The Union gets its first victory of the Civil War, Ronald Reagan is born, The Righteous Brothers hit No. 1, and astronaut Alan Shepard works on his lunar golf game, all on this day.
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1962: Singer W. Axl Rose, best known as the lead vocalist for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, is born William Bruce Rose Jr. in Lafayette, Ind.