Happy Birthday: Randy Bachman-guitarist for The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive born in 1943.
Also the late Meat Loaf was born in 1947
1986 – Metallica bassist Cliff Burton was killed in Sweden in a tour bus accident, he was only 24 years old.
2007 – For the first time since 1984, Van Halen kicked off their reunion tour with David Lee Roth!
2010 – Elton John’s mother announces that she’s auctioning off some of her son’s memorabilia as she’s moving into a smaller house. Among the items auctioned off were tour jackets and more than 100 Gold and Platinum discs.
2016 – Bruce Springsteen publishes his autobiography “Born To Run”. He started working on his memoirs shortly after his 2009 Super Bowl halftime show performance.