Happy Birthday: Tom Scholz-guitarist for Boston born in 1947. Jeff Ament-bassist for Pearl Jam born in 1963.
1981 – Jimmy Page performs for the first time since the breakup of Led Zeppelin when he joins Jeff Beck for some encores at a London show.
2000 – Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde was arrested for leading an animal rights protest against the clothing store in New York.
2003 – The class of 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were inducted including AC/DC, The Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions and The Police, who performed together for the second time since their break-up.
2010 – Pink Floyd won a court battle with EMI that prevented the record company from selling single downloads and ringtones on the Internet from the group’s albums.
2016 – Eagles’ drummer Don Henley tells the BBC that the band would not re-group after the passing of Glenn Frey. He would change his mind a few months later and adding Glenn Frey’s son Deacon and Country musician Vince Gill to a reformed Eagles lineup.