What happened on October 17
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1771255 yrs ago
15-year-old Mozart premieres the opera Ascanio in Alba
Empress Maria Theresa commissioned the opera for her son Archduke Ferdinand's wedding, and it premiered in Milan two days after the ceremony.
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196363 yrs ago
The Beatles record "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
It was their first record made on four-track equipment. In America it went on to hold No. 1 for seven weeks in early 1964.
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197749 yrs ago
Lynyrd Skynyrd release Street Survivors
Three days after release, a plane crash killed Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines. The cover, which showed the band on a street with buildings on fire, was then replaced.
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198145 yrs ago
Christopher Cross hits No. 1 with "Arthur's Theme"
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" started its run at the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
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20206 yrs ago
David Byrne's American Utopia premieres on HBO
Spike Lee filmed Byrne's Broadway concert. The film won Emmys for lighting and sound mixing, and the show received a special Tony.
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1922104 yrs ago
Bossa nova guitarist Luiz Bonfá born in Rio de Janeiro
He wrote "Manhã de Carnaval" for the film Black Orpheus, and it became one of the world's most-played standards.
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195868 yrs ago
Alan Jackson born in Newnan, Georgia
He has 35 No. 1s on the country chart and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017.
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196858 yrs ago
Ziggy Marley born in Kingston, Jamaica
Bob Marley's son was born David. He said he took the name Ziggy because he was a big David Bowie fan, and he has won eight Grammys.
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197254 yrs ago
Eminem born in St. Joseph, Missouri
"Lose Yourself" was the first hip-hop song to win the Oscar for Best Original Song and spent 12 weeks at No. 1.
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1849177 yrs ago
Frédéric Chopin dies in Paris
As he had asked, his heart was removed and preserved, and his sister took it home to Poland. His body was buried in Paris.
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