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2018 Drummer D.J. Fontana, known for his work with Elvis Presley, dies at 87.

2017 Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z welcome twins, a girl named Rumi and a boy named Sir.

2017 Anita Pallenberg, who lived with Keith Richards for 13 years and had three kids with him, dies at age 75. Pallenberg inspired the Rolling Stones songs "You Got The Silver" and "Happy."

2010 Country music singer Jimmy Dean dies while watching television at age 81 in Varina, Virginia.

2000 Sinead O'Connor releases Faith and Courage, her first studio album in six years.

1998 During the Dave Matthews Band set at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, DC's RFK Stadium, concert-goer Lysa Selfon is struck by lightning. With help from an off duty paramedic, she is revived and eventually makes a full recovery.

1995 Fear Factory issues their second full-length effort, Demanufacture. Produced by Colin Richardson, the album spawns such industrial-metal classics as the title track, "Replica," and a cover of Head of David's "Dog Day Sunrise."

1989 Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1985 R&B singer Raz B (of B2K) is born De'Mario Monte Thornton in Cleveland, Ohio.

1980 The film Roadie, starring Meat Loaf as, yep, a roadie, opens in theaters.More

1972 39-year-old Clyde McPhatter, who performed with The Dominoes and founded The Drifters before starting a solo career, dies in his sleep after years of alcohol abuse left him with heart, liver, and kidney disease.

1970 Bread release the soft rock classic "Make It With You."

1970 Uriah Heep release their debut album, ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble, in the UK. Critic Melissa Mills of Rolling Stone says she'll commit suicide if the group "makes it," but the negative critical reaction doesn't stop Heep from appealing to fans and moving on to have a long, successful career as a trailblazing heavy metal band.

1968 David Gray is born in Sale, Cheshire, England.

1963 Paul De Lisle (bassist for Smash Mouth) is born in Exeter, Ontario, Canada.

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Alanis Morissette Releases Jagged Little Pill

1995

Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette releases her breakthrough album, the alt-rock classic Jagged Little Pill.

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