1990 Event 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address 1971 Event Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" 1940 Death Dubose Heyward, U.S. writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies 1931 Event "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes U.S. national anthem 1843 Death Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63 1814 Event "Star Spangled Banner" published as a poem
