English composer, conductor, and producer (died 2016)

George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician. He was commonly referred to as the "fifth Beatle" due to his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums. Martin's formal musical expertise and interest in novel recording practices facilitated the group's rudimentary musical education and desire for new musical sounds to record. Most of their orchestral and string arrangements were written by Martin, and he played piano or keyboards on a number of their records.

Born

1926

January 3

Died

2016

Era

1920s

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What else happened on this day, through history

69 The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
250 Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to make sacrifices to the Roman gods.
1521 Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
1653 By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.

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The world in 1926

When George arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on January 3

Cicero -106–-43 Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (born 106 BC) Eithne Coyle 1897–1985 Irish republican revolutionary, (died 1985) James Harrington 1611–1485 Yorkist knight John Paul Jones 1946–1792 English bass player, songwriter, and producer Katie McGrath 1983– Irish actress Rondae Hollis-Jefferson 1995– American-Jordanian basketball player Savitribai Phule 1831–1897 Indian poet, educator, and activist (died 1897) Victoria Principal 1950– American actress and businesswoman

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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