2000 Death "Tito ""The Mambo King"" Puente", bandleader/percussionist, dies at 76 1964 Birthday John Leguizamo, born in Columbia, actor, Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark 1960 Birthday Antonio Banderas, born in Malaga, Spain, actor, Philadelphia, Evita, Mambo Kings 1958 Event Perez Prado "Mambo King," receives one of the 1st gold records 1908 Birthday Robert Rossen director and writer, Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo