February 10, 2018 is now "Cliff Burton Day" in Alameda County, California. Four weeks ago, Metallica fans started a petition on change.org to recognize Metallica's late bassist, who was killed in a bus crash in Sweden on September 27, 1986.
The petition soon reached the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, who yesterday officially proclaimed that February 10 to be "Cliff Burton Day" in Alameda County, and Burton's hometown of Castro Valley.
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