1950 Joe Perry (lead guitarist for Aerosmith) is born Anthony Joseph Perry in Lawrence, Massachusetts
1958 Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama and Shakespears Sister is born in Dublin, Ireland.
1964 Rod Stewart recorded his first single, a version of Willie Dixon’s “Good Morning Little School Girl.”
1966 The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love” hits #1 for the first of two weeks.
1966 The Beatles’ Revolver hit No. 1 on the album chart, a position it would hold for six weeks.
1967 Elvis Presley recorded “Guitar Man” at RCA studio in Nashville.
1979 The Police played The Assembly Rooms, Derby, England.
1988 Guns N’ Roses started a two-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” their first No. 1 hit.
1991 Nirvana’s single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” was released in the U.S.
1995 Kiss played at Chattanooga Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1996 Blues guitarist Lee Baker (of Lee Baker & The Agitators) is murdered at age 53, along with his elderly aunt, in Memphis, Tennessee.
2010 Linkin Park release their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns
2015 Guitarist Don Griffin was killed in a car accident in Denver, Colorado.
