Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1952)

Neil Peart

Neil Ellwood Peart was a Canadian musician and author, who was the drummer, percussionist, and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. He was nicknamed "the Professor", after the Gilligan's Island character of the same name. His drumming was renowned for its technical proficiency and his live performances for their exacting nature and stamina. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the Modern Drummer Readers Poll Hall of Fame in 1983 at the age of 30, making him the youngest person ever so honoured.

Born

1958

October 5

Died

2020

Era

1950s

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What else happened on this day, through history

610 Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
816 King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
869 The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to depose patriarch Photios I.
1143 With the signing of the Treaty of Zamora, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile recognises Portugal as a Kingdom.

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The world in 1958

When Neil arrived

april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Barry Switzer 1937– American football player and coach Bill Willis 1921–2007 American football player and coach (born 1921) Brian O'Nolan 1911–1966 Irish author (born 1911) Chevalier d'Eon 1728–1810 French diplomat and spy (born 1728) Glynis Johns 1923–2024 British actress and singer (born 1923) Kenneth D. Taylor 1934– Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015) Louis II of Anjou (died 1417) 1377– Michael Andretti 1962– American race car driver

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1958

Adrian Newey 1958– English aerodynamicist and engineer Andy Reid 1958– American football player and coach Anna Politkovskaya 1958–2006 Russian journalist and activist (died 2006) Betsy DeVos 1958– American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education Caryl Phillips 1958– Caribbean-English author and playwright Charlie Kaufman 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Chris Columbus 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Hugo Sánchez 1958– Mexican footballer, coach, and manager Jennifer Saunders 1958– English actress, comedian and screenwriter

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