1943 John Denver – 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)

I always loved his songs. Young You Tubers who react to different forms of music have found John Denver's songs and they love them too. Even in other countries.

1997 Michael Kennedy, age 39 - Son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado

There are always tragic deaths in that family. JFKs granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg just passed away from a very virulent leukemia.

1975 NBC displayed its famous peacock logo for the last time. A stylised version was introduced years later

*sniff*