Births
1935: Gene Vincent (Rock Singer)
1940: Bobby
"Boris" Pickett (Monster Mash)
1941: Sergio
Mendes (Jazz Pianist)
1942: Otis
Clay (R&B Singer)
1956: H.R. (Human Rights) (Paul D. Hudson) (Singer
for Bad Brains)
1962: Sheryl Crow (Singer / Songwriter)
1969: Jennifer Aniston (Love her ! )
1974: D'Angelo, (Michael Archer) (R&B Singer
/ Songwriter)
1977: Mike Shinoda (Rapper & Guitar for
Linkin Park & Fort Minor)
1979: Brandy
(Brandy Norwood) (R&B Singer)
1981: Kelly
Rowland (Singer in Destiny’s Child & Solo)
Events
1963: In just
under ten hours, the Beatles record all ten tracks for their debut LP, released
in England as Please Please Me. John's cold makes the process actually
take a bit longer than it should; by the time the band gets to the last song of
the session, "Twist and Shout," the hoarseness is noticeable. Nevertheless,
John nails it in one take.
1965: Ringo
Starr marries his first wife, Maureen Cox, in London's Caxton Hall Register
Office, with manager Brian Epstein as best man. John Lennon and George Harrison
are also in attendance, as well as the couple's parents and John's wife,
Cynthia. (Paul is on vacation in Tunisia.) Afterwards, Ringo and Maureen head
off to a honeymoon in Sussex, England.
They divorced in 1975.
1967: Due to
increasing public furor over the Monkees being a "manufactured" band,
the group issues a statement claiming it will hereby play its own instruments
on all new releases (the group had already performed as a band live on stage).
The promise lasts for one album, 1967's Headquarters.
1972: At a
concert in Tollworth, England, David Bowie performs as Ziggy Stardust for the
first time.
1982: The
Rolling Stones Let's Spend the Night Together, a concert film from their
'81 tour, opens in New York to miserable reviews.
1986: Boy George guest-stared on an episode of
"The A-Team."
1992: Motley Crue fired their singer Vince Neil
when he turned up for rehearsals claiming that he had lost his passion for the
band and was now more involved with racing cars.
2000: Diana
Ross officially divorces her husband, Norwegian businessman Arne Naess.
2000: In a
mysterious incident, a fan attending an Isley Brothers concert in Los Angeles
suddenly shoots three members of the audience, one fatally. He is shot dead by
police, apparently in self-defense.
2012, Whitney Houston was found
dead in suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub.
Beverly Hills paramedics arrived at approximately 3:30 p.m. and found the
singer unresponsive and performed CPR. Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
from an accidental drowning.
