Births
1940: John
Lennon (Singer / Songwriter, Piano & Guitar)
1944: John
Entwistle (Bass for The Who)
1944: Nona Hendrix (Singer in Labelle & Solo)
1948: Jackson
Browne (Singer / Songwriter)
1952: Sharon Osbourne
1957: Ini Kamoze (Cecil Campbell) (Reggae Artist)
1958: Al Jourgensen (Ministry)
1967: Mat Osman (Bass for Suede)
1969: PJ Harvey (Polly Harvey) (Singer /
Songwriter & Guitarist)
1993: Scotty McCreery (Country Singer)
Events
1959: At 22
years of age, Bobby Darin becomes the youngest performer to headline the Sands
Hotel in Las Vegas' famed Copa Room.
1962: The BBC
bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's hit "Monster Mash," feeling
the subject matter -- comical as it is -- may be deemed grotesque or otherwise
tasteless to some listeners.
1967: Doc
Severinsen, already a member of the house band on NBC-TV's Tonight Show,
replaces Skitch Henderson as its leader.
1971: The Who played a small, low-key show at the
University of Surrey, Guildford, with guest John Sebastian joining in on
harmonica on ‘Magic Bus’ – the only outside musician to jam with The Who on
stage. Backstage, the group celebrated John Entwistle’s 27th birthday.
1973:
Priscilla Presley finalizes her divorce from Elvis with a second, revised
settlement giving her $14,200 a year in support, $725,000 in cash now, half of
the sale of the couple's Palm Springs home, and five percent of all new
recordings. The ex-couple leave the courthouse holding hands.
1975: On
father John Lennon's 35th birthday, Yoko Ono gives birth to Sean Ono Taro
Lennon.
1978: The
Faces' Ian McLagan marries his longtime girlfriend, former model (and first
wife of Keith Moon) Kim Kerrigan.
1978: Dolly Parton's dress splits as she walks
off with the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award during
the 12th annual ceremony at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House.
1980: Despite
years of hits in the UK, Gary Glitter declares bankruptcy.
1981: During a North American tour The Rolling
Stones played the first of two nights at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in
Los Angeles, California. Support act was
Prince, who dressed in his controversial bikini briefs and trench coat ran off
stage after 15 minutes due to the crowd booing and throwing beer cans at him.
1984: The
extraordinarily popular children's show Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends
begins its run on BBC-TV, featuring a narrator by the name of Ringo Starr.
1985: A 2½-acre garden memorial was dedicated to
John Lennon by his widow Yoko Ono. The memorial in New York City’s Central Park
is called Strawberry Fields and cost $1 Million.
2000: Barry
White gives a speech to the debate squad at Oxford University.
2001: A man wrecked a $300,000 sports car owned
by hip-hop star Missy Elliott after losing control of the 550-horsepower
vehicle and crashed into a traffic sign and a tree. Joseph Johnson had taken
the Lamborghini Diablo away from the garage where it was stored without
permission for a late night spin. He was later sentenced to three years in jail
and ordered to pay $170,000 for the car and $1,975 for curb repairs at the site
of the accident.
2003: Ambrose Kappos, 37, of New York, was
charged with three counts of stalking and harassing singer Sheryl Crow. He was
arrested after being accused of sneaking into New York's Hammerstein Ballroom
then trying to get into Crow's limousine when she left the venue. Mr Kappos'
brother said he was harmless but "infatuated" with the singer.
2006: During
tonight's show at Madison Square Garden, Barbra Streisand loses control and
yells at a heckler to "Shut the ---- up."
2011: Paul McCartney (69) wed Nancy Shevell (51).
