| On this day, July 1st |
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| 1945 - | Deborah Ann Harry of Blondie is born in Miami, Florida.
| | | 1951 - | Fred Schneider (Fred Schneider III) Lead male singer of the B-52's is born in Newark, New Jersey.
| | | 1952 - | Daniel Edward Aykroyd, comedian, Blues brother and House of Blues co-founder is born in Ottawa, Canada.
| | | 1971 - | Missy Elliott (born Melissa Arnette Elliott) is born in Portsmouth, Virginia. | | | 1977 - | Liv Tyler (Daughter of Steven Tyler of Aerosmith) is born in in New York City, New York at Mount Sinai Hospital. | |
| 1995 - | Robert Weston (Bob) Smith better known as Wolfman Jack dies of a heart attack in Belvedere, North Carolina. | | | 2000 - | Cub Koda of Brownsville Station died July 1, 2001. Koda, a native of Manchester, Michigan, founded seminal 1970s rock band and wrote the hit song, "Smokin' in the Boys' Room. | | | 2005 - | Ronzoni Luther Vandross, Jr. Dies at John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. Previously, Vandross suffered a massive stroke in his home in Manhattan On April 16, 2003. | |
| 1980 - | O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
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