Non-musical history for today: 1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the “Red Scare” in the early 1950s. Red Scare, Satanic Panic, Liberalism. I mean the ridiculous things that people freak out over for no good reason.

Music history, album anniversaries, birthdays, and deaths for April 2.

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