Today in Music & more (February 3)

Singers / Musicians

1935, Johnny "Guitar" Watson 

1943, Dennis Edwards (THE TEMPTATIONS)

1947, Melanie 

1947, Dave Davies (THE KINKS / guitar)

1949, Oscar Benton / Ferdinand van Eis (Bensonhurst Blues, 1973 - If You Go Away, 1984)

1955, Γιάννης Ζουγανέλης 

1959, Lol Tolhurst (THE CURE / drums)

1977, Daddy Yankee 

Various

1927, Ηλίας Ρωσίδης (ποδόσφαιρο)

1950, Alvaro Vitali (ο... Μπόμπος)

1950, Morgan Fairchild (actress)

1952, Μαλβίνα Κάραλη 

1963, Joachim Löw (football coach, Germany)

1966, Κώστας Παταβούκας (καλαθοσφαίριση)

1968, Vlade Divac (basketball, Serbia)

1978, Amal Clooney (see George Clooney)

1979, Οδυσσέας Παπασπηλιόπουλος (ηθοποιός)

1982, David Fuster (football, Spain)

1984, Sara Carbonero (spanish journalist, see Iker Casillas)

1994, Malaika Mihambo (Olympic champion in Long Jump)

Died

1468, Johannes Gutenberg (inventer)

1967, Joe Meek (songwriter, record producer / Telstar, 1962)

1989, John Cassavetes (actor, director)

1999, Gwen Guthrie (Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent, 1986)

Gwen on co-lead vocals, allthough she does not appear on this video of The Limit (1984)

2012, Νίκος Απέργης (ηθοποιός)

2022, Χρήστος Σαρτζετάκης (Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας 1985 - 1990)

Important Dates

1830, Υπογράφεται το Πρωτόκολλο του Λονδίνου

1959, The Day The Music Died

1971, Shooting of Franc Serpico (see film Serpico, 1973)