Happy Birthday: Williamsburg’s own Bruce Hornsby born 1954
1968 – Led Zeppelin signs with Atlantic Records for a then record $143,000. They were signed despite that record executives never saw them perform.
1991 – Queen’s Freddie Mercury issues a statement confirming that he has AIDS and calls for help in fighting the disease.
1993 – Metallica release their first boxed set, “Live S–t: Binge & Purge”, which contains live performances recorded on both their “Damaged Justice” tour and “Wherever We May Roam” tour.
1993 – Guns N’ Roses release an album of cover songs called, “The Spaghetti Incident”. It’s the last they’ll release for fifteen years.
2008 – Exactly 15 years later Guns N’ Roses release “Chinese Democracy”. The album was one of the most expensive album produced with a cost of $13 million