1988 Danny Spitz, heavy metal artist (Anthrax), weds Valerie
1982 Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike
1974 Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker, cousin of Jon Bon Jovi
1970 Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death
1969 Butch Walker, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal guitarist, Southgang-Tainted Angel
1969 Trevor Peres, U.S., metal guitarist, Obituary-The End Complete
1969 Douglas Lee Mitchell, born in Miles, Michigan, heavy metal artist, Southgang
1969 Jesse Harte, Rome, Georgia, heavy metal vocalist, Southgang-Tainted Angel
1968 Larry Laronde, U.S. funk metal bassist, Primus-Frizzle Fry
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
1967 Allen West, U.S. metal guitarist, Obituary, Cause of Death
1967 Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist, Warrant-Cherry Pie
1967 Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist, Extreme-More Than Words
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 Tim "Herb" Alexander, U.S. funk metal drummer, Primus-Prok soda
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 Les Claypool, U.S. funk metal singer/bassist, Primus-Suck on This
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 Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker
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
1962 Adam Baldwin, actor, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard
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 Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker
1961 Gary Cherone, born in Boston, heavy metal vocalist, Extreme-More Than Words
1961 David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC
1961 Kelly Hansen, heavy metal rocker, Hurricane-I'm on to You
1961 D. D. 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
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 Matthew Modine, born in Loma Linda, California, actor, Full Metal Jacket
1958 Lita Rossana Ford, born in London, England, metal guitarist, Kiss Me Deadly
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 Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High
1956 Vinnie Vincent, heavy metal rocker, Solo-Ashes to Ashes
1955 1st sub powered by liquid metal cooled reactor launched-Seawolf
1955 Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker, MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions
1953 Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker, Dokken-Alone Again
1952 650,000 metal workers go on strike in U.S.
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
1950 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
1950 Billy Squier, Massachusetts, heavy metal guitarist, Don't Say No
1948 Bill Ward, Birmingham England, heavy metal drummer, Black Sabbath
1945 Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker, Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor
1944 Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law
1943 Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts
1943 US rations bread and metal
1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York
1930 Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal
1922 Rotterdam metal strike ends
1875 Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state
1872 J. S. Risdon patents metal windmill
1854 Smith and Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges
1831 Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies
1799 Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
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