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Born on this day in 1925 actress singer and Leonie Rysanek doppelgänger Dorothy Loudon.

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Born on this day in 1925 actress, singer and Leonie Rysanek doppelgänger Dorothy Loudon. 

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Born on this day in 1711 composer Ignaz Holzbauer.
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Born on this day in 1878 composer Vincenzo Tommasini.
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Born on this day in 1880 conductor and composer Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht.
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Born on this day in 1904 choreographer Frederick Ashton.
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Born on this day in 1913 glass harmonica player Bruno Hoffman.
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Happy 81st birthday baritone Roland Hermann.
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Happy 65th birthday bass John-Paul Bogart.
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