Births
1943: John
McLaughlin (Guitarist for Mahavishnu Orchestra & Solo)
1956: Bernard Sumner (Vocals & Guitar for New
Order & Guitar for Joy Division)
1956: Nels Cline (Guitar for Wilco)
1957: Patty Loveless (Country Singer)
1960: Michael Stipe (Singer for R.E.M.)
1962: Robin Guthrie (Guitar & Keyboards for
Cocteau Twins)
1962: Peter
Steele (Lead Vocals & Bass for Type O Negative)
1963: Till Lindemann (Vocals for Rammstein)
1965: Beth Gibbons (Vocals for Portishead)
1966: Deana
Carter (Country Singer)
Events
1950: Two
years after Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record, RCA announces
its intention to follow suit.
1954: A young
truck driver named Elvis Presley enters the Memphis Recording Service in
Memphis, TN, ostensibly to record a song for his mother's birthday (which was,
in reality, many months away). He records "Casual Love Affair" and
"I’ll Never Stand in Your Way." It was this recording that would lead
MRS head Sam Phillips to call Presley back to record for his Sun Records label.
1965: Leo
Fender sells Fender Guitars to CBS for $13 million.
1967: The Doors released their self-titled debut
album The Doors. Unique packaging of the album included each band members bio.
1970: The
Who's Keith Moon accidentally runs over his chauffeur, Neil Boland, killing
him. Apparently, Moon's car was under attack from some unruly teenagers, and
when Boland jumped out to get them to move, Moon, in a panic, got behind the
wheel to drive the car away himself. Unfortunately, the crowd had since pushed
Boland under the car.
1986: Irish singer, songwriter
and bassist Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy died of heart failure and pneumonia after
being in a coma for eight days following a drug overdose at age 35.
2004: Britney Spears had her
surprise marriage annulled less than 55 hours after tying the knot at the
Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas with childhood friend Jason Alexander.
