| 77 | years ago | 1948 | Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, guitarist for the Doobie Brothers, and Ted Nugent, guitarist and vocalist for the Amboy Dukes and Damn Yankees, are born. |
| 51 | years ago | 1974 | George Harrison meets President Gerald Ford at the White House. The president's son Jack had seen the Harrison tour in Salk Lake City, went backstage, and invited George to Washington. It was also the day Peter Frampton lunched at the White House. President Ford offered him a WIN (Whip Inflation Now) button, but couldn't find one. |
| 50 | years ago | 1975 | David Bowie's Golden Years and Foghat's Slow Ride are released. |
| 50 | years ago | 1975 | Thomas Delonge of Blink 182 is born. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Ex-Procul Harum guitar player Robin Trower's fifth solo album, Long Misty Days, goes gold. His third solo LP, For Earth Below, went gold earlier in the year. |
| 49 | years ago | 1976 | Three days after its release, Wings Over America, the live album by Paul McCartney & Wings goes gold. |
| 40 | years ago | 1985 | Phil Collins makes his U.S. T.V. acting debut, playing a drug dealer on Miami Vice. |
| 37 | years ago | 1988 | Bruce Springsteen's divorce from Julianne Phillips becomes final. |
| 32 | years ago | 1993 | Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash joines Billy Joel on stage in Los Angeles to play a solo on Joel's tune, Shameless. |
| 29 | years ago | 1996 | The movie Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise with Eagles singer/guitarist Glenn Frey, opens. |