Celebrating 15 November
Birthdays
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1932 – Petula Clark, legend
1941 – Rick Kemp, bassist, Steeleye Span
1942 – Daniel Barenboim, pianist and composer
1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Abba
1949 – Steve Fossen, bassist, Heart
1953 – Alexander O'Neal, US singer
1955 – Joe Leeway, Thompson Twins
1956 – Michael Hampton, funk-rock guitarist, Funkadelic
1960 – Dann Huff, US studio guitarist, producer
1974 – Chad Kroeger, guitarist, Nickelback
1988 – B.o.B (Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.), US rapper
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Died on this day
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1991 – Jacques Morali, founder, The Village People (born 1947)
2016 – Mose Allison, jazz and blues musician (born 1927)
2017 – Lil Peep, US rapper (born 1996)
2018 – Roy Clark, US country musician (born 1933)
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And on this day in...
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1965 – The Rolling Stones made their US TV debut
2000 – Michael Abram, who had attacked George and Olivia Harrison at their home in Henley in 1999, was cleared of attempted murder. He was however remanded into secure care (from which he was released after treatment in 2002).
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