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What happened in history on this day: October 12?
On October 12 in ...
- 1969 - A DJ on Detroit's WKNR radio station received a phone call telling him that if you play The Beatles 'Strawberry Fields Forever' backwards, you hear John Lennon say the words "I buried Paul." This started a worldwide rumour that Paul McCartney was dead.
Births on October 12
- 1855 - Birth of Arthur Nikisch in Szent-Miklós, Hungary; conductor (Berlin Philharmonic).
- 1935 - Birth of Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy; operatic tenor (Yes, Giorgio).
- 1935 - Birth of Sam Moore; singer (Sam and Dave).
- 1948 - Birth of Rick Parfitt; rocker (Status Quo - "The Wanderer").
- 1950 - Birth of Susan Anton in Oak Glen, California, USA; actress-singer (Golden Girl, Spring Fever, Baywatch, Stop Susan Williams).
- 1962 - Birth of Claude McKnight; rhythm-and-blues singer (Take 6).
- 1969 - Birth of Garfield Bright; rhythm-and-blues singer (Shai).
- 1969 - Birth of Martie Maguire; country musician (The Dixie Chicks).
Deaths on October 12
- 1971 - Death of Gene Vincent at age 36 of a ruptured stomach ulcer; rockabilly pioneer ("Be-Bop-a-Lula" (1956)).
- 1985 - Death of Ricky Wilson at age 32 of AIDS; drummer (B-52s - "Love Shack", "Rock Lobster").
- 1997 - Death of John Denver at age 53 when his plane crashes into Monterey Bay in Northern California; singer/songwriter ("Rocky Mountain High", "Take Me Home, Country Roads").
- 2002 - Death of Ray Conniff from a stroke at age 85; orchestra leader/arranger and choral director; (Columbia Records house band backed singers Johnnie Ray, Frankie Laine, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathis, Marty Robbins, Guy Mitchell, "Somewhere My Love", "S'wonderful").
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