25 JUNE
In Music History
1946 Rock multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald (of Foreigner, King Crimson) is born in Osterley, Middlesex, England.
1946 Allen Lanier (keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Blue Öyster Cult) is born in Long Island, New York.
1942 Jazz musician Joe Chambers is born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1937 Eddie Floyd is born in Montgomery, Alabama, and will grow up in Detroit, Michigan. Known for writing and performing the 1966 hit "Knock On Wood."
1860 The composer Gustave Charpentier is born at Dieuze, France.
Michael Jackson Dies
2009Fifty-year-old Michael Jackson is found dead in the Los Angeles mansion he is renting. The shocking news spreads quickly through social media outlets, and Jackson is the subject of numerous tributes over the next few weeks.
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Featured Events
2014 Beyoncé and Jay-Z kick off their On The Run tour with a show in Miami, with the couple co-headlining. The tour is one of the most profitable ever on a per-show basis, averaging over $5 million per concert.
1993 Nora Ephron's romantic comedy Sleepless In Seattle, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, opens in theaters. With songs from Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, and Harry Connick, Jr., the movie spawns a hit soundtrack and renews interest in standards.More
1967 The Beatles premiere the song "All You Need Is Love" to 400 million people on a worldwide TV program.
1963 George Michael is born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in London. He becomes a teen idol in the UK with the duo Wham! then makes the transition to serious solo artist with the 1984 song "Careless Whisper."
1943 Carly Simon is born in New York City. Her dad is Richard L. Simon, co-founder of Simon & Schuster publishing. (Simon's birthdate is often reported as June 25, 1945, but birth records prove she was born in 1943.)
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