The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at the Bag O’ Nails Club in London, making its London performance debut (1966).

Meat Loaf undergoes surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat (2003).

John Lennon gives his member of the British Empire award to the Queen in protest of “the Nigeria-Biafra thing,” support of America in Vietnam, and his latest single, “Cold Turkey” slipping down the charts (1969).

Harrods department store in London closes to the public so The Beatles can do their Christmas shopping (1965).

At the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, The Band perform their last concert, which Martin Scorsese filmed and releases as the classic concert movie “The Last Waltz.” Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Young and Neil Diamond are all guest performers (1976).