The end of this day marks the halfway point of a leap year. It also falls on the same day of the week as New Year's Day in a leap year.

Events

69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.

251 – Battle of Abrittus: The Goths defeat emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus on swampy ground in the Dobrudja (Moesia).

1097 – Battle of Dorylaeum: Crusaders led by Prince Bohemond of Taranto defeat a Seljuk army led by Sultan Kilij Arslan I.

1520 – La Noche Triste: a joint Mexican Indian force led by the Aztec ruler Cuitláhuac defeat Spanish Conquistadores led by Hernán Cortés.

1569 – Union of Lublin: the Kingdom of Poland and the Great Duchy of Lithuania confirm a real union; the united country is called the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Republic of Both Nations.

1690 – Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).

1770 – Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146 a.u.

1782 – American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

1837 – A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.

1855 – Signing of the Quinault Treaty: the Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.

1858 – Joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society.

1862 – The Russian State Library is founded.

1862 – American Civil War: the Battle of Malvern Hill takes place. It is the final battle in the Seven Days Campaign, part of the George B. McClellan's Peninsula Campaign.

1863 – Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.

1863 – American Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg begins.

1867 – The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada.

1870 – The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.

1873 – Prince Edward Island joins the Canadian Confederation.

1878 – Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.

1881 – The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

1881 – General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell-Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.

1885 – The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada.

1890 – Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.

1892 – The Homestead Strike, a strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers against the Carnegie Steel Company, begins.

1898 – Spanish-American War: the Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.

1908 – SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.

1915 – Lieutenant Kurt Wintgens achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized gun-equipped fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.

1916 – World War I: First day on the Somme – On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.

1921 – The Communist Party of China is founded.

1923 – The Canadian Parliament suspends all Chinese immigration.

1931 – United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).

1935 – Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in On-to-Ottawa-Trek.

1935 – Grant Park Music Festival begins its tradition of free summer symphonic music concert series in Chicago's Grant Park, which continues as the United States' only annual free outdoor classical music concert series.

1942 – World War II: first Battle of El Alamein.

1942 – The Australian Federal Government becomes the sole collector of Income Tax in Australia as the State Income Tax is abolished.

1943 – Tokyo City merges with Tokyo Prefecture and is dissolved. Since then, no city in Japan has had the name "Tokyo" (present-day Tokyo is not officially a city).

1947 – The Philippine Air Force is established.

1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.

1949 – The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin Royal Family.

1957 – The International Geophysical Year begins.

1958 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.

1958 – Flooding of Canada's St. Lawrence Seaway begins.

1959 – The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.

1959 – Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.

1960 – Independence of Somalia.

1960 – Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom ceases to be its Head of state.

1962 – Independence of Rwanda.

1962 – Independence of Burundi.

1963 – ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail.

1963 – The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.

1966 – The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.

1967 – The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

1967 – Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion.

1968 – The CIA's Phoenix Program is officially established.

1968 – The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.

1968 – Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL-CIO.

1970 – President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.

1972 – The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.

1976 – Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.

1978 – The Northern Territory in Australia is granted Self-Government.

1979 – Sony introduces the Walkman.

1980 – O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.

1981 – The Wonderland Murders occurred in the early morning hours, allegedly masterminded by businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash.

1983 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.

1984 – The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.

1987 – The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.

1990 – German re-unification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

1991 – The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.

1997 – The People's Republic of China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule.

1999 – The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.

2000 – The Oresund Bridge, connecting Sweden and Denmark, opens for traffic.

2002 – The International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

2002 – A Bashkirian Airlines (flight 2937) Tupolev TU-154 and a DHL (German cargo) Boeing 757 collide in mid-air over Ueberlingen, southern Germany, killing 71.

2003 – Over 500,000 people protested against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.

2004 – Saturn orbit insertion of Cassini-Huygens begins at 01:12 UTC and ends at 02:48 UTC.

2006 – The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China.

2007 – Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.

2008 – Rioting erupted in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.

