Happy Birthday: The Late Ginger Baker-drummer for Cream was born on this day in 1939. Celebrating a birthday today is Ian Gillian-singer for Deep Purple born in 1945 and John Deacon-bassist for Queen born in 1951.
1964: The Beatles began their first full-fledged North American tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
1980: Alice Cooper had to cancel a scheduled concert in Toronto due to suffering an asthma attack. The 14,000 fans who shown up to the venue riot over Cooper’s no-show.
1991: Talk about going out with a bang! Judas Priest performed their last concert with Rob Halford for 13 years in Toronto. During the concert Halford was injured as he rode a motorcycle onstage and drove into the drum riser. Halford would return to finish the concert.