English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. In total, his work with Genesis, other artists and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "You Can't Hurry Love", "Against All Odds ", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down".

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1951

January 30

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1951 Born

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1018 Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
1287 King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1607 An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
1648 Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.

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The world in 1951

When Phil arrived

april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Amen Thompson 2003– American basketball player Davey Johnson 1943– American baseball player and manager (died 2025) Douglas Engelbart 1925–2013 American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (died 2013) Franklin D. Roosevelt 1882–1945 American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (born 1882) Islam Karimov 1938–2016 Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (died 2016) Jack Laugher 1995– English diver John Crosbie 1931– Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 2020) Kid Cudi 1984– American entertainer Lady Anne Clifford 1590– 14th Baroness de Clifford (died 1676)

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Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor

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