2012 - Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies during surgery for a heart valve replacement in San Diego, California, at age 92. He was survived by two daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar.
1990 - Led Zeppelin IV is certified Diamond, with sales of 10 million in America.
1972 - Genesis play their first-ever US show at Massachusetts' Brandeis University.
1970 - John Lennon releases his debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
1968 - The Rolling Stones record their Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll CircusTV special.
1966 - Elton John's band Bluesology opens for Little Richard at a show in London.
1958 - Nikki Sixx is born Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna Jr. in San Jose, California.
1957 - In what remains one of the most shocking celebrity scandals, Jerry Lee Lewis marries 13-year-old Myra Gale Brown, who was the daughter of his cousin. The marriage lasts 14 years but seriously damages Lewis' career.