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1945 Singer-songwriter Mimi Farina is born Margarita Mimi Baez in Palo Alto, California, to a family that includes older sister Joan Baez. She marries fellow activist and folk singer Richard Farina at age 18.

1944 Folk rock singer Richard Shoff (of The Sandpipers) is born in Seattle, Washington.

1943 Pop singer Bobby Vee is born Robert Thomas Velline in Fargo, North Dakota.

1941 Rock and roller Johnny Farina (of Santo & Johnny) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

1931 Folk singer-songwriter Peter La Farge is born in New York City.

1930 Blind Willie Johnson, best known for "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground," records for the very last time.

1925 The musical On With The Dance opens at the London Pavilion.

1925 Country/rockabilly singer Johnny Horton is born in Los Angeles, California.

1923 Jazz bassist Percy Heath is born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Rock Takes A Stand Against Racism

1978

The Clash are among the acts at a "Rock Against Racism" concert, playing to over 50,000 in London's Victoria Park to combat the National Front, a neo-Nazi group in the UK whose slogan is "Keep Britain White."

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