2009 – Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigns giving no specific reason. Jadranka Kosor is announced as the next Prime Minister, the first woman ever to hold the post.

Births

1481 – King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (d. 1559)

1506 – King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1526)

1534 – King Frederick II of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig (d. 1588)

1574 – Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (d. 1656)

1586 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (d. 1630)

1633 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (d. 1698)

1646 – Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician (d. 1716)

1676 – Anthony Collins, English philosopher (d. 1729)

1723 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (d. 1802)

1725 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French nobleman and soldier (d. 1807)

1731 – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Royal Navy Admiral (b.1804)

1742 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist (d. 1799)

1788 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician (d. 1867)

1804 – George Sand, French writer (d. 1876)

1804 – Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist (d. 1886)

1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American educator (d. 1888)

1818 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (d. 1865)

1834 – Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet (d. 1908)

1863 – William Grant Stairs, Canadian explorer (d. 1892)

1869 – William Strunk, Jr., American grammarian (d. 1946)

1872 – Louis Blériot, French aviator (d. 1936)

1873 – Alice Guy-Blaché, American film director (d. 1968)

1879 – Léon Jouhaux, French labor figure, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1954)

1883 – Arthur Borton, English soldier (d. 1933)

1899 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American composer (d. 1993)

1899 – Charles Laughton, English actor (d. 1962)

1899 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek politician (d. 1987)

1902 – William Wyler, French-born American film director (d. 1981)

1903 – Amy Johnson, English pilot (d. 1941)

1906 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (d. 1992)

1906 – Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (d. 2004)

1907 – Bill Stern, American sportscaster (d. 1971)

1911 – Sergei Sokolov, Soviet marshal

1912 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (d. 2000)

1912 – Sally Kirkland, American fashion editor (d. 1989)

1913 – Frank Barrett, American baseball player (d. 1998)

1913 – Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (d. 1979)

1915 – Willie Dixon, American blues vocalist and record producer (d. 1992)

1915 – Joseph Ransohoff, American neurosurgeon (d. 2001)

1916 – Olivia de Havilland, British-born actress

1917 – Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004)

1920 – Harold Sakata, American actor (d. 1982)

1921 – Seretse Khama, Botswanan politician (d. 1980)

1925 – Farley Granger, American actor

1926 – Robert Fogel, American economist, Nobel laureate

1926 – Carl Hahn, German automotive executive

1926 – Hans Werner Henze, German composer

1927 – Alan J. Charig, British palaeontologist (d. 1997)

1929 – Gerald Edelman, American biologist, Nobel laureate

1930 – Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American filmmaker (d. 2005)

1930 – Carol Chomsky, American linguist, wife of Noam Chomsky (d. 2008)

1930 – Bobby Day, American singer (d. 1990)

1931 – Leslie Caron, French actress

1932 – Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (d. 2007)

1933 – C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2010)

1934 – Claude Berri, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2009)

1934 – Jamie Farr, American actor

1934 – Jean Marsh, English actress

1934 – Sydney Pollack, American film director (d. 2008)

1935 – James Cotton, American blues harmonica player

1938 – Craig Anderson, American baseball player

1939 – Karen Black, American actress

1941 – Rod Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player

1941 – Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist, Nobel laureate

1941 – Myron Scholes, American economist, Nobel laureate

1941 – Twyla Tharp, American choreographer

1942 – Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress

1942 – Andraé Crouch, American singer

1942 – Mike Malloy, American talk radio host

1943 – Jeff Wayne, American pianist, keyboardist and composer

1943 – Marian Glinka, Polish actor (d. 2008)

1945 – Mike Burstyn, Israeli-born American actor

1945 – Debbie Harry, American singer (Blondie)

1947 – Shirley Hemphill, American actress (d. 1999)

1947 – Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver

1948 – John Ford, English songwriter and guitarist (Strawbs)

