Births
1938: Eddie Cochran (Guitarist & Singer)
1941: Chubby Checker (Singer)
1949: Lindsey Buckingham (Guitar & Vocals for Fleetwood Mac &
Solo)
1950: Ronnie Laws (Sax for Earth Wind and Fire)
1951: Keb' Mo'
(Blues Guitarist & Singer / Songwriter)
1954: Stevie Ray Vaughan (Guitarist
& Singer)
1962: Tommy Lee (Drummer for Motley
Crue & Methods of Mayhem)
1966: Frank
Hannon (Guitarist for Tesla)
1969: Gwen Stefani (Vocalist for No
Doubt & Solo)
1971: Kevin Richardson (Singer for
The Backstreet Boys)
1972: Lajon
Witherspoon (Singer for Sevendust)
1972: G. Love (Garrett Dutton) (Singer /
Songwriter 7 Guitar for G. Love & Special Sauce)
1975: India. Arie Simpson (R&B
singer)
1975: Talib
Kweli (Rapper)
1983: Danny O'Donoghue (Singer /
Songwriter for The Script)
1984: Ashlee Simpson (Singer)
Events
1952: The long-running radio hit The Adventures Of Ozzie and
Harriet, now featuring a 12-year-old Ricky Nelson, debuts on CBS-TV, where
it will run for another 14 years, bringing the total life of the show to 22
years!
1955: The Mickey Mouse Club, featuring a 12-year-old Annette
Funicello, debuts on ABC-TV.
1965: Johnny Cash is stopped by US Customs officials at the Mexican
border on suspicion of heroin smuggling and found to be holding over 1,000
prescription narcotics and amphetamines. He receives a suspended sentence.
1967: Folk music legend Woody Guthrie died of complications
of Huntington's disease.
1977: The TV event Elvis In Concert, filmed just weeks before
the King's death, is shown on CBS, with good friend Ann-Margret hosting. It
shocks many with the depiction of a bloated and drug-addled Elvis Presley in
his final days.
1978: Aerosmith posts bail for 30 fans convicted of smoking pot
during their show at the Fort Wayne Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN.
1990: A storeowner in Florida was
found guilty of distributing obscene material. The material in question was 2
Live Crew's "As Nasty As They Wanna Be" album. The man was later
fined $1,000.
1991: M.C. Hammer offered a $50,000
reward for the return of Michael Jackson's white glove, which had been stolen
from the Motown Museum. This was part of an on-going battle between Hammer and
Michael Jackson.
1991: Texas governor Ann Richards
proclaimed October 3, (Stevie Ray Vaughan's birthday), to be "Stevie Ray
Vaughan Day". An annual motorcycle ride and concert in Central Texas
benefits the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund.
1992: Sinead O'Connor ripped up a
photograph of Pope John Paul II, on the US TV show 'Saturday Night Live', in a
protest at abortion laws. The incident happened as Sinead ended her live
performance and out of nowhere, produced a photograph of Pope John Paul II,
which she ripped into pieces. There was stunned silence in the studio and the
station went to a commercial. NBC was fined $2.5 million dollars by the Federal
Communications Commission.
1996: Van Halen gave David Lee Roth the boot for
the second time after they had recorded a couple of songs for the bands
greatest hits package.
1997: A court battle started
between Garth Brooks and Warren G over the trademark of the letter 'G' which
both artists used. The dispute was settled out of court the following year.
2000: After being questioned for nearly an hour by his parole board,
John Lennon's killer is denied release on his first eligible parole, with the
board stating that letting him free would "deprecate the seriousness of
the crime."
2000: The Cars co-singer and bass
player Benjamin Orr died of cancer at home in Atlanta at the age of 53. He sang
lead vocals on the bands hits ‘Just What I Needed’, ‘Let's Go’ and ‘Drive’.
2002: Original guitarist, vocalist
from American psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly Darryl DeLoach died of liver
cancer at the age of 56.
2007: The Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" tour, named after
their latest album, sets a new world record for grosses when the two-year jaunt
rakes in nearly 560 million dollars.
2011: ESPN pulls Hank Williams
Jr.'s "Monday Night Football" theme the same day the singer makes a
statement on FOX News widely interpreted as comparing president Barack Obama to
Adolf Hitler.
