2014 Event Japan launches an explorer that will take samples and collect data from the surface of an asteroid; the six-year trip will include eighteen months of study and data collection 1994 Event O. J. Simpson, charged with murder, gives hair samples for testing 1983 Death "Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56 1970 Event U.S.S.R. launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility 1950 Birthday Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1926 Birthday "Alvin" Junior Samples, born in Cummings, Georgia, country singer, Hee Haw