1949 – John Farnham, English-born Australian singer

1950 – David Duke, American politician and white supremacist

1951 – Trevor Eve, British actor

1951 – Anne Feeney, American protest singer

1951 – Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer

1951 – Fred Schneider, American singer (The B-52's)

1952 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor

1952 – Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player

1952 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)

1953 – Lawrence Gonzi, Maltan politician

1953 – Jadranka Kosor, Croatian journalist and politician

1955 – Keith Whitley, American country musicsinger (d. 1989)

1956 – Ulf Larsson, Swedish actor (d. 2009)

1956 – Alan Ruck, American actor

1957 – Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player

1957 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (d. 2010)

1959 – Dale Midkiff, American actor

1960 – Evelyn King, American singer

1960 – Kevin Swords, American rugby player

1961 – Kalpana Chawla, Indian-born American astronaut (d. 2003)

1961 – Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 1997)

1961 – Malcolm Elliott, British cyclist

1961 – Carl Lewis, American athlete

1961 – Michelle Wright, Canadian country music singer and guitarist

1962 – Andre Braugher, American actor

1963 – Roddy Bottum, American musician (Faith No More, Imperial Teen)

1963 – David Wood, American environmentalist

1964 – Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach

1965 – Harald Zwart, Norwegian film director

1966 – Enrico Annoni, Italian footballer

1967 – Pamela Anderson, Canadian model

1968 – Tim Abell, American actor

1968 – Jordi Mollà, Spanish actor

1970 – Melissa Peterman, American actress

1970 – Henry Simmons, American actor

1971 – Steven W. Bailey, American actor

1971 – Amira Casar, French actress

1971 – Missy Elliott, American rapper and singer

1971 – Julianne Nicholson, American actress

1971 – Jamie Walker, American baseball player

1972 – Claire Forlani, English actress

1972 – Alex Machacek, Austrian musician

1974 – Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walker

1975 – Sufjan Stevens, American singer and musician

1976 – Patrick Kluivert, Dutch footballer

1976 – Plies, American rapper

1976 – Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch footballer

1976 – Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and songwriter

1976 – Hannu Tihinen, Finnish footballer

1977 – Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer

1977 – Jarome Iginla, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 – Greg Pattillo, American beatboxing flautist

1977 – Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress

1977 – Liv Tyler, American actress

1979 – Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist

1980 – Patrick Aufiero, American ice hockey player

1981 – Carlo del Fava, South African-born Italian rugby player

1981 – Amanda Diva, American actress and rapper

1981 – Tadhg Kennelly, Irish Australian rules footballer

1982 – Hilarie Burton, American actress

1982 – Carmella DeCesare, American glamor model

1982 – Justin Huber, Australian baseball player

1982 – Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player

1982 – Adrian Ward, American football player

1983 – Lynsey Bartilson, American actress

1983 – Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M)

1983 – Leeteuk (Park Jung Su), Korean singer

1986 – Andrew Lee, Australian rules footballer

1986 – Agnes Monica, Indonesian singer

1988 – Evan Ellingson, American actor

1989 – Mitch Hewer, English actor

1989 – Hannah Murray, English actress

1989 – Daniel Ricciardo, Australian racing driver

1998 – Hollie Steel, English singer, Tucker Franklin, American

Deaths

552 – Totila, King of the Ostrogoths (birth year unknown)

868 – Ali al-Hadi, Shi'a Imam (b. 828)

1109 – King Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1040)

1277 – Baibars, Mameluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1223)

1592 – Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Italian composer (b. c. 1547)

1614 – Isaac Casaubon, French-born classical scholar (b. 1559)

1622 – William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, British politician (b. 1575)

1681 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and saint (b. 1629)

1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)

1774 – Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (b. 1705)

1782 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British statesman and noble (b. 1730)

1784 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (b. 1710)

1819 – Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (b. 1752)

1839 – Mahmud II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1785)

1860 – Charles Goodyear, American inventor (b. 1800)

1863 – John Fulton Reynolds, American Civil War general (b. 1820)

1894 – Allan Pinkerton, American private detective (b. 1819)

