Friday, February 17, 2023

Today in Music & more (February 18)


Singers / Musicians


1933, Yoko Ono 

1941, Irma Thomas (Breakaway, 1964)



1947, Dennis DeYoung (STYX / solo: Desert Moon, 1984)

1950, Cybill Shepherd (I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out! 1987)




1952, Juice Newton (Angel Of The Morning, 1981)

1953, Robbie Bachman (BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE / drums)

1960, Gazebo / Paul Mazzolini 

1964, Tommy Scott (SPACE)

1965, Dr Dre (NWA)

1972, Jennifer Brown (Swedish singer / Tuesday Afternoon, 1998)




Various



1906, Hans Asperger (Austrian psychiatrist, Asperger Syndrome)

1909, Διδώ Σωτηρίου (συγγραφέας / Ματωμένα Χώματα, 1962)

1919, Jack Pallance (actor)

1925, George Kennedy (actor)

1932, Miloš Forman (Czech-American film director)

1947, Τέρενς Κουίκ (δημοσιογράφος, πολιτικός)

1950, John Hughes (American filmmaker)

1951, Isabel Preysler (mother of Enrique Iglesias)

1954, John Travolta (actor)

1957, Marita Koch (track & field, East Germany)

1957, George Pelecanos (Hellenic-American author)

1964, Matt Dillon (actor)


1973, Claude Makélélé (football / Zair, France)

1975, Garry Neville (football, England)




Died

1294, Kublai Chan (Founder of the Yuan dynasty of China)

1546, Martin Luther (German Theologian)

1564, Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter & architect)

1873, Vasil Levski (Bulgarian National Hero)

1967, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Father of the Atomic Bomb)

2016, Παντελής Παντελίδης (τραγουδιστής)




Important Dates



2014, Revolution Of Dignity (Ukraine)


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