Births
1939: Eddie Kendricks (Vocals for
The Temptations)
1942: Paul Butterfield (Vocals
& Harmonica for Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
1949: Paul Rodgers (Vocals for
Free, Bad Company & Queen)
1950: Carly Barrett (Drummer for
The Wailers)
1958: Mike Mills (Bass for R.E.M.)
1959: Bob Stinson (Lead Guitar for
The Replacements)
1961: Sara Dallin (Vocals for
Banarama)
1966: Tracy Byrd (Country Artist)
1970: DJ Homicide (DJ for Sugar
Ray)
1975: Milla Jovovich (Singer)
1979: Ryan Key (Lead Guitar &
Vocals for Yellowcard)
1989: Taylor York (Guitar for
Paramore)
Events
1954: The first rock and roll
single to hits the British charts does so today: Bill Haley and his Comets'
"Shake, Rattle, and Roll."
1955: Carl Perkins writes
"Blue Suede Shoes," and, within 48 hours, will record it.
1965: Judy Garland and The Supremes
perform at the grand opening of the new Houston Astrodome.
1967: The Beatles' John Lennon and
George Harrison throw a party in London for the area secretaries of their
official Fan Club. The film Magical Mystery Tour is screened here for the first
time.
1969: Tiny Tim marries Miss Vicki
Budinger on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The program receives the
second largest ratings of any show up to that time.
1970: The Beach Boys play a Royal
Command Performance for Princess Margaret at London's Royal Albert Hall.
1977: Elvis Costello and the
Attractions appear on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in place of the Sex
Pistols. The Sex Pistols could not get visas to enter the U.S.
1982: The Who play what was
supposed to be their "farewell" concert at Toronto's Maple Leaf
Gardens. The show is filmed and taped for an HBO special and the album Who's
Last.
1986: The Doobie Brothers reunite
for a benefit concert in Palo Alto, CA, which eventually leads to a reunion
tour and album.
1986: Paul & Linda McCartney's
limo caught fire en route to a TV taping in Newcastle, England. They are both
unharmed.
1986: Wayne Newton wins a $19.2
million suit against NBC News, which had erroneously linked the singer to
organized crime.
1993: Sting's wife Trudie Styler
gave birth to a son, Giacomo Luke, at a London hospital.
1994: Celine Dion married her
manager Rene Angelil at the Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal.
1995: A statue of the late Frank
Zappa was unveiled in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic Of Lithuania. It had
been organised by Zappa fan club President Saulius Pauksty.
1996: Three members of The Charlie
Daniels Band undergo surgery on the same day at Nashville's Baptist Hospital.
Charlie Daniels has knee surgery, drummer Jack Gavin has a shoulder operation,
and bass player Charlie Hayward has a tonsillectomy.
1999: The Rolling Stones' Keith
Richards steals a guitar from a fan outside Richards' birthday party at New
York's Russian Tea Room. The fan never presses charges, explaining: "It's
Keith, man."
1999: While waiting in the green
room after taping four songs for The Saturday Early Show, at CBS Studios in New
York City, Grover Washington, Jr. collapsed. He was taken to St.
Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 7:30 p.m. He
was 56 years old. His doctors determined that he had suffered a massive heart
attack.
2010: Captain Beefheart died at age
69 from complications from multiple sclerosis.
