Events

43 BC – Octavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

1504 – In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.

1561 – An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.

1612 – The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused for practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in English history.

1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".

1692 – Salem witch trials: in Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.

1745 – Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan – the start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".

1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Year's War between Britain and France.

1768 – Saint Isaac's Cathedral is founded in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

1772 – Gustavus III of Sweden stages a Coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.

1782 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Lord Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.

1812 – War of 1812: American frigate defeats the British frigate off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".

1813 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.

1821 – Greek rebels massacre all the population of Navarino.

1839 – The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".

1848 – California Gold Rush: the ''New York Herald'' breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).

1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.

1862 – Indian Wars: during an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.

1895 – American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.

1909 – First automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway takes place.

1919 – Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.

1927 – Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.

1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.

1934 – The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.

1940 – First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.

1942 – World War II: Operation Jubilee – the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was doomed to fail, and was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.

1944 – World War II: Liberation of Paris – Paris rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.

1945 – Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.

1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.

1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.

1960 – Sputnik program: Sputnik 5 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants.

1965 – Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.

1980 – Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.

1981 – Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.

1987 – Hungerford Massacre: in the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with an assault rifle and then commits suicide.

1989 – Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist Prime Minister in 42 years.

1989 – Raid on offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline in North Sea by British and Dutch governments.

1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

1991 – dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Crimea.

1991 – Crown Heights Riot: Black groups target Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights during 3 days, after 2 black kids were struck by a car driven by a Hasidic man.

1999 – In Belgrade, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.

2002 – A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.

2003 – A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.

2003 – A Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre.

2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.

2005 – A series of strong storms lashes Southern Ontario spawning several tornadoes as well as creating extreme flash flooding within the city of Toronto and its surrounding communities. In Toronto, it is also dubbed as the Toronto Supercell.

2009 – A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.

2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

Births

232 – Marcus Aurelius Probus, Roman emperor (d. 282)

1342 – Katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)

1398 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)

1557 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)

1590 – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)

1596 – Elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)

1621 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)

1631 – John Dryden, English poet (d. 1700)

1646 – John Flamsteed, first English Astronomer Royal (d. 1719)

1686 – Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737)

1689 – Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)

1711 – Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761)

1743 – Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)

1843 – C.I. Scofield, author of Scofield Reference Bible (d. 1921)

1846 – Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1906)

1848 – Gustave Caillebotte, French Painter (d. 1894)

1849 – Joaquim Nabuco, Brazilian writer, statesman, and abolitionist (d. 1910)

1853 – Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (d. 1926)

1870 – Bernard Baruch, American financier (d. 1965)

1871 – Orville Wright, American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)

1873 – Fred Stone, American actor (d. 1959)

1875 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (d. 1936)

1878 – Manuel L. Quezon, 2^nd President of the Philippines (d. 1944)

1881 – George Enescu, Romanian composer (d. 1955)

1883 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (d. 1965)

1883 – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)

1883 – Elsie Ferguson, American film actress (d. 1961)

1889 – Arthur Waley, English orientalist and sinologist (d. 1966)

1896 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (d. 1974)

1899 – Charlie Hall, English comedian actor (d. 1959)

1900 – Colleen Moore, American film actress.(d. 1988)

1900 – Gontran de Poncins, French writer and adventurer (d. 1962)

1900 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)

1902 – Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)

1902 – J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)

1903 – James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (d. 1978)

1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (d. 1971)

1907 – Thruston B. Morton, American politician (d. 1982)

1907 – Archie League, generally considered the first air traffic controller (d. 1986)

1912 – Austin Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1963)

1913 – Richard Simmons, American actor (d. 2003)

1913 – John Argyris, Greek aeronautical engineer, one of the creators of the Finite Element Method (d. 2004)

1914 – Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)

1915 – Ring Lardner Jr, American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)

1915 – Alfred Rouleau, French Canadian businessman and administrator (Desjardins Group) (d. 1985)

