1997 John Denver, aged 53 – US singer/songwriter (Take Me Home Country Roads, Sunshine on my Shoulders, Annie's Song, Rocky Mountain High, Fly Away, Calypso, Thank God I'm a Country Boy) He was killed in the crash of his privately built aircraft in Monterey Bay, California

My hearing, especially to the lyrics in songs, hasn't always been keen. I could have sworn the song, Take Me Home Country Roads, was with the singular Road. Dang! I've been singing it wrong all this time.

1609 Three Blind Mice was published in London. It is believed to be the earliest printed secular song

One of the first rounds we learned in grade school. We had a music teacher during a certain time in class. Did anybody else have a music teacher in grade school? I didn't think this song has been around since 1609.

1928 The first iron lung was used at Boston Children’s Hospital

The new generations don't know how scary it was to think of getting polio and having to be put in an iron lung.