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3 Deaths

• 479 BC - Confucius, ethicist.
• 1577 - Titian, artist
• 1590 - Pope Sixtus V
• 1635 - Félix Lope de Vega, playwright.
• 1875 - William Ralston , entrepreneur.
• 1909 - Emil Christian Hansen, fermentation physiologist.
• 1929 - Herman Potocnik Noordung, Slovene pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer.
• 1931 - Frank Harris, author and editor
• 1948 - Charles Evans Hughes, United States Supreme Court justice.
• 1963 - Garrett Morgan, inventor
• 1963 - W.E.B. DuBois, civil rights activist and scholar
• 1964 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne.
• 1965 - Le Corbusier, Swiss architect
• 1967 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles.
• 1968 - Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (b. 1906)
• 1969 - Ivy Compton-Burnett, English novelist
• 1971 - Bennett Cerf, publisher, television personality.
• 1975 - Haile Selassie I ( Ras Tafari Makonnen), Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930-1975 (deposed). (b. July 23, 1892 in Harar)
• 1979 - Earl Mountbatten of Burma and three others killed by an IRA bomb.
• 1990 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist.
• 1997 - Brandon Tartikoff, television producer.

4 Holidays and observances

• Roman Empire - Volturnalia held in honor of Volturnus
• Moldova - Independence Day (the national holiday)

5 Recorded this date

• 1898 "The Miner's Dream Of Home" (w.m. Will Godwin & Leo Dryden)
  - Leo Dryden
  
• 1923 "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" (w. Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King )
  - Belle Baker with Virginians
  
• 1924 "Somebody Loves Me" (w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin)
  - Cliff Edwards
  
• 1926 "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" (w. J. Keirn Brennan & Irving Mills m. Jimmy McHugh)
  - Vernon Dalhart
  - Vaughan De Leath (as Angelina Marco)
  
• 1926 "Six Feet Of Papa" (Moll, Sizemore)
  - Aileen Stanley
  
• 1928 "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" (w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young (Ger) Fritz Rotter m. Ralph Erwin)
  - Whispering Jack Smith
  
• 1928 "Ramona" (w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne )
  - Whispering Jack Smith
  
• 1929 "If Love Were All" (w.m. Noel Coward)
  - Ivy St Helier with O/ Ray Noble
  
• 1929 "I'll See You Again" (w.m. Noel Coward)
  - George Metaxa & Peggy Wood with Ray Noble
  
• 1930 "The Kiss Waltz" (w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke )
  - Ruth Etting
  
• 1930 "I'm Yours" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. John Green)
  - Ruth Etting
  
• 1930 "Don't Tell Him What Happened To Me" (w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson)
  - Ruth Etting
  
• 1930 "Great Day!" (w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans)
  - Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1930 "Without A Song" (w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans)
  - Pat O'Malley with Jack Hylton & his Orchestra
  
• 1931 "Heebie Jeebies" (w.m. Boyd Atkins)
  - Boswell Sisters with Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
  
• 1931 "Shine On Harvest Moon" (w. Jack Norworth m. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth)
  - Boswell Sisters with Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
  
• 1931 "The Queen Was In The Parlour" (Sherman Myers, Erroll Reaves)
  - George Baker with Arthur Lally & Millionaires
  
• 1932 "The Flies Crawled Up The Window" (w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis )
  - Jack Hulbert
  
• 1933 "I Guess It Had to Be That Way" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow)
  - Bing Crosby with O/ Jimmie Grier
  
• 1933 "Thanks" (w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier
  
• 1933 "The Day You Came Along" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier
  
• 1933 "Black Moonlight" (w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow)
  - Bing Crosby with O/Jimmie Grier
  
• 1934 "Miss Otis Regrets" (w.m. Cole Porter)
  - Anona Winn with The BBC Dance Orchestra
  
• 1934 "Stars Fell On Alabama" (w. Mitchell Parish m. Frank Perkins)
  - Carmen Lombardo with Guy Lombardo & his Orchestra
  
• 1938 "Down And Out Blues" ( Sam Mayo )
  - Al Bowlly with Sid Colin with Lew Stone & his Band
  
• 1939 "The Last Two Weeks In July" (w. Sam Lewis m. Abel Baer )
  - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "Day In - Day Out" (w. Johnny Mercer m. Rube Bloom )
  - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "Two Blind Loves" (w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen)
  - Helen Forrest with Artie Shaw & his Orchestra
  
• 1939 "Oh Lady Be Good" (w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin)
  - Artie Shaw
  
• 1940 "Frenesi" (w. (Eng) Ray Charles & Bob Russell m. Alberto Dominguez)
  - Xavier Cugat & his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
  
• 1940 "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" (w.m. Leon René)
  - Gene Autry
  
• 1941 "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" (w.m. Eddie Seiler , Sol Marcus , Bennie Benjamin & Eddie Durham )
  - Ink Spots
  
• 1943 "I'd Like To Set You To Music" (w. Paul Francis Webster m. Harry Revel)
  - Anne Shelton with Personnel from Ambrose Orchestra cond. Stanley Black
  
• 1943 "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey" (w. Junie McCree m. Harry Von Tilzer)
  - Anne Shelton with Ambrose & his Orchestra
  
• 1943 "Take It From There" (w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger)
  - Anne Shelton with Ambrose & his Orchestra
  
• 1943 "Silver Wings In The Moonlight" (w.m. Hugh Charles , Sonny Miller & Leo Towers)
  - Anne Shelton with Personnel from Ambrose Orchestra cond. Stanley Black
  
• 1945 "And Yet I Don't Know" (Weston & Lee)
  - Beatrice Kay & Elm City Four with O/ Paul Baron
  
• 1945 "I Only Have Eyes For You" (w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren)
  - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/ Axel Stordahl
  
• 1945 " America the Beautiful" (w. Katherine Lee Bates m. Samuel A. Ward)
  - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1945 " Silent Night" (w. (Ger) Joseph Mohr w. (Eng) anon m. Franz Gruber)
  - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1945 "The Moon Was Yellow" (w. Edgar Leslie m. Fred E. Ahlert )
  - Frank Sinatra w. Ken Lane Singers with O/Axel Stordahl
  
• 1946 "That's My Desire" (w. Carroll Loveday m. Helmy Kresa)
  - Frankie Laine with O/ Carl Fischer
  
• 1958 "Forget Me Not"
  - Kalin Twins with O/ Jack Pleis
  
• 1959 "It's All Right With Me" (w.m. Cole Porter)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/ Nelson Riddle
  
• 1959 "C'Est Magnifique" (w.m. Cole Porter)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/Nelson Riddle
  
• 1962 "The Look Of Love" (w. Sammy Cahn m. Jimmy Van Heusen)
  - Frank Sinatra with O/ Neal Hefti
  

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