1896 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and writer (b. 1811)

1905 – John Hay, American statesman (b. 1838)

1925 – Erik Satie, French composer (b. 1866)

1942 – Peadar Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish language writer (b. 1857)

1944 – Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (b. 1930)

1948 – Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)

1950 – Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and music educator (b. 1865)

1950 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (b. 1873)

1961 – Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894)

1964 – Pierre Monteux, French conductor (b. 1875)

1965 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903)

1967 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian (b. 1888)

1968 – Fritz Bauer, German judge and prosecutor (b. 1903)

1971 – William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)

1974 – Juan Perón, 29th and 41st President of Argentina (b. 1895)

1976 – Anneliese Michel, German woman said to be possessed by demons (b. 1952)

1978 – Kurt Student, German Luftwaffe general (b. 1890)

1981 – Carlos de Oliveira, Portuguese writer (b. 1921)

1981 – Rushton Moreve, American bass player (Steppenwolf) (b. 1948)

1983 – R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and philosopher (b. 1903)

1984 – Moshe Feldenkrais, Ukrainian educator (b. 1904)

1987 – Snakefinger, British guitarist, violinist and composer (The Residents) (b. 1949)

1991 – Michael Landon, American actor (b. 1936)

1992 – Franco Cristaldi, Italian film producer (b. 1924)

1992 – Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissau politician (b. 1933)

1994 – Merriam Modell, American novelist (b. 1908)

1995 – Wolfman Jack, American radio personality (b. 1938)

1996 – William T. Cahill, American politician (b. 1904)

1996 – Steve Tesich, Serbian screenwriter (b. 1942)

1996 – Margaux Hemingway, American actress and model (b. 1954)

1997 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (b. 1917)

1999 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-born film director (b. 1908)

1999 – Guy Mitchell, American popular singer (b. 1927)

1999 – Forrest Mars Sr., American candy magnate (b. 1904)

1999 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress (b. 1910)

2000 – Sarah Payne, British murder victim (b. 1992)

2000 – Walter Matthau, American actor (b. 1920)

2001 – Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1922)

2003 – Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)

2003 – Wesley Mouzon, American boxer (b. 1927)

2003 – Nǃxau, Namibian actor (b. 1944)

2004 – Peter Barnes, English writer (b. 1931)

2004 – Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (b. 1909)

2004 – Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924)

2005 – Luther Vandross, American singer (b. 1951)

2005 – Renaldo "Obie" Benson, American soul singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

2006 – Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)

2008 – Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake) (b. 1948)

2009 – Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)

2009 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (b. 1917)

2009 – Mollie Sugden, English actress (b. 1922)

2009 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)

2010 – Ilene Woods, American actress (b. 1929)

2010 – Geoffrey Hutchings, British actor (b. 1939)

2010 – Arnold Friberg, American illustrator (b. 1913)

2010 – Don Coryell, American football head coach (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day. (Canada)

Christian Feast Day:

*Aaron (Syriac Christianity)

*Feast of the Most Precious Blood

*Blessed Fray Junípero Serra

*Julius and Aaron

*Leontius of Autun

*Servanus

*July 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Doctors' Day (India)

Earliest day on which St Pauls Carnival can fall, while July 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Saturday in July. (Bristol)

Emancipation Day (Netherlands Antilles)

Emancipation Day or Keti Koti (Suriname)

Hong Kong SAR Establishment Day (Hong Kong)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burundi from Belgium in 1962.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Rwanda from Belgium in 1962.

International Tartan Day (Australia and New Zealand)

July Morning tradition (Bulgaria)

Madeira Day (Madeira)

Memorial Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Moving Day (Quebec)

Republic Day (Ghana)

Republic Day, celebrates the independence of Somalia from Italy and the unification of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland to form Somali Republic. (Somalia)

Sir Seretse Khama Day (Botswana)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Name	Jay Pharoah
Birth name	Jared Farrow
Birth date	October 14, 1987
Birth place	Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Comedian

Jared Farrow (born October 14, 1987), better known by his stage name Jay Pharoah,

Life and career

Pharoah has been performing stand-up comedy in community theaters and at comedy clubs in Virginia since age 15; he at one point toured with Charlie Murphy. including Barack Obama, Will Smith, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Eddie Murphy, Charlie Murphy, and Denzel Washington.

