Paul Jones (Paul Pond) of Manfred Mann born in Portsmouth, UK.
1944
Nicky Hopkins born in London. This British session man has played with nearly EVERYONE.
1956
Cleveland city fathers and police enforce a 1931 law that prohibits public dancing by 18 year olds unless accompanied by their parents. This same love of youth culture will be the guiding force behind the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame one day.
1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays their last gig together at Royal Albert Hall.
1979
Sex Pistols release soundtrack LP, The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle.
1988
Blues pianist Memphis Slim dies at age 72 in Paris.
1989
Cat Stevens (Yussuf Islam) joins ruckus over death threat made by the Ayatolla Khomeini against author Salman Rushdie. Cat says "If someone defames the prophet, then he must die."
1989
The official and perpetual Rock Critic Appreciation Day.
1990
Pop singer Johnny Ray, known as "the little cloud that cried", best known for his hit "Cry" and other songs using the word cry, a guy who would sing and cry at the drop of a hat, dies.
1992
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love marry in Waikiki, Hawaii.
