfield is formed in Los Angeles, 1966
03/04 Antonio Vivaldi born in Venice, Italy, 1678
03/07 Last Gilbert & Sullivan opera produced, 1896
03/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) dies in California, 1973
03/09 Robin Trower is born in London, 1945
03/13 The Allman Brothers record their live album at the Fillmore East, 1971
03/15 Sly Stone born, 1944
03/17 Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane) is born in San Francisco, 1942
03/21 J.S. Bach born, 1685
03/22 Ten Years After plays their last concert, 1974
03/25 Aretha Franklin is born in Detroit, 1943
03/26 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer record "Pictures at an Exhibition" live, 1971
03/29 Dr. Hook gets a group picture on the cover of "Rolling Stone", 1973
03/30 Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England, 1945
04/02 Marvin Gaye is born in Washington, D.C., 1939
04/04 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) is born in Rolling Fork,
Mississippi, 1915
04/09 Paul Robeson born, 1898
04/10 Paul McCartney announces that he's quitting the Beatles, 1970
04/14 Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) is born, 1945
04/18 Yes breaks up after 13 years, 1981
04/25 Blues guitarist Albert King is born, 1925
04/25 Ella Fitzgerald born, 1918
04/26 Carol Burnett born in San Antonio, Texas, 1933
04/29 "Hair" premiers on Broadway, 1968
05/01 Kate Smith born, 1909
05/03 Bob Seger is born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945
05/07 Johannes Brahms born in Hamburg, 1833
05/07 Tchaikowsky born, 1840
05/10 Dave Mason is born in Worcester, England, 1945
05/11 Bob Marley dies in his sleep in Miami, 1981
05/12 Pink Floyd performs the first quadrophonic concert, 1977
05/18 Rick Wakeman is born in West London, England, 1949
05/19 Pete Townshend is born in London, 1945
05/20 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is signed by Reprise Records, 1967
05/22 Johann Sebastian Bach born in Eisenach, Germany, 1665
05/23 Blues great Elmore James dies, 1963
05/24 Bob Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is born in Duluth, 1941
05/26 Al Jolson born, 1886
05/31 The Who perform the loudest concert ever -- 76,000 watts of PA, 1976
06/01 The Beatles release "Sgt. Pepper", 1967
06/06 "Rock Around The Clock" makes Billboard's #1 slot, 1955
06/07 Blind Faith debuts in concert at London's Hyde Park, 1969
06/09 Les Paul (Lester Polfus) is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1923
06/10 Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910
06/10 Judy Garland born, 1922
06/15 Harry Nilsson is born in Brooklyn, 1941
06/16 The Monterey Pop festival opens, 1967
06/18 Paul McCartney born in Liverpool, England, 1942
06/21 Columbia records announces the first mass production of LP's, 1948
06/22 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 1948
06/24 Jeff Beck is born in Surrey, England, 1944
07/02 Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West form Mountain, 1969
07/03 Jim Morrison dies in Paris, 1971
07/06 The Jefferson Airplane is formed in San Francisco, 1965
07/07 Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) born in Liverpool, England, 1940
07/12 Chicago DJ Steve Dahl holds "Disco Demolition" at Kamisky Park, 1979
07/14 Woodie Guthrie born, 1912
07/16 Cream forms in the U.K., 1966
07/16 Harry Chapin dies on Long Island Expressway, 1981
07/17 "Yellow Submarine" premieres at the London Pavilon, 1968
07/20 Carlos Santana is born in Autlan, Mexico, 1947
07/25 Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965
07/25 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young debut at the Fillmore East, 1969
07/26 Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943
07/28 Bach dies, 1750
07/28 The Watkins Glen "Summer Jam" opens, 1973
08/01 The Concert for Bangla Desh takes place at Madison Square Garden, 1971
08/04 John Lennon points out that "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus",
1966
08/10 Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1947
08/13 Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois, 1951
08/15 Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Richard Starkey
08/15 The Beatles play Shea Stadium in New York, 1965
08/15 Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur's farm, 1969
08/26 Jimi Hendrix gives his last performance at the Isle of Wight, 1970
08/26 Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland Studios opens in New York, 1970
09/07 Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978
09/08 Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841
09/08 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno,
California, 1945
09/14 Francis Scott Key writes words to "Star Spangled Banner", 1814
09/16 B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, 1925
09/19 Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play New York's Central Park, 1981
09/20 Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
09/23 "Paul is dead" rumors sweep the country, 1969
09/23 Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen is born in Freehold, New Jersey, 1949
09/25 John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol poisoning, 1980
09/26 George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, NY
10/04 Janis Joplin dies of a heroin overdose in Hollywood, 1970
10/05 Steve Miller is born in Dallas, 1943
10/07 First Bandstand (later, American Bandstand) broadcast, 1957
10/09 John Lennon born in Liverpool, England, 1940
10/10 John Prine is born in Maywood, Illinois, 1946
10/12 The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed in London, 1966
10/16 Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) is born in San Francisco, 1947
10/17 "Hair" opens at New York's Public Theater, 1967
10/18 Chuck Berry is born in San Jose, California, 1926
10/20 Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a plane crash, 1977
10/22 Franz Liszt born, 1811
10/25 Jon Anderson (Yes) is born in Lancashire, England, 1944
10/25 The Rolling Stones appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1964
10/29 Duane Allman dies in motorcycle crash near Macon, Georgia, 1971
10/30 Grace Slick is born in Chicago, 1939
11/02 Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" enters US charts at #1, 1968
11/02 Keith Emerson is born, 1944
11/03 James Taylor and Carly Simon are married in Manhattan, 1972
11/07 Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson) is born in Alberta, Canada, 1943
11/08 Patti Page born, 1927
11/09 The first issue of "Rolling Stone" is published, 1967
11/10 Greg Lake is born in Bournemouth, England, 1948
11/12 Neil Young is born in Toronto, 1945
11/13 Paul Simon born, 1942
11/16 Bill Ham first demonstrates his psychedelic "Light Show", 1965
11/20 Duane Allman is born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1946
11/20 Joe Walsh is born in Cleveland, 1947
11/24 Scott Joplin born, 1868
11/25 "The Last Waltz" concert is played by The Band at Winterland, 1976
11/25 Johann Strauss, Jr., writes `On the Beautiful Blue Danube', 1867
11/26 Cream performs their farewell concert at Royal Albert Hall, 1968
11/27 Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942
12/05 Mozart dies, 1791
12/06 First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877
12/06 The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969
12/07 Harry Chapin is born in New York City, 1942
12/08 Jim Morrison is born in Melbourne, Florida, 1943
12/08 John Lennon is shot and killed in New York City, 1980
12/09 The Who's "Tommy" premieres in London, 1973
12/13 Ted Nugent, the motor city madman, born in Detroit, 1949
12/15 Thomas Edison receives patent on the phonograph, 1877
12/16 Beethoven born, 1770
12/16 Don McLean's "American Pie" is released, 1971
12/16 Ludwig von Beethoven christened in Bonn, Germany, 1770
12/21 Frank Zappa is born in Baltimore, 1940
12/23 First G&S collaboration, Thespis, 1871
12/28 Edgar Winter is born in Beaumont, Texas, 1946
12/31 Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969