Births
1925: Sammy
Davis, Jr. (Singer / Performer)
1939: Jerry
Butler (Singer in The Impressions)
1939: James Galway (Irish Flute Player)
1941: Bobby
Elliott (Drummer for The Hollies)
1943: Jim
Morrison (Singer in The Doors)
1947: Gregg
Allman (Singer & Keyboards for The Allman Brothers Band & Solo)
1950: Dan Hartman (Singer / Producer)
1953: Phil Collen (Guitarist for Def Leppard)
1953: Sam Kinison (Comedian)
1956: Warren Cuccurullo (Guitar for Missing
Persons & Frank Zappa)
1962: Marty Friedman (Guitar for Megadeth)
1966: Sinead O'Connor (Singer / Songwriter)
1966: Bushwick Bill (Richard Shaw) (Rapper in The Geto Boys & Solo)
1973: Number 8 (Corey Taylor) (Singer for
Slipknot & Stone Sour)
1973: Judith Pronk (DJ & Singer for Alice
DeeJay)
1974: Nick Zinner (Guitar for Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1982: Nicki Minaj (Onika Tanya Maraj ) (R&B / Hip-Hop Artist)
Events
1960: Teen
idol Fabian visits Elvis Presley at his Graceland mansion in Memphis. Elvis
rips his pants demonstrating his new passion, karate, and Fabian lends him his
pair.
1962:
Legendary DJ and promoter Alan Freed appears at his payola trial in New York
City and testifies to receiving money from labels to play their records on the
air. He is found guilty, fined $300, and given six months probation, but the
irreparable damage to his career has been done.
1963: Frank
Sinatra, Jr. is kidnapped in Lake Tahoe, NV, and freed three days later after
his famous father pays the $240,000 ransom. The three men responsible are
eventually caught and incarcerated.
1969: In a Toronto,
Canada courtroom, Jimi Hendrix testifies in his trial for possession of hashish
and heroin. Claiming to have "outgrown" drugs, the guitarist gives a
very detailed history of his drug use. After eight hours, the jury returns a
verdict of not guilty.
1975: The
benefit concert "A Night of the Hurricane" is held at Madison Square
Garden. The last date on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour, the show
features many non-musical celebrities and raises over $100,000 for the release
of wrongly imprisoned boxer "Hurricane" Carter and his alleged
accomplice. Carter himself calls the stage from jail.
1975: Gary Thain bass player with Uriah Heep died
of a drug overdose aged 28.
1976: The
Carpenters' Very First Special, featuring guest star John Denver, airs on
ABC.
1977: Four people were arrested after a riot
broke out when Blondie didn't arrive for a gig in Brisbane. Over 1,000
Australian fans had waited over an hour for the group to appear on stage, but
the gig was cancelled due to singer Debbie Harry being unwell.
1979: Styx went to No.1 on the US singles chart
with 'Babe', the group's only US No.1.
1980: At
10:50 PM EST, former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in New York by a deranged
fan just outside the Dakota Hotel, New York City. Lennon was shot in his chest,
back and left arm and was pronounced dead at 11:07 PM. Earlier that day, the
killer had met Lennon outside the Dakota and had him sign a copy of his latest
album, Double Fantasy.
1982: Marty Robbins dies of a heart attack, just
two months after his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
1984: Vince Neil from Motley Crue was involved in
a car accident in Redondo Beach, Ca, which killed Nick Dingley from Hanoi Rocks
and injured two other passengers. Neil was jailed for 20 days and paid $2.6
million in compensation.
1995: Four
months after the death of founding member Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead
officially announce their breakup.
1998: The FBI
opens its 1,300 page file on Frank Sinatra to the public.
2003: Ozzy
Osbourne suffers several fractures in his upper body in an ATV accident.
2004: Former Pantera guitarist
Dimebag Darrell was one of five people killed after a man stormed the stage
during a Damageplan show at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus. Nathan Gale,
aged 25, began firing at the band and crowd, was then shot and killed by a
police officer who arrived shortly after the first shots were fired.
