Blues great Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) born in Rolling Fork, MS.
1941
R&B singer Major Lance, who had a hit with "Um Um Um Um Um Um", is born in Chicago.
1948
Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oalkey born in Jacksonville, FL. In 1972, he died in a motorcycle accident in practically the same spot Duane Allman met the same fate a year earlier.
1952
Slade guitarist Dave Hill born in Fleetcastle, Devon, UK.
1960
RCA announces a policy of issuing all LPs in both stereo and mono.
1963
David Gavurin of the Sundays born.
1968
Martin Luther King is assasinated in Memphis .
1987
Britian hosts FerryAid, a benefit recording session (concert?) for the 187 killed when a North Sea ferry capsizes.