1918 – Jimmy Rowles, pianist (d. 1996)

1919 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (d. 1990)

1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)

1925 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright (d. 1971)

1926 – Arthur Rock, American venture capitalist

1927 – L.Q. Jones, American actor

1928 – Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (d. 2004)

1928 – Norman Brooks, Canadian singer (d. 2006)

1928 – Walter Massey, Canadian actor

1930 – Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (d. 2009)

1931 – Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (d. 2003)

1932 – Thomas P. Salmon, 75th Governor of Vermont

1934 – David Durenberger, American Senator

1934 – Renée Richards, American physician

1935 – Bobby Richardson, American baseball player

1935 – Zahir Raihan, Bangladeshi writer and filmmaker

1938 – Diana Muldaur, American actress

1939 – Ginger Baker, English musician (Cream)

1940 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter

1940 – Jill St. John, American actress

1941 – Mihalis Papagiannakis, Greek politician (d. 2009)

1942 – Fred Thompson, American politician and actor

1943 – Billy J. Kramer, British singer

1944 – Jack Canfield, American author and speaker

1944 – Buzz Kilman, Chicago radio personality

1944 – Bodil Malmsten, Swedish writer

1944 – Charles Wang, Chinese-born philanthropist

1944 – Eddy Raven, American country music artist

1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)

1945 – Charles Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, English heir of the 8th Duke of Wellington

1945 – Sandro de América, Argentine singer & actor (d. 2010)

1946 – Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States

1946 – Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor

1946 – Dawn Steel, American film producer (d. 1997)

1947 – Dave Dutton, English actor

1947 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)

1947 – Gerard Schwarz, American conductor

1948 – Gerald McRaney, American actor

1948 – Tipper Gore, Second Lady of the United States

1950 – Jennie Bond, British journalist

1950 – Sudha Murthy, Indian social worker and writer

1950 – Graeme Beard, Australian cricketer

1951 – John Deacon, English musician (Queen)

1951 – Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer

1951 – Lillian Müller, Norwegian model and actress

1952 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director

1953 – Lynwood Slim, American blues musician

1953 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant

1953 – Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer

1954 – Oscar Larrauri, Argentine racing driver

1955 – Peter Gallagher, American actor

1955 – Ned Yost, American baseball player and manager

1956 – Adam Arkin, American actor

1957 – Li-Young Lee, Indonesia-born American poet

1957 – Christine Soetewey, Belgian high jumper

1957 – Ian Gould, England cricketer

1957 – Paul-Jan Bakker, Netherland cricketer

1958 – Anthony Muñoz, American football player

1958 – Gary Gaetti, American baseball player

1958 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician

1959 – Ricky Pierce, American basketball player

1959 – Susan Cummings, Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer

1960 – Morten Andersen, American football player

1960 – Ron Darling, American baseball player and announcer

1961 – Jonathan Coe, British author

1962 – Tammy Bruce, American political commentator

1962 – Valérie Kaprisky, French actress

1963 – John Stamos, American actor

1963 – Yip Sai Wing, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)

1963 – Joey Tempest, Swedish singer (Europe)

1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress

1965 – Kevin Dillon, American actor

1965 – Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director

1966 – Lilian Garcia, wrestling announcer

1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American musician

1968 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek windsurfer

1968 – Mark McGuinn, country music singer

1969 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011)

1969 – Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)

1969 – Emigdio Preciado, Hispanic fugitive on FBI's Most Wanted list

1969 – Paula Jai Parker, American actress

1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor

1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Japanese baseball player

1969 – Patrick Van Horn, American actor

1969 – Clay Walker, American singer

1970 – Fat Joe, American rapper

1970 – Jeff Tam, American baseball player

1971 – João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player

1971 – Mary Jo Fernandez, Tennis player

1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentine footballer

1972 – Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress

1972 – Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer

1972 – Jamie Zubairi, British Malaysian actor and painter

1972 – Elizabeth Wolfgramm, American singer (The Jets)

