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2007 Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52
1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 1992 Heavy storm in South France, 34 die 1990 Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die 1990 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall 1989 Fog Bowl: Heavy fog rolls in on Bears 20-12 victory over Eagles 1988 Heavy fire destroys historic center of Lisbon 1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie 1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1987 Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine 1983 Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries 1982 Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut 1982 Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut 1981 Heavy battle between Christian militia and Syrian army in East Lebanon 1978 Syrians and Lebanese engage in heavy fighting in Lebanon 1977 Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives 1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die 1976 Rain out! Astrodome cancels game heavy rains make it difficult for visiting team and umpires to get through flooded streets to the stadium 1975 Heavy earthquake at Lice Turkey; 3,000 killed 1974 Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi 1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck, Belem, Brazil 1973 Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on New Jersey Turnpike 1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1971 Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Australia 1994-96 1969 Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang 1969 1st launching of heavy N-1 rocket at Baikonur Kazachstan (explodes) 1969 Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1968 Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist, Sepultura 1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" becomes 1st heavy metal song to hit charts, it comes in at #117 1968 Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records 1968 John Tardy, U.S. heavy metalist, Obituary, Slowly We Rot 1968 Frank Watkins, U.S. heavy metalist bass, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1967 Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words 1967 Heavy D, born in Jamaica, rapper, leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, sung theme song for In Living Color and MADtv shows 1967 Jayce Fincher, Jr., heavy metal bassist, Southgang-Tainted Angel 1966 Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist, Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar 1965 Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer, Pearl Jam-Justine 1965 Steven Sweet, Wadsworth Ohio, heavy metal artist, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1965 Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C-rocket 1964 Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker, Europe-The Final Countdown 1964 Bill D'Angelo, heavy metal rocker 1964 Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer, Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra 1963 Scott Ian, U.S. heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-I'm the Man 1963 Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker, Winger-17 1963 John Bush, U.S. heavy metal singer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous 1963 James Hetfield, heavy metal rocker, Metallica-Helpless 1963 Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 1963 Frank Bello, U.S. heavy metal bassist, Anthrax-Soldiers of Metal 1963 Joey Vera, heavy metal rocker, Armored Saint-Aftermath 1963 Brett Edward Garsed, born in Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist, Nelson 1963 Warren DeMartini, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again, Ratt 1963 Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1963 Danny Spitz, heavy metal guitarist, Anthrax-Protest and Survive 1962 Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker 1962 Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker, White Snake-Here I Go Again 1962 Mick Sweda, heavy metal, Bulletboys, King Kobra-Ready to Strike 1961 Mike Tramp, Denmark, heavy metal rocker, White Lion-Mane Attraction 1961 David Chastain, heavy metal rocker, Chastain-Rule of Wasteland 1961 Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Edge of Insanity 1961 Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words 1961 Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC 1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker, Hurricane-I'm on to You 1961 D. 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Verni, heavy metal rocker, Overkill-Hello From the Gutter 1960 Kasey Smith, Queens, New York, heavy metal artist, Danger Danger-Screw It 1960 Joey Belladonna, Oswego, New York, heavy metal vocalist, Anthrax-Protest 1960 Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker, Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man 1960 Morty Black, heavy metal rocker, TNT-7 Seas 1960 Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals, Ratt-Round and Round 1960 Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC 1960 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed 1959 Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker, Ratt-Round and Round 1959 Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker 1959 Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages 1959 Stephen Pearcy, born in Los Angeles, California, heavy metal vocalist, RATT-Round and Round 1959 Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die 1958 Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Greg Chaisson, heavy metal rocker, Badlands-Dreams in the Dark 1958 Bruce Dickinson, heavy metal rocker, Iron Maiden-Run to Hills 1958 Randy Piper, heavy metal rocker, Wasp-Wildchild 1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England) 1957 Heavy storm ravages Belgian coast 1957 Heavy earthquake strikes Colombia 1957 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High 1956 Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Ashes to Ashes 1956 Heavy earthquake strikes Afghanistan, 400 killed 1955 Kevin DuBrow, born in Hollywood, California, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007 1955 Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions 1954 Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce 1954 Ross Friedman, born in New York City, New York, Ross Funicello, Ross The Boss, guitarist, rocker, founding member of The Dictators punk band and Manowar heavy metal band 1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed 1953 Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again 1952 Udo Dirkshneider, heavy metal rocker, Accept-Balls to the Wall, Udo 1951 Ace Frehley, born in Bronx, New York, heavy metal rocker, Kiss-Beth, Frehley's Comet 1951 Mick Mars, born in Terre Haute, Indiana, rocker, heavy metal guitarist, played for glam metal band Motley Crue 1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 1950 Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No 1948 Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F 1945 Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker, Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor 1945 U.S. aircraft carrier Franklin heavy damaged in Japanese air raid 1945 Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force 1945 Heavy U.S. air raid on Okinawa 1944 Tim Bogert, born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, musician, bass player, played rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, performed bass solos with Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice 1944 Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon Normandy 1944 Heavy storm hampers British offensive at Caen 1944 Heavy Japanese counter offensive on Saipan 1944 Heavy storm hits the Channel 1944 Heavy air raid on U.S. fleet at Guam "Turkey Shoot" 1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1943 Eric Haydock, bassist, Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother 1942 5th day of battle at El Alamein: heavy battles/Australian advance 1942 Heavy German assault in Stalingrad 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Heavy German assault on Malta 1942 Lt. 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O'Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers 1941 U.S. aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor 1941 Spalding Gray, Rhode Island, actor, Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting 1941 Heavy German assault on Tobruk 1940 Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed 1940 Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged 1940 Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach 1939 Heavy aftershocks destroy some of Chile 1932 Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed 1931 Identification of heavy water publicly announced, HC Urey 1931 Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China 1922 Landis insists Game 4 of World Series be played despite heavy rain 1916 Heavy battles at Fort Douaumont Verdun 1910 Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast 1906 Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands 1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks and damages Sutro Baths, San Francisco 1893 Heavy rain wash "quick clay" into a deep valley, kills 111 (Norway) 1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem TN 1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee 1855 Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina (British suffer heavy losses) 1703 Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed 1689 Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck 1654 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 dies 1643 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population 1634 Beach Island in North sea destroyed by a heavy storm flood 1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1556 Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000 1552 Dutch coast hit by heavy storm 1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed 1534 Zealand hit by heavy storm 1526 Heavy storm strikes Dutch coast, many die 1520 Friesland hit by heavy hail storm |
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