In 2010, Pharoah was hired by Saturday Night Live as a featured player for the show's 36th season. He is currently the youngest member of the cast, surpassing Abby Elliott (who remains the youngest female cast member on the show). He debuted on Saturday Night Live on September 25, 2010, in the show's Weekend Update as Will Smith.

Celebrity impersonations on SNL

Chris Tucker

Denzel Washington

Kevin Garnett

Eddie Murphy

Jay-Z

Kanye West

Nick Cannon

Will Smith

References

External links

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Name	Jack Owen
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Jack Owen
Born	December, 1967 (age 42)
Instrument	Guitar, bass, vocals
Genre	Heavy metal Death metal Hard rock Country
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1988–present
Associated acts	Cannibal Corpse Deicide Adrift Order of Ennead
Url	http://www.cannibalcorpse.nethttp://deicide.comhttp://www.adrift.cc

Jack Owen is an American heavy metal guitarist best known for his work in the death metal genre. He was one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse. He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004 when he left because he wanted to move on as stated in the DVD. Later that year though, he was hired by Deicide—another influential and long-running Florida death metal band—and has recorded two albums with them. As of November 2007, Owen has been playing shows in support of Adrift's full-length album, "Absolution," which Adrift is shopping to interested record labels, and which Owen has said "is the record I am most proud of." Owen also takes duty as the lead guitarist for Order of Ennead when their guitarist, John Li, is unavailable.

Biography

Jack Owen was born in Buffalo, New York, to mother Norma and father Glenn Owen. He said in an interview that his dad would occasionally bring out his acoustic guitar and play classic country songs by Hank Williams Sr. and other artists. "That's where most of my inspiration comes from" says Owen.

Personality & Musical Tastes

- “I don't listen to (Marilyn) Manson or Mudvayne, but I do like Slipknot, just because they're so over the top. In all honesty, though, I haven't seen Mudvayne yet.”

- “I'm more of a guitar related music fan; thrash, speed, guitar rock. Anything with guitars up front. Don't bury it in keyboards!”

Discography

Cannibal Corpse

Eaten Back to Life (1990)

Butchered At Birth (1991)

Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)

The Bleeding (1994)

Vile (1996)

Gallery of Suicide (1998)

Bloodthirst (1999)

Gore Obsessed (2002)

The Wretched Spawn (2004)

Deicide

The Stench of Redemption (2006)

Till Death Do Us Part (2008)

To Hell with God (2011)

Adrift

Absolution (2007)

Estuary

Played bass live in 2007 on European tour.

External links

Tomb of the Mutilated Biography

References

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Landscape	yes
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Tramar Dillard
Born	Carol City, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	rapper, singer
Genre	Hip hop, pop, urban pop, dance
Years active	2006–present
Label	Atlantic, Poe Boy
Associated acts	Brisco
Url

Tramar Dillard, better known by his stage name Flo Rida, is an American rapper and singer. Later, he appeared in numerous rap mixtapes and studio albums, most notably in We the Best in 2006. Mail on Sunday was Flo Rida's solo debut album; its first single "Low", featuring T-Pain which was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United States in early 2008. Two other singles resulted from Mail on Sunday: "Elevator" and "In the Ayer". In 2009, his second album R.O.O.T.S. was released; its most successful single "Right Round" was at the top of the Hot 100 for six weeks. Since then, he has released a mini-album titled "Only One Flo (Part 1)", which will see a sequel titled "Only One Rida (Part 2)".

