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Vaughn Wilton Monroe was born October 7, 1911 in Akron, Ohio, and his family moved to Wisconsin shortly thereafter. Monroe showed an early talent for the trumpet and focused most of his early efforts on that. Monroe wanted to be an opera singer, but the Depression made pursuing such a career impractical. Instead, he sang as a vocalist with several bands, among them Austin Wylie (who later worked for Artie Shaw), Larry Funk (for which he made his recording debut), and Jack Marshard. It was Marshard who realized Monroe's talent, brought him out from the brass section, and turned him into a conductor. At the urging of Marshard and many others, Monroe started his own orchestra in 1940. RCA Victor immediately signed him to a contract. From 1940 until 1954, he had over 70 chart hits. One of these is the one he's best known for today: "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!", the 1946 version of which is heard at the end of the first two Bruce Willis "Die Hard" films.
The tall, handsome Monroe, whose signature tune was "Racing With the Moon", was very popular in the 1940s and early 1950s. His band was heard every Sunday on the radio in America (under contract to Camel cigarettes) and played to full ballrooms everywhere they went. Some of the musicians who regularly toured with Monroe included guitarist 'Bucky Pizzarelli', saxophonist Adny Bagni, Bobby Nichols, singer Mary Jo Grogan, Trumpeter Bobby Nichols, trombonist Ray Conniff, and well-known jazz pianist Arnold Ross.
The big band business started losing steam in the early 1950s, and Monroe gave up his band in 1953. For the next 20 years, he worked as a single and on the nightclub circuit, while maintaining his contract with RCA Victor as their spokesman.
Monroe died May 21, 1973, shortly after undergoing stomach surgery.- Frantisek Bartos was born on 13 June 1905 in Brnenec, Pardubice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was a composer, known for The Prague Castle (1931). He died on 21 May 1973 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- Mato Grkovic was born on 4 March 1898 in Podvinje, Croatia. He was an actor, known for Hoja! Lero! (1952), Sam covjek (1970) and Birtija (1929). He died on 21 May 1973 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
- Carlo Emilio Gadda was born on 14 November 1893 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Facts of Murder (1959), I riassuntini (2018) and Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1983). He died on 21 May 1973 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), holder of the Order of Victory (1945). Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1952-1973). Soviet commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1944), twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1944, 1945), holder of the Order of Victory (1945). Member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1952-1973). After the war, from June in 1945 - the commander in chief of the Central Group of Forces in Austria and the High Commissioner for Austria. Since July 1946 - Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces - Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Since March 1950, he was the chief inspector of the Soviet Army - deputy Minister of War of the USSR. Since November 1951 - commander of the Carpathian Military District. In 1953 - Chairman of the Special Judicial Presence, who tried Lavrenty Beria and sentenced him to death. Since May 1955 - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR and Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. In 1956-1960 - First Deputy Minister of Defense of the USSR, from 1955 - at the same time Commander-in-Chief of the Joint Armed Forces of the Warsaw Pact countries. In this capacity, he led the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. On October 25, 1957, during the expulsion of Marshal Zhukov from the party Central Committee, he sided with his opponents. On November 3, 1957, in the press organ of the Central Committee of the CPSU, the newspaper Pravda published his article "The Strength of the Soviet Army and Navy - in the party's leadership, in indissoluble connection with the people". In it, in particular, it was argued that "Zhukov did not justify the confidence of the party," turned out to be a politically untenable figure, prone to adventurism in understanding the most important tasks of Soviet foreign policy and in leading the Ministry of Defense. "From June 1960 to August 1961 and from April 1962 - in the Group of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. In August 1961 - April 1962, during the Berlin crisis, he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. On January 30, 1965, as part of the Soviet government delegation, he participated in the funeral of the former Prime Minister Istra Winston Churchill. He died May 21, 1973 from cancer. He was buried in Red Square near the Kremlin wall.
- Edwin C. Vogel was born on 21 September 1883 in New York, New York, USA. Edwin C. was married to Mrs. Edwin C. Vogel. Edwin C. died on 21 May 1973 in New York, New York, USA.