Happy Birthday to Tony Banks keyboardist for Genesis born in 1950
1965: Jeff Beck joins The Yardbirds as Eric Clapton’s replacement.
1972: Grand Funk fire their manager, Terry Knight, who promptly sues them in a legal battle that would last nearly two years.
1979: Eric Clapton marries George Harrison’s ex-wife Pattie, the subject of his song “Layla.” Surprisingly, Harrison attends the wedding and remains friends with Clapton
1986: Sammy Hagar performs for the first time with for Van Halen at a show in Shreveport, LA.
1987: U2 filmed their music video for “Where the Streets Have No Name” on the rooftop of a liquor store in Los Angeles. Due to traffic concerns, the Los Angeles Police Department shut down filming of the video.