Early life

Tramar Dillard was born in the 187th Street projects of Carol City, Florida. His single mother raised him and his seven sisters, some of whom sang in a local gospel group. Dillard's brother-in-law was a hypeman for local rap group 2 Live Crew, and, while in Ninth Grade, Dillard formed his own amateur group with some friends called the Groundhoggz. His work with 2 Live Crew member Fresh Kid Ice attracted attention of DeVante Swing, a member of the band Jodeci. However, he was rejected by several of the major labels, so he sought many other jobs outside of music. He returned to Florida to continue pursuing his music career after receiving a phone call from a representative of the independent label Poe Boy Entertainment. Dillard signed with Poe Boy in 2006, and as Flo Rida he began affiliating with other artists, such as Rick Ross, Trina, T-Pain, and Trick Daddy. A promotional street single entitled "Birthday", featuring Rick Ross, was his first significant release. He made his debut guest appearance with the song "Bitch I'm from Dade County" on DJ Khaled's album We the Best, which featured Trick Daddy, Trina, Rick Ross, Brisco, C-Ride, and Dre.

Music career

Mail on Sunday (2007–08)

in Toronto.]] Flo Rida's first single was "Low", featuring T-Pain. It was his first official single from his debut album Mail On Sunday and the soundtrack to the movie Step Up 2 The Streets. "Low" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

After the success of Mail on Sunday, Flo Rida made guest performances on other R&B;, rap, and pop singles, including "Move Shake Drop" by DJ Laz, "We Break the Dawn" by Michelle Williams, the remix of "4 Minutes" by Madonna, "Running Back" by Australian R&B; singer Jessica Mauboy, "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel, and the remix of "Speedin'" by Rick Ross. During the summer of 2008, he did live performances on the Fox dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance in the US and 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards in Canada. He appeared on the albums We Global by DJ Khaled, Gutta by Ace Hood, and starstruck by Lady Gaga, among others.

R.O.O.T.S. (2009)

According to, Billboard magazine, Flo Rida began recording his sophomore nine months after Mail On Sunday. The album is titled R.O.O.T.S. and was released on March 31, 2009. The first single "Right Round" featured Ke$ha and was released for airplay in January 2009. "Right Round" jumped from number 58 to the top spot in one week in late February. The song broke a record for the most digital one week sales in the U.S., with 636,000, beating the previous record he had set himself with "Low". "Right Round" sampled "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", a 1985 hit by Dead or Alive. The second official single was "Sugar", which featured R&B; singer Wynter Gordon. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other singles were "Jump" featuring Nelly Furtado, which reached #54 on the Hot 100 and was the promotional single for the animated film G-Force, and "Be On You" featuring Ne-Yo, which reached #19 on the Hot 100. In addition to singles from his own album, Flo Rida made guest performances on "Feel It" by DJ Felli Fel, "The Fame" by Lady Gaga, and "Feel It" by Three 6 Mafia. "Bad Boys", the first single by winner of British reality show The X Factor Alexandra Burke that featured Flo Rida, debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart in October.

Only One Flo (Part 1) (2010)

Flo Rida's third album Only One Flo (Part 1) was released on November 24, 2010. In March 2010, Flo Rida announced on Twitter that the album would be titled The Only One. Billboard reported that The Only One was to be a double album. The single "Zoosk Girl", featuring T-Pain was leaked online on March 28. J-Rock produced "Zoosk Girl". "Club Can't Handle Me", produced by David Guetta, was the first official single and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and #4 on the Canadian Hot 100. "Club Can't Handle Me" was also on the soundtrack for Step Up 3-D. Flo Rida also made guest appearances on "iYiYi", a song by Australian teen singer Cody Simpson, and on the song "Out My Video" by Bulgarian singer LiLana. On 31 August 2010, it was announced that Flo Rida had collaborated with English/Irish girl group The Saturdays, after he beat the group to the number one spot in the UK for the second time. It was later confirmed, by The Saturdays official website that Flo Rida had recorded a new version of the girl's ninth single, "Higher", in which Rida's vocals would be featured. It was also announced that the single would be released on the 29th of September 2010 Flo Rida recorded his parts of the music video separately. The video was completed on 29 August 2010.

