Births
1925: Ferlin
Husky (Country Singer)
1927: Andy
Williams (Pop Singer)
1948: Ozzy
Osbourne (John Michael Osbourne ) (Singer for Black Sabbath & Solo)
1949: Mickey
Thomas (Vocals for Jefferson Starship & Starship)
1952: Don Barnes (Guitar & Lead Vocals for
.38 Special)
1953: Duane Roland (Guitar for Molly Hatchet)
1963: Joe Lally (Bass for Fugazi)
1968: Montell Jordan (R&B Singer)
1969: Bill Steer (Bass for Carcass)
1975: Mickey Avalon (Hip-Hop artist)
1978: Trina (Katrina
Laverne Taylor) (R&B / Hip-Hop Singer)
1979: Daniel Bedingfield (Singer / Songwriter)
Events
1965: Keith
Richards is electrocuted and knocked unconscious during a Rolling Stones
concert in Sacramento, CA when his guitar made contact with his
microphone during a performance of "The Last Time."
1966: Having
been convicted of heroin and marijuana possession, Ray Charles is given a
five-year suspended sentence and fined $10,000.
1966: The
Monkees make their stage debut in Honolulu, HI.
1967: The
Supremes guest star on "Tennessee" Ernie Ford's TV special.
1968: Elvis
Presley's "comeback" TV special airs on NBC. Sponsored by the Singer
Sewing Machine Company, the special also features a taped, semi-unplugged
performance given earlier at Burbank Studios before a live audience. This was
Elvis' first appearance before a live audience since 1961.
1969: John
Lennon is asked to play the title role in the rock opera Jesus Christ,
Superstar, but the offer is withdrawn the next day.
1976: A
40-foot inflatable pig being photographed at Battersea Power Station outside of
London for the cover of Pink Floyd's Animals album breaks its moorings
and drifts toward the east, reaching a height of 18,000 feet before coming down
in Kent.
1976: Seven
gunman fire shots into Bob Marley's house in Kingston, Jamaica, where he and
his band, the Wailers, are in rehearsal. Marley and his wife Rita are hit, as
are an unidentified friend and Wailers manager Don Taylor. No one is seriously
hurt, however, and while the assailants are never caught, Marley and his band
perform as scheduled two nights later.
1977: After a
record 29 weeks at #1 on Billboard's album chart, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
is replaced by Linda Ronstadt's Simple Dreams LP.
1979: Before
the Who concert this evening at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, eleven people
are trampled to death and dozens are injured in a rush for "festival"
(i.e., unreserved) seating. The resulting controversy (and lawsuits) force
promoters to rethink the practice.
1980:
Photographer Annie Leibovitz takes the last known photos of John Lennon and
Yoko Ono together at their apartment in New York's Dakota building.
1986: Judas Priest were sued by two family's,
alleging that the band were responsible for their son's forming a suicide pact
and shooting themselves after listening to Judas Priest records. The parents
and their legal team alleged that a subliminal message of 'do it' had been
included in the Judas Priest song Better By You, Better Than Me from the
Stained Class album and alleged the command in the song triggered the suicide
attempt. The trial lasted from 16 July to 24 August 1990, when the suit was
dismissed.
1991:
Legendary DJ and promoter Alan Freed is awarded a posthumous star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1991: Gilby Clarke replaced Izzy
Stradlin as rhythm guitarist for Guns 'N' Roses.
2009: Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood
was arrested in Esher, Surrey on suspicion of assault, after a passer-by
dialled 999 as a violent argument took place between Wood and his 21-year-old
on-off girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova.
