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1994 Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55
1974 Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1962 Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces 1959 Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1951 Chris Cooper, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Thousand Pieces of Gold, Matewan 1942 Karen Black, Ziegler, Park Ridge, Illinois, 5 Easy Pieces, Pyx 1939 Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 1935 Folke Rabe, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, electronic drone pieces, works include 'What??' 1924 Edmund Purdom, England, actor, Asissi Underground, Pieces 1924 Jeffrey Segal, actor and playwright, Vanity Fair, Rest in Pieces 1915 U.S. government mints 1st $50 gold pieces, for Panama Pacific Expo 1902 Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1853 U.S. authorizes minting of $3 gold pieces |
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