Happy Birthday: Van Morrison born in 1945.
1976: George Harrison is found guilty of “subconscious plagiarism” as a Judge found Harrison had “subconsciously” copied the Chiffons’ song “One Fine Day”. Financial terms regarding payments of royalties would not be settled until 1997.
1991: Metallica’s self-titled album, also known as the “Black Album” tops the album charts. The album cost the band $1 million to record and three members of the band were divorced by the time the album was completed.
2004: Green Day release a new single called “American Idiot” three weeks before the album of the same name is released. The success of the album would later turn the album into a stage musical.
2012: Van Halen has to postpone tour dates as Eddie Van Halen is rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery to correct a severe bout of diverticulitis.