In 1791, Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
In 1870, French writer Alexandre Dumas, author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers, dies.
In 1901, pioneer of animated films Walt Disney, author of Mickey Mouse, is born.
In 1945, in the Bermuda Triangle a squadron of five U. S. bombers disappear.
In 1974 the last episode of sketch comedy series Monty Python is broadcast on BBC.
In 2013, Nelson Mandela dies. He was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary,who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
MUSIC HISTORY
1965 - The group The Beatles played their last concert in their hometown Liverpool. There were only 5100 tickets available, but more than 40 000 people wanted one.
1987 - Belinda Carlisle takes the top spot on the American chart with the song 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth'.
1992 - Whitney Houston with the song 'I Will Always Love You' is No. 1 on the British singles chart.
2004 - Band Aid 20 started a four week at No. 1 on the UK singles chart with a new version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. This version featured Robbie Williams, Joss Stone, Busted, Bono, Jamelia, Sugababes, Dido and others.
2011 - After spending 45 weeks at the top end of the UK charts, Adele's second album 21 become the biggest selling LP in Britain this century.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson, Blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. Van Morrison, The Who, The Animals, Yardbirds and Moody Blues all covered his songs.
1932 - Richard Penniman, better known as Little Richard.
1938 - JJ Cale, US guitarist, singer songwriter. Cale died in 2013 of a heart attack.
1946 - Jose Carreras, Spanish opera singer.
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Danes je svetovni dan prostovoljcev.
Leta 1791 je umrl avstrijski skladatelj Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Leta 1870 je umrl francoski pisatelj Alexandre Dumas, avtor del Grof Monte Cristo in Trije mušketirji.
Leta 1901 se je rodil Walt Disney, oče animiranega filma in Miki Miške.
Leta 1940 se je rodil slovenski pesnik in prevajalec Niko Grafenauer.
Leta 1945 je v Bermudskem trikotniku izginila eskadrilja ameriških bombnikov.
Leta 1974 so na BBC-ju predvajali zadnji del Letečega cirkusa Montyja Pythona.
Leta 2013 je umrl Nelson Mandela, borec proti apartheidu in prvi predsednik nove Južne Afrike.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1965 - skupina The Beatles nastopi na svojem zadnjem koncertu v rodnem Liverpoolu. Na voljo je bilo samo 5100 vstopnic, 40 000 pa je bilo tistih, ki so si eno želeli.
1987 - Belinda Carlisle zasede vrh ameriške lestvice s pesmijo 'Heaven Is a Place on Earth'.
1992 - Whitney Houston je s skladbo 'I Will Always Love You' na 1. mestu britanske lestvice singlov.
2004 - Band Aid 20 je na vrhu britanske lestvice z novo verzijo pesmi 'Do They Know It's Christmas'. To so zapeli Robbie Williams, Joss Stone, Busted, Bono, Jamelia, Sugababes, Dido in drugi.
2011 - Adele se je z albumom 21 obdržala na vrhu britanskih lestvic kar 45 tednov. S tem je ta album postal največja prodajna uspešnica stoletja.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson, pevec bluesa, ki je napisal mnoge uspešnice za Vana Morrisona, The Who, The Animals, Yardbirds in Moody Blues.
1932 - Richard Penniman, bolj znan kot Little Richard.
1938 - JJ Cale, ameriški kitarist, skladatelj, pevec. Umrl je leta 2013.
1946 - Jose Carreras, španski operni pevec.
