English singer-songwriter

Justin Hawkins

Justin David Hawkins is an English musician, Internet personality, singer, and songwriter best known as the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of The Darkness, of which his younger brother Dan is also a member. He is also the lead singer and guitarist for the band Hot Leg, formed in 2008 and now on hiatus. In 2021, Hawkins launched a YouTube channel entitled Justin Hawkins Rides Again, where he does comedic analysis on songs or artists in addition to covering news in the musical community. Hawkins has been widely praised for his musical abilities, particularly his voice which spans five octaves.

Born

1975

March 17

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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Justin, in brief

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Key dates

1975 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-45 In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
180 Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of eighteen, following the death of his father, Marcus Aurelius.
455 Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire; he forces Licinia Eudoxia, the widow of his predecessor, Valentinian III, to marry him.
1337 Edward the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first duchy in England.

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The world in 1975

When Justin arrived

april 13 Beirut bus massacre: A confrontation between Phalangist paramilitaries and PLO militia marks the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
april 17 The Cambodian Civil War ends and the Cambodian Genocide begins. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
april 19 India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.
april 19 South Vietnamese forces withdraw from the town of Xuan Loc in the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

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Claressa Shields 1995– American boxer and mixed martial artist Daniel Sprong 1997– Dutch ice hockey player Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre 1665–1729 French harpsichord player and composer (born 1665) Gene Ween 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist James IV of Scotland (died 1513) 1473– John Wayne Gacy 1942–1994 American serial killer and rapist (died 1994) Kate Greenaway 1846– English author and illustrator (died 1901) Lawrence Oates 1880– English lieutenant and explorer (died 1912) Michael Kelly 1957– American journalist and author (died 2003)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1975

Alanna Ubach 1975– American actress Alexandre Daigle 1975– Canadian ice hockey player Alicia Witt 1975– American actress and musician Asia Argento 1975– Italian actress Cristobal Huet 1975– French ice hockey player David Ortiz 1975– Dominican-American baseball player Dulé Hill 1975– American actor Eva Longoria 1975– American actress Garrison Starr 1975– American singer-songwriter and producer

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