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Jack Donahue, a member of a bushranger gang known as The Wild Colonial Boys, is shot dead by a soldier, John Muckleston, following a shootout between bushrangers and troops at Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania. Donahue's life, exploits and death will inspire the writing of the folk song The Wild Colonial Boy some years later.
Seventeen-year-old Allen 'Al' Britt dies of wounds inflicted on him two days earlier by his girlfirend Frankie Baker, a 22-year-old dancer in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Britt's slaying is said to have inspired the jazz and blues classic song Frankie And Johnny. Britt had been carrying on a relationship with a woman named Alice Pryor. At her trial, Baker will claim that Britt had attacked her with a knife and she merely acted in self-defense. She will be acquitted, eventually dying in 1952 in a Portland, Oregon mental institution.
Cliffie Stone is born in Stockton, California, USA. He will find success as a country singer, musician, record producer, music publisher, and radio and TV personality.
The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a surprise military strike against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA. The attack will lead to the United States' entry into World War II, and it will also inspire the 1942 Frank Loesser song Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition. (More specifically, the inspiration came from an apocryphal tale about a chaplain at Pearl Harbour who manned a gun turret while uttering what would become the song's title phrase).
Country music singer and fiddle player Shorty Long records No Wars In Heaven, Don't Tell Mommy, Blinding Tears and Mama for Syd Nathan's King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Ernest Tubb records A Heartsick Soldier On Heartbreak Ridge in the USA. The song is inspired by the month-long Battle Of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War which took place between September 13 and October 15, 1951.
Spike Jones And His Country Cousins record Hotter Than A Pistol, Under The Double Eagle, Hot Lips and Keystone Kapers (Bag Of Rags) at RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz bassist Leonard Gaskin records Ghost Riders In The Sky, Deep In The Heart Of Texas, Pistol Packin' Mama and other tracks in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Swingville Records.
On hearing that President Kennedy has been assassinated, Phil Spector recalls his newly-released multi-artist Christmas album, A Christmas Gift For You.
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Seriously drunk blues musician and recording artist Pat Hare is arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, for the murders by shooting of his married girlfriend and an attending police officer. He will be sentenced to life imprisonment. Throughout the 1940s and '50s Hare had been an in-demand accompanist to a roster of blues greats including Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Bobby 'Blue' Bland and Junior Parker.
Ringo by Lorne Greene reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
The Talismen release their version of the Bob Dylan song Masters Of War in the UK on Stateside Records.
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Eric Anderson, Theo Bikel, David Blue, Oscar Brand, The Rev. Gary Davis, Chad Mitchell, Rambling Jack Elliot, The Greenbriar Boys, Danny Kalb, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Brother John Sellers, The Freedom Singers, The New World Singers, The New York Ramblers, The Pennywhistlers, The Seven Sons, Happy Traum and others perform at the Sing-In For Peace in Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, with the stated aim of protesting "the immoral, irrational and irresponsible acts of war which our government carries out in Viet Nam in our names."
The Beatles album Revolver is released in Germany on Horzu Records.
Roy Orbison releases a new single, There Won't Be Many Coming Home, on London Records in the UK, Europe.
Merle Haggard releases a new single, The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde / Today I Started Loving You Again, on Capitol Records in the USA..
As riots spread in the aftermath of Martin Luther King's Assassination, James Brown plays a concert at the Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, which is broadcast live on tv, a strategy reckoned to have reduced the amount of rioting in that city.
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In a black limousine, Jimi Hendrix's manager Mike Jeffery visits him at Traver Hollow Road, Shokan, New York State, USA, to convince him to play a gig at the gangster-controlled Salvation Club in New York City, USA.
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Yes play at The Gun Tavern, Croydon, London, England, UK, Europe.
Led Zeppelin play at King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stacy Sutherland, former lead guitarist of psychedelic rock pioneers The 13th Floor Elevators, is accidentally shot dead by his wife Bunny, in Houston, Texas, USA.
Clare Grogan of pop band Altered Images is waitressing in Glasgow, Scotland, when she is approached by film director Bill Forsyth, who asks her to appear in his film Gregory's Girl.
West Tech Security sends a guard to Nikki Sixx's home in Los Angeles, California, USA, where they find him naked and waving a shotgun, accusing the guard of bugging his house. He imagines Mexicans and midgets running around his house, and neighbours report having seen the drug-crazed rocker crawling naked around his yard with the shotgun days earlier.
