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Historical Events
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1095-02-25 - Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus
1620-12-11 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock (12/21 NS)
1620-12-21 - 103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock [OS=Dec 11]
1766-07-09 - English premier Rockingham resigns
1805-05-26 - Lewis & Clark 1st see Rocky Mountains
1806-10-08 - British forces lay siege to French port of Boulogne using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve
1810-12-15 - 1st Irish magazine in US, Shamrock, is published
1836-01-05 - Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1849-03-27 - Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
1854-12-30 - Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co, 1st in US, incorporated in NYC
1855-04-21 - 1st train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1863-08-01 - Battle of Little Rock AK & Start of Chattanooga campaign
1863-08-26 - Battle of Rocky Gap WV (White Sulphur Springs)
1864-05-05 - Atlanta Campaign-5 days fighting begins at Rocky Face Ridge
1864-12-02 - Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1865-02-01 - JS Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar
1865-09-24 - James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF
1867-11-04 - 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall
1868-01-07 - Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1868-12-01 - John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
1870-01-10 - John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil
1870-12-31 - J D Schneiter patents rocket mail in France, (not done)
1871-04-23 - Blossom Rock in SF Bay blown up
1879-01-02 - Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill
1886-08-31 - Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
1887-02-23 - Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF
1899-02-18 - Stanley Cup: Mont Shamrocks sweep Queens U (Kingston Ont) in 2 games
1899-03-14 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-2
1899-10-20 - Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup
1900-02-14 - Date of events in movie "Picnic at Hanging Rock"
1900-02-16 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks beat Winnipeg Victorias, 3 games to 1
1900-03-07 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2 games
1900-03-17 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Shamrocks sweep Halifax Crescents in 2
1901-01-31 - Winnipeg Victorias sweep Montreal Shamrocks in 2 for Stanley Cup
1901-03-25 - 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa
1901-08-15 - Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro
1901-10-04 - Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America's Cup
1902-01-10 - Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam)
1902-02-20 - Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF
1903-09-03 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
1909-06-16 - Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
1913-03-14 - John D Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
1914-07-14 - 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard)
1915-01-26 - Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo established
1915-06-23 - Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag)
1916-05-18 - US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft
1916-05-20 - Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
1916-06-10 - 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
1918-11-07 - Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets
1920-01-13 - NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
1920-07-27 - Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
1921-09-28 - 4th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Inwood CC Far Rockaway NY
1921-10-16 - Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
1926-03-16 - Robert Goddard launches 1st liquid fuel rocket, goes 184' (56 meters)
1926-04-03 - 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
1928-05-29 - Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1928-06-28 - Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful)
1929-09-30 - 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1930-09-11 - Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles
1930-09-18 - Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup
1931-02-02 - 1st use of a rocket to deliver mail (Austria)
1931-06-09 - 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)
1932-11-01 - Wernher von Braun named head of German liquid-fuel rocket program
1933-08-17 - Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09")
1933-10-01 - Wash Senator coach Nick Altrock plays in a game at age 57
1933-11-25 - 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
1935-03-28 - Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket
1936-02-23 - 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, NY
1938-11-24 - Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in NYC
1939-06-20 - Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
1939-06-30 - Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde
1939-07-03 - Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler
1939-08-27 - Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion
1942-06-13 - 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km
1942-06-14 - 1st bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport Ct
1942-10-03 - Launch of 1st A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km)
1942-10-07 - 1 salvo Katjoesja-rocket destroys nazi battalion in Stalingrad
1943-07-17 - RAF bombs Germany rocket base Peenemunde
1944-06-12 - 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
1944-07-05 - Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight
1944-09-08 - 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp
1945-03-18 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard becomes the 1st NHLer to score 50 goals
1945-09-20 - German rocket engineers begin work in US
1946-03-22 - 1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
1946-04-16 - 1st US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt
1946-07-22 - Estelle Bennett, rocker (Ronettes)
1946-07-30 - 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM
1946-09-08 - Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456
1946-10-28 - German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1946-12-08 - Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight
1946-12-12 - UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1946-12-17 - US V-2 rocket reaches 183 km, White Sands Proving Grounds, NM
1947-03-24 - John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN
1947-05-25 - Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111
1948-02-07 - "Cradle Will Rock" closes at Mansfield Theater NYC after 34 perfs
1948-03-05 - US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height
1949-02-24 - V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km
1949-02-25 - WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
1949-04-25 - Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1949-05-03 - 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
Famous Birthdays
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1730-05-13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, Engl PM (1765-76)
1730-05-13 - Marquess of Rockingham, (Whig), British PM (1765-66, 1782)
1771-01-17 - Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel (Wieland)
1772-05-20 - William Congreve, English officer (design fire rocket)
1786-08-17 - Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo)
1814-04-02 - Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning, Brig General (Confederate Army
1814-12-01 - August Rockel, composer
1821-08-14 - Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1822-09-16 - Charles S Crocker, Pres of Central & South Pacific Railroad
1823-01-05 - William Rockstro, composer
1823-08-04 - Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877
1830-02-06 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, Brig gen (Union volunteers), died in 1865)
1832-10-16 - George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838-04-11 - Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer
1839-07-08 - John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder (Standard Oil)
1857-09-17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket & space research
1860-09-24 - Samuel Rutherford Crockett, novelist
1862-09-01 - Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer [or Sept 2]
1870-11-22 - Howard Brockway, composer
1871-03-19 - Joseph McGinnity, Rock Island Ill, baseball pitcher (NY Giants)
1873-03-25 - Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist
1874-01-29 - John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist
1880-01-10 - Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
1880-01-26 - Douglas MacArthur, Little Rock Ark, general (WW II), he did return!
