Today in History

Today in Music History for Nov. 24: In 1868, Scott Joplin, the foremost composer of ragtime music, was born in Texarkana, Texas. Ragtime was the earliest form of jazz to become widely popular.

Today in Music History for Nov. 23: In 1889, the Pacific Phonograph Company, owned by Louis Glass, installed the world's first jukebox at his Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Today in Music History for Nov. 22: In 1899, songwriter, singer and actor Hoagy Carmichael, composer of the standards "Star Dust" and "Georgia on My Mind," was born in Bloomington, Ind. "Star Dust" was Carmichael's first major success.

Today in Music History for Nov. 21: In 1877, Thomas Edison announced he invented a "talking machine" -- something that became known as the phonograph. In 1941, songwriter David Porter was born in Memphis.

Today in Music History for Nov. 20: In 1886, the Toronto Conservatory of Music was incorporated. It began with 200 students and 50 teachers, and operated in a space over a music store in the downtown area.

Today in Music History for Nov. 19: In 1954, entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. was seriously injured in a car crash while en route to a Los Angeles recording session from Las Vegas. His left eye was removed but he was back performing within several weeks.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 18: Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 78. Author-poet Margaret Atwood is 78. Actress Linda Evans is 75. Actress Susan Sullivan is 75. Country singer Jacky Ward is 71. Actor Jameson Parker is 70.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 17: Guitarist Gerry McGee of The Ventures is 80. Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 79. Singer-songwriter Bob Gaudio of The Four Seasons is 76. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 75. Actress Lauren Hutton is 74.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 16: Actor Clu Gulager is 89. Journalist Elizabeth Drew is 82. Country singer-songwriter Troy Seals is 79. Blues musician W.C. Clark is 78. Actress Joanna Pettet ("Knots Landing") is 75.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 15: Country singer C.W. McCall is 89. Actor Ed Asner is 88. Singer Petula Clark is 85. Comedian Jack Burns of Burns and Schreiber is 84. Actress Joanna Barnes ("Spartacus," ''The Parent Trap") is 83.