Birthdays
1952 Scott Thurston (The Stooges, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
1956 Don Letts (Big Audio Dynamite)
1959 Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
1964 Brad Roberts (Crash Test Dummies)
News
2001 US guitarist and founder member of The Cramps Bryan Gregory died after suffering a heart attack aged 46.
2016 English singer David Bowie died from liver cancer in New York, two days after his 69th birthday.
Album releases
1977 Ramones – Leave Home