1973 – Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

1973 – Callum Blue, British actor

1973 – Marco Materazzi, Italian footballer

1973 – Carl Bulfin, New Zealand cricketer

1974 – Tim Kasher, American musician, Cursive and The Good Life

1975 – Chynna Clugston, American comic book creator

1975 – Tracie Thoms, American actress

1975 – Marco Coti Zelati, Italian bassist (Lacuna Coil)

1977 – Iban Mayo, Spanish cyclist

1977 – Takahiro Yamada, Japanese bassist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)

1978 – Chris Capuano, American baseball player

1979 – Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K, Attack Cat)

1979 – Oumar Kondé, Swiss footballer

1980 – Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa)

1980 – Houcine Camara, French singer

1980 – Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor

1980 – Paul Parry, Welsh footballer

1980 – Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)

1980 – Russell Kane (Comedian)

1982 – Erika Christensen, American actress

1982 – J. J. Hardy, American baseball player

1982 – Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter

1982 – Willy Denzey, French singer

1983 – Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter

1983 – John McCargo, American football player

1983 – Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer

1983 – Mike Conway, British racing driver

1984 – Micah Alberti, American actor

1984 – Simon Bird, English actor and comedian

1984 – Alessandro Matri, Italian footballer

1984 – Ryan Taylor, English footballer

1985 – Megan Rochell, American singer

1986 – Sotiris Balafas, Greek footballer

1986 – Saori Kimura, Japanese volleyball player

1987 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver

1987 – Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play)

1987 – Richard Stearman, English footballer

1988 – Travis Tedford, American actor

1989 – Romeo Miller, American rapper and basketball player

1998 – Ella Guevara, Filipino actress

2004 – Xyriel Manabat, Filipino actress

Deaths

14 – Augustus, Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)

1186 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)

1245 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195)

1284 – Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)

1297 – Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274)

1493 – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1415)

1580 – Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)

1646 – Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian

1662 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)

1680 – Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists (b. 1601)

1692 – John Proctor, Salem farmer and tavern keeper (b.1632)

1753 – Johann Balthasar Neumann, German architect (b. 1687)

1808 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish naval architect and vice admiral (b. 1721)

1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician (b. 1749)

1883 – Jeremiah S. Black, American statesman (b. 1810)

1889 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)

1895 – John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)

1900 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (b. 1833)

1914 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)

1923 – Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)

1928 – Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker, diplomat and Prime Minister (b. 1838)

1929 – Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872)

1936 – Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)

1936 – Hugh Patrick Lygon, English aristocrat (b. 1904)

1944 – Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b. 1882)

1945 – Tomas Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)

1950 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)

1954 – Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)

1957 – David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)

1957 – Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)

1959 – Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)

1959 – Blind Willie McTell, American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1901)

1963 – Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)

1967 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)

1967 – Isaac Deutscher, British Marxist historian (b. 1907)

1968 – George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)

1970 – Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)

1975 – Mark Donohue, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)

1975 – Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (b. 1897)

1976 – Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (b. 1900)

1976 – Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1946)

1977 – Peter Dyneley, British actor (b. 1921)

1977 – Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)

1979 – Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)

1979 – Joel Teitelbaum, Great Rebbi and Talmudic scholar (b. 1887)

1980 – Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)

1981 – Jessie Matthews, English actress (b. 1907)

1982 – August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)

1986 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (b. 1906)

1994 – Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (b. 1901)

1995 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)

2000 – Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo littérateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)

2000 – Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)

2000 – Theodore Trautwein, American judge (b. 1920)

2001 – Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)

2001 – Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)

2003 – Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)

2003 – Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)

2005 – Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)

2005 – Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)

2008 – LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (b. 1961)

2008 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (b. 1948)

2009 – Don Hewitt, television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes (b. 1922)

2010 – Skandor Akbar, American wrestler (b. 1934)

2011 – Gun Hägglund, Swedish news presenter (b. 1932)

