English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jeremy Spencer

Jeremy Cedric Spencer is a British musician, best known for playing slide guitar and piano in the original line-up of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. A member since Fleetwood Mac's inception in July 1967, he remained with the band until his abrupt departure in February 1971, when he joined the "Children of God", a religious organisation now known as "The Family International", with which he is still affiliated. After a pair of solo albums in the 1970s, he continued to tour as a musician, but did not release another album until 2006. He released further solo albums from 2012 onwards and has also recorded as part of the folk trio Steetley.

Born

1948

July 4

Died

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1940s

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Key dates

1948 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-362 Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
414 Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
836 Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed.
993 Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.

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The world in 1948

When Jeremy arrived

april 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
april 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
april 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
april 16 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Al Davis 1929–1945 American football player, coach, and manager (died 2011) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Emerson Boozer 1943– American football player and sportscaster George Steinbrenner 1930–2010 American businessman (born 1930) Gloria Stuart 1910–2010 American actress (died 2010) Hal Lanier 1942– American baseball player, coach, and manager Jean-Pierre Blanchard 1753–1809 French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809) Mitch Miller 1911– American singer and producer (died 2010) Timmie Rogers 1915– American actor and singer-songwriter (died 2006)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1948

Art Spiegelman 1948– Swedish-American cartoonist and critic Buck Martinez 1948– American baseball player and manager Carl Weathers 1948–2024 American football player and actor (born 1948) Carlos Salinas de Gortari 1948– Mexican economist and politician, 53rd President of Mexico Christopher Guest 1948– British-American actor and director Claude Jade 1948–2006 French actress (born 1948) Cliff Thorburn 1948– Canadian snooker player Davíð Oddsson 1948– Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2026) Dayle Haddon 1948– Canadian model and actress (died 2024)

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