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Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 5: Author Calvin Trillin is 89. Actor Jeroen Krabbe ("The Fugitive") is 80. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 78. Singer-songwriter Andy Kim (born Andrew Youakim, also known as Baron Longfellow) is 78.

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Today in Music History for Dec. 5: In 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at age 35. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Vienna鈥檚 St. Marx Cemetery. Mozart鈥檚 final resting place has remained undiscovered to this day.

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Today in History for Dec. 5: In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued his Witch Bull, ordering an inquisition to systematically discover, torture and execute witches throughout Europe.

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Today in History for Dec. 4: In 1619, a group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Va., where they held a service thanking God for their safe arrival.

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Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 4: Hockey Hall of Fame centre Alex Delvecchio is 93. Game show host Wink Martindale is 91. Singer Freddy (Boom Boom) Cannon is 88. Actor-producer-director Max Baer Jr. ("The Beverly Hillbillies") is 87.

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Today in Music History for Dec. 4: In 1927, Duke Ellington鈥檚 band began a four-year engagement at the famous Cotton Club in New York. Among the Ellington classics to emerge from this period were "Creole Love Call" and "Black and Tan Fantasy.

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Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 3: Singer Jaye P. Morgan ("The Gong Show") is 93. British singer and actor Paul Nicholas is 80. Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne is 76. Singer Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship is 75. Don Barnes, of the Florida rock band .

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Today in Music History for Dec. 3 In 1908, the Regina Orchestral Society, the forerunner to the Regina Symphony Orchestra, gave its first concert.

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Today in History for Dec. 3: In 1170, Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, returned to England after six years of exile in France. He would be martyred on Dec. 29 -- killed by soldiers sent by his former friend, King Henry II.

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Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 2: Jazz saxophonist P.J. Perry is 83. Bassist Tom McGuiness ("Manfred Mann," "McGuiness Flint") is 83. Actress Cathy Lee Crosby ("That's Incredible") is 80.
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