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| 1900 | | Bob Hite, "The Bear" of Canned Heat born in Torrance, CA (Date Unknown). |
| 1928 | | Antoine "Fats" Domino born in New Orleans, LA. Began in mid 40s with the Dave Bartholomew Band, his first hit was "The Fat Man", and his biggest hit with, "Walkin' To New Orleans." Fats has earned both the Grammy Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. |
| 1932 | | Johnny Cash Born in Kingsland, Arkansas. Former vacuum cleaner salesman, Sun Records recording artist and Country great. |
| 1945 | | Mitch Ryder (Billy Levise) born. |
| 1947 | | Sandy Shaw (Sandra Goodrich) who sang, "There's Always Something There To Remind Me," born in Essex. |
| 1955 | | For the first time the US record industry reports that 7" singles have outsold 10" 78s. |
| 1969 | | Timothy Brown of the Boo Radleys born. |
| 1977 | | Bluesman Bikka White dies in a Memphis hospital. |
| 1982 | | Two members of Killing Joke, Jaz and Geordie, leave the band for good to move to Iceland thinking the world is about to end. |
| 1989 | | Trumper player Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge Dies at age 78. In 1941, He was one of the first to "cross the color Line" by playing in white drummer Gene Krupa's band. |
| 1994 | | While filming a scene in the movie Doom Generation, Kevin Key of Skinny Puppy breaks an arm, a knee and suffers facial scars. |
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