Births
1936: Charlie
Daniels (Country Singer & Fiddle player)
1956: Dave Wyndorf (Lead Singer & Guitar for
Monster Magnet)
1957: Stephen Morris (Drums for Joy Division
& New Order)
1958: William Reid (Guitar for The Jesus and Mary
Chain)
1969: Ben Harper (Singer / Songwriter)
1972: Brad Paisley (Country Artist)
Events
1939:
Bill Monroe makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, performing
"Foggy Mountain Top" and "Mule Skinner Blues" at
Nashville's War Memorial Auditorium.
1948: In St.
Louis, MO, Chuck Berry marries his first and only wife, Themetta
"Toddy" Suggs.
1955: As part
of the duo Buddy and Bob, Buddy Holly opens for Marty Robbins at a concert in
Lubbock, TX.
1956: Elvis
Presley makes his second appearance on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show, and
unlike the first appearance, Sullivan himself is hosting. Elvis sings
"Don’t Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," "Hound Dog,"
and "Love Me," and Ed presents Presley with a gold record for
"Love Me Tender."
1958: Buddy
Holly makes what would be his last major television appearance, lip-synching
"It's So Easy" and "Heartbeat" on ABC's American
Bandstand.
1968: Cynthia
Lennon is granted a divorce from her husband John.
1972: Diana
Ross becomes the proud parent of her second daughter, Tracee, her first from
husband Robert Ellis Silberstein.
1982: The Jam announced they were splitting up at
the end of their current UK tour.
1989: Janet Jackson started a four week run at
No.1 on the US album chart with 'Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814'. Only one
of three albums to produce seven Top-ten US singles, (the other two being
Thriller by Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen's Born In The USA).
1997: R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry announced that he
was leaving the group after 17 years, becoming a farmer.
1999: During
a Kenny Rogers show in Dallas, TX, a fan is injured by a frisbee Kenny throws
randomly into the audience. According to the fan's subsequent
two-million-dollar lawsuit, the "accident" has left him impotent.
2003: David
Bowie and his wife, the supermodel Iman, sign up as the new spokesmodels for
Tommy Hilfiger.
2007: Country musician Porter Wagoner died in
Nashville aged 80 from lung cancer.
