Births
1939: Grace
Slick (Singer for Jefferson Airplane & Starship & Solo)
1941: Otis
Williams (Baritone in The Temptations)
1946: Chris Slade (Drummer for
The Firm & AC/DC)
1947: Timothy
B. Schmidt (Bass for Poco & The Eagles)
1960: Joey Belladonna (Current Lead Singer for
Anthrax)
1960: Jerry De Borg (Guitar for Jesus Jones)
1965: Gavin Rossdale (Lead Singer & Rhythm
Guitar for Bush & Solo. Married to
Gwen Stefani)
1969: Snow (Darrin O'Brien) (Rapper)
Events
1967: Rolling
Stones leader Brian Jones, already deep in drug addiction, pleads guilty in a
London court to possession of cannabis and not guilty to possession of cocaine
and methedrine. He spends the night in Wormwood Scrubs prison and is released
on bail the next day after being sentenced to nine months, a sentence which
will eventually be suspended.
1970: A Miami
court sentences Doors leader Jim Morrison to six months in prison and a fine of
$500 for allegedly exposing himself during a concert there in March of the
previous year. The case is still on appeal when Morrison dies the following
July.
1970: Davy
Jones guest-stars as himself in tonight's "The Teen Idol" episode of
ABC-TV's Make Room For Granddaddy.
1972: Elton
John becomes the first rock star since the Beatles to perform for Queen
Elizabeth II at her annual Royal Command Variety Performance in London.
1973: On
their first visit to the UK, The Osmonds are mobbed by 10,000 fans at London's
Heathrow Airport.
1974: Upon
learning that her husband, funk-rocker Sly Stone, has abducted their
14-month-old son Sylvester Bubb Ali Stewart, wife Kathy Silvia files for
divorce.
1978: KISS'
ill-advised live-action kiddie movie KISS Meet The Phantom Of The Park
premieres on NBC-TV. Their career would never fully recover.
1979: Bianca
Jagger, Mick's first wife, is granted a divorce after eight years of marriage.
1982: Australian band Men At Work went to No.1 on
the US singles chart with 'Who Can It Be Now'' the group's first US No.1.
1982: Paul Weller announced the breakup of The Jam.
1990: Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose was released
on $10,000 bail, after being arrested for allegedly hitting a neighbor over the
head with a bottle. The incident happened after a complaint to the police about
loud music coming from the singer’s house.
1991: Country
singer Clint Black (34) weds actress & singer Lisa Hartman (29).
1995: The
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announces its upcoming induction of David Bowie,
Gladys Knight and the Pips, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles, Jefferson Airplane,
Little Willie John, and the Velvet Underground.
1998: All four original members of Black Sabbath
reunited momentarily to play ‘Paranoid’ on US TV’s David Letterman Show.
1998: KISS,
both with their signature makeup and without, appear on tonight's
"...Thirteen Years Later" episode of Fox-TV's Millennium.
2002: Jam Master Jay from Run-DMC was murdered by
an assassin's single bullet at his recording studio in Queens, New York.
2003: Paul
McCartney becomes the proud parent of his first child with second wife Heather
Mills, a daughter named Beatrice Milly.
2003: Lionel
Richie divorces his second wife, Diane Alexander.
2004: An arrest warrant was issued for Motley
Crue singer Vince Neil after he allegedly knocked a soundman unconscious during
a concert. Neil was said to have punched Michael Talbert in the face at
Gilley's nightclub in Dallas after he asked the soundman for more volume on his
guitar but attacked Talbert as he adjusted it, leaving him unconscious for 45
seconds.
2007: After
losing the top spot to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain the year before, Elvis Presley
once again tops Forbes Magazine's list of highest-earning dead
celebrities. John Lennon is second on the list; fellow ex-Beatle George
Harrison is fourth.
