2015 - Ringo Starr's 1963 Ludwig drum set sold for $2.2 million at Julien's Live auction.
2014 - Axl Rose tweets: "if I'm dead do I still have to pay taxes?" the day after a fake MSNBC story reports his death.
2013 - REO Speedwagon, Styx, Richard Marx and Survivor play a "Rock to the Rescue" concert in Bloomington, Illinois to benefit victims of a November 17 tornado in the area.
2010 - Metallica headlined the launch event for Activision's "Call of Duty: Black Ops" video game at Hanger 8.
2006 - Texas bookstore owner Bill Butler bought a page of working lyrics for Paul McCartney's song "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" for $192,000 at an auction of Rock and Pop memorabilia.
1993 - Frank Zappa dies at 52 from terminal prostate in L.A.
1992 - Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin sign a $39 million publishing contract with Warner-Chappell music.
1988 - The U2 concert movie "Rattle and Hum" opened in the U.S. and the U.K.
1980 - Led Zeppelin makes it official: they will not continue after the death of their drummer, John Bonham. They never fully reform, but do play some shows with Jason Bonham filling in for his father.
1979 - Fleetwood Mac fans at The Forum in Inglewood get a brassy surprise when the USC Trojan Marching Band is brought out to perform "Tusk."
1976 - Tommy Bolin dies from a drug overdose in a Miami hotel room at the age of 25.
1975 - KISS earn their first Gold album with Alive!.
1971 - Led Zeppelin started a two week run at the top of the UK album chart with the "Four Symbols" album.
1969 - President Richard Nixon, Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew, and forty US governors view "simulated acid trip" films and listen to rock music in order to comprehend the generation gap.
1965 - The Rolling Stones release December's Children (And Everybody's) in the US.
1964 -The Beatles released their fourth album, "Beatles For Sale", which would spend 11 weeks as the #1 album in the UK.
1961 - Bob Dylan made his Carnegie Chapter Hall debut in New York City. The show was seen by 50 people who paid two dollars each at Carnegie Hall.
1951 - Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd is born in Jacksonville, Florida.