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1889 – The South Fork Dam near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, failed, unleashing a torrent of 18.1 million cubic meters (4.8 billion gallons) of water that killed over 2,200 people. refimprove section 1910 – The South Africa Act came into force, uniting four colonies into the Union of South Africa , exactly 51 years before it became the Republic ...
1966 – Diesel, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist [36] 1966 – Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lankan cricketer and referee; 1967 – Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer; 1967 – Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died".. The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died.
The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age. Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s, and includes a diverse range of subgenres. The terms "rock and roll" and "rock" each have a variety of definitions, some narrow and some wider.
Turkish singer Zeki Müren died of a heart attack during a live performance on stage at TRT İzmir Television. Opera singer Richard Versalle died on stage at the Metropolitan Opera during the company's première performance of The Makropulos Case when he suffered a heart attack while standing on a sliding ladder attached to a file cabinet. He ...
An album of live recordings from the 50th Anniversary concerts was released for Record Store Day 2024. [271] On January 18, 2023, David Crosby died in his sleep at age 81, following years of health issues. [272] [273] His death left McGuinn and Hillman as the two remaining original members.
31 people are arrested when a demonstration by approximately 4,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters in front of the United States Embassy in London in Grosvenor Square turns violent. René Barrientos is elected President of Bolivia. July 6 – Malawi becomes a republic. July 7 – A Warsaw Pact conference ends with a promise to support North Vietnam.
May 16 – Janet Jackson, African American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress; May 19 – Neil Campbell, Scottish-born experimental musician; May 22 – Johnny Gill, African American R&B singer-songwriter (New Edition) May 24 – Ella Guru, American painter and musician; May 26 – Tommy Stewart ; May 27 – Titi DJ, Indonesian pop singer ...