Birthdays
1951 Chris Bell (Big Star)
1959 Blixa Bargeld (Einsturzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, ANBB)
1963 Guy Chambers (World Party, The Waterboys, The Lemon Trees)
1965 Greg Kriesel (The Offspring)
1965 Rob Zombie
1970 Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)
1973 Matt Wong (Reel Big Fish)
News
1977 The Police held their first rehearsal at drummer Stewart Copeland’s London flat, with Henri Padovani on guitar.
1992 Bob Geldof was arrested after a disturbance on a Boeing 727, which had been grounded for 5 hours at Stansted Airport.
Album releases
1969 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
1971 Alice Cooper – Love It To Death
2010 OK Go – Of the Blue Colour of the Sky
2010 Vampire Weekend – Contra (Date of US release)
Single releases
1979 Richard Hell & The Voidoids – The Kid With The Replaceable Head
1981 Blondie – Rapture
1981 Spandau Ballet – The Freeze
1984 Eurythmics – Here Comes the Rain Again