English guitarist, songwriter and producer

Robert Fripp

Robert Fripp is an English musician, composer, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and only constant member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session musician and collaborator, notably with David Bowie, Blondie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill, Daryl Hall, the Roches, Talking Heads, and David Sylvian. He also composed the startup sound of Windows Vista, in collaboration with Tucker Martine and Steve Ball. His discography includes contributions to more than 700 official releases.

Born

1946

May 16

Died

Living

Era

1940s

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Key dates

1946 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

946 Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
999 Rebel Turkish warlord Mahmud of Ghazni defeats Samanid Emir Mansur II in battle at Merv.
1003 Patrician John Crescentius, who has seized control of Rome, selects Pope John XVII as the new pope.
1204 Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.

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The world in 1946

When Robert 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april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.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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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 16

Billy Martin 1928–1989 American baseball player and manager (born 1928) David Boreanaz 1969– American actor IU 1993– Korean singer-songwriter and actress Janet Jackson 1966– American singer-songwriter actress Kenji Mizoguchi 1898–1956 Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1898) Kevin McDonald 1961– Canadian actor and screenwriter Kitanoumi Toshimitsu 1953–2015 Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (died 2015) Rick Rypien 1984–2011 Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984) Thomas Brodie-Sangster 1990– English actor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1946

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 Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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