2011 – Raúl Ruiz, Chilean filmmaker (b. 1941)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian Calendar), and its related observances:

**Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Church)

**Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast". (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church)

*Jean-Eudes de Mézeray

*Louis of Toulouse

*Magnus of Anagni

*Magnus of Avignon

*Sebaldus

*August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain. (Afghanistan)

Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in The Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon)

National Aviation Day (United States)

Vinalia Rustica (Roman Empire)

World Humanitarian Day (International)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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name	Fleshgod Apocalypse
background	group_or_band
origin	Rome, Italy
genre	Technical death metal, symphonic metal, brutal death metal
years active	2007–present
label	Willowtip, Candlelight, Nuclear Blast
associated acts	Hour of Penance, Eyeconoclast
website	http://www.fleshgodapocalypse.com/
current members	Tommaso RiccardiPaolo RossiCristiano TrionferaFrancesco PaoliFrancesco Ferrini
past members	}}

Fleshgod Apocalypse is an Italian technical death metal band.

Biography

Fleshgod Apocalypse was formed during 2007 and recorded their first demo the same year. The demo was re-released the following year on a split CD with fellow Italian bands Septycal Gorge, Modus Delicti, and Onirik. Fleshgod Apocalypse then signed to Neurotic Records. In early 2008 the band toured Europe, supporting bands like Behemoth, Origin, Dying Fetus, Hate Eternal, Suffocation, Napalm Death and many more.

In May 2008, the band recorded its first full-length album, ''Oracles''. In December of that year the band decided to part ways with Neurotic Records and signed with Willowtip Records, who released ''Oracles'' in 2009.

Shortly after the release of ''Oracles'' in 2009, the band had a lineup change, with a new member, Tommasso Ricardi taking over vocals and rhythm guitar, which were previously handled by Francesco Paoli, as Paoli took over the drums at this time.

In 2010, Fleshgod Apocalypse released a new EP entitled ''Mafia''. It includes four new tracks and a cover of the track "Blinded by Fear" by At the Gates.

Until 2010, current Fleshgod Apocalypse drummer Francesco Paoli was simultaneously in his former band Hour of Penance doing vocals, as well as drumming in Fleshgod Apocalypse. Also in 2010, another new member, Francesco Ferrini, was added to the band to play keyboards. Ferrini had previously played session keyboards on ''Oracles'' and ''Mafia''.

In May 2011, the band signed a worldwide deal with German record label Nuclear Blast Records. The band has set the release date for their forthcoming second album, entitled ''Agony'', as August 9, 2011. The iTunes version of ''Agony'' also includes a cover of the track Heartwork by Carcass.

Fleshgod Apocalypse is part of the 2011 Summer Slaughter Tour in North America alongside co-headliners Whitechapel and The Black Dahlia Murder. The band is set to go on tour in the US with Polish band Decapitated in late 2011.

Discography

Full-length albums

''Oracles'' (2009)

''Agony'' (2011)

EPs

''Promo '07'' (2007)

''Da Vinci Death Code'' split (2007)

''Mafia'' (2010)

Band members

;Current members

Tommaso Riccardi - vocals, guitars (2009–present)

Paolo Rossi - bass, clean vocals (2007–present)

Cristiano Trionfera - guitars, vocals (2007–present)

Francesco Paoli - drums, guitars, vocals (2007–present)

Francesco Ferrini - piano (2010–present)

References

External links

Category:Italian heavy metal musical groups Category:Technical death metal musical groups Category:Musical quintets

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name	Arnold Clavio
birth date	November 02, 1965
death date
education	University of Santo Tomas
occupation	News anchor, Host, Radio Commentator
alias	Igan, Big Smoke
gender	Male
credits	See awards
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Arnold Clavio (born November 2, 1965) is a popular radio and television newscaster, journalist, and a TV host in the Philippines. He currently co-anchors GMA Network's late-night newscast, Saksi with Vicky Morales and hosts a morning radio show, ''One on One with Igan'' on DZBB.

