American guitarist and songwriter

Robby Krieger

Robert Alan Krieger is an American guitarist and founding member of the rock band the Doors. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Touch Me", and "Love Her Madly". When the Doors disbanded shortly after the death of lead singer Jim Morrison, Krieger continued to perform and record with other musicians including former Doors bandmates John Densmore and Ray Manzarek. In the 2023 edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all time, he was positioned at number 248.

Born

1946

January 8

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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1946 Born

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307 Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying.
871 Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings.
1297 François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the rulers of Monaco.
1454 The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.

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The world in 1946

When Robby arrived

april 1 The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
april 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
april 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Andrew Wood 1966–1990 American singer-songwriter (died 1990) Betsy DeVos 1958– American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education Elvis Presley 1935–1977 American singer and actor (born 1935) Evelyn Wood 1909– American author and educator (died 1995) Fanny Bullock Workman 1859–1925 American geographer and mountain climber (born 1859) François-Henri de Montmorency 1628–1695 duc de Luxembourg, French general (born 1628) Hans von Bülow 1830–1894 German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1830) Ivan Gundulić 1589–1638 Croatian poet (born 1589) James Craig 1871– 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Alicia Borinsky 1946– Argentine writer Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Blair Brown 1946– American actress Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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