Births
1942: Sterling Morrison (Guitar for The Velvet
Underground)
1943: David Soul (Hutch & Singer)
1948: Danny Seraphine (Drummer for Chicago)
1949: Martin Lamble (Drummer for Fairport Convention)
1951: Dave Hlubek (Guitar for Molly Hatchet)
1965: Shania Twain (Eileen Edwards)
(Country Artist)
1969: Jack Black (Guitar for
Tenacious D and Actor)
1974: Peter Turner (Bass for
Elbow)
1981: Jake Owen (Country Singer)
1982: LeAnn Rimes (Country
Singer)
1986: Florence Welch (Singer for
Florence & The Machine)
Events
1960: A 17-year-old Barry White completes his four-month
prison term for stealing 300 tires from a Cadillac dealership. Having heard
Elvis sing "It's Now Or Never" in prison, he leaves determined to
make music his life.
1961: Tamla Records released the Marvelettes first single,
'Please Mr. Postman'. The song went on to sell over a million copies and become
the group's biggest hit, reaching the top of both the Billboard Pop and R&B
charts. The song is notable as the first Motown song to reach the number-one
position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.
1963: Just before Dr. Martin Luther King gives his famous
"I Have A Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC,
Peter, Paul and Mary serenade the crowd with their hit version of Bob Dylan's
"Blowin' In The Wind."
1965: The Rolling Stones sign with Decca records and ink a
management contract with the soon-to-be-notorious Allen Klein.
1967: In San Francisco, The Grateful Dead, along with Janis
Joplin's group Big Brother and the Holding Company, play the funeral of a
Hell's Angel killed after being hit by a car.
1969: Paul and Linda McCartney become the proud parents of
their first child, a daughter they name Mary after Paul's dear departed mother.
1984: With over one million ticket sales in only two months,
the Jacksons' reunion tour, entitled Victory, becomes the most successful
concert tour of all time.
1986: Tina Turner receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame.
2005: For the second time in two years, Art Garfunkel is
arrested for marijuana possession.
2005: Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was
admitted to hospital after being shot in the leg at a party hosted by hip hop
star Kanye West. The party was held at a club in Miami, Florida, to celebrate
this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
