2015 - 65-year-old Geezer Butler, Black Sabbath bassist, was arrested in California after a bar fight following an argument that escalated into a physical confrontation.
2014 - Pete Seeger died at age 94.
2014 - Billy Joel begins his residency at Madison Square Garden.
1990 - Soundgarden becomes the first grunge band to make the Billboard Albums chart.
1991 - Whitney Houston sang the "Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV.
1990 - "Tom Petty Day" was declared in the musician's hometown of Gainsville, FL.
1984 - Some stray pyro sets Michael Jackson's hair on fire during the filming of an Pepsi ad.
1980 - AC/DC played their last show with Bon Scott at the Gaumont theater in Southampton, England.
1971 - David Bowie arrives in the United States for the first time and created a stir by wearing a dress to many interviews.
1969 - The Beatles record "Get Back" and "I've Got A Feeling."
1880 - Thomas Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp.
Birthdays
- 1968 - Mike Patton (lead singer of Faith No More) is born in Eureka, California.
- 1951 - Seth Justman (The J. Geils Bandkeyboardist) is born in Washington, D.C.
- 1944 - Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is born in Birmingham, England.
- 1756 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born in Salzburg, Austria.