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On this day in 1949 J. Edgar Hoover gave Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen.

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On this day in 1949 J. Edgar Hoover gave Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hns8bVTOo2w

Born on this day in 1809 composer Sebastián Yradier
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJB8gpNOtm0

Born on this day in 1855 composer Ernest Chausson
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or_9Wq-lo-Q

Born on this day in 1886 conductor Gabriele Santini
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD8zf14htQo

Born on this day in 1928 conductor Antonio de Almeida
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgzrzW7U3-o

Happy 82nd birthday tenor André Jobin
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8mBW86QWPc

Happy 80th birthday tenor Ugo Benelli
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOaeaBd24A

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Dan Soda (Windy City Operaman) is a Chicago native whose first visit to opera was at age 17 and Massenet’s Werther with Troyanos and Kraus. Nothing was ever the same. Opera and concert performances, recordings and video are an obsession. He prepares Parterre Box’s daily birthday and anniversary tributes. He also enjoys concerts, live theater and movies.

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