1881-04-21 - Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist (Rocks of Oran)
1882-02-02 - James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold)
1882-03-21 - Gilbert M Anderson, [Max Aronson], Little Rock AR
1882-06-21 - Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)
1882-10-05 - Robert Hutchings Goddard, Worcester Mass, rocket pioneer
1883-07-03 - Moses Leverock Crossley, US bio-chemist
1888-01-10 - Grock, Switzerland, clown
1888-01-20 - Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
1888-01-24 - Ernst Heinrich Heinkel, German inventor (1st rocket-powered aircraft)
1888-03-04 - Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)
1892-11-26 - Joe Guyon, NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc)
1892-12-29 - Emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)
1893-07-03 - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker
1894-01-20 - Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer (Incredible Flutis)
1894-02-03 - Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
1894-09-26 - Gladys Brockwell, Brooklyn NY, actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist)
1894-12-28 - Ed Healey, NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears)
1896-08-21 - Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)
1897-07-11 - Blind Lemon Jefferson, rocker
1898-03-06 - Jay C Flippen, Little Rock AR, actor (Jet Pilot, Killing, Thunder Bay)
1899-11-11 - Pat O'Brien, Milwaukee, actor (Knute Rockne, Angels with Dirty Faces)
1900-04-14 - Salvatore Baccaloni, Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby)
1900-06-24 - Memphis Minnie, rocker
1901-09-22 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, Mishawaka Ind, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder)
1902-09-06 - Morgan Beatty, Little Rock Ark, news anchor (Du Mont Evening News)
1903-01-25 - "Sleepy" John Estes, rocker
1903-03-10 - Bix Biederbecke, rocker
1904-09-23 - Wallace "Scotty" Scott, rock vocalist (Whispers)
1904-10-02 - [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)
1904-10-04 - Harris Rhoad, rocker
1905-03-02 - Marc Blitzstein, Phila Pa, composer (Cradle Will Rock)
1906-03-21 - John D Rockefeller III, billionaire philanthropist (oil)
1906-04-05 - Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist
1906-06-18 - Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
1906-11-09 - Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer
1907-03-04 - Edgar Barrier, NY, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered)
1907-05-03 - Earl Wilson, Rockford Ohio, columnist (Midnight Earl)
1908-02-11 - Josh White, rocker
1908-03-21 - Maurice Stans, rocker
1908-04-22 - Eddie Albert, [Heimberger], Rock Island Il, actor (Oliver-Green Acres)
1908-07-08 - Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP (1974-77)
1908-11-16 - Burgess Meredith, Cleve Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky)
1908-12-17 - William Brocklesby Wordsworth, composer
1909-03-29 - Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
1909-06-26 - "Col Tom" Parker, [Dries Van Kruijk], Neth, rock mgr (Elvis Presley)
1909-08-10 - George W Crockett Jr, (Rep-D-MI, 1980- )
1909-08-10 - Leo Fender, Anaheim California, rocker (Fender guitars)
1910-03-13 - Sammy Kaye, Rocky River Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1910-05-26 - Laurance S Rockefeller, NYC, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1910-12-10 - John Hammond Sr, NYC, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
1911-10-24 - Sonny Terry, rocker
1911-11-17 - William Tannen, NYC, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull)
1912-03-23 - Werner von Braun, Wirsitz Germany, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars)
1912-04-10 - Martin Denny, rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)
1913-08-10 - Noah Beery Jr, NYC, actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot)
1914-04-07 - Sydney Thompson, rock climber
1914-05-09 - Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
1914-06-09 - Barbara Mullen, Boston MA, actress (Thunder Rock, Innocent Sinners)
1914-10-10 - Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker
1914-12-14 - Rosalyn Tureck, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach & Rock)
1915-06-03 - Iris Meredith, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Son of Davy Crockett)
1915-06-12 - David Rockefeller, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1915-08-24 - Wynonie Harris, rocker
1916-01-13 - Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM)
1916-02-06 - Bill Doggett, rocker
1916-09-03 - Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker
1917-05-28 - Pape John Creech, rocker (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
1918-05-23 - Bumps Blackwell, rocker
1920-02-13 - Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman Ga, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
1920-06-11 - Robert Hutton, Kingston NY, actor (Torture Garden, Rocket)
1920-09-21 - Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle)
1921-01-21 - John Doucette, Brockton Mass, actor (Lock Up, Big Town)
1921-05-10 - Bert Weedon, rocker
1921-08-04 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947)
1921-12-31 - Rocky Graziano, NYC, boxer (MW champ)/actor (Miami Undercover)[or 6/7]
1922-02-17 - Tommy Edwards, rock vocalist (It's All in the Game)
Famous Deaths
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1641-01-03 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
1778-08-14 - Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies
1782-07-01 - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, does at 52
1804-12-19 - Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies
1812-10-13 - Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle
1836-03-06 - Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
1844-05-24 - William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1863-07-30 - George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
1865-08-26 - Marcellus Monroe Crocker, US attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35
1876-06-18 - August Rockel, composer, dies at 61
