1944 John Entwistle (bass player for The Who) is born John Alec Entwistle in London, England.
1948 Jackson Browne is born Clyde Jackson Browne in Heidelberg, Germany
1958 Eddie Cochran records “C’mon Everybody.”
1961 Ray Charles started a two week run at No. 1 on the U.S. singles chart with “Hit The Road Jack.
1964 Bobby Darin begins filming his eighth movie, That Funny Feeling
1964 Because of an anti-apartheid embargo by the British Musicians’ union, the Rolling Stones cancelled a South African tour.
1965 The Beatles’ “Yesterday” hits #1 for the first of two weeks
1969 The Carpenters release Offering, later released as Ticket to Ride, featuring a ballad version of the Beatles’ tune.
1971 The Who played at the University of Surrey, Guildford
1971 Van Morrison releases “Wild Night.”
1972 The Cream compilation Heavy Cream is released in the UK.
1973 Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like A Rock” is certified Gold.
1973 Elvis Presley and Priscilla divorced after six years of marriage. Priscilla was awarded property, $725,000 cash and $4,200 a month support.
1978 The Human League performed at Sheffield University, England.
1979 Styx releases “Babe.”
1981 The Rolling Stones played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. Support act was Prince, who dressed in his controversial bikini briefs and trench coat ran off stage after 15 minutes due to the crowd booing and throwing beer cans at him.
1993 Nirvana entered the U.S. album chart at No. 1 with In Utero, their third and final studio album.
2000 Robbie Williams played the first of two sold out nights at Birmingham NEC, England.
2000 The John Lennon museum opens in Japan on what would have been his 60th birthday
2000 Barry White gives a speech to the debate squad at Oxford University.
2003 Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II made Sting a CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
2009 Bruce Springsteen plays the last concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey
2018 Mondo Scripto, the first-ever lyrics and drawing exhibition by Bob Dylan, opens at the Halcyon Gallery in London.
