Births
1905: Tommy
Dorsey (Bandleader)
1939: Pete
Moore (Bass singer in Smokey Robinson and the Miracles)
1943: Fred
Lipsius (Sax for Blood, Sweat and Tears)
1957: Ofra Haza (Isreali Singer)
1960: Matt Sorum (Drummer for Guns “n” Roses, The
Cult & Velvet Revolver)
1961: Justin Chancellor (Bass for Tool)
1969: Travis McNabb (Drummer for Better
Than Ezra)
1971: Tony Rich (R&B Singer)
1973: Billy Currington (Country Artist)
1989: Tyga (Michael Stevenson) (Rapper)
Events
1954: While
driving from Vegas to Los Angeles, Sammy Davis, Jr. crashes into another car on
Route 66 San Bernadino, CA, and three days later, permanently loses use of his
left eye. While in the hospital, friend Eddie Cantor tells Davis about the twin
struggles of the Jewish and African-Americans, leading Davis to convert to
Judaism. (The accident increased his popularity.)
1957: Chicago
radio station WCFL is picketed by the local chapter of the Elvis Presley fan
club when it bans Presley's records. Nevertheless, the station doesn't flinch.
1959: An
unnamed RCA executive tells reporters that, when he returns from the Army,
Elvis Presley's music will be very different than the rock and roll he
performed previously. Manager Colonel Tom Parker rushes to issue an official
denial to fans.
1960: While
in Los Angeles during the filming of his seventh movie, Wild In The Country,
Elvis Presley suffers a bit of road rage, pulling a gun on a group of
passengers in another car who had supposedly insulted him.
1965: At the
Glad Rags Ball in London, the Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey, storms off stage
in the middle of a set plagued with PA problems. Rumors of a Who breakup spread
quickly through London with most of them naming Boz Burrell (King Crimson and
Bad Company) as Daltrey's possible replacement.
1968: Onstage
with the Supremes at the Royal Command Variety Performance in London, Diana
Ross interrupts the show with a plea for greater interracial understanding. She
receives a two-minute ovation from the audience, which includes members of the
royal family. Queen Elizabeth II herself stands after Ross' moving performance
of West Side Story's "Somewhere."
1979: Chuck Berry was released from prison after
serving a four-month sentence for tax evasion.
1983: Bassist Tom Evans from Badfinger committed
suicide by hanging himself in his back garden from a willow tree. Family
members said the singer, songwriter was never able to get over his former
bandmate's Pete Ham's suicide.
1992: Linda
Ronstadt is the guest star on tonight's "Mr. Plow" episode of
Fox-TV's The Simpsons.
1993: Nirvana recorded an MTV unplugged concert in
New York.
1994: Crosby Stills & Nash member David
Crosby had a successful liver transplant operation at Dumont-UCLA in Los
Angeles. Crosby's liver was deteriorated from extensive alcohol and drug abuse,
as well as hepatitis-C.
1995: The
first installment of The Beatles Anthology documentary airs on ABC.
1995: Frank
Sinatra's all-star 80th birthday tribute is held in the Shrine Auditorium in
Los Angeles, featuring Bob Dylan performing "Restless Farewell" (at
the request of Sinatra; Dylan had wanted to perform Frank's own "That's
Life") and Paula Abdul singing "Luck Be A Lady." Afterwards,
Dylan and fellow performer Bruce Springsteen, along with Steve Lawrence and
Eydie Gorme, are invited back to the crooner's home.
1997: A
"serious but stable" Johnny Cash is admitted to Nashville's Baptist
Hospital after coming down with double pneumonia.
2002: While
greeting fans from a fifth-floor hotel balcony in Berlin, Michael Jackson
shocks the world by dangling his newborn son Prince Michael II over the side of
the railing.
2003: An
arrest warrant is issued on Los Angeles for Michael Jackson, due to recent
charges of child molestation. The singer, phoning from Vegas where he is
filming a video, convinces authorities to wait for his return to stand trial.
2004: Rapper Young Buck was arrested over a
stabbing at the Vibe hip-hop awards. Young Buck (David Darnell Brown) was
arrested on suspicion of stabbing a man who allegedly punched rapper Dr. Dre in
the face. He was released on $500,000 bail after surrendering to police in Los
Angeles.
2005: Former glam rock star Gary Glitter was
arrested in Vietnam after being detained at Ho Chi Minh airport as he tried to
board a plane to Bangkok. Police said Glitter was being held under suspicion of
committing lewd acts with two girls under the age of 18.
2007: Queen
guitarist Brian May is named Chancellor of Liverpool's John Moores University.
2007: At
Caroline Kennedy's 50th birthday party, guest performer Neil Diamond reveals
that his 1970 hit "Sweet Caroline" was actually written about her.
