What happened on October 28
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1828198 yrs ago
Nine-year-old Clara Wieck debuts at Leipzig's Gewandhaus
The child prodigy, later known as Clara Schumann, went on to perform in concert for six decades.
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1893133 yrs ago
Tchaikovsky conducts the premiere of his "Pathétique" Symphony
He led the first performance of his Sixth Symphony in Saint Petersburg and died just nine days later.
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195670 yrs ago
Elvis returns to The Ed Sullivan Show
This time Sullivan hosted in person. After the broadcast, crowds in Nashville and St. Louis burned Elvis in effigy.
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197749 yrs ago
Queen release News of the World
The album contains "We Will Rock You", which Brian May wrote so crowds could join in, and "We Are the Champions". Queen recorded it at Wessex Studios while the Sex Pistols were also working there.
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193690 yrs ago
Fiddler Charlie Daniels is born
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" won him a Grammy. Earlier he played sessions on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline.
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196957 yrs ago
Slide guitarist Ben Harper is born in Pomona
Harper took up the Hawaiian Weissenborn lap-slide guitar as a teenager. His mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae and rock has won him three Grammys.
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198739 yrs ago
Frank Ocean is born in Long Beach
After his time with Odd Future, he released Channel Orange and Blonde. Pitchfork named Blonde the best album of the 2010s.
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198838 yrs ago
Producer Jamie xx is born in London
He was the beatmaker behind the xx, and his solo debut In Colour earned Mercury Prize and Grammy nominations.
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200719 yrs ago
Porter Wagoner, 'Mr. Grand Ole Opry', dies
His TV show introduced Dolly Parton in 1967, and she was at his side when he died.
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20224 yrs ago
Jerry Lee Lewis, 'The Killer', dies at 87
He was called rock 'n' roll's first great wild man, and he joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its first class in 1986.
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