Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Troy Cassar-Daley

Troy Cassar-Daley is an Australian country music songwriter and entertainer of Aboriginal heritage. He released his first single, "Dream Out Loud", in 1994, followed by his debut album, Beyond the Dancing, in 1995, and has continued to release music since then, including the platinum-selling The Great Country Songbook (2013) with Adam Harvey. Throughout his career he has received many awards, including ARIA Music Awards, Golden Guitars, Deadly Awards, Country Music Association of Australia Entertainer of the Year awards, and National Indigenous Music Awards.

Born

1969

May 18

Died

Living

Era

1960s

Country

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Troy, in brief

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Key dates

1969 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

332 Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
872 Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47. His first coronation was 28 years earlier, in 844, during the reign of his father Lothair I.
1096 First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
1152 The future Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. He would become king two years later, after the death of his cousin once removed King Stephen of England.

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The world in 1969

When Troy arrived

april 1 The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
april 15 The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
april 17 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
april 17 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Bertrand Russell 1872–1970 English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872) Augusto César Sandino 1895–1934 Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895) Jacques Santer 1937– Luxembourger jurist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jari Kurri 1960– Finnish ice hockey player, coach, and manager Jens Bergensten 1979– Swedish video game designer, co-designed Minecraft Joan Eardley 1921–1963 British artist (born 1921) John Higgins 1975– Scottish snooker player Oliver Heaviside 1850– English engineer, mathematician, and physicist (died 1925) Simon Pagenaud 1984– French race car driver

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1969

Michael Jackson 1969–2007 American football player and politician (died 2017) Annastacia Palaszczuk 1969– Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland Ben Greenman 1969– American journalist and author Birdman 1969– American rapper and producer Chris Weitz 1969– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chuck Liddell 1969– American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer David Boreanaz 1969– American actor Elena Gorolová 1969– Czech Romani activist Elliott Smith 1969–2003 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)

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