February 20

Births

1937: Nancy Wilson (Jazz Singer)

1946: J. Geils (Lead Guitar for J. Geils Band)

1950: Walter Becker (Guitar & Bass for Steely Dan)

1951: Randy California (Vocals & Guitar for Spirit)

1953: Poison Ivy (Kristy Wallace) (Vocals & Guitar for The Cramps)

1960: Kee Marcello (Guitar for Europe)

1963: Ian Brown (Lead Vocals for The Stone Roses)

1967: Kurt Cobain (Vocals & Guitar for Nirvana)

1972: Neil Primrose (Drummer for Travis)

1975: Brian Littrell (Singer in Backstreet Boys)

1981: Chris Thile (Mandolin for Nickel Creek)

1988: Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) (Pop Singer)

Events

1949: A nine-year old Ricky Nelson joins the cast of his parents' NBC Radio show, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, replacing a child actor who'd been portraying him.

1958: Bill Haley and his Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, The Everly Brothers and Jimmie Rodgers begin the "Big Gold Record Stars" tour in Florida.

1960: Jimi Hendrix makes his stage debut, playing guitar in the basement of Seattle's Temple De Hirsch synagogue. He is fired between sets for "showing off."

1974: Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono after ten years of marriage.

1976: KISS is invited to put their feet and handprints in the famous wet cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

1977: At tonight's Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Stevie Wonder cleans up with a Best Album win (Songs In The Key Of Life) and Best Vocal Performance ("I Wish"). Most infamous is the Best New Artist award for the Starland Vocal Band, of "Afternoon Delight" fame, which is sometimes cited as the beginning of that award's "curse" of quick anonymity.

1982: Singer Pat Benatar married musician-producer Neil Geraldo in Hawaii. It was Benatar's second marriage.

1996: Rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg and a bodyguard were found not guilty of first-degree murder. The jury was deadlocked on voluntary manslaughter charges resulting in a mistrial.

1996: Alan Jackson makes a guest appearance on "Home Improvement," singing "Mercury Blues" on the fictitious handyman show "Tool Time"

2007, The US hair salon where pop star Britney Spears shaved her head set up a website to auction her hair for more than $1m. The website, buybritneyshair.com, claims to have been set up by salon owner Esther Tognozzi and includes photos of the hair, saying it is "absolutely authentic". As well as the hair, the winning bidder will also get the hair clippers Spears used, a blue lighter she left at the salon and the can of Red Bull she was drinking at the time. Meanwhile, Spears has been spotted in Hollywood sporting a short blonde wig.

2008: Pink split from her husband Carey Hart following two years of marriage.