Archive for December 30, 2009

1756 – Composer Pavel Vranicky was born.

1853 – Composer Andre-Charles-Prosper Messager was born.

1859 – Composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster was born.

1904 – Composer Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was born.

1962 – Brenda Lee’s home was destroyed by fire.

1970 – Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest.

1979 – Emerson, Lake & Palmer announced their break-up.

1989 – Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) and Shelli Dilley were married.

1999 – George Harrison and his wife were attacked in their home during a robbery. Though, Harrison was stabbed in the chest four times, he and his wife were able to subdue the assailant until police arrived.

2002 – In Tucson, AZ, Diana Ross was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.

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