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1946 Ralf Hutter (lead singer, keyboardist for Kraftwerk) is born in Krefeld, Rhine Province, Germany.

1944 Jon Povey (keyboardist for The Pretty Things) is born in London, England.

1944 Blues drummer "Uncle John" Turner (of Johnny Winter's backing band) is born in Beaumont, Texas.

1941 Space rock musician Dave Brock (of Hawkwind) is born in Isleworth, Middlesex, England.

1940 In exile in Mexico, Leon Trotsky is attacked with an ice pick by Stalinist agent Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río. Trotsky dies of brain injuries the next day in a Mexican hospital. His assassination is immortalized in The Stranglers' song "No More Heroes."

1940 John Lantree (bass guitarist for The Honeycombs) is born in Newbury, Berkshire, England.

1939 Orrin Tucker records "Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh!"

1935 Country singer/songwriter Justin Tubb is born in San Antonio, Texas, to Texas Troubadour Ernest Tubb.

1934 Country/rock musician "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow (of The Flying Burrito Brothers) is born in South Bend, Indiana.

1931 Jazz drummer Frank Capp is born in Worcester, Massachusetts.

1931 Paul Robi of The Platters is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1926 Jazz trombonist Frank Rosolino is born in Detroit, Michigan.

1924 Jazz vocalist Joya Sherrill is born in Bayonne, New Jersey. Known for "I'm Beginning to See the Light" with Duke Ellington's orchestra.

1923 Country singer Jim Reeves is born in Galloway, Texas. Known for the 1957 hit "Four Walls."

1920 In Detroit, what will become WWJ (950 AM) becomes the first radio station in America to start broadcasting.

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Golden Record Goes Into Space

1977

The Voyager 2 space probe is launched, carrying with it a "Golden Record" of sounds and images representing Earth.

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