1976

• Van Morrison's album "Moondance" goes gold

1971

• B.B. King celebrates his 25 years of performing by kicking off a European tour in London

1970

• James Brown marries Deidre Yvonne Jenkins of the front porch of her South Carolina home

1968

• While in London, Diana Ross interrupts a Supremes show to plead for racial equality and understanding

1965

• The Who's Roger Daltrey walks off the stage in the middle of a set due to PA problems while at London's Glad Rags Ball

1960

• Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum is born

1958

• Michael Ramos of The Bodeans is born

1957

• Elvis Presley fans picket Chicago radio station WCFL when it bans Presley records, inspite of the protest the station remains firm that it will not play "The King"