John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin is born (1946).

Stephen Stills of Crosby, Still and Nash is born (1945).

David Bowie makes his final appearance at the Elephant Man in the Broadway show in NYC (1981).

The Beatles begin their first headlining tour performing 4 nights in Scotland, two shows at the Red Shoes Ballroom, but the other two dates were cancelled due to bad weather (1963)

The Rolling Stones perform at Glenlyn Ballroom in Forest Hill, England, supported by The Detours (aka The Who) (1964)

The Beatles are seen for the first time on US TV when a clip from the BBC show “The Mersey Sound” showing the band playing “She Loves You” is shown on The Jack Paar Show (1964)

Jimi Hendrix performs live on the UK show The Lulu Show. Hendrix is booked to perform “Voodoo Child” (which is played in full) and his new single “Hey Joe.” Hendrix stops singing “Hey Joe” after a verse and chorus and launches into a version of the Cream song “Sunshine of your Love” as a tribute to the band that had split up a few days earlier (1969)

U2 (known at the time as The Hype) perform at McGonagils in Dublin, Ireland (1979)

Bruce Springsteen performs the first of four nights at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (1973)

A two week rehearsal begins at the Bermondsey in London for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon tour (1972)

Mick and Bianca Jagger are voted as two of the top dozen best-dressed men and women of ’72 by 2 thousand international fashion editors and experts (1973)