Last Month | Yesterday | Tomorrow | Next Month | Every Month   February 2 1889   Lonnie Johnson Born in New Orleans. Early jazz guitarist, played in Louie Armstrong's Hot Five. 1927   Birthday of jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. Getz was best known for his smooth bossa recordings. 1934   Skip Battin, late member of The Byrds born. 1937   Tommy, 1/2 of the novelty folk revival act and TV personalities, the Smothers Brothers, born. Tommy's the dumb one. 1942   Graham Nash born in Blackpool, UK. 1943   Foundations ("Build Me Up Buttercup") bassist Peter Macbeth born. 1947   Derek Shulman, member of Gentle Giant born in Glasgow. 1948   Alan McKay of Earth, Wind & Fire born. 1951   Jazz bassist Alphonso Johnson born. 1973   NBC-TV premiers the "Midnight Special" rock show. 1974   Keith Emerson's hands are injured when a trick piano explodes during a concert in San Francisco. 1978   Heavy metal band Van Halen signed to Warner Brothers Records. 1979   Sid Vicious OD's on heroin at age 21 in NYC. At the time, he was facing charges of murdering his girl friend Nancy Spungen. 1980   In full regalia 1000 punks mark the first anniversary of Sid Viscious' death by marching to London's Hyde Park. Sid's Mum was to join them, but was in hospital recovering from a drug overdose from the night before. 1981   Duran Duran release "Planet Earth", their first single. 1992   Critics are not amused by Pearl Jam's first British tour.