October 9

Events

 * 1876 - the first two-way telephone conversation occurred over outdoor wires

Births

 * 1585 –, German composer (d. 1672)
 * 1835 –, French composer (d. 1921)
 * 1873 –, Hungarian violinist (d. 1944)
 * 1908 –, American jazz singer (d. 1975)
 * 1928 –, Finnish composer
 * 1940 –, British musician and songwriter (The Beatles) (d. 1980)
 * 1941 –, Cuban musician
 * 1944 –, British musician (The Who) (d. 2002)
 * 1944 –, American singer (Labelle)
 * 1945 –, Brazilian musician (d. 1996)
 * 1947 –, French singer
 * 1948 –, American musician
 * 1950 –, Japanese rock guitarist
 * 1952 –, English music manager and wife of Ozzy Osbourne
 * 1954 –, English musician (The Pogues)
 * 1958 –, American musician (Ministry)
 * 1960 –, American jazz saxophonist
 * 1969 –, English musician
 * 1973 –, American guitarist (Evanescence)
 * 1973 –, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
 * 1975 –, American musician & son of ex-Beatle John Lennon
 * 1975 –, Serbian musician
 * 1979 –, American musician(Phantom Planet), actor, model
 * 1984 –, British musician

Deaths

 * 1999 –, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1923)
 * 2008 –, American musician (b. 1969)