In December 2010, the Associated Press reported that Flo Rida had created his own label, International Music Group, inspired by Nicki Minaj's signing with Lil Wayne's. He has signed an 18 year-old rapper, Brianna, to International.

Discography

; Studio albums

Mail on Sunday (2008)

R.O.O.T.S. (2009)

Only One Flo (Part 1) (2010)

Only One Rida (Part 2) (2011)

Awards and nominations

See also

List of Miami rappers

References

External links

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Name	David Guetta
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	David Pierre Guetta
Born	November 07, 1967Paris, France
Genre	House, Progressive House, Electro House, Hip House, Dance, French House
Occupation	Producer, DJ
Years active	1984–present| Label = EMI Music France, Virgin
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David Pierre Guetta ();was born 7 November 1967 in Paris, France, is a French House music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2001. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the US and all three reaching #1 in the UK.

Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide. He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers, having worked with a variety of pop and hip-hop artists including Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Kylie Minogue, Taio Cruz and Madonna.

Biography

1984–2000: early life and career

At age 17, Guetta began DJ'ing at the Broad Club in Paris. He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley Jackmaster Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights. He is married to Cathy Guetta, with whom he has two children.

In the early 1990s, Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle. Released in 1994,

2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster

In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.

2009: One Love and International breakthrough

David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released on 21 August 2009, and physically released on 24 August 2009 in Europe and 25 August in the United States. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart & topped many other countries worldwide becoming a huge summer & dancefloor hit. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon) became his second #1 in the UK & also topped many countries worldwide becoming his second summer hit. The song "Sexy Bitch" was inspired by Guetta's sexy mother, according to an interview with the DJ in French Vogue, where he also professes his love for Stuart Hay "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed which soon became Guetta's third #1. The album has sold 1.4 million copies worldwide since its release according to Billboard. David Guetta also features in "Club Can't Handle Me" by Flo Rida.

On 16 June 2009, the Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song in both the United Kingdom, selling more than one million copies, and in the United States, with six million downloads.

Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is Fuck Me I'm Famous. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine, and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008.

On 2 December 2009, Guetta received five nominations at the 52nd Grammy Awards. He was nominated twice for his work with the Black Eyed Peas; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B; singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album".

2010–present: collaborations, One More Love and 5th Studio Album

In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her self-titled third studio album. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which is Kelly's second UK single from her third album. Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.

After conflicts over whether or not a One Love re-issue should go ahead, it was finally confirmed that Guetta's One Love studio album would be re-released as One More Love. Autumn 2010, David Guetta had announced his new single, titled "Who's that Chick?" featuring Rihanna, will be released from his upcoming studio album, One More Love. The album will be released 29 November, 2010. It will feature Kelly Rowland, Akon, Kid Cudi, will.i.am and Rihanna. David Guetta will be one of the headlining acts at ZoukOut 2010. It will be held in Singapore, on Saturday, 11th December at Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island.

When asked about his fifth album, Guetta announced it would be released in the summer of 2011. The French DJ recently admitted that his new sound is inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay: "I might make dance music but that doesn't mean I'm not influenced by bands like Kings of Leon and Coldplay," he told the Daily Star, "Right now I'm planning coming back with a new sound for my next album due out in summer 2011.". Guetta produced Jennifer Lopez' cover of "On The Radio" for her album "Love?" coming out in 2011.

Personal life

David Guetta was born and raised in Montguyon, France. His mother is of Belgian descent while his father was a restaurateur and of Moroccan Jewish descent. He is married to Cathy Guetta and has two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).

