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This Weekend In History…..
Jim Croce Dies in Plane Crash….. September 20, 1973…… Singer Jim Croce and all five others aboard their aircraft died when they crashed into a tree during takeoff from the airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It was the only tree in the area and the crash was blamed on pilot error. They had just completed a concert at…
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Bacon’s Rebellion…… September 19, 1676…… Nathaniel Bacon, leading a group of settlers, burns down Jamestown and overthrows the Virginia governor. They were rebelling against excessive taxes, loss of self rule, and the governor’s refusal to protect them against Indians. Bacon died shortly after the rebellion due to dysentery.
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Jimi Hendrix Chokes to Death on His Own Vomit….. September 18, 1970…… Jimi Hendrix’s girlfriend awakes at 11 a.m. to find him unresponsive, but still breathing. She called an ambulance and he was pronounced dead at the hospital at 12:45 p.m. The coroner would rule that the legendary singer Jimi Hendrix aspirated his own vomit and died…
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The Doors Defy Ed Sullivan….. September 17, 1967….. Jim Morrison and The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Ed Sullivan‘s censors requested they change the lyrics of Light My Fire from “Girl we couldn’t get much higher” to “Girl we couldn’t get much better”, due to its perceived reference to drugs. The band agreed, but sang the song with…