Happy Birthday: Mick Jones-guitarist for Foreigner born in 1944, he also produced Van Halen’s 5150 and Billy Joel’s Storm Front album.
1969 – Led Zeppelin reached number one on the Billboard 200 Album Chart for the first time as “Led Zeppelin II” began a seven non-consecutive week run on top.
1975 – The Faces officially break up
1980 – Weeks after his passing, John Lennon’s “(Just Like) Starting Over” goes to #1 in the US.
2008 – Gregg Allman’s Georgia home is burglarized. Thieves steal a pistol, silver dollar collection and many unreleased live recordings. The two burglars were caught two days later and most of the property is recovered.
