1933 Pop singer Pat Barrett (of The Crew-Cuts) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1941 Signe Anderson, the original lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, is born in Seattle, Washington.
1946 Ola Brunkert (session drummer for ABBA) is born in Orebro, Sweden.
1956 Elvis Presley started a five-week run at No. 1 on the U.S. charts with “Don’t Be Cruel.
1964 The Beatles played at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.
1967 Pink Floyd played at the Starlight Room in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1970 Black Sabbath and The Dog That Bit People played at The Marquee, London.
1978 Bob Dylan played in Augusta, Maine
1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release Some Time In New York City in the UK.
1979 Led Zeppelin’s album In Through The Out Door hits #1 in the US
1980 David Bowie debuts on Broadway in The Elephant Man
1982 At the Los Angeles Forum, Queen play their last American concert with Freddie Mercury
2003 Johnny Cash was buried in the Cash family cemetery in Hendersonville, Tennessee, next to his wife, June Carter Cash
2007 Rihanna played at GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada.
2008 Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding member Richard Wright died at age 65 from cancer.
2019 The Cars frontman Ric Ocasek dies at 75
