Happy Birthday to Elton John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Middlesex, England Born on this day 1947.
1967: The Who and Cream played their first U.S. show at the Paramount Theater in New York City.
1969: John & Yoko’s week-long Bed-In for Peace begins in The Netherlands.
1986: Guns N’ Roses signed a record deal with Geffen Records.
1990: Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee was arrested and charged with indecent exposure after mooning at the audience during a concert in Augusta.
1995: Close call for Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, he had to be rescued after a riptide carried him 250 feet offshore in New Zealand.
2007: On his 60th birthday Elton John sets the record for the most performances at New York’s Madison Square Garden when he performs there for the 60th time.