2015 - Deep Purple, Chicago, Cheap Trick and Steve Miller announced to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
1999 - Keith Richards decides to keep a guitar that he was asked to autograph, outside his birthday party at the Russian Tea Room in New York City.
1989 - The Simpsons debuts on Fox with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire."
1986 - Paul and Linda McCartney's limo caught fire in route to a TV taping in Newcastle, England.
1986 - The Doobie Brothers reunited for a benefit in Palo Alto, California.
1982 - The Who play the last concert of their It's Hard Tour at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.
1971 - David Bowie releases his fourth album, Hunky Dory.
1967 - John Lennon and George Harrison throw a party in London for the area secretaries of their official Fan Club.
1963 - James Carroll at WWDC in Washington, DC, became the first disc jockey to broadcast a Beatles' record on American airwaves.
1949 - Paul Rodgers, lead singer and lyricist of Freeand Bad Company, is born in Middlesbrough, England.