20 August

Pick a Day

20 AUGUST

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1981 Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott appears at Kingston Crown Court where he is fined £200 for possessing cocaine.

1979 Bob Dylan, a recent convert to Christianity, releases the faith-driven album Slow Train Coming.More

1979 Rod Stewart and his first wife, Alana Hamilton, have a baby girl. Kimberly Stewart grows up to become an actress and model.

1973 The Rolling Stones release "Angie."

1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival's LP Cosmo's Factory hits #1.

1970 Nu-metal pioneer Fred Durst (frontman for Limp Bizkit) is born in Gastonia, North Carolina.

1969 Andy Williams' LP Happy Heart is certified gold.

1969 Frank Zappa shuts down his Mothers of Invention - he will resurrect the band a few months later.

1967 The New York Times reports on a pioneering method of noise reduction created by Dolby Labs which makes home recording on blank cassette tapes possible.

1966 Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott, aka Dimebag Darrell, is born in Ennis, Texas.

1952 Doug Fieger (lead singer for The Knack) is born in Oak Park, Michigan.

1952 Country singer/guitarist Rudy Gatlin (of The Gatlin Brothers) is born in Olney, Texas.

1952 Folk rocker John Hiatt is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1949 Thin Lizzy leader Phil Lynott is born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England.

1947 Trombonist James Pankow (of Chicago) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Golden Record Goes Into Space

1977

The Voyager 2 space probe is launched, carrying with it a "Golden Record" of sounds and images representing Earth.

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