The extraordinary people who left their mark.
The musician and political activist is clubbed to death by British police after a rally calling for democratic reforms. More than 500 die in the riots that follow and "Rockerboy" comes to mean someone who tries to spread a political message through creative expression.
Johnny Silverhand, Kerry Eurodyne, Nancy Hartley, as well as Denny and Henry, form the Band Samurai.
Alt is kidnapped by Arasaka after a Samurai concert in order to steal the secrets of Soulkiller. Johnny Silverhand gathers a team to free her, but she has fled into the subnet and being disconnected kills her biological body. Having killed the head of Arasaka America, Silverhand goes into hiding with the Aldecaldos.
It's hard to say if it was the Arasaka strike team or a rock hurled from space that got to him first.
The engram of Alt Cunningham founds Ghost Worldon the servers in the remnants of Hong Kong since the bioweapon there prevents humans from entering.