| 91 | years ago | 1935 | “The King,” Elvis Presley, is born. |
| 80 | years ago | 1946 | Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger is born. |
| 79 | years ago | 1947 | David Bowie is born. |
| 69 | years ago | 1957 | Bill Haley, who previously rejected an invitation to tour Australia because some of his Comets were averse to flying, begins a two-week tour down under in Newcastle. Sharing the bill are Lavern Baker and Joe Turner. |
| 69 | years ago | 1957 | On his twenty-second birthday, Elvis Presley takes the army pre-induction exam in Memphis and passes. |
| 60 | years ago | 1966 | The final episode of Shindig! featuring the Kinks and The Who is broadcast on ABC-TV. The show had premiered in September 1964 and from 1965 had aired twice weekly, on Thursday and Saturday evenings. |
| 53 | years ago | 1973 | Yoko Ono releases Approximately Infinite University as a two record set because say says, “I figured if George Harrison can put out a triple album, then I can put out a double album.” Although the disc doesn't do especially well, it's generally better accepted than her earlier avant-garde work. |
| 52 | years ago | 1974 | Kiss give a special dress rehearsal after being signed to Casablanca Records. A Rolling Stone magazine correspondent reports, “the group plays very heavy, loud and ultimately monotonous rock in the Black Sabbath tradition...A sure crowd pleaser. The crowds of kiddies, that is. |
| 52 | years ago | 1974 | The Early Beatles turns gold nine years after its release and nearly four years since the group's disbanding. |
| 51 | years ago | 1975 | Three Led Zeppelin concerts and Madison Square Garden sell out it a record four hours. The Garden box-office has to call other ticket outlets to help handle the extraordinary demand (60,000 tickets). |
| 47 | years ago | 1979 | Canadian rock band Rush is named the country's official Ambassadors of Music by the Canadian government. |
| 21 | years ago | 2005 | Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer Tommy Ramone checks out a benefit show at New York's Knitting Club which feateures the C. J. T. F. Band. The initials refer to the NATO Combined Joint Task Force. The band's drummer is the U. S. ambassador to Russia. The lead guitarist is the Hungarian ambassador to the United States. On bass, it's Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State, and on guitar, Dan Poneman, an expert on North Korea. Ex-Doobie Brothers guitarist Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, now a defense intelligence technology consultant, is also in the band. Tommy declares, “They’re great!” The show raises about $5,000 for victims of last month's Asian tsunami. |