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Joacim Cans
1970Feb, 19

Joacim Cans

Joacim Cans, Swedish singer-songwriter
Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970 in Mora, Sweden) is the lead singer of HammerFall, a Swedish heavy metal band. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums.Cans attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.

He released his first solo album titled Beyond the Gates in 2004.

Cans participated with a choir team in the Swedish television program Körslaget (the Swedish version of Clash of the Choirs) in 2008. On 10 May his team won the competition.

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  • 28Apr

    Richard Nixon

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  • 28Sep

    Gamal Abdel Nasser

    Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo. Anwar Sadat is named as Nasser's temporary successor, and will later become the permanent successor.
  • 8Oct

    Richard Nixon

    Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a manoeuvre to deceive world opinion".