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On this day in 1965, the first concert was presented in Houston’s Astrodome.

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On this day in 1965, the first concert was presented in Houston’s Astrodome. (For a $7.50 top, the audience heard Judy Garland with opening act The Supremes.)

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RabQLuj4N8&start=14

orn on this day in 1749 composer Domenico Cimarosa
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3BuJhtOzY4 ;

Born on this day in 1904 composer Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChsOOUN1Zvw ;

Born on this day in 1928 tenor Seth McCoy
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZO-j8Qmytc

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