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Incidents
1967 : At the Astoria Theatre in London, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar for the first time, and goes to the hospital after the show with minor burns. During the rest of the tour, Hendrix makes a habit of play his guitar with his teeth, and he ignites his axe a few more times. |
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Awards and Honors (1)
| 2001 : Mr. Acker Bilk receives an MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal from Queen Elizabeth for services to the music industry. |
Band Dynamics (1)
Births (20)
Charts (3)
| 1962 : Connie Francis' "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" hits #1. |
| 1972 : America's LP America hits #1. |
| 1975 : No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Minnie Riperton's Lovin' You |
Concerts and Festivals (2)
Deaths (6)
Incidents (4)
| 1967 : At the Astoria Theatre in London, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar for the first time, and goes to the hospital after the show with minor burns. During the rest of the tour, Hendrix makes a habit of play his guitar with his teeth, and he ignites his axe a few more times. |
| 1969 : John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a press conference in Vienna where they announce their "Bagism" project, giving the entire press conference from inside a white bag. |
| 1995 : 23 year old Lance Cunningham injures 4 people at a Jimmy Page/Robert Plant concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan when he tries to rush the stage with a pocketknife. Cunningham would later claim he was trying to attack Jimmy Page, who he said was "Satanic." |
| 1995 : Tejano singer Selena dies after being shot by her former personal assistant and former fan club president, Yolanda Saldivar, in Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 23. |
Innovations (1)
| 1949 : RCA introduces the 45 rpm record, which eventually becomes the format of choice for "singles," becoming more popular than the 78 rpm format by 1958. |
Legal Issues (2)
| 1969 : George Harrison and his wife, Pattie, appear in court in Surrey, England, to answer recent charges of marijuana resin possession. Both are fined 250 pounds. |
| 2007 : Police issue arrest warrants for country singer Billy Joe Shaver after he shoots and wounds a man outside a Lorena, Texas bar. Shaver later turns himself in. |
Miscellaneous (3)
| 1972 : The official Beatles Fan Club disbands. |
| 2002 : Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees buys his childhood home in Manchester, England. |
| 2008 : U2 join Madonna and sign a huge contract with Live Nation. Bono and Co. get a boatload of stock that they'd later sell off. |
Movies (2)
| 1966 : Elvis Presley's Frankie & Johnnie movie premieres in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
| 1969 : A short John Lennon film entitled Rape appears on Australian TV. |
Recordings (2)
Releases (3)
TV, Radio, Press (2)
| 1956 : Brenda Lee makes her US television debut, singing an unrehearsed version of Hank Williams' Jambalaya (On The Bayou) on ABC-TV's Ozark Jamboree. |
| 1959 : The Jimmie Rodgers Show debuts on NBC, featuring a young Connie Francis. |
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