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1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary played "Blowin' In The Wind" for Civil Rights marchers who had congregated in Washington to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak.

1964 - The Beatles graced the cover of LIFE magazine.

1967 - The Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company performed at the wake of a Hell's Angels member who was killed after being hit by a car in San Francisco.

1972 - David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars played their first live show at New York’s Carnegie Hall.

1978 - Devo released their album, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo.

1986 - Tina Turner was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

1997 - Genesis premiered their first album in six years at an Album Network radio special, as well as on a simultaneous webcast on the Atlantic Records website.

Birthdays:

1948 Dan Seraphine of Chicago
1949 Simon Kirke of Free & Bad Company

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