Births
1904: Coleman
Hawkins (Jazz Sax Player)
1940: Dr.
John (Malcolm John "Mac" Rebennack,
Jr.) (Singer / Songwriter)
1955: Peter
Koppes (Guitar for The Church)
1962: Steven
Curtis Chapman (Christian Singer / Songwriter)
1965: Bjork Gudmundsdottir (Singer for The
Sugarcubes and Solo)
1968: Alex James (Bass for Blur)
1982: Ryan Starr (Singer / Songrwiter)
1985: Carly
Rae Jepsen (Singer)
Events
1877: Thomas
A. Edison unveils his new "talking machine," later dubbed the
phonograph, to a gathering of friends and colleagues.
1960: Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
went to #1 on the US chart with 'Stay', the shortest ever US No.1 single at
1:41.
1968: With
girlfriend Yoko Ono about to miscarry their first son, John Ono Lennon II, John
Lennon asks for a tape recorder to be brought to the hospital so that he can
record the baby's dying heartbeat. Later that day, Yoko miscarries; the baby is
buried in a secret location and the recording appears on the duo's album Unfinished
Music No. 2: Life With The Lions as a track called "Baby's
Heartbeat," followed by "Two Minutes Silence" for his death.
1970: The Partridge Family started a three week
run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Think I Love You'. The song was
featured in the first episode of the Partridge Family TV series, made by the
same company that made The Monkees.
1974: Wilson
Pickett is arrested in New York for illegal possession of a firearm after
pulling a gun on someone during an argument.
1974: After
years of estrangement, Marty Balin is convinced to reunite with the Jefferson
Airplane -- now named Jefferson Starship -- onstage at the Winterland ballroom
in San Francisco, paving the way for his official reinvolvement with the band
on Red Octopus.
1975: Elton
John is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in conjunction with an
"Elton John Week" being declared in Los Angeles.
1980: The
Eagles' Don Henley is arrested in Los Angeles and charged with contributing to
the delinquency of a minor when paramedics are called to his home to save a
sixteen-year-old girl overdosing on cocaine and Quaaludes. He is fined $2,000
and given two years' probation.
1982: Joni
Mitchell marries her bass player, Larry Klein, at manager Elliot Roberts' home
in Malibu, CA.
1983: Michael Jackson's 14-minute video for 'Thriller',
was premiered in Los Angeles. Directed by John Landis and co-starring former
Playboy centerfold Ola Ray. The video (like the song) contains a spoken word
performance by horror film veteran Vincent Price. The video was filmed at the
Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the zombie dance sequence at the
junction of Union Pacific Avenue and South Calzona Street in East Los Angeles
and the final house scene in the Angeleno Heights neighborhood at 1345 Carroll
Avenue.
1990: After a
decade-long relationship, Mick Jagger marries model/actress Jerry Hall in a
six-hour ceremony on the island of Bali. Eight years later, almost to the day,
their marriage would be annulled after a judge rules the couple were never
registered with authorities (and after Hall learns that Jagger is the father of
someone else's child).
1991:
Aerosmith guest stars on tonight's "Flaming Moe" episode of Fox-TV's The
Simpsons.
1995: Matthew Ashman, former Adam And The Ants
and Bow Wow Wow guitarist died aged 35 from complications caused by diabetes.
1995: 2pac Shakur and Tha Dogg Pound gave out
2,000 turkeys in Los Angeles, CA.
1995: Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong was
arrested and fined $141 for dropping his pants at a concert in Milwaukee, WI.
1997: Coolio and seven members of his band 40 Thievez
were arrested and charged with theft and assault in a boutique in the town of
Boblingen, Germany. The eight were charged with assaulting a female clerk in a
clothing store and stealing clothing worth $2,000.
2003: The
acoustic guitar on which George Harrison learned how to play is sold at a
London auction for $500,000. The original price of the guitar: $7.00.
2003: In Santa Barbara, CA, Michael Jackson was
booked on suspicion of child molestation. Jackson immediately posted the $3
million bail and then flew back to Las Vegas where he had been filming a video.
He was given an arraignment date of January 9, 2004.
2003: The Los
Angeles Times reports that Phil Spector's chauffeur heard him say, "I
think I killed somebody," after the shooting death of b-movie actress Lana
Clarkson in his Alhambra, CA home.
2007, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
were suing The Showtime network over the name of its TV show ‘Californication’
saying the title was "immediately associated in the mind of the consumer"
with its 1999 album and single release.