1895-07-02 - William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
1921-04-05 - Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58
1923-06-20 - Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85
1929-07-02 - Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
1931-03-31 - Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43
1935-04-29 - Leroy Carr, rocker, dies=
1935-06-30 - William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1936-04-24 - Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73
1937-05-23 - John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla
1944-02-08 - Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies
1945-07-10 - Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies
1945-08-10 - Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies at 62
1947-04-15 - Wolstenholme, rocker, dies
1950-12-26 - James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68
1951-02-20 - Howard Brockway, composer, dies at 80
1954-12-25 - Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25
1956-09-27 - Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash
1957-07-17 - John Coltrane, rocker, dies of cancer at 30
1957-07-21 - Rockley Wilson, cricketer (bro of Clem, Test for England 1921), dies
1958-04-10 - Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
1958-08-14 - Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65
1959-02-03 - Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
1959-02-03 - Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22
1959-02-03 - Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17
1959-02-07 - Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar, rocker, dies at 32
1959-07-14 - Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79
1960-02-06 - Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1960-04-17 - Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1960-05-11 - John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86
1962-09-29 - Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx
1964-01-22 - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
1964-06-20 - Edgar Barrier, actor (Cobra Woman, Rocky, Macbeth), dies at 57
1964-08-01 - Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30
1964-12-11 - Sam Cooke, rock vocalist, shot to death at 29
1965-10-21 - Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39
1966-04-30 - Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
1966-07-18 - Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
1966-10-07 - Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash
1966-10-07 - Smiley Lewis, [Overton Amos Lemons], rocker, dies at 46
1966-11-02 - Mississippi John Hurt, rocker, dies at 73
1967-01-01 - Moon Mullican, rocker, dies at 58
1967-02-03 - Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1967-08-25 - George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated
1967-08-27 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32
1967-09-03 - Woody Guthrie, rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55
1967-12-10 - Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash
1967-12-10 - Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1967-12-10 - Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash
1967-12-10 - Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
1968-02-15 - Little Walter, rocker, dies at 37
1968-04-29 - Frankie Lymon, rocker (& Teenagers), dies of a drug overdose at 25
1968-04-30 - Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
1968-05-27 - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
1969-06-16 - John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25
1969-07-20 - Roy Hamilton, rocker, dies at 40
1969-08-31 - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
1969-10-23 - Tommy Edwards, rocker, dies at 47
1970-01-24 - James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
1970-01-31 - Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28
1970-09-18 - Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27
1970-10-04 - Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies of a drug overdose at 27
1971-03-13 - Rockwell Kens, US artist/painter/illustrator, dies at 88
1971-07-03 - Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27
1971-07-04 - Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29
1971-10-12 - Gene Vincent, rocker, dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
1971-10-29 - Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
1971-11-18 - Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44
1972-04-27 - Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling
1972-05-03 - Les Harvey, rocker, dies
1972-11-06 - Billy Murcia, rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
1972-11-11 - Berry Oakley, US rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24
1972-11-18 - Danny Whitten, rocker, dies of a drug overdose
1973-02-22 - Winthrop Rockefeller, US governor (Arkansas), dies at 60
1973-03-08 - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots), dies at 27
1973-07-19 - Clarence White, rocker (Byrds), killed by drunken driver at 29
1973-08-17 - Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32
1973-09-19 - Gram Parsons, rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26
1973-10-24 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 72
1973-10-27 - Allan "Rocky" Lane, western actor (All's Fair), dies at 64
1973-11-26 - John Rostill, rocker, dies at 31
1974-04-17 - Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
1974-05-08 - Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1974-11-08 - Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60
1974-11-25 - Nick Drake, rocker, dies of a drug overdose at 26
1975-04-23 - Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1975-09-23 - Ian Hunter, actor/writer (Rockets Galore, Ziegfield Girl), dies at 75
1975-10-01 - Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T & The MG's), dies at 39
1976-01-28 - Chris Kenner, rocker (I Like it Like That), dies
1976-01-30 - Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at 80
1976-02-21 - Florence Ballard, rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
