Happy Birthday: Brad Whitford-guitarist for Aerosmith born on this day in 1952
1978 – Fleetwood Mac picked up a Grammy award for Album of the year for Rumours and the Eagles win Record of the year for Hotel California
1978 – The Police sign a record deal with A & M Records.
1979 – Dire Straits begin their first tour of North America at the Paradise Club in Boston
1980 – Queen topped the singles charts for the first time with a Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2000 – Carlos Santana wins 8 Grammy awards tying Michael Jackson’s record.
2006 – Alice in Chains announced they would reform with their surviving members for a series of concerts.