Folk singer Dick Gaughan

Dick Gaughan

Living place: Scotland

Birthday: 17-5-1948 (76 years old)

Global rank: #76300

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Folk singer Dick Gaughan profile

Who is Folk singer Dick Gaughan?
Scottish singer-songwriter who releases folk and protest songs. He released the album The Boys of Lough in 1973.
He designs and maintains his own website and is an advocate for web access.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He grew up in poverty, greatly influencing his path as an artist.

Family life info

His father was an engine driver and his mother was a native Gaelic speaker.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Folk singer Dick Gaughan?
Water legend Hank Williams was one of his biggest influences.

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When was Folk singer Dick Gaughan born?
Dick Gaughan birthday 17-5-1948 (at the age of 76).
Where is Folk singer Dick Gaughan's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Dick Gaughan was born in . is a Folk singer, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Dick Gaughan's global rank is 76300 and whose rank is 293 in list of famous Folk singer.
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Events in 1948 and 17-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Dick Gaughan

  • Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu militant (Jan. 30).
  • Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia (Feb. 23-25). Background: The Cold War
  • Organization of American States (OAS) Charter signed at Bogotá, Colombia (April 30).
  • Nation of Israel proclaimed; British end Mandate at midnight; Arab armies attack (May 14). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
  • Berlin Airlift begins (June 21); ends May 12, 1949.
  • Stalin and Tito break (June 28).
  • United States of Indonesia established as Dutch and Indonesians settle conflict (Dec. 27).

Birthday Dick Gaughan (17-5) in history

  • Day 17-5 year 1792: The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
  • Day 17-5 year 1875: The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Day 17-5 year 1938: NBC aired the Information Please quiz show on the radio for the first time.
  • Day 17-5 year 1954: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education.
  • Day 17-5 year 1973: Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina senator Sam Ervin.
  • Day 17-5 year 1987: An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S.S. Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62.
  • Day 17-5 year 1997: Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Day 17-5 year 2004: In Massachusetts, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in the United States.
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