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1688 – Jean-Louis Lully (French composer, son of Jean-Baptiste)
1745 – Jan Dismas Zelenka (greatest Czech composer of the Baroque period)
1812 – Michel Delalande (French composer)
1869 – Julian Fontana (Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author, translator & entrepreneur, friend of Chopin)
1891 – Holger Simon Paulli (Danish conductor, composer & violinist)
1908 – Eduard Wachmann (German-born Romanian composer, conductor & pianist)
1911 – Karl Hoschna (Czech-born American popular songwriter, musical theater composer & oboist)
1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini (Italian composer)
1951 – Alfrēds Kalniņš (Latvian composer, organist, music critic & conductor)
1964 – Arrigo Pedrollo (Italian composer)
1967 – Richard Flury (Swiss composer & conductor)
1971 – Pasha Hristova [Паша Христова] (Bulgarian pop singer)
1971 – Carlo Jachino (Italian composer & author)
1982 – Norman Dinnerstein (American composer)
1992 – Eddie Hazel (American funk guitarist, Parliament-Funkadelic)
1994 – Charles Shirley (American jazz arranger & alcoholism counselor)
1996 – Rina Ketty (French chanteuse)
1996 – Ronnie Scott (English jazz tenor saxophonist & nightclub owner)
2000 – Noor Jehan [نور جہاں] (Pakistani Qawwali & playback singer, actress, film director & composer)
2000 – Victor Borge (Danish-born American comedian & pianist)
2006 – Timothy J. Tobias (American film composer, jazz pianist, arranger & producer)
2007 – Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist & composer)
I was wrong yesterday, wasn't I? Since Joe Strummer died, it has been not ten years, but only a little more than nine. I keep forgetting that while it's now 2012, I still haven't finished with 2011. But it will only be a few more days before that pathetic state of affairs comes to an end! Until then, have a merry Festivus... and remember, you have just one day left to get in that last-minute shopping!
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