Births
1944: Keith
Emerson (Keyboards for The Nice & Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
1945: J.D. Souther (Singer / Songwriter)
1952: Maxine Nightingale (R&B Singer)
1957: Carter Beauford (Drummer for Dave Matthews
Band)
1961: K.D. Lang (Kathryn Dawn Lang) (Singer/Songwriter)
1963: Bobby Dall (Bass for Poison)
1969: Reginald Arvizu (Bass for Korn)
1971: John Hampson (Vocals & Guitar
for Nine days)
1974: Nelly (Cornell Haynes Jr) (Rapper)
1975: Chris Walla (Guitarist for Death Cab for
Cutie)
1980: Thomas Bredahl (Guitar
for Volbeat)
Events
1956: A riot
breaks out at Fats Domino's show in Fayetteville, NC, with police resorting to
tear gas to break up the unruly crowd. Fats jumps out of a window to avoid the
melee. He and two other band members are slightly injured.
1963: Dion
angrily walks off the set of the British ITV television program Ready Steady
Go! in the middle of performing his hit "Donna The Prima Donna,"
claiming the go-go dancers surrounding him during the song are distracting.
1966: Paul
Revere and the Raiders appear on tonight's "Dizzoner the Penguin"
episode of ABC-TV's Batman.
1966: Blues singer Mississippi John Hurt died
from a heart attack at age 73.
1973: CBS
airs the Barbra Streisand television special Barbra Streisand And Other
Musical Instruments, featuring special guest Ray Charles.
1974: George
Harrison begins the first-ever solo tour by a Beatle when he performs the first
night of his "Dark Horse" tour in Vancouver, BC. The tour, which is
plagued by Harrison's laryngitis, is a disaster.
1979: The
Who's musical film Quadrophenia, featuring a small part played by Sting,
opens in US theaters.
1978: David
Cassidy's infamous flop cop TV drama David Cassidy: Man Undercover
debuts on NBC, the first of only ten episodes.
1984: Marvin
Gay Sr., father of singer Marvin Gaye (who added the e when he joined Motown)
is found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his son, but courts
rule the action was taken in self-defense, and the elder Gay is given five
years' probation.
1985: With
his new single, "Part-Time Lover," topping the charts, Stevie Wonder
becomes the artist with the longest period between Number Ones: 22 years. (This
song also sets a record by going to #1 on five different Billboard
charts.)
1994: Ruth
Tyrangiel, former girlfriend of Bob Dylan, sues for $5 million palimony,
claiming the singer reneged on his promise to marry her after she helped with
his business affairs and also with his songwriting.
1994: Crosby,
Stills, Nash and Young's David Crosby is hospitalized after suffering liver
failure; he's fortunate enough to find a donor for a transplant.
1995: The
syndicated R&B dance show Soul Train celebrates its 25th year on the
air with guest appearances by Al Green, Diana Ross, Bill Withers, and Patti
Labelle.
2002: Armed police arrested an international gang
who were planning to kidnap former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and her two
young children. The gang had planned to ransom Victoria for $10M.
2003: Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs ran in the New York
City Marathon. He finished in 4 hours, 14 minutes and 54 seconds. He raised $2
million dollars for children.
2007: Led
Zeppelin's latest reunion concert is postponed when guitarist Jimmy Page breaks
his pinky finger.