Biography

In his elementary and high school days, he has been an active member of the editorial staff of his school's organ. In college, he took up Journalism at the University of Santo Tomas.

Right after graduation, he worked as a news writer at DWIZ, and after a year transferred as a radio field reporter to GMA Network's flagship radio station, DZBB.

In 1994, he was offered a reporter's slot in Brigada Siete, joining the late Louie Beltran and Jessica Soho, this was Igan's very 1st TV show on GMA.

He was given the top prize by the Department of Health in their Philippine AIDS-STD Media Awards for his report on Sarah Jane Salazar in 1995. The Asian Broadcasting Union also awarded his Abu Sayyaf coverage for DZBB as the Best Reportage of a Crisis in the same year. In 1999, his radio program ''Dobol A sa Dobol B'' was named Best Public Affairs Program on Radio by the KBP Golden Dove Awards.

In 1996, he became the host of Emergency, the late night news and public affairs program formerly hosted by Edu Manzano. He also one of the hosts of the network's early morning news and lifestyle program, Unang Hirit.

On March 15, 2004, he replaced Mike Enriquez to be the co-anchor of Saksi. In November 2004, he co-hosted Eat Bulaga Silver Special, which was a co-production of TAPE Productions and GMA News and Public Affairs, with his co-host in Unang Hirit, Rhea Santos.

In March 2009, he was now on of the host of Case Unclosed which replaced from original host Kara David.

In September 2009, he also become a guest newscaster for 24 Oras: Special Edition with fellow Saksi anchor Vicky Morales. It aired on weekends and was about a special newscast after the Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng, and the Maguindanao massacre.

In March 2010, he became the host of Kandidato, a public affairs talk show conducting an interview with a presidential candidate who will become the next President.

In May 2010, Igan was given a new public service program entitled ''Rescue''.

In February 2011, Igan became a solo newscast on ''Balita Pilipinas''.

Personal life

He is married with 3 children.

TV shows

Brigada Siete (GMA Network, 1994–2005)

Unang Hirit (GMA Network, 1999–present)

Emergency (GMA Network, 1996–2009)

Saksi (GMA Network, 2004–present)

Philippine Agenda (GMA Network, 2007)

Case Unclosed (GMA Network, 2009–2010)

Kandidato (GMA Network, 2010)

Tonight with Arnold Clavio (GMA News TV (formerly with Q), 2010–present)

Rescue (GMA Network, 2010–present)

Balita Pilipinas (GMA News TV, 2011)

Radio Shows

Dobol A sa Dobol B (Super Radyo DZBB, 1998–2008)

One on One with Igan (Super Radyo DZBB, 2008–present)

Saksi sa Dobol B (segment co-host; Super Radyo DZBB, 1999-present)

Winner, Best Reportage of A Crisis - Asian Broadcasting Union (1995)

Winner, Broadcast Journalist of the Year 2006 - Rotary Club of Manila Media Awards (2006)

Winner, Best Public Affairs Program on Radio - KBP Golden Dove Awards (1999)

Sources

http://www.haribon.org.ph/?q=node/view/152

http://www.blogged.com/about/arnold-clavio/

http://www.gmanews.tv

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/cag/2007/10/27/feat/jessica.soho.arnold.clavio.host.gma.20th.news.anniversary.html

References

See also

GMA News and Public Affairs

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name	Jools Holland
background	solo_singer
birth name	Julian Miles Holland
birth date	January 24, 1958
birth place	Blackheath, London, England
instrument	Piano, keyboard, guitar
genre	Boogie-woogie, jazz, blues, R&B;
occupation	Musician, composer, television presenter, bandleader
years active	1974–present
associated acts	Squeeze Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
website	Official site }}

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze, and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.

Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. In 2004, he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B; music. He currently hosts ''Later... with Jools Holland'', a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show the Hootenanny, is based.

