| 83 | years ago | 1943 | Singer Lobo is born. |
| 80 | years ago | 1946 | Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis and the Playboys is born.. |
| 69 | years ago | 1957 | Daniel Ash of Love and Rockets is born. |
| 68 | years ago | 1958 | Bill Berry, who was primarily the drummer for R.E.M., but who also contributed on other instrumets, is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | Another Rolling Stones concert and another riot is provoked. However, this time the show in Belfast, Northern Ireland is stopped after only 12 minutes. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | Iris folk-rocker Jim Corr of The Corrs is born. |
| 59 | years ago | 1967 | A London Appeals Court throws out Keith Richard's drug conviction of last month, describing the evidence against him as flimsy. At the same time, the court reduces Mick Jagger's sentence on a related conviction to conditional discharge with probation. Chief Justice Lord Parker admonishes Jagger to remember his responsibilities as a pop idol. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | A Moscow police chief reports that thousands of Moscow telephone booths have been made inoperable by thieves who have stolen phone parts in order to convert their acoustic guitars to electric. |
| 56 | years ago | 1970 | To fill a contractual obligation, the Rolling Stones hand over the disc, C***sucker Blues to Decca Records. They are now free to form Rolling Stones Records. |
| 55 | years ago | 1971 | The second night of The Who's first of two '71 U.S. tours is marked with tragedy when a 22-year-old security guard is stabbed at New York's Forest Hills Stadium. |
| 55 | years ago | 1971 | James Taylor's You've Got A Friend hits #1 on the chart. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | The group Chicago receives a gold record for its first #1 album, Chicago V. One of the songs,Saturday in the Park, reaches #3 in September. |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | Blue Oyster Cult's Don't Fear The Reaper and Orleans' Still The One are released. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | James Taylor plays a free concert in New York's Central Park to help the city's campaign to restore the park's Sheep Meadow. |
| 41 | years ago | 1985 | Bluies rocker Shannon Curfman is born in North Dakota. |
| 20 | years ago | 2006 | Billy Joel and Bryan Adams take the stage in Rome in front of the Colosseum and perform their hits for an estimated half million fans at a free concert. Giant screens are set up along Via dei Fori Imperiali, the large boulevard that leads to the Colosseum, for the throngs of fans who can’t see the stage. |
| 14 | years ago | 2012 | Tony Sly, frontman for No Use For a Name, dies. The group disbands. |