American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Daryl Hall

Daryl Franklin Hohl, known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock and soul singer-songwriter. He is best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Hall & Oates, with guitarist and songwriter John Oates. Outside of his work in Hall & Oates, he has also released six solo albums, including the 1980 collaboration with progressive rock guitarist Robert Fripp, Sacred Songs. His 1986 album Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine provided his best-selling single, "Dreamtime", which peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

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1946

October 11

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1940s

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1946 Born

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1138 A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
1142 A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
1311 The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
1614 The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.

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The world in 1946

When Daryl 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april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.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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Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bobby Charlton 1937–2023 English footballer and manager (died 2023) Daniel Quinn 1935– American author and environmentalist (died 2018) Henry Luke Orombi 1949– Ugandan archbishop Jane Krakowski 1968– American actress and singer Louise Rennison 1951–2016 English author (born 1951) Luke Perry 1966–2019 American actor (born 1966) Miroslav Dvořák 1951–2008 Czech ice hockey player (born 1951) Nanaji Deshmukh 1916–2010 Indian educator and activist (born 1916)

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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 David Lynch 1946–2025 American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (born 1946)

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