Life and career

Holland played as a session musician before finding fame, and his first studio session was with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs in 1976 on their track "F*ck Off."

Holland was a founding member of the British pop band Squeeze, formed in March 1974, in which he played keyboards until 1981 and helped the band to achieve millions of record sales, before pursuing his solo career.

Holland began issuing solo records in 1978, his first EP being ''Boogie Woogie '78''. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984. He branched out into TV, co-presenting the Newcastle-based TV music show ''The Tube'' with Paula Yates. Holland achieved notoriety by inadvertently using the phrase "groovy fuckers" in a live, early evening TV trailer for the show, causing it to be suspended for six weeks. He referred to this in his sitcom "The Groovy Fellers" with Rowland Rivron.

thumb|right|Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, 22 January 2005In 1983 Holland played an extended piano solo on The The's re-recording of "Uncertain Smile" for the album ''Soul Mining''. In 1985, Squeeze (which had continued in Holland's absence through to 1982) unexpectedly regrouped including Jools Holland as their keyboard player. Holland remained in the band until 1990, at which point, he again departed Squeeze on amicable terms to resume his solo career as a musician and a TV host.

In 1987, Holland formed The ''Jools Holland Big Band'' which consisted of himself and Gilson Lavis from Squeeze. This gradually became his 18-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.

Between 1988 and 1990 he performed and co-hosted along with David Sanborn during the two seasons of the music performance program Sunday Night on NBC late-night television. Since 1992 he has presented the eclectic music program ''Later... with Jools Holland'', plus an annual New Year's Eve "Hootenanny".

In 1996 Holland signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records and his records are now marketed through Rhino Records.

Holland has a touring band, The Rhythm And Blues Orchestra, which often includes singers Sam Brown and Ruby Turner. In January 2005 Holland and his band performed with Eric Clapton as the headline act of the Tsunami Relief Cardiff. He also headlined the Skegness SO Festival in July 2010.

Personal

Holland is a fan of the 1960s TV series ''The Prisoner''. He owns costumes and props from the series, and occasionally appears wearing the trademark brown-with-white-pipe blazer featured in the series. Holland lives in the Westcombe Park area of Blackheath in southeast London, where he had his studio, Helicon Mountain, built to his design, heavily inspired by Portmeirion, the setting for ''The Prisoner''. In 1987, Holland demonstrated his love of the series and starred in a spoof documentary, ''The Laughing Prisoner'', with Stephen Fry, Terence Alexander and Hugh Laurie. Much of it was shot on location in Portmeirion, with archive footage of Patrick McGoohan, and featuring musical numbers from Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magnum and XTC. Holland performed a number towards the end of the program. Holland is also a Millwall FC fan. His younger brother Christopher also plays organ in the Rhythm & Blues Orchestra as well as being a successful singer/songwriter in his own right.

Holland was an interviewer for The Beatles Anthology TV project, and appeared in the 1997 film ''Spiceworld'' as a musical director.

He received an OBE in 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, for services to the British music industry as a television presenter and musician. In September 2006 Holland was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent. He is also known for his charity work: in June 2006 he performed in Southend for HIV/AIDS charity Mildmay, and in early 2007 he performed at Wells and Rochester Cathedrals to raise money for maintaining cathedral buildings. He is also patron of the Drake Music Project and has raised many thousands of pounds for the charity.

Jools Holland was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University at a ceremony held at Canterbury Cathedral on 30 January 2009.

On 29 August 2005 Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years (between 1983 and 1995 she had been married to Edward Lambton, 7th Earl of Durham, but they divorced). The wedding, at St James's Church, Cooling near Rochester, was attended by many celebrities, including Ringo Starr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Noel Gallagher, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

Writing

His 2007 autobiography, ''Barefaced Lies and Boogie Woogie Boasts'' was BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week" in the week beginning 8 October 2007 and was read by Holland. He is the author or joint author of four other books.

