Births
1918: Joey Bishop (Member of The Rat Pack)
1935: Johnny "Guitar" Watson (Blues Guitarist)
1943: Dennis Edwards (Singer in The Temptations)
1943: Eric Haydock (Bass for The Hollies)
1947: Dave Davies (Lead Guitar & Vocals for The Kinks)
1949: Arthur ‘Killer’ Kane (Bass for The New York Dolls)
1956: Lee Ranaldo (Guitar & Vocals for Sonic Youth)
1965: Nick Hawkins (Guitar for Bog Audio Dynamite)
1977: Daddy Yankee (Reggaeton Artist)
1990: Sean Kingston (Hip-Hop & R&B Artist)
Events
1956: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash held a recording session at Sun Studios in Memphis. The sessions were later named the "Million Dollar Quartet" and released.
1959: Within minutes of takeoff from the Mason City, IA Airport, at around 1:00 AM CST, the chartered Beech-Craft Bonanza airplane No. N3794N containing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper crashes into the Iowa countryside, killing all three in addition to pilot Roger Peterson. The plane, headed for the next "Winter Dance Party" tour stop in Fargo, ND, had been chartered by Holly in order for the band members to travel in heated comfort and to arrive early for their next gig. The tragedy was later immortalized as "The Day The Music Died" by Don McLean in his famous song "American Pie."
1960: Frank Sinatra forms his own label, Reprise Records.
1961: Bob Dylan makes his first recordings, versions of "San Francisco Bay Blues" and "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well," at the home of friends Sid and Bob Gleason in East Orange, NJ.
1977: Elton John resumes live performing in Sweden a mere fifteen months after announcing his "retirement" from the stage.
1978: On the 19th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death, Holly's Lubbock, TX birth home is miraculously saved from demolition by its new owner, who had, a few days prior, bought the house scheduled to be demolished on this very day. Neither the city nor the new resident had any idea of the home's significance.
1996: Queen Latifah was stopped by police for speeding who found a concealed weapon and marijuana, the singer was given two years probation.
2003: Phil Spector is arrested for allegedly murdering actress Lana Clarkson in his Alhambra, CA home.
2004: R&B Singer R. Kelly appeared in Court and entered of plea of not guilty to 21 charges of child pornography. Kelly, who was free on bond, did not talk during the brief hearing. Kelly had been arrested in Florida after he was indicted by a grand jury in Chicago on 21 counts of child pornography, stemming from a videotape that allegedly shows the star performing sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl.
2006: Former Dynasty star Heather Locklear filed for divorce from Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora after 11 years of marriage. Locklear who was previously married to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and Sambora were married in 1994 and have an eight-year-old daughter called Ava.
