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Steamship The Brunswick sinks in fog in the Severn Estuary near Bristol, England, UK, Europe, claiming seven lives. The treacherous waters of the estuary have claimed many ships and many lives over the years, inspiring the folk song The Brean Lament, perhaps best-known in the version by June Tabor.
Fourteen-year-old Delia Green is shot dead by fifteen-year-old Mose Houston in Yamacraw, Savannah, Georgia, USA. The grim story of the killing will inspire the murder ballad Delia's Gone, recorded by Blind Willie McTell, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger and many others.