1966 - Jason Bonham (Black Country Communion, Led Zeppelin reunion) (51)
1970 - Chi Cheng (Deftones) (47)
1972 - John Dolmayan (System of a Down) (45)
1973 - Buju Banton (44)
1976 - Jim Jones (41)
1977 - Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance) (40)
1990 - Olly Alexander (Years & Years) (27)
Deaths
1958 - Julia Lennon (mother of John Lennon) - Car driven by drunk driver (44)
1973 - Clarence White (Byrds) - Hit by drunk driver while loading equipment (29)
1982 - Bill Justis - Cancer (55)
1990 - Trouble T Roy (born Troy Dixon) (Heavy D and the Boyz) - Accidental fall (22)
1997 - Ary Groenhuijzen (Teddy Bears)
2000 - Paul Young (Sad Cafe, Mike & the Mechanics) - Heart attack (53)
2001 - Poetic (born Anthony Berkeley) (Gravediggaz) - Colon cancer (36)
2007 - Kelly Johnson (Girlschool) - Spinal cancer (49)
2010 - Hank Cochran (74)
On This Day
1952 - Gladys Knight won $2,000 on Ted Mack's Amateur Hour singing Too Young. She was eight years old.
1952 - Patti Page made her TV debut as a summer replacement for Perry Como.
1961 - Bill Anderson became a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
1963 - Elvis Presley began filming Viva Las Vegas.
1973 - While on stage at The Great Western Express festival in White City, England, Ray Davies announces his retirement (his wife had recently left him). He then went to the hospital for an overdose of tranquilizers.
1974 - Elton John resigned with MCA in a five-album/$8 million deal.
1978 - Bob Dylan played for an audience of 200,000 at Blackbushe Airport in England.
1980 - Linda Ronstadt premiered on Broadway in the Pirates of Penzance.
1986 - Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years.
1989 - Pink Floyd appeared at Canal di San Marco in Venice, Italy in front of over 200,000 with the show broadcast to over 20 countries. The crowd did extensive damage to buildings and bridges in the area.
1992 - Aretha Franklin sang the National Anthem at the Democratic National Convention in New York.
1995 - Sinead O'Connor dropped out of the Lollapalooza tour, announcing she was pregnant.
1998 - Tori Amos opened her From the Choirgirl Hotel tour in Milwaukee, WI.
1998 - Aerosmith cancelled a U.S. tour after Joey Kramer's car caught on fire, giving him second degree burns.
1999 - Tommy Lee was allowed to perform at venues that served alcohol after successfully abstaining from drugs and drink while on probation for spousal abuse.
1999 - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band opened their reunion tour.
2001 - Police ended an Insane Clown Posse show in Toledo, Ohio after over 100 fans went on the stage. Most of the bands equipment is destroyed in the melee.
2007 - Prince was the target of criticism from the British music industry after he agreed to give away his new album, Planet Earth, for free with the Mail on Sunday newspaper. It wouldn't hit stores until July 24.
2010 - Joe Perry's motorcycle was rear-ended by a car in Massachusetts.
2010 - Take That announced that Robbie Williams was rejoining for a new album.
2015 - Chris Brown's home was entered by three masked men while his Aunt was there and an unknown amount of money and belongings taken.
Marriages
1995 - Aaron Tippin and Thea Corontzos
1999 - Bob Weir and Natasha Muenter
2006 - Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley (Sum 41)
2006 - Cheryl Tweedy (Girls Aloud) and Ashley Cole
Divorces
1994 - Phil Collins and Jill Collins (announced)
Recorded
1954 - Say Hay (The Willie Mays Song) - Trenners (produced by Quincy Jones)
Released
1966 - Yardbirds (aka Roger the Engineer and Over Under Sideways Down) - Yardbirds
Birthdays 
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