Today in Music & more (February 17)

Singers / Musicians

1940, Gene Pitney 

1957, Loreena McKennitt (Tango To Evora, 1991 / Marrakesh Night Market, 1994)

1963, Dan Reed (DAN REED NETWORK)

1982, Daniel Merriweather (Impossible, 2009)

1991, Ed Sheeran 

Various

1780, René Laennec (French physician, inventor of the stethoscope)

1928, Michiaki Takahashi (Japanese virologist, inventor of the 1st chickenpox vaccine)

1954, Rene Russo (actress)

1963, Michael Jordan 

1968, Κωστής Ραπτόπουλος (γελωτοποιός του αθλητικού ραδιοφώνου)

1981, Paris Hilton (media personality, celebrity)

Died

1909, Geronimo (Apache leader)

1982, Thelonious Monk (Jazz pianist)

2014, Bob Casale (DEVO - keyboards, Whip It, 1980)

2017, Peter Skellern (Busy Line, 1982)

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