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1964 Rapper Christopher "Kid" Reid (Kid 'N Play) is born in The Bronx, New York City.
1951 Everett Morton (drummer for The English Beat) is born in the West Indies.
1950 Agnetha Faltskog (of ABBA) is born in Jönköping, Småland, Sweden.
1944 R&B singer Nicholas Caldwell (of The Whispers) is born in San Francisco, California.
1942 Allan Clarke (original lead singer of The Hollies) is born Harold Allan Clarke in Salford, Lancashire, England.
1941 Folk musician Dave Swarbick (of Fairport Convention) is born in New Malden, England.
1939 Pop singer-songwriter Crispian St. Peters is born Robin Peter Smith in Swanley, Kent, England.
1939 R&B singer Ronnie White (of The Miracles) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
1934 Jazz tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1932 R&B singer Billy Bland, known for the '60s hits "Let the Little Girl Dance" and "Harmony," is born in Wilmington, North Carolina.
1929 English record producer Joe Meek, famous for writing and producing the Tornados' instrumental hit "Telstar," is born Robert George Meek in Newent, Gloucestershire, England.
1928 R&B singer Tony Williams (of The Platters) is born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
1926 Jazz drummer Stan Levey is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1922 Actress and singer Gale Storm, star of the '50s TV shows My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show, is born Josephine Owaissa Cottle in Bloomington, Texas.
James Brown Quells Riots In Boston
1968With tensions high the night after Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, James Brown goes ahead with his concert at the Boston Garden, agreeing to televise the show to help keep calm in the city.
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2017 At age 73, Barry Manilow comes out as gay.More
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1994 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana kills himself with a shotgun at age 27. His body isn't discovered until three days later when an electrician enters to install an alarm.
1964 The Beatles film the famous opening scene from their first movie, A Hard Day's Night, running away from several rabid female fans at London's Marylebone train station.
1961 On The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet episode "A Question of Suits and Ties," Ricky Nelson sings "Travelin' Man" in what could be considered the first music video.More
1923 Joe Oliver and King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, featuring a young Louis Armstrong, make the first jazz recordings by an African American band at Gennett Records in rural Richmond, Indiana.More
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