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October 6, 1947

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Notable Births

1947Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (died 2019)[†]

Francisco "Patxi" Andión González was a Spanish singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

Klaus Dibiasi

1947Klaus Dibiasi, Italian diver[†]

Klaus Dibiasi is a former sports diver from Italy, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his country, starting in 1964. He dominated the platform event from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, winning three Olympic gold medals.

Millie Small

1947Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (died 2020)[†]

Millicent Dolly May Small CD was a Jamaican singer who is best known for her international hit "My Boy Lollipop" (1964). The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts and sold over seven million copies worldwide. It was also the first major hit for Island Records and helped to achieve the label its mainstream success. She was the Caribbean's first international recording star and its most successful female performer.

Notable Deaths

Leevi Madetoja

1947Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (born 1887)[†]

Leevi Antti Madetoja was a Finnish composer, music critic, conductor, and teacher of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as one of the most significant Finnish contemporaries of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1908 to 1910.