When British reggae band Misty In Roots play at Mutare, Zimbabwe, Africa, fans riot and tear down fences to get in to see the band. A car is set on fire, and police shoot at fans trying to set fire to a petrol station. During the riot, one man is reported killed and 39 are injured.
Jeremy Wade Delle, a student at Richardson High School, 1250 W. Belt Line Road, Dallas, Texas, USA, shoots himself in the head in front of his classmates. His tragic death will become the subject of the 1992 song Jeremy by Pearl Jam.
Guns N'Roses play at The Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California, USA.
Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan is taken to hospital after being shot in the arm and back while trying to prevent a robbery at his cousin's home in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Reba McEntire Day is held in New York City, USA, as the country singing star ends her five-month run on Broadway in a production of Annie Get Your Gun.
Ray Davies of The Kinks is shot in the leg while chasing a shotgun-wielding mugger, Jerome Barra, through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Barra had snatched a purse belonging to Davies' girlfriend as they strolled down Burgundy Street in the early evening.
Reggae singer Sizzla is among thirty-three people arrested when a co-ordinated police/military raid in the community of August Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, finds six AK-47 rifles, three sniper rifles, a submachine gun and 58 rounds of ammunition.
Rapper The Game is refused permission to showcase his new range of sneakers at Magic Marketplace in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, because the organisers believe he was involved in the shooting of rap mogul Suge Knight.
Cher speaks in a City Hall protest in Los Angeles, California, USA, to try to convince officials to cancel plans to build a new habitat for LA Zoo's much-loved elephant, Billy. Cher believes Billy should, instead, be moved to a new home. This puts her directly in opposition to Slash of Guns 'n Roses who favours the new elephant house. The council decides to press ahead with the new habitat.
Jennifer Hudson lip-syncs the American national anthem at The Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, USA, after producers insist she must sing to a pre-recorded track to avoid a potentially disastrous performance. The show is her first public appearance since her mother, brother and nephew were shot dead four months earlier. Bruce Springsteen plays at the same event.
Rapper Brikk of the duo Pinney Woods is shot dead in an armed robbery by three intruders at his home in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.
Rapper T.I., real name Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., says goodbye to fans with a farewell show at Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, before beginning a 366-day prison sentence on weapons charges.
Rage Against The Machine headline the second day of the Download Festival, Donington Park, Donington, UK. The three day long event also features Aerosmith, AC/DC, Stone Temple Pilots, Deftones, Bullet For My Valentine, Billy Idol, Megadeth, Them Crooked Vultures and more.
The Sonisphere '10 festival is held at Jonschwil Degenaupark, Wil near Zurich, Switzerland, Europe. Artists appearing include Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Motorhead, Alice In Chains, Rise Against, Atreyu and Bullet For My Valentine.
Rapper Renetta 'Magnolia Shorty' Lowe is found shot dead in a car which has crashed into the gates of an apartments complex in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Guns N' Roses play at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Davy Jones, former vocalist of manufactured 60s teen combo The Monkees, dies aged 66 of a massive heart attack, at Martin Hospital South in Stuart, Florida, USA.
A coroner's report reveals that rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose's recent death was self-inflicted. The report, from the office of the County Coroner in San Mateo, California, USA, states that Montrose died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was more than four times over the legal alcohol limit when he ended his life and was thought to be depressed about his battle with cancer.
The four-day-long Swedenrock Festival begins in Solvesborg, Sweden, Europe. This year's event is headlined by Rush, Kiss and Europe. Acts appearing today include The Sweet, Bullet, Vader and Stacie Collins.
Writing a guest post on David Byrne's website, musician and record producer Brian Eno attacks America's involvement in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Among the many points he raises is, "Why does America continue its blind support of this one-sided exercise in ethnic cleansing?"
Jeff Beck and Joss Stone release a new single, No Man's Land (Green Fields Of France), as this year’s official Poppy Appeal single. The song's composer, Eric Bogle, later professes himself unhappy with Ms. Stone's version.
Faster Pussycat, Loveblast, War Machine and Loaded Guns play at Grand Central, 697 N. Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA.
During their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida, USA, supported by The Cult. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
During the Latin American leg of their Not In This Lieftime tour, Guns N'Roses play at Estadio Olimpico Joao Havelange, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil South America, supported by Piebe Rude. This tour features classic Guns N'Roses line-up members Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan, playing together for the first time since 1993.
Beechwood, The Trash Bags, Electrajets and Twin Guns play at Berlin, New York City, USA.
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