Births
1912: Woody Guthrie (Folk Singer)
1933: Del Reeves (Country Singer)
1952: Chris Cross (Bass & Synth for Ultravox)
1966: Ellen Reid (Keyboards for Crash Test Dummies)
1966: Tayna Donelly (Guitar for Belly & Throwing Muses)
1971: Nick McCabe (Guitar for The Verve)
1975: Taboo (Rapper & Singer in The Black Eyed Peas)
Events
1964: The Rolling Stones score their first #1 hit in the UK with their cover of Bobby Womack's "It's All Over Now."
1967: The Who begin their first large-scale American tour, playing the first of 55 dates with... Herman's Hermits.
1973: Glam-rocker Gary Glitter makes his live stage debut in Mecksham, England.
1980: In France, Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry contracts a kidney infection and is flown to London after collapsing in his hotel room.
1980: Former Beatles and Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein begins a two-month jail term for income tax evasion.
1980: Malcolm Owen singer with The Ruts died from a heroin overdose at the age of 26.
1984: Phillippe Wynne lead singer with The Detroit Spinners died of a heart attack while performing at Ivey's nightclub in Oakland, California, aged 43. With The Detroit Spinners had the 1980 UK No.1 & US No.2 single 'Working My Way Back To You.'
1986: Motley Crue's Vince Neil begins 30 day sentence for vehicular homicide
1987: Steve Miller receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
1988: Michael Jackson gave himself a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for setting a new attendance record, when he played the first of seven nights at Wembley Stadium in London. The shows on his Bad World Tour were attended by a total of 504,000 fans beating the record previously held by Genesis, with four sold out nights.
1988: At the height of "Elvis is Alive" mania, Nashville radio station WYHY offers a million dollars to anyone who shows up at the studios with the King.
1989: "Judge Judy" Sheindlin, not yet a TV star and still a Family Court Judge in New York, orders singer Tom Jones to pay $200 weekly in child support to model Katherine Berkery.
1992: Aretha Franklin opens the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York by singing the national anthem.
1992: Olivia Newton-John makes public her bout with breast cancer, which she will eventually beat.
2000: It was announced that the Go-Go's had gotten back together again for a tour, new album, a book and a movie.
2006: Primal Scream singer Bobby Gillespie had his nose broken when he was attacked in a hotel bar in Madrid in Spain. The singer had to postpone a Top Of The Pops recording due to the injuries.
2011: Country-pop band Rilo Kiley officially broke up. Guitarist Blake Sennett said that he "felt like there was a lot of deception, disloyalty, greed," and the band had reached a point where it could no longer exist under such toxic circumstances.
