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Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. It was founded on January 15, 1889, evolving from the American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in the recorded sound business, and the second major company to produce records. From 1961 to 1991, Columbia recordings were released outside North America under the name CBS Records to avoid confusion with EMI‘s Columbia Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music’s four flagship record labels, alongside former longtime rival RCA Records, as well as Arista Records and Epic Records.

Artists who have recorded for Columbia include AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, Louis Armstrong, Gene Autry, Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Leonard Bernstein, Beyoncé, Blue Öyster Cult, The Byrds, Mariah Carey, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, The Clash, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, Doris Day, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Earth, Wind & Fire; Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Billy Joel, Janis Joplin, Journey, Johnny Mathis, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Lil Nas X, Pink Floyd, Santana, Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Tyler, The Creator, and numerous other artists.

TODAY’S ALMANAC

1770s

• BORN 1772: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (POET)

1790s

• 1797: U.S.S. CONSTITUTION LAUNCHED, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

1800s

• 1805: LORD HORATIO NELSON OF GREAT BRITAIN AND HIS MEN DESTROYED A COMBINED FRENCH AND SPANISH FLEET IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
• DIED 1805: LORD NELSON (BRITISH ADMIRAL)

1830s

• BORN 1833: ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL (INVENTOR)

1870s

• 1879: THOMAS EDISON SUCCESSFULLY TESTED FOR THE FIRST TIME A CARBON-FILAMENT INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB

1900s

• 1908: COLUMBIA RAN AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST FOR THE FIRST TWO-SIDED RECORD

1910s

• BORN 1917: DIZZY GILLESPIE (MUSICIAN)
• 1918: MARGARET OWEN SET A TYPING SPEED RECORD ON A MANUAL TYPEWRITER OF 170 WORDS PER MINUTE

1920s

• BORN 1928: EDWARD “WHITEY” FORD (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• BORN 1929: URSULA K. LE GUIN (AUTHOR)

1940s

• BORN 1940: MANFRED MANN (MUSICIAN)

1950s

• BORN 1950: DR. RONALD MCNAIR (ASTRONAUT)
• BORN 1956: CARRIE FISHER (ACTRESS)
• 1959: THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OF ART, DESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, OPENED IN NEW YORK CITY

1960s

• 1963: TRIMLINE PHONE WAS FIRST PLACED IN SERVICE, IN MICHIGAN
• 1964: MOVIE MY FAIR LADY PREMIERED
• BORN 1966: DOUGLAS G. HURLEY (ASTRONAUT)
• DIED 1969: JACK KEROUAC (POET)

2000s

• DIED 2003: FRED BERRY (ACTOR)

2010s

• 2012: NATIVE AMERICAN SAINT KATERI TEKAKWITHA CANONIZED

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