Birthdays
1955 Mark Hollis (Talk Talk)
1956 Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic)
1958 Lorna Doom (Germs)
1960 Michael Stipe (REM)
1962 Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)
1965 Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
1965 Cait O’Riordon (The Pogues)
1977 Tim Wheeler (Ash)
Anniversaries
1986 Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott dies aged 36 after a long battle with addiction.
1991 Nirvana sign with Geffen Records.
2010 Marilyn Manson (40) proposes to actress Evan Rachel Wood (22) after a concert in Paris. She accepts, but they break up a few months later.
Album Releases
1967 The Doors – The Doors
1983 Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)