Discography

Albums that have charted and gained Certifications

Year	Album	Peak chart positions		!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"
1996	''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''
1998	''Best Of''				UK">Music recording sales certifications
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1996	''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''
1998	''Best Of''				UK: Silver
2000	''Hop The Wag''				* UK: Silver
2001	''Small World Big Band''				* UK: 2× Platinum
2002	''SWBB Volume Two: More Friends''				* UK: Platinum
2003	''Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3)''				* UK: Silver
2005	''Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska''
2007	''Best of Friends''				* UK: Silver
2011	''Finding The Keys - The Best of''

Releases

1978 "Boogie Woogie '78" (EP)

1981 ''Jools Holland and His Millionaires''

1984 ''Jools Holland Meets Rock 'A' Boogie Billy'' (U.S. release only)

1990 ''World Of His Own''

1991 ''The Full Complement''

1992 "Together Again" (single with Sam Brown)

1992 ''The A-Z Geographer's Guide To The Piano''

1994 ''Solo Piano''

1994 ''Live Performance''

1996 ''Sex & Jazz & Rock & Roll''

1997 ''Lift The Lid''

1998 ''Best Of''

1999 ''Sunset Over London''

2000 ''Hop The Wag''

2001 ''Small World Big Band''

2002 ''SWBB Volume Two: More Friends''

2003 ''Jack O The Green (SWBB Friends 3)''

2004 ''Tom Jones & Jools Holland''

2005 ''Beatroute''

2005 ''Swinging the Blues, Dancing the Ska''

2006 ''Moving Out To The Country''

2007 ''Best of Friends''

2008 ''The Collection''

2008 ''The Informer (With Ruby Turner)''

2008 ''"The Informer" (single with Ruby Turner)''

2009 ''"I Went By" (single with Louise Marshall)''

2010 ''Rockinghorse''

Film and television

1981 ''Urgh! A Music War''

1982 ''Police: Around the World''

1982 - 1987 ''The Tube'' (Host for 121 editions)

1983 ''Rebellious Jukebox'': Compere

1984 ''The Young Ones'': Punk (Episode entitled "Summer Holiday")

1985 ''Walking To New Orleans'' (Jools Holland in New Orleans)

1987 ''Eat the Rich'': Sun Reporter

1987 ''Filthy Rich & Catflap'': Strip Show Pianist (Episode #1.3)

1987 ''The Laughing Prisoner'': No. 7

1987 ''French and Saunders'' (Episode 1.5)

1988 ''Sunday Night'': Host (unknown episodes)

1989 ''Juke Box Jury'': Host (unknown episodes)

1989 ''The Groovy Fellers'' Himself, 6 episodes

1991 ''Mr Roadrunner'' (Jools Holland in Memphis)

1994 ''There's No Business'': Pianist

1994 - 1995 ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush''

1995 ''The Beatles Anthology''

1997 ''Spice World'': Musical Director

1997 ''Name That Tune'': Host and Pianist

2003 ''Jool's History of the Piano'' : Presenter

2006 ''Top Gear: Star in a reasonably priced car.

2007 ''Fairport@Forty'': Interview

2009 ''Chop Shop Rover Concept: The Jet 1 Car'' : Customer

Current television programmes

1992–present ''Later... with Jools Holland''

2000–present ''Jools' Annual Hootenanny''

Books

''"Rolling Stones": A Life on the Road'', (with Dora Loewenstein), Viking/Allen Lane (1998), (ISBN 0-670-88051-5)

''Beat Route: Journeys Through Six Counties'', Weidenfeld & Nicholson (1998), (ISBN 0-575-06700-4)

''Ray Charles: Man and Music'', (with Michael Lydon), Payback Press (1999), (ISBN 0-86241-929-8)

''Hand That Changed Its Mind '', International Music Publications (2007), (ISBN 1-84328-645-9)

''Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts '', Michael Joseph Ltd (2007), (ISBN 0-7181-4915-7)

References

External links

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