History Hop Tags - Lead

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Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae - Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats numerically superior Roman army under command consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.

1223-05-31

Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River - Mongol armies of Genghis Khan lead by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus and Cumans.

1492-10-26

Lead pencils first used

1541-09-11

Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko.

1593-05-18

Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.

1715-11-13

Battle of Sheriffmuir during Jacobite rebellion. Battle inconclusive but Government forces halt advance of Jacobite army lead by Scottish Earl of Mar

1794-08-08

Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.

1811-05-18

Battle of Las Piedras: The first great military triumph of the revolution of the Río de la Plata in Uruguay lead by Jose Artigas.

1813-05-11

In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.

1824-07-24

Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson

1827-04-02

Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils

1845-03-11

The Flagstaff War: In New Zealand, Chiefs Hone Heke and Kawiti lead 700 Māoris to chop down the British flagpole and drive settlers out of the British colonial settlement of Kororareka because of breaches of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.

1900-03-18

Japan uses its influence over the government of Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a concession for a naval station at the Korean Port of Masampo, a step in the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war

1902-05-31

Labor trouble and riots lead Spanish King Alfonso XII to impose martial law

1904-03-01

England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia

1905-07-11

Black intellectuals & activists lead by WEB Dubois organize the civil rights Niagara Movement

1907-10-22

Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.

1912-06-20

NY Giants lead Bost Braves 14-2 into 9th, Giants win 21-12

1913-01-23

The Young Turks lead a coup d'etat against the Turkish Government

1913-08-30

Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled

1914-04-01

UVS Soccer team forms in Lead

1914-09-05

US President Wilson orders the US Navy to make its wireless stations accessible for any transatlantic communications - even to German diplomats sending coded messages; this will lead to the interception of the Zimmermann telegram, helping to bring the US into the war

1915-07-28

Because of virtual anarchy, US Marines go ashore in Haiti on orders from President Wilson; this will lead to an occupation that will last until 1934

1916-11-05

The Everett Massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between IWW organizers and local police.

1917-01-01

T. E Lawrence joins the forces of the Arabian sheik Feisal al Husayn, beginning his adventures that will lead him to Damascus by October, 1918

1923-06-28

Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th

1929-10-12

Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning

1930-06-21

Ruth hits 3 HRs as Yanks blow 6-0 lead in 7th & lose 15-7

1933-12-23

Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251

1936-07-17

Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War

1936-08-06

1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs

1943-01-20

Lead SD, temp is 52°F, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16°F

1943-04-27

Lou Jansen & Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland

1950-10-03

1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)

1951-07-05

Dodgers sweep the Giants & lead by 7½ games (Giants will win pennant)

1952-03-23

Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds

1960-10-13

Pirate's Mazeroski's bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees 10-9 in game 7 of 57th World Series

1961-09-17

Fran Tarkenton plays his first NFL Game against the Chicago Bears, coming off the bench to lead the Vikings to a 37-13 victory, also becoming the only QB to throw four touchdown passes in his first career game

1961-12-02

Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism

1963-11-10

Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545

1966-11-02

KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting

1967-06-21

Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th & Yanks beat them 6-3

1968-10-05

Civil rights march in Derry is stopped by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) before it had properly begun; clashes between RUC and protesters lead to two days of serious rioting-some consider this to be the beginning of 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland

1972-06-10

Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)

1973-06-20

SF Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off HRs

1974-01-01

NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)

1975-04-13

Penguins 5-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 1-0 lead

1975-04-15

Penguins 3-Isles 1-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 2-0 lead

1975-04-17

Penguins 6-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-0 lead

1975-04-20

Penguins 1-Isles 3-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-1 lead

1975-04-22

Penguins 2-Isles 4-Quarterfinals-Penguins hold 3-2 lead

1975-04-29

Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead

1975-05-01

Islander Parise & Potvin score within 14 seconds in playoffs Flyers 5-Isles 4-semifinals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead

1975-05-04

Flyers 1-Isles 0-Semis-Flyers hold 3-0 lead-Isles held to 14 shots

1975-05-07

Flyers 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead

1975-05-09

Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead

1976-06-27

In South Africa, the National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots in Soweto have lead to a new era of political consciousness

1976-10-14

Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives NY Yanks pennant #30

1977-08-15

England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust

1977-08-16

Yanks blow 9-4 lead in 9th but beat Chicago 11-10 in bottom of 9th

1978-09-15

Yanks beat Boston 4-0, Guidry wins # 22, Yanks lead 2½ games

1980-06-28

The South African Springbok rugby team lead by Morné du Plessis beats the British Lions 12-10 in Port Elizabeth to lead 3-0 in the series

1981-09-12

Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles

1982-02-02

San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead

1982-04-07

Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1982-04-08

Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1982-04-10

Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead

1982-04-27

Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1982-04-29

Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1982-05-01

Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead

1982-05-08

Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1982-05-11

Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1982-05-13

Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead

1983-04-06

Caps 2-Isles 5-Patrick Div Semifinals- Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983-04-14

Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983-04-15

Rangers 0-Isles 5-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1983-04-17

Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers Rangers 7-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 2-1 lead Wayne Gretzky scores 7 points in one Stanley Cup playoff game

1983-04-20

Rangers 2-Isles 7-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 3-2 lead

1983-04-26

Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983-04-30

Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead

1983-05-03

Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead

1983-05-05

Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead

1983-05-10

Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead

1983-05-12

Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead

1983-05-14

Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead

1984-11-10

Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to Md 42-40

1985-04-10

Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead

1985-04-11

Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead

1985-04-13

Caps 1-Isles 2-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-1 lead

1985-04-18

Flyers 3-Isles 0-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead

1985-04-21

Flyers 5-Isles 2-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 2-0 lead

1985-04-23

Flyers 5-Isles 3-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-0 lead

1985-04-25

Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead

1986-08-10

Pitcher Bob Forsch grand slams to lead Cards to a 5-4 win over Pirates

1986-09-20

Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State

1987-06-29

Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams

1988-04-09

Devils 3-0 over Islanders-Devils lead 2-1 in 1st round

1988-04-12

Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round

1989-06-04

Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway

1989-08-01

Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes

1990-04-07

NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary

1990-04-09

NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1

1990-04-11

NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary

1990-09-21

Reports that US refinery problems will lead to a loss in capacity and aggressive remarks by Saddam Hussein send crude prices to new highs

1990-10-03

George Brett becomes 1st to lead league in batting in 3 decades

1991-03-10

Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs

1991-04-21

Greatest extra-inning comeback, Pitts scores 6 in bottom of 11th erasing 5 run Cub lead, Pirates also trailed 7-2 in bottom of 9th

1991-11-10

Browns set club record for largest lead blown (led 23-0), Phila 32-30

1992-12-30

Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win v West Indies

1993-11-18

Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness

1994-08-02

Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed

1995-03-20

Beatles song, "Baby It's You", with late John Lennon as lead singer, is released, 1st Fab Four single in more than 30 years

1995-09-29

Indians break 1902 Pirates record for largest lead over 2nd-place team (KC) (27½ games)

1995-10-01

Indians set record of 30 game lead over 2nd place team

1995-10-04

Jim Leyritz homers with a man on in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners

1996-11-19

Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.

2000-10-05

Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.

2002-06-29

Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.

2002-12-22

Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash, dies at age 50

2005-11-23

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, elected president of Liberia, is the first woman to lead an African country.

