American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)

Troy Gentry

Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo/solo act founded by singers Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, both Kentucky natives. They began performing together in the 1990s as part of two different bands with Montgomery's brother, John Michael Montgomery. Although Gentry won a talent contest in 1994, he reunited with Eddie Montgomery after Gentry was unable to find a solo record deal, and Montgomery Gentry was formed in 1999. The duo is known for its Southern rock influences, and has collaborated with Charlie Daniels, Toby Keith, Five for Fighting, and members of The Allman Brothers Band.

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1967

April 5

Died

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1960s

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823 Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
919 The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army.
1242 During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
1536 Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph.

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The world in 1967

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april 14 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
april 21 A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
april 21 A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
april 23 Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.

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Alfred Blalock 1899– American surgeon and academic (died 1964) Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Bette Davis 1908–1989 American actress (died 1989) Colin Powell 1937–2021 American general and politician, 65th United States Secretary of State (died 2021) Donald Lynden-Bell 1935–2018 English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018) Habib Elghanian 1912– Iranian businessman (died 1979) Haruma Miura 1990– Japanese actor and singer (died 2020) Jagjivan Ram 1908–1986 Indian politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (died 1986) John Carey 1934– English author and critic

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Sung Jae-gi 1967–2013 South Korean philosopher and activist (born 1967) A. R. Rahman 1967– Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, and philanthropist Adam Hughes 1967– American author and illustrator Anderson Cooper 1967– American journalist and author Carl Ouellet 1967– Canadian wrestler and sportscaster Carrie-Anne Moss 1967– Canadian actress Cynthia Breazeal 1967– American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic Deion Sanders 1967– American football and baseball player and coach Jane Sixsmith 1967– English field hockey player

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