Born on this day: the late David Bowie (David Robert Jones), born 1947.
Happy Birthday: Robbie Krieger, guitarist for the Doors born 1946. Mike Reno, lead singer of Loverboy, born 1955.
1966 – The Who and The Kinks perform on the last showing of Shindig on ABC-TV.
1974 – Kiss signs with Casablanca Records their first recording deal.
1979 – The Canadian rock trio Rush were named as the country’s official Ambassadors Of Music by the Canadian government.
2001 – A woman believed that Axl Rose communicated with her via telepathy and was arrested for stalking the Guns N’ Roses singer for a second time.
2010 – The Royal Mail in Britain issued stamps which honored selected album covers including Led Zeppelin’s fourth album and the Rolling Stones Let It Bleed.
2016 – David Bowie would release his final album Blackstar on his 69th birthday, he would pass away two days later.