2017 - Bonnie Tyler sings "Total Eclipse Of The Heart," while Ozzy Osbourne performs "Bark At The Moon" during a historic solar eclipse.
2015 - When the Westboro Baptist Church, famous for their anti-gay demonstrations, stage a protest before a Foo Fighters concert in Kansas City, the band responds by driving a truck in front of the demonstrators and blasted them with Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up."
2011 - Rod Stewart's becomes a grandfather for the first time.
2005 - Electronic music pioneer Robert Moog, who invented the Moog synthesizer, dies at the age of 71 of a brain tumor.
1997 - At a press conference in the San Francisco Hard Rock Cafe, Carlos Santana unveiled a limited-edition t-shirt bearing his artwork.
1996 - Former Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne sued to prevent the rest of the group from touring as "The Heads." The suit was settled out of court.
1995 - R.E.M. sued Hershey Foods, claiming the company exploited its name when it ran a "Kit Kat - R.E.M. Concert" sweepstakes in Hershey candy bars.
The suit was eventually dropped.
1994 - John Denver crashes his 1963 Porsche into a tree near his home in Aspen, Colorado.
1993 - Elton John's longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin marries his third wife, Stephanie Haymes.
1990 - Ratt released the album "Detonator."
1990 - Alice in Chains release their debut album Facelift.
1987 - The film Dirty Dancing is released.
1986 - Eric Clapton's son Conor is born.
1982 - Bono of U2 marries his high school sweetheart Alison Stewart at the Guinness Church of Ireland.
1976 - the Knebworth (England) festival was headlined b Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren, 10cc and The Rolling Stones.
1966 - The Beatles play under a tarp at Busch Stadium on a rainy evening in St. Louis.
1966 - Jim Morrison is a no-show for The Doors set at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.
1965 - The Rolling Stones album "Out Of Our Heads" hits #1 in the US.
1954 - Drummer Steve Smith (of Focus andJourney) is born in Whitman, Massachusetts.
1952 - Rock bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (of Deep Purple) is born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. He has a brief stint as Black Sabbath's frontman in the mid-'80s.
1952 - Punk rocker Joe Strummer (of The Clash) is born John Graham Mellor in Ankara, Turkey.