<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a> lead singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Mercury" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Freddie Mercury">Freddie Mercury</a> announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive. He dies the following day.<sup about="#mwt80" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Bret_1996_179"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Bret_1996_179-15"}}' id="cite_ref-Bret_1996_179_15-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./November_23#cite_note-Bret_1996_179-15" id="mwAQQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQU">[15]</span></a></sup>