2016 - Bob Dylan accepts the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2015 - Janis Joplin's psychedelic-painted Porsche sells for $1.76 million at auction.
2011 - Metallica are joined on stage by two original members: bass player Ron McGovney and guitarist Dave Mustaine at the last of four 30th anniversary concerts at The Filmore in San Francisco.
2007 - Led Zeppelin play a one-off show at the O2 Arena in London, the biggest reunion in rock history.
1999 - Rick Danko dies of heart failure in his sleep in Marbletown, New York, at age 56.
1980 - John Lennon's body is cremated. There is no funeral, but a worldwide vigil is held four days later.
1976 - Queen release their fifth album, A Day At The Races, in the UK.
1976 - Billy Idol's Generation X play their first live performance, at London's Central College of Art.
1976 - Wings release Wings Over America.
1975 - The Who's The Who by Numbers album is certified Gold.
1974 - Meg White (of The White Stripes) is born Megan Martha White in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
1971 - At the "Free John Sinclair Rally" in Ann Arbor, Michigan, John Lennondebuts his new song, fittingly called "John Sinclair."
1967 - The previously unknown San Francisco group The Steve Miller Blues Band signs to Capitol for an unprecedented $750,000, dropping "Blues" from their name in the process.
1965 - The Grateful Dead perform their first concert in San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium.
1953 - The first issue of Playboy magazine is published (Marilyn Monroe is on the cover).