2014 - The Allman Brothers Band play their final show at the Beacon Theater in New York City, a four-hour set that goes past midnight, ending on the anniversary of Duane Allman's death.
2014 - Box sets of Led Zeppelin's "IV" and "Houses Of The Holy" were released.
2004 - Rod Stewart's Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Vol. 3 is #1 on the Billboard 200.
2003 - Paul McCartney and his second wife, model/activist Heather Mills, welcome daughter Beatrice Milly McCartney.
2003 - Tonight's The Night, a musical play written around the hits of Rod Stewart, opens in London's West End.
1995 - At Neil Young's ninth annual Bridge School benefit concert, the Pretenders pay tribute to the late Shannon Hoon, whose band Blind Melon was supposed to play the event, with a cover of Young's "The Needle And The Damage Done." Beck, Hootie & the Blowfish, and Bruce Springsteen also perform.
1991 - Metallica releases "The Unforgiven."
1978 - KISS star in the TV movie Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.
1977 - Steve Perry makes his first concert appearance with Journey at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco.
1972 - The Who's recent anthem "Join Together" is adopted as the official song of the United States Council For World Affairs.
1936 - Charlie Daniels is born Charles Edward Daniels in Wilmington, North Carolina.