ANNIVERSARIES
1965-The Rolling Stones record "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Mother's Little Helper" at RCA's Hollywood Studios in Los Angeles.
1969-An eighteen year old man by the name of Meredith Hunter died of knife wounds inflicted by a member of The Hell's Angels at a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Raceway in California.
1969-Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" enters the Billboard Pop chart.
1988-After spending the day flying model airplanes with his sons and eating dinner at his mother's home, Roy Orbison suffered a fatal a heart attack at the age of 52.
1993-The Eagles tape a video for Country star Travis Tritt's version of "Take It Easy".
2013-The electric guitar played by Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival was sold at auction in New York for a record $965,000.
2016-Greg Lake of Emmerson, Lake And Palmer died following a long battle with cancer.
BORN TODAY
1956-Peter Buck
guitar, R.E.M.