Born on this day: the late Malcolm Young (guitarist for AC/DC) is born in Glasgow, Scotland born 1953 . Original lead singer and guitarist of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett born 1946.
Happy Birthday: Kim Wilson, the lead vocalist and frontman for the Fabulous Thunderbirds born 1951.
1958 – Gibson patented its Flying V electric guitar, those who played that Flying V included Jimi Hendrix and, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
1975 – Pink Floyd began recording their tribute album to former lead singer Syd Barrett, Wish You Were Here.
1975 – After fans caused over $30,000 damage to the Boston Garden, The Mayor cancels a scheduled performance by Led Zeppelin.
1976 – Peter Frampton‘s live double album, Frampton Comes Alive!, is released. it becomes one of the best-selling live albums in history.
2001 – Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour won the right to his dot com name. Dave took legal action in his battle to reclaim davidgilmour.com from Andrew Herman who had registered the URL and was selling Pink Floyd merchandise through the site.