Births
1909: Burl Ives (Singer)
1910: Nappy Lamare (Jazz Guitarist)
1936: Obie Benson (Bass Singer for The Four Tops)
1941: Jr. Walker (Jr. Walker and the All-Stars)
1943: Muff (Mervyn) Winwood (Singer for Spencer Davis Group)
1945: Rod Argent (Keyboard & Vocals for The Zombies, Argent)
1949: Alan White (Drummer for Yes & Plastic Ono Band)
1952: Jim Lea (Bass for Slade)
1958: Nick Van Ede (Singer for The Cutting Crew)
1958: Brian David Willis (Drummer for Quarterflash)
1961: George O'Dowd (Boy George) (Singer for The Culture Club)
1963: Chris Degarmo (Guitar for Queensryche)
Events
1953: Elvis Presley graduates from Humes High School in Memphis, TN.
1957: Ava Gardner divorces Frank Sinatra.
1961: After a performance at the Majestic Theatre in Newcastle, England, Gene Vincent is mobbed by admirers who accidentally push him down a flight of stairs, where he is knocked out.
1961: Patsy Cline is involved in an infamous head-on collision on Old Hickory Boulevard in Nashville, TN; she is thrown into the windshield by the impact and sustains major head, wrist, and hip injuries. She will be hospitalized for a month, during which time she will become a convert to Christianity.
1964: Workers at a London railway station open a tea chest addressed to the Beatles and find 12-year-old Carol Dryden, a fan who'd decided to mail herself to the group.
1965: Sonny and Cher released "I Got You Babe".
1965: Bob Dylan recorded "Like A Rolling Stone."
1968: Rod Stewart becomes a star in the US after the Jeff Beck Group, for which he sings lead, opens at New York's Fillmore East. The 23-year-old Stewart is still so new to the stage that he hides behind a stack of speakers during the first song.
1969: In London's Hyde Park, Mick Taylor attends his first photo shoot as a new member of the Rolling Stones.
1969: R&B Singer Wynonie Harris died of esophageal cancer.
1970: Derek and the Dominoes step on the stage for the first time under that name as they play the Lyceum in London.
1970: Blood Sweat and Tears become the first Western rock band to perform "behind the iron curtain" in a Soviet country.
1970: Grand Funk Railroad unveil their famous "Closer To Home" billboard in New York, which costs $100,000 and takes a full city block to promote their new single of the same name.
1971: Frank Sinatra announces his retirement from show business, only to return a year and a half later with the legendary comeback album Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back.
1971: In London, the first Hard Rock Cafe opened.
1972: Yet another unruly crowd at a Rolling Stones concert, with cops dispensing tear gas into the audience at today's gig in Tucson, AZ.
1979: Little Feat announce their breakup.
1986: Three fans died during an Ozzy Osbourne gig at Long Beach Arena, California after falling from a balcony.
1988: The Fat Boys filed a $5 million law suit against Miller Beer and Joe Piscopo for using their likeness in a Miller Lite "Rappin "Fats" Piscopo commercial.
1988: Chuck Berry is sued for five million dollars by a woman who claimed he punched her in the mouth during an argument.
1989: Pete De Freitas drummer with Echo And The Bunnymen was killed at the age of 27, when his motorbike collided with a car.
1993: Pepsi's famous "You got the right one, baby!" ads featuring Ray Charles are pulled after medical waste begins showing up in some cans of the product.
1994: Composer Henry Mancini died of pancreatic cancer at age 70.
1995: Guitarist Rory Gallagher complications from a liver transplant at age 47.
1995: Michael Jackson appeared on TV with his wife Lisa Marie Presley in a live interview with Diane Sawyer.
1996: George Martin, Beatles producer, is made a knight by Queen Elizabeth II.
1997: Puff Daddy and Faith Evans started a 11 week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'll Be Missing You', a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G.
2002: In Lubbock, TX, a power failure ended a Britney Spears concert after only two songs.
2006: Rufus Wainwright, son of folksinger Loudon, recreates the whole of Judy Garland's legendary 1961 Carnegie Hall concert at the famous institution in order to mark the show's 35th anniversary.