2009-07-13

"She Wolf", the lead single from Shakira's eighth album, premiers

2009-11-13

Germany's growth of 0.7% in the third quarter helps lead the Eurozone out of the recession after providing overall growth of 0.4% in the same period, with the whole European Union growing 0.2%, it is reported today

2013-10-26

St Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Red Sox to lead the MLB 2013 World Series 2-1

2014-11-09

United States lead air strikes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul against Islamic State (IS)

2016-10-29

Indians shut out Cubs again, take 2-1 World Series lead on Coco Crisp RBI

2016-12-09

Trump picks Andrew Puzder to lead US Department of Labor

2017-02-20

Anthony Davis has 52 to lead West to win in All Star Game

2017-05-20

Cavs set NBA record with 41-point halftime lead

2017-06-08

Perfect shot: Durant's late 3 gives Warriors 3-0 Finals lead

1738-01-10

Ethan Allen, Litchfield Connecticut, American Revolutionary War patriot (lead the Green Mtn Boys)

1886-05-28

K.A. Schenzinger, Our Flags Lead Us Forward

1888-01-20

Lead Belly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line), (d. 1949)

1893-11-08

John Miljan, Lead City SD, actor (Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox)

1905-11-15

Sidney Peterson, The Lead Shoes

1912-07-19

Frank Kane, Lead Ache

1917-03-15

Jürgen Ohlsen, Our Flags Lead Us Forward

1930-10-20

Beverly Luff, Roarin' Lead

1933-04-11

Tamara Lynn Kauffman, Roarin' Lead

1939-11-02

Richard Serra, Hand Catching Lead

1941-01-18

David Ruffin, Whynot Mississippi, early lead singer for The Temptations ("My Girl")

1943-02-03

Dennis Edwards, Fairfield Alabama, lead singer of the Temptations ("Papa was a Rollin' Stone")

1944-09-13

Peter Cetera, Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days)

1944-10-19

George McCrae, US singer (Lead Me On, Rock Your Baby)

1948-06-13

Giti Pashayi, The Lead

1949-10-03

Lindsey Buckingham, Palo Alto, California, American guitarist/lead singer (Fleetwood Mac)

1951-05-19

Joey Ramone, [Jeffrey Hyman], lead singer of the punk rock band The Ramones (Baby I Love You)

1952-08-21

Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash (Rock the Casbah)

1952-11-04

Michael Shea, All Whirlpools Lead to Atlantis

1953-03-28

Lu Ann Haslam, All Whirlpools Lead to Atlantis

1953-05-25

Emma Pullen, And the Children Shall Lead

1953-07-29

Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer)

1954-07-22

Dianne Houston, Take the Lead

1956-09-04

Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.

1957-01-09

Phil Lewis, lead singer of L.A. Guns

1957-03-28

Melvin Caesar Belli, And the Children Shall Lead

1958-08-17

Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth)

1965-10-31

Peter Fopeano, All Roads Lead Home

1968-10-07

Thom Yorke, British pop musician and lead singer of Radiohead ('Creep', 'Paranoid Android' and 'Pyramid Song')

1968-9-20

Doug Peterson, A New Lead

1971-03-29

Ryan Lambert, Cleveland, Ohio, American performer (Kids Incorporated) lead singer (Elephone)

1972-02-14

Rob Thomas, lead singer of pop band Matchbox Twenty

1974-04-30

Pam Potillo, And the Children Shall Lead

1974-08-30

Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish

1977-01-18

Richard Archer, British singer (lead singer of Hard-Fi)

1977-05-25

Afshan Ahmad, Bury the Lead

1978-11-11

Paul Virzi, 2 Point Lead

1979-07-15

Laura Benanti, Take the Lead

1979-10-02

Maja Ivarsson, lead singer, The Sounds

1979-10-10

Ahn Chil Hyun (Kangta), lead singer of the former South Korean group H.O.T.

1979-12-18

Jordan White, Lead Paint Double Date

1980-05-30

Remy Ma, Take the Lead

1980-07-03

Shawand McKenzie, Take the Lead

1981-05-06

Nathan Leone, lead singer of Madina Lake

1981-09-07

Paul McCoy, American musician (lead singer of 12 Stones)

1981-10-13

Kele Okereke, lead singer of Bloc Party

1981-10-25

Austin Winkler, American lead vocalist (Hinder)

1982-01-15

John Peebles, Some Roads Lead Nowhere

1985-02-11

William Beckett, lead singer of the American rock band The Academy Is...

