Happy Birthday: Alex Lifeson, guitarist for Rush born in 1953.
1977: Jackson Browne records “Running on Empty” and “The Load Out/Stay” during a concert at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD to be included on his upcoming “Running On Empty” live album.
1989: Izzy Stradlin of Guns N’ Roses is arrested at the Phoenix airport after urinating on the floor of the plane, apparently Izzy was upset at having to wait to use the bathroom. His publicist explains that it was Izzy’s “way of expressing himself.”
1990: Stevie Ray Vaughan dies in helicopter crash in East Troy, WI while en route to Chicago when the helicopter collided with a ski slope. He was only 35 years old.
1991: Pearl Jam releases their debut album “Ten” which features “Alive”, “Even Flow”, “Jeremy” and “Black”.
1992: John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “A Day in the Life” sold for $87,000 at a Sotheby’s auction.