2014 - About 500 million iTunes users who create an uproar when U2's latest album, Songs of Innocence, shows up sans charge and sans permission in their personal libraries.
2007 - Rock guitarist Hughie Thomasson dies of a heart attack in Brooksville, Florida, at age 55.
2005 - The City of Liverpool, England, declares its intention to go ahead and demolish Ringo Starr's birthplace on Madryn Street, which the famous drummer lived in until the age of 5.
2004 - Ernie Ball, who developed many innovative guitar accessories, dies at age 74.
1996 - The Metallica single "Hero of the Day" was released.
1994 - Green Day play a free concert at the Hatch Shell in Boston.
1992 - Axl Rose threatens Kurt Cobain backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards.
1978 - The Rolling Stones release "Beast Of Burden."
1978 - U2 opened for the Stranglers in Dublin at the Top Hat Ballroom.
1975 - Paul McCartney and Wings begin their historic 13-month world tour.
1971 - John Lennon releases Imagine in the US.
1969 - Jimi Hendrix mad his U.S. television debut on "The Dick Cavett Show."
1968 - The Beatles record "Helter Skelter."
1952 - Dave Stewart is born in Sunderland, England.
1950 - John McFee is born in Santa Cruz, California.
1948 - Pamela Des Barres is born.
1941 - Otis Redding is born Otis Ray Redding Jr. in Dawson, Georgia. He would be raised in nearby Macon.