Births
1901: Marlene
Dietrich (Singer)
1931: Scotty
Moore (Guitar for Elvis)
1941: Mike
Pinder (Keyboards for The Moody Blues)
1944: Mike Jones (Guitar for Foreigner)
1948: Larry
Byrom (Guitar for Steppenwolf)
1950: Terry Bozzio (Drums for Missing Persons
& Frank Zappa)
1952: David
Knopfler (Rhythm Guitar & Piano for Dire Straits)
1960: Youth (Martin Glover) (Bass for Killing
Joke)
1984: Pleasure P (Marcus Ramone Cooper) (R&B Singer in Pretty Ricky & Solo)
1988: Hayley Williams (Singer for Paramore)
Events
1932: With
6,200 seats and a stage spanning 10,000 square feet, the world's largest indoor
theater of the time, Radio City Music Hall, opens in New York City with a
massive six-hour show.
1939: CBS
Radio presents the first episode of the bi-weekly musical variety program The
Glenn Miller Show.
1958: While
attending a class at the Liverpool College of Art, John Lennon meets student Cynthia
Powell, later to become his first wife.
1964: The
Supremes appear on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, singing
"Come See About Me." They would go on to appear 14 more times on
"Sullivan" with Diana Ross, more than any other rock act.
1971: CBS-TV
debuts the first fall season of The Sonny and Cher Show.
1975: Queen started a two-week run at No.1 on the
Album chart with 'A Night At The Opera' the group's first No.1 album.
1978: Chris
Bell (Singer / Songwriter & Guitar for Big Star) died in a car accident at
27 years old.
1985: Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon married
model Yasmin Parvanah.
1989: Chuck
Berry is sued by the former cook of his restaurant, Southern Air of Wentzville,
MO, alleging that the rocker installed hidden video cameras in the ladies
restrooms. 200 female, all former patrons of the diner, will eventually sue
Berry over the incident.
1992: Harry Connick Jr was
arrested at Kennedy Airport, New York after police discovered a 9mm pistol in
his hand luggage.
1998: Busta Rhymes (AKA Trevor
Smith) was arrested and charged with criminal possession after police found a
loaded, unregistered pistol in his car. The police originally pulled Rhymes
over for changing lanes three times without signaling.
1999: Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs
and his girlfriend Jennifer Lopez were arrested after a gun was found in their
car as they left a Manhattan nightclub. Police were investigating a shooting in
the club.
