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This Day in Music History

Posted: 12:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013

This Day in Music History: March 19th 

By Mike Lapitino

This Day in Music History...

1982: Ozzy Osbourne Band guitarist Randy Rhoads, 25, dies after the pilot of a small airplane he's in flies low to buzz Osbourne's tour bus, then fails to regain height and crashes in a nearby woods.

1995: Pearl Jam end their Australian tour in Melbourne, where dozens are treated for minor injuries after 35,000 fans show up at the venue for which 13,000 tickets have been sold.

2001: Aerosmith, Queen, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Michael Jackson, Ritchie Valens, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos and pianist Johnnie Johnson are inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

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