2013 Event A small pyrotechnics show ignited foram sound insulating material in the ceiling of Kiss, a crowded, windowless nightclub in southern Brazil's city of Santa Maria, killing 237 partygoers and injuring 169 others 2012 Event A poll by the British Film Institute's 'Sight and Sound' magazine lists Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 thriller 'Vertigo' as the greatest film of all time 2011 Event The EU Council votes; the copyright on sound recordings is extended from 50 to 70 years 1998 Event "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1997 Death Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64 1994 Death Irwin Kostal, U.S. arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83 1994 Event "Sound of Motown," premieres in Rotterdam 1994 Death Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten and The Bie), dies at 48 1990 Death Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86 1990 Event Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1986 Event Russian TU-144 flies for 1st time faster than sound 1982 Death Chesney Allen, actress (Okay for Sound, Frozen Limits), dies at 88 1982 Death Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador 1980 Death Jacqueline Cochrane, U.S. pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70 1978 Event Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine) 1976 Event Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album 1971 Birthday Ricky Martin, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer, famous member of Menudo, Latin boy band, albums include 'Sound Loaded', 'Life' 1969 Event Concorde 001 test flight breaks sound barrier 1967 Birthday Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine, Sound of Motown 1966 Event 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win 1965 Event "Sound Of Music" opens 1964 Event 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska 1963 Event "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 1443 performances 1962 Birthday Andy Green, UK, 1st to break sound barrier on land 1962 Birthday Michelle Shocked, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, songwriter, political activist, created label, Mighty Sound, song 'When I Grow Up' featured in an ad for Kaiser Permanente 1960 Death Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1959 Event "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances 1958 Birthday Vincent Henar, Surinam, bassist, Fra Fra Sound 1957 Birthday Gloria Estefan, born in Havana, singer, Miami Sound Machine-Conga 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Event Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier 1952 Birthday Boris Blank, born in Switzerland, composer, musician, member of Yello, responsible for unique sound, influenced by Yello members Carlos Peron, Deiter Meier 1951 Birthday Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1950 Birthday Emilio Estefan, born in Cuba, rocker, Miami Sound Machine-1 2 3 1948 Event British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound 1948 Birthday Bobby Orr, born in Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman for the Boston Bruins 1947 Birthday Bill Fontana, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, sound art pioneer, created sounds sculptures in 1976, using urban surroundings as a source of musical information, to evoke visual imagery 1943 Birthday Rolf Gehlhaar, born in Breslau, Poland, composer, known for computer-controlled composition, sound installations using Sound Space system 1943 Birthday Walter Murch, American film editor and sound deisgner 1942 Birthday Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster, Sound of the City 1940 Birthday Dary John Mizelle, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, composer, co-founder SOURCE magazine, works include, SPANDA Symphonies of Sound, 2006 1939 Birthday [Harvey] Phil Spector, record producer, Wall of Sound 1939 Birthday Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1937 Event 1st feature-length color and sound cartoon premieres (Snow White) 1935 Birthday Julie Andrews, England, actress and singer, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins 1934 Birthday John Pardoe, CEO, Sight and Sound Education, Liberal MP 1933 Birthday Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1933 Birthday Ray Dolby, sound expert/inventor, Dolby noise limiting system 1932 Birthday Pauline Oliveros, Houston Texas, composer, Sound Patterns 1929 Birthday Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House 1929 Birthday Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1927 Event "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City) 1923 Event 1st sound on film public performance shown at Rialto Theater (New York City) 1923 Birthday Chuck Yeager, U.S. test pilot, 1st man to break sound barrier 1918 Birthday Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound 1908 Event Part of Great White Fleet arrives in Puget Sound, Washington 1905 Birthday Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1897 Birthday William Faulkner, Mississippi, author, Sound and Fury-Nobel 1949 1894 Birthday Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off 1877 Event 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison) 1877 Event Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device 1863 Event Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta 1862 Event Battle of Roanoke Island NC, Federals gain control of Pamlico Sound 1839 Birthday August A Kundt, German physicist, sound vibration, test of Kundt 1836 Event HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia 1834 Event HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands 1792 Event Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain 1788 Event 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound 1778 Event Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Captain Cook 1716 Death Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