Discography

Just a Little More Love (2002)

Guetta Blaster (2004)

Pop Life (2007)

One Love (2009)

One More Love (2010)

TBA (2011)

Awards and nominations

{| class=wikitable |- !Year !Award !Category !Nominated work !Result |- ||2006 |rowspan="3"|DJ Awards |Best House DJ | | |- |rowspan="4"|2007 |Best International DJ | | |- |Best Ibiza Night | | |- |World Music Awards |World's Best Selling DJ | | |- |TMF Awards |Best Dance Act | | |- |rowspan="2"|2008 |DJ Awards |Best House DJ | | |- |MTV Europe Music Awards |Best French Act | | |- |rowspan="2"|2009 |DJ Awards |Best House DJ | | |- |DJ Magazine |Top 100 DJs | |Third Place |- |rowspan="9"|2010 |rowspan="4"|Grammy Awards |Best DJ | | |- |Best Producer | | |- |Best Selling French artist | | |- ||NRJ Music Awards | International Album of the Year |One Love | |- |DJ Magazine |Top 100 DJs | |Second Place |}

References

External links

David Guetta Information at Ultra Records

Review of 'Memories' on the Daily Music Guide

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David Guetta in PACHA NEWS

David Guetta at Billboard.com

Review of 'Gettin Over you' on the Daily Music Guide

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Name	Ashley Greene
Birth name	Ashley Michele Greene
Caption	Ashley Greene in 2009.
Birth date	February 21, 1987
Birth place	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	2005–present
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Ashley Michele Greene (born February 21, 1987) is an American actress and model, best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.

Personal life

Greene was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and is the daughter of Michele, who works in insurance, and Joe Greene, a U.S. Marine who now owns his own concrete business. She grew up in Middleburg and Jacksonville, and went to University Christian School before transferring to Wolfson High School when she was in tenth grade. She moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Greene has an older brother named Joe, who still resides in Jacksonville with their parents. She is currently dating singer Joe Jonas. Greene has stated the she grew up watching football and is a Florida Gators fan. She was also seen attending a Green Bay Packers game against the New York Giants with Jonas and Jessica Szohr at Lambeau Field in 2010.

Career

She initially planned to become a model, but was told that she was not tall enough at 5'5" to be a runway model and should instead focus on commercials.

Greene portrayed Michelle Burkham in the drama film Skateland, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

She reunited with her Twilight co-star Kellan Lutz in the movie Warrior and also stars in thriller film, Summer's Blood, as well as the Dark Castle Entertainment production The Apparition, which began filming on February 1, 2010.

Appearing nude in a bodypainted bikini, Greene posed for SoBe advertisements that ran in the 2010 issue of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. People Magazine named Greene as one of the "World's Most Beautiful Women of 2010". She received "The Style Icon Award" at Hollywood Life’s Young Hollywood Awards this year. Greene was also presented an award from the PETA foundation for representing Avon and their no testing on animals policy.

Ashley Greene presented an award at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2010.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2005 | Punk'd | Girlfriend | 1 episode |- | 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Ann Rappaport | 1 episode |- | 2006 | MADtv | Amber | 1 episode |- | 2006 | Desire | Renata | 7 episodes |- | 2007 | King of California | McDonald's Customer | |- | 2008 | Shark | Natalie Faber | 1 episode |- | 2008 | Otis | Kim #4 | Straight-to-DVD |- | 2008 | Twilight | Alice Cullen | Teen Choice Award for Movie Fresh Face FemaleNominated–Scream Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated–Scream Award for Best Ensemble Cast |- | 2009 | Shrink | Missy | |- | 2009 | Summer's Blood | Summer Matthews | Straight-to-DVDOriginally titled Summer's Blood |- | 2009 | | Alice Cullen | Teen Choice Award for Scene Stealer FemaleTeen Choice Award for Most Fanatic Fans |- | 2010 | Skateland | Michelle Burkham | Premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival |- | 2010 | Radio Free Albemuth | Rhonda | Post-production |- | 2010 | Warrior | Brooklyn | Post-production |- | 2010 | | Alice Cullen | |- | 2011 | | Ashley | Post-production |- | 2011 | | Kelly | Post-production |- | 2011 | | Alice Cullen | Filming |- | 2012 | | Alice Cullen | Filming |}

References

External links

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