Bob Dylan crashes his motorcycle and suffers serious injuries. He goes into seclusion, and rumors begin that he is brain damaged or dead.
1968
The Byrds begin a South African tour. Gram Parson refuses to go because of apartheid and leaves the band.
1974
Mama Cass, former singer with the Mamas and the Papas, chokes to death on a sandwich, allegedly ham, in songwriter Harry Nilsson's London apartment. The insatiable singer was 30.
1980
Manchester band New Order debuts at the local venue, the Beach Club.