1989-06-06

Davo Hardy, The Lives We Lead

1990-07-11

Lara Chib, Lead Me to the Clouds

1992-07-22

James Vass, The Lives We Lead

1998-12-03

Veronica Hampson, Bury the Lead

1968-11-09

Former "Led Zepellin" lead singer Robert Plant (19) weds Maureen Wilson

1969-07-26

"The 5th Dimension" lead vocalist Marilyn McCoo (25) weds fellow bandmate Billy Davis, Jr. (31)

1970-06-21

"The Doors" lead singer Jim Morrison (26) weds author Patricia Kennealy (24) in a celtic pagan hand fasting ceremony

1971-07-19

"The Who" lead singer Roger Daltrey (27) weds model Heather Taylor

1973-09-17

"The Osmonds" lead singer and bassist Merrill Osmond (20) weds Mary Carlson

1976-05-10

"KISS" former lead guitarist Ace Frehley (25) weds Janette Trerotola

1982-08-21

U2 lead singer Bono (22) weds activist and businesswoman Ali Hewson (21)

1989-04-29

Rock band Bon Jovi lead singer Jon Bon Jovi (27) weds Dorothea Hurley (26) at Graceland Chapel in Las Vegas

1989-08-23

"The Cars" lead singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek (40) weds model Paulina Porizkova (24)

1992-02-24

Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (27) weds lead singer Kurt Cobain (25) on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii

1993-04-17

"The Bangles" lead singer Susanna Hoffs (34) weds "Austin Powers" director Jay Roach (35)

1994-07-18

"The Cranberries" lead singer Dolores O'Riordan (22) weds Don Burton (32) in Ireland

1994-09-17

"Stone Temple Pilots" lead singer Scott Weiland 26) weds Janina Castenada

1994-12-17

Actress Heather Locklear (33) weds Bon Jovi lead guitarist Richie Sambora (35) at The American Cathedral in Paris, France

1997-08-17

Lead vocalist James Hetfield (34) weds Francesca Tomasi

1998-05-03

"Jekyll & Hyde" lead singer Linda Eder (37) weds composer Frank Wildhorn (38) at their new 8-acre estate in North Salem, New York

1999-10-02

"Matchbox Twenty" lead singer Rob Thomas (27) weds model Marisol Maldonado in Santa Ynez, California

2000-06-24

"Dixie Chicks" lead vocalist Natalie Maines (25) weds "Profit" actor Adrian Pasdar (35) at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada

2000-08-10

Lead vocalist Dave Matthews (33) weds Jennifer Ashley Harper

2000-09-02

"The Backstreet Boys" lead vocalist Brian Littrell (25) weds actress Leighanne Wallace (31) at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia

2002-09-14

No Doubt lead vocalist Gwen Stefani (42) weds lead singer and rhythm guitarist "Bush" Gavin Rossdale (46) at St. Paul's Church in London, England

2002-09-20

"The Monkees" lead vocalist Micky Dolenz (57) weds Donna Quinter in Calabasas, California

2002-12-31

Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne (54) weds TV host Sharon Osbourne (50) at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California

2003-07-19

"Sabrina, The Teenage Witch" actress Melissa Joan Hart (27) weds "Course of Nature" lead singer-guitarist Mark Wilkersonin (26) in Florence, Italy

2003-12-05

Cold play band lead vocalist Chris Martin (35) weds actress and singer Gwyneth Paltrow (39) at the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California

2004-06-06

"Trick Pony" lead singer Heidi Newfield (33) weds NFL agent Bill Johnson in Destin, Florida

2005-01-09

"Motley Crue" lead singer Vince Neil (43) weds Lia Gerardini at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas

2005-06-01

"The White Stripes" guitarist, pianist and lead vocalist Jack White (29) weds British model Karen Elson (26) in Manaus, Brazil

2005-09-24

"30 Minute Meals" TV host Rachael Ray (37) weds "The Cringe" lead singer John Cusimano in Montalcino, Italy

