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The American composer, conductor, and arranger Henry Mancini  (Enrico Nicola Mancini) was born on this day in 1924. His best known works were the themes for The Pink Panther films and the television series Peter Gunn.

You can read more about Henry Mancini here.

Also have a listen to both of his well-known themes here and here.

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On this day in 1958, Van Cliburn became the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Competion in Moscow.

You can read more about Cliburn and the competition here and see a video here.

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On this day in 1963, the American singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tennessee. 

 

 You can read about her on Wikipedia here and watch a video via YouTube here.