2004 - Robert Quine (Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Lou Reed) - Heroin Overdose (61)
2006 - Lula Mae Hardaway (mother of Stevie Wonder) (76)
On This Day
1956 - Buddy Holly wrote That'll Be the Day after seeing the movie The Searchers.
1958 - Dick Dale performed Let's Go Trippin' for the first time, possibly signaling the start of surf music.
1961 - Chuck Berry opened Berry Park in St. Louis with a zoo, golf course and amusement park.
1961 - Jimi Henrix enlisted in the Army.
1966 - The Monkees began filming their TV series.
1975 - The Rolling Stones kicked off a New York City press conference on their next tour by playing on the streets in the back of a flatbed truck.
1976 - The Who set a record for loudest performance at 120 decibels.
1977 - The BBC banned the Sex Pistols' single God Save the Queen. The IBA also told independent stations that playing the record would breach British law.
1977 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer began a U.S. tour with a 70-piece orchestra.
1982 - R.E.M. signed with I.R.S. Records for five albums.
1985 - The Parents Music Resource Center made their first contact with the RIAA over the need for a rating system on albums.
1989 - Tin Machine, with David Bowie, made their live debut in New York.
1993 - Jon Bon Jovi and Dorothea Hurley become parents for the first time.
1997 - Lee Ann Womack makes her Grand Ole Opry debut.
1997 - Bob Dylan was released by a London hospital after treatment for histoplasmosis.
1998 - Geri Halliwell quit The Spice Girls.
2001 - Missy Elliott does first live show in three years.
2005 - Brian Harvey of East 17 was critically injured when he fell under his Mercedes.
2005 - The British Salvation Army closed the children's home Strawberry Fields in Liverpool.
2006 - Pearl Jam recorded their episode of VH1 Storytellers at New York's Avalon Ballroom.
2006 - Hal Bynum, writer of Lucille, and wife arrested in their home for growing marijuana.
2007 - Rob Grill of the Grassroots was arrested for posession of prescription painkillers.
2014 - Miley Cyrus' home was burglarized with the thieves getting jewelry and her Maserati.
2014 - The estate of Spirit's Randy California sued Led Zeppelin, saying that their song "Taurus" was used in "Stairway to Heaven".
2016 - A report came out saying that Prince died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl.
Marriages
1991 - Randy Travis and Lib Hatcher
1998 - Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) and Dechen Wangdu
2006 - Karen Fairchild and Jimi Westbrook (both Little Big Town)
Divorces
2000 - Janet Jackson and Rene Elizondo (announced, marriage was secret for nine years)
Recorded
1969 - Give Peace a Chance - John Lennon and Yoko Ono as the Plastic Ono Band
1969 - Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
1971 - Day After Day - Badfinger
Released
1969 - My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder (single)
1975 - One of These Nights - Eagles (single)
1976 - Got to Get You Into My Life - Beatles (single)
1982 - Eye of the Tiger - Survivor (single)
1988 - Down in the Groove - Bob Dylan (single)
Awards
2003 - MTV Movie Awards
Best Actor - Eminem (8 Mile)
Best Breakthrough Male - Eminem (8 Mile)
Performances by Pink, 50 Cent, t.A.T.u.
Broadcasts
1964 - Ed Sullivan Show - Dave Clark Five (first of 11 appearances)
1965 - Marianne Faithfull became a permanent guest on BBC2 TV's Gadzooks! It's the In Crowd.
1969 - Hollywood Palace (ABC) - Supremes (host), Jackson 5, Sammy Davis, Jr.
1999 - Behind the Music (VH1) - Red Hot Chili Peppers (first episode in nightly run)
Number Ones - U.S. Singles
1975 - Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender (1 weeks)
Birthdays
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