| 94 | years ago | 1932 | Casey Kasem, famous countdown disc jockey, is born. |
| 82 | years ago | 1944 | The Main Ingredient’s Cuba Gooding, Sr. is born. |
| 79 | years ago | 1947 | Peter Ham of Badfinger is born, as is soul songstress Ann peebles. |
| 78 | years ago | 1948 | Kate Pierson of The B-52's is born. |
| 77 | years ago | 1949 | Herbie Murrell of The Stylistics is born. |
| 75 | years ago | 1951 | Ace Frehley, guitarist with Kiss, is born. |
| 67 | years ago | 1959 | Singer Sheena Easton is born. |
| 67 | years ago | 1959 | Marco Pirroni of Siouxsie and the Banshees is born. |
| 62 | years ago | 1964 | John Lennon's In His Own Write, a collection of funny poems and drawings, is published in the U.S. |
| 61 | years ago | 1965 | Rob Squires of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is born. |
| 58 | years ago | 1968 | Simon & Garfunkel's Mrs. Robinson is released. |
| 57 | years ago | 1969 | Joe Cocker makes his American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show before embarking on a tour. |
| 54 | years ago | 1972 | Phil King of Blue Oyster Cult is shot three times in the head during a gambling dispute in New York. The group had yet to achieve major success. |
| 52 | years ago | 1974 | A four-hour long battle with police goes on after the Cherry Blossom Music Festival in Richmond, Virginia. The concert, held outdoors in Richmond's City Stadium and billed as “a day or two of fun and music,” features Boz Scaggs, Stories, the Steve Miller Band, and others. However, rioting starts when police start busting people for possession. 76 people are arrested and lots more are rushed to the first aid tents. |
| 51 | years ago | 1975 | As of this last show in a five-night engagement at the Los Angeles Sports Arena by Pink Floyd, 511 fans have been arrested for various offenses, mostly marijuana possession. During the third night of the event, L.A. Police Chief Ed Davis is quoted during a Rotary Club speech as saying, “Tonight at the Sports Arena, they have a dope festival. It's called a rock concert or something.” |
| 50 | years ago | 1976 | David Bowie is delayed for several hours on the border between Russia and Poland while customs officials confiscate Nazi memorabilia. The material was for research on a film about Nazi official Joseph Goebbels. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | Stevie Wonder makes a surprise appearance at a Duke Ellington tribute concert at UCLA's Royce Hall. He performs Sir Duke and Ellington's C-Jam Blues. |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | Travis Meeks of Days of the New is born. |
| 46 | years ago | 1980 | Three years and a day after opening its doors, New York's legendary disco, Studio 54, shuts down due to numerous questionable activities. |
| 45 | years ago | 1981 | Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach, his costar in the movie Caveman. Both Paul McCartney and George Harrison are present. Though the New York Post reports the trio “sounded as if they'd never been apart,” the three ex-Beatles did not play together. |
| 36 | years ago | 1990 | David Bowie begins the American leg of his Sound and Vision world tour. He says the tour would mark the last time he would perform his old hits like Golden Years and Fame. |
| 36 | years ago | 1990 | Singer Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses marries Erin Everly, Don Everly's daughter. The marriage lasts 27 days. |
| 34 | years ago | 1992 | Former Go-Go Belinda Carlisle and husband Morgan Mason have a son, James Duke. The child is named after his grandfather, actor James Mason. |
| 32 | years ago | 1994 | John Mellencamp's wife, Elaine, gives birth to a son. It is the couple's first child and Mellencamp's first son. |
| 27 | years ago | 1999 | New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt dies at the age of 76. His legacy: 18 albums in the Billboard Top 200, including the Top 10 albums Honey In The Horn (his first million-seller), Cotton Candy, and Sugar Lips. He had received 21 Grammy nominations during his career. |
| 20 | years ago | 2006 | Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards suffers a head injury in Fiji, either from falling out of a palm tree or from a personal watercraft. He later has surgery in New Zealand to relieve the pressure in his head, then returns home to Westport, Connecticut. |