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Betty Jack Davis is born in Corbin, Kentucky, USA. With her high school friend Skeeter Davis [not actually related] she will form The Davis Sisters. They will score just one hit in 1953, I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know because an automobile accident will take Betty Jack's life during the week the record is released. Skeeter Davis, however, go on to achieve success as a solo artist.
  South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba is born in Prospect Township, Johannesburg, South Africa.
South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba is born in Prospect Township, Johannesburg, South Africa.