Born:
JIMMY McCULLOCH of Thunderclap Newman/Wings
MICHELLE PHILLIPS of The Mamas And The Papas
STEFAN LESSARD of Dave Matthews Band
This happened:
In 1956, Elvis scored a rare triple whammy as “Heartbreak Hotel” was #1 on Billboard’s Pop, R&B, and Country charts.
In 1976, Sex Pistols appeared at The Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England, a show that is regarded as a catalyst to the punk rock movement.
In 1984, Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A. album hit record stores.
In 1987, The Eurythmics performed a concert in West Berlin. A crowd of 1,000 people came together on the other side in East Berlin and chanted, “The wall must go!”
In 1996, Crowded House announced that they were calling it quits.
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