2005-11-19

"KISS" lead singer Paul Stanley (53) weds Erin Sutton at The Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel and Spa in Pasadena, California

2005-12-03

Marilyn Manson lead singer Brian Warner (36) weds burlesque performer Dita Von Teese (33) at Castle Gurteen in County Tipperary, Ireland

2005-12-10

"Audioslave" drummer Brad Wilk (37) weds "Seven Year Bitch" former lead vocalist Selene Vigil near the frozen waters of Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe

2006-02-10

"Creed" former lead singer Scott Stapp (32) weds Miss New York USA 2004 winner Jaclyn Nesheiwat (25) in Miami

2006-05-06

"Scooter" techno rocker lead singer H.P. Baxxter (40) weds model Simone Mustert at Tremsbuttel Castle near Hamburg

2006-06-18

"Weezer" lead vocalist Rivers Cuomo (36) weds Kyoko Ito at a secluded beach on Paradise Cove in Malibu

2006-07-15

Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (21) weds "Sum 41" lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (26) at a private estate in Montecito, California

2006-07-29

"Primal Scream" lead singer Bobby Gillespie (44) weds stylist Katy England at St. Margaret's Church in Betley, Staffordshire

2006-12-17

Contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer Jaci Velasquez (27) weds "Salvador" lead singer Nic Gonzalez in Austin, Texas

2008-06-09

"Tommy Tutone" band lead singer Tommy Heath weds longtime girlfriend Lisa Scholtz in Lake Tahoe, California

2009-09-12

Platinum-selling rock band "3 Doors Down" lead singer Brad Arnold weds horseback rider Jennifer Sanderford in Escatawpa, Mississippi

2010-07-16

Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen (52) weds costume designer Helen L. Simmons (42) at Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach Resort in Florida

2010-12-11

"Good Charlotte" lead vocalist Joel Madden (31) weds fashion designer and actress Nicole Richie (30) at Beverly Hills, California

2012-04-21

Actress Carey Mulligan (26) weds "Mumford & Sons" lead singer Marcus Mumford (25) in Somerset, England

2012-09-29

"Fall Out Boy" lead singer Patrick Stump (28) weds longtime girlfriend Elisa Yao in Chicago

1990-04-01

Guns & Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames

2010-11-16

Singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne (25) divorces "Sum 41" lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley (29) due to irreconcilable differences after 3 years of marriage

1382-06-09

Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies

1603-01-05

Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73

1625-09-07

Rombout Hogerbeets, lawyer/pension executive of Lead, dies at 64

1942-12-10

George Rogers, Swinging the Lead

1949-12-06

Lead Belly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64

1972-09-27

Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide

1976-05-08

Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies

1980-12-24

Siggie Nordstrom, model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1893)

1992-02-20

Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66

1992-08-09

Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies

1993-08-01

Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81

1994-09-23

Jürgen Ohlsen, Our Flags Lead Us Forward

1995-05-07

Giti Pashayi, The Lead

1997-02-09

Brian Connolly, lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52

2000-04-24

Sidney Peterson, The Lead Shoes

2004-09-15

Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones

2004-12-26

Mieszko Talarczyk, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band, Nasum, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1974)

2005-07-20

Emma Pullen, And the Children Shall Lead

2006-05-19

Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)

2008-11-17

George Stephen Morrison, American admiral and father of The Doors' lead singer Jim Morrison

2008-11-25

Peter Fopeano, All Roads Lead Home

2011-01-14

Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968)

2015-12-27

Stevie Wright, lead singer of the Easybeats, dies at 68

2017-07-21

Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington dies aged 41

2017-11-11

Faith No More lead singer Chuck Mosley dies, age 57

2018-01-25

Mark E Smith: lead singer of The Fall dies aged 60

2018-02-03

Temptations lead singer Dennis Edwards dies aged 74

2018-08-18

Jill Janus, lead singer of metal band Huntress, dies at 43