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1925 Jazz and pop guitarist Jorgen Ingmann is born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1915 Blues singer and guitarist Johnny Shines is born in Frayser, Memphis, Tennessee.

1913 13-year-old Mary Phagan is found murdered in the basement of a pencil factory in Atlanta, Georgia. Her death inspires the song "Little Mary Phagan."

1886 Blues singer Ma Rainey is born Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett in Columbus, Georgia.

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Van Halen Succeeds With Sammy

1986

Van Halen prove there is life after David Lee Roth as their album 5150, their first with Sammy Hagar, hits #1 in the US for the first of three weeks.

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