Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter. He was born and grew up in Dartford, joining the rock band the Rolling Stones in 1962 as the lead vocalist and a founder member. His songwriting partnership with Keith Richards is one of history's most successful. A pioneer of the modern music industry, Jagger has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential frontmen in rock music history. Notorious for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, he has often been portrayed as a countercultural figure. His performance style has been studied by academics and is the inspiration for the song "Moves like Jagger". He has released four solo albums and starred in two films. With the Stones, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. As either a Stones member or a solo artist, he has reached No. 1 on the UK and US singles charts thirteen times, and the top 40 seventy times. He was knighted in 2003.
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1882:
Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellaland
1953:
In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Creek_raid
1993:
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 of the people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiana_Airlines_Flight_733
2012:
The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Irish_Republican_Army
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rejig: 1. To rearrange or tweak (something), especially in order to improve it or make it suitable for some purpose. 2. (dated) To provide (a place, etc.) with new equipment or machinery; to reequip, to refit. 3. (mining) To separate or sort (ore) again in a jigger or sieve. 4. (chiefly Britain) A rearrangement, a reorganization. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rejig
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