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Incidents
1982 : Randy Rhoads, who was Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, dies when he takes a plane ride with a pilot who tries to buzz Ozzy's tour bus. When the wing hit the bus, the plane crashed into a nearby house, killing Rhoads, the pilot, and the tour costume designer/hairdresser. |
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Awards and Honors (2)
Band Dynamics (1)
| 1974 : Jefferson Airplane reform with most of their original members and become Jefferson Starship. They became simply "Starship" in 1984. |
Births (8)
Certifications and Milestones (1)
| 1968 : Dean Martin's LP Houston is certified gold. |
Charts (1)
Concerts and Festivals (2)
| 1974 : Jefferson Airplane kick off their first tour as Jefferson Starship. |
| 1978 : Billy Joel makes his U.K. concert debut at London's Theatre Royal. |
Deaths (9)
| 1900 : Charles-Louis Hanon |
| 1976 : Paul Kossoff (Free) |
| 1976 : Gary Thain (Uriah Heep) |
| 1982 : Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne band, Quiet Riot) |
| 1990 : Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone, dies of a heroin overdose at age 24. Members of the band go on to form Pearl Jam. |
| 1993 : Jeff Ward (Low Pop Suicide) |
| 2002 : Big John Patton |
| 2007 : Luther Ingram |
| 2011 : Archie "Aashid" Himons |
Debuts (1)
| 2003 : The musical Cliff, based on the life of Cliff Richard, opens in London's East End. |
Health Issues (1)
| 2004 : Aretha Franklin is admitted to a hospital after an allergic reaction to antibiotics (she stays there five days). |
Incidents (2)
| 1966 : Gary Leeds of The Walker Brothers is "abducted" by British students raising money for charity. |
| 1982 : Randy Rhoads, who was Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, dies when he takes a plane ride with a pilot who tries to buzz Ozzy's tour bus. When the wing hit the bus, the plane crashed into a nearby house, killing Rhoads, the pilot, and the tour costume designer/hairdresser. |
Legal Issues (1)
| 1980 : In proceedings against the doctor who supplied the prescription drugs that killed Elvis Presley, Elvis' autopsy is entered as evidence. Dr. George Nichopoulos, who was known as "Dr. Nick" was eventually found guilty of overprescribing the drugs. |
Marriages and Breakups (1)
| 1970 : David Bowie marries his first wife, Angela, who contrary to rumor, was not the subject of The Rolling Stones' song, "Angie." |
Miscellaneous (2)
| 1968 : Donovan travels to India to study transcendental meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. |
| 1988 : Michael Jackson begins construction on his 2,800-acre ranch and private amusement park in Santa Barbara, CA, which he will name "Neverland" after a fantasy location in his favorite book, Peter Pan, a place where children never grow up. |
Recordings (2)
| 1941 : Jimmy Dorsey, "Green Eyes" |
| 1971 : Elvis Presley: "Miracle Of The Rosary," "Seeing Is Believing," "It's Still Here," "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," "I Will Be True" |
Releases (2)
| 1958 : As Tom and Jerry, Simon & Garfunkel release their third single, a ditty named "Our Song" (BIG 616). |
| 1975 : Kiss, Dressed to Kill |
TV, Radio, Press (3)
| 1965 : Britain's Tailor and Cutter magazine runs an article by tie makers asking The Rolling Stones to start wearing ties with their suits, a fashion which had recently gone out of style among the youth. Mick Jagger responds, diplomatically, that ties would only give screaming female fans something else to grab onto in a crowd. |
| 1966 : Lesley Gore guest stars as herself on the final "By Line -- Jeffrey Stone" episode of ABC-TV's The Donna Reed Show. |
| 1971 : Teen idol Bobby Sherman guest stars as songwriter "Bobby Conway" on the "A Knight In Shining Armor" episode of ABC-TV's The Partridge Family, which leads to his getting his own series (Getting Together). |
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