1942 - Charlie Gillett (writer, The Sound of the City) (d. 2010)
1944 - Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears) (74)
1945 - Alan Hull (Lindifarne) (d. 1995)
1946 - Jerome Geils (J. Geils Band) (d. 2017)
1948 - Billy Zoom (born Tyson Kindell) (X) (70)
1950 - Walter Becker (Steely Dan) (d. 2017)
1951 - Kathie Baillie (Baillie & the Boys) (67)
1951 - Randy California (Spirit) (d. 1997)
1953 - Poison Ivy (born Kristy Wallace) (Cramps) (65)
1954 - Claire Lynch (64)
1955 - Jon Brant (Cheap Trick) (63)
1960 - Robert Boustead (King Kurt) (58)
1960 - Kee Marcello (Europe) (58)
1963 - Ian Brown (Stone Roses) (55)
1967 - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) (d. 1994)
1972 - Neil Primrose (Travis) (46)
1972 - k-os (born Kevin Brerton) (46)
1975 - Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) (43)
1977 - Ed Graham (Darkness) (41)
1981 - Chris Thile (Nickel Creek) (37)
1985 - Julia Vulkova (t.A.t.U.) (33)
1988 - Rihanna (born Robyn Fenty) (30)
Deaths
1998 - Bob McBride (Lighthouse) - Heart failure (51)
2003 - Ty Longley (Great White) - The Station nightclub fire (31)
2008 - Bobby Lee Trammell (Rockabilly singer, Arkansas state senator) (74)
On This Day
1960 - Jimi Hendrix made his live debut at a high school in Seattle, WA.
1969 - The film Goodbye Cream, shot at the group's 1968 farewell concert, debuts.
1969 - The X-rated film Candy premiers. One of the stars is Ringo Starr in his first non-music role.
1976 - The footprints of all four members of Kiss were implanted in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1988 - Louis Armstrong, who passed away in 1971, has the highest debuting song in Billboard with What a Wonderful World.
1992 - Paula Abdul and Emilio Estevez announced their engagement.
1998 - The first of two concerts honoring the late-Nicolette Larson is held.
2002 - James Brown was found not guilty of sexually harassing a former employee; however, he was found guilty of wrongful termination and ordered to pay the ex-employee $40,000.
2003 - 99 people were killed in a fire at the West Warwick, RI nightclub The Station. Sparks from a pyrotechnics display by Great White caused the fire. The group's guitarist, Ty Longley, was one of the victims.
2004 - Brian Wilson kicked off a four-night run at London's Royal Albert Hall playing the Smile album.
2005 - Edwyn Collins was rushed to a hospital with a brain hemorrhage.
2007 - Britney Spears opened a U.S. tour in Houston, TX.
Marriages
1965 - Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
1982 - Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo.
Divorces
1974 - Cher and Sonny Bono (Cher filed)
2007 - Dave Navarro and Carmen Electra
2008 - Pink and Carey Hart (separated)
Recorded
1964 - Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
Released
1970 - Instant Karma - Plastic Ono Band (single)
1976 - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis (First album after the departure of Peter Gabriel)
1989 - Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul (single)
Awards
1991 - Grammy Awards
Record of the Year - Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins
Album of the Year - Back on the Block - Quincy Jones
Song of the Year - From a Distance - Julie Gold (Bette Midler)
New Artist - Mariah Carey
Female Pop Vocal - Vision of Love - Mariah Cary
Male Pop Vocal - Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
Pop Performance Duo or Group - All My Life - Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt
Female Rock Vocal - Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Male Rock Vocal - Bad Love - Eric Clapton
Rock Performance Duo or Group - Janie's Got a Gun - Aerosmith
Hard Rock Performance - Time's Up - Living Colour
Metal Performance - Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica
Female R&B Vocal - Compositions - Anita Baker
Male R&B Vocal - Here and Now - Luther Vandross
R&B Performance Duo or Group - I'll Be Good to You - Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
Rap Solo - U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer
Rap Performance Duo or Group - Back to the Block - Big Daddy Kane, Ice T, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Quincy D. III & Quincy Jones
Female Country Vocal - Where've You Been - Kathy Mattea
Male Country Vocal - When I Call Your Name - Vince Gill
Duo or Group Country Performance - Pickin' on Nashville - Kentucky Headhunters
Blues Traditional Album - Live at San Quentin - B.B. King
Blues Contemporary Blues Album - Family Style - Jimmy Vaughan & Stevie Ray Vaughan
2002 - Brit Awards
British Male - Robbie Williams
British Female - Dido
British Group - Travis
British Breakthrough - Blue
British Single - Don't Stop Movin' - S Club 7
British Album - No Angel - Dido
British Video - 21 Seconds - So Solid Crew
International Male - Shaggy
International Female - Kylie Minogue
International Group - Destiny's Child
International Breakthrough - Strokes
International Album - Fever - Kylie Minogue
Outstanding Contribution - Sting
2003 - Brit Awards
British Male - Robbie Williams
British Female - Ms. Dynamite
British Group - Coldplay
British Breakthrough - Will Young
British Single - Just a Little - Liberty X
British Album - A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
International Male - Eminem
International Female - Pink
International Group - Red Hot Chili Peppers
International Breakthrough - Norah Jones
International Album - The Eminem Show - Eminem
Lifetime Achievement Award - Tom Jones
2008 - Brit Awards
British Male - Mark Ronson
British Female - Kate Nash
British Group - Arctic Monkeys
British Breakthrough - Mika
British Single - Shine - Take That
British Album - Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
International Male - Kanye West
International Female - Kylie Minogue
International Group - Foo Fighters
International Album - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
Outstanding Contribution - Sir Paul McCartney
Broadcasts
1949 - Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet - Ricky Nelson (joined the cast of his parents' radio show)
1996 - Home Improvement (ABC) - Alan Jacksonuar
Number Ones – U.S. Singles
1965 - This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys (2 weeks)
1988 - Seasons Change - Expose
2016 - Pillowtalk - Zayn (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Albums
1971 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Various Artists (1 week)
1999 - ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (3 weeks)
2016 - Anti - Rihanna (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. R&B Singles
1971 - Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone - Johnnie Taylor (2 weeks)
1982 - That Girl - Stevie Wonder (9 weeks)
1988 - Girlfriend - Pebbles (2 weeks)
1993 - Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature (1 week)
2016 - Summertime - Drake (1 week)
Number Ones – U.S. Country Singles
1954 - Slowly - Webb Pierce (17 weeks)
1965 - I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens (5 weeks)
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