On this day in audio and sound history
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March 12
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It is now 20:39 on Friday, March 12, 2010 (Coordinated Universal Time|UTC)
Events
- 1923 -The first motion picture with a sound-on-film track was demonstrated at a press conference. It was developed (1920) by Dr. Lee De Forest.
- 1889 - The first automatic telephone exchange is patented by Almon B. Strowger of Kansas City
Births
- 1837 - Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
- 1864 - Alice Tegnér, Swedish composer and organist (d. 1943)
- 1912 - Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger and conductor (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
- 1928 - Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (d. 2007)
- 1940 - Al Jarreau, American singer
- 1948 - James Taylor, American musician
- 1956 - Steve Harris founder/bassist of Iron Maiden
- 1957 - Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)
- 1960 - Kipp Lennon, American singer
- 1960 - Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
- 1960 - Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
- 1965 - Coleen Nolan, Singer
- 1965 - Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer
- 1969 - Graham Coxon, English musician (Blur)
- 1975 - Kelle Bryan, English singer
- 1975 - Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist
- 1978 - Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
- 1979 - Pete Doherty, English musician
- 1983 - Atif Aslam, Pakistani pop singer
- 1984 - Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
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