1950 Drummer Alex Van Halen is born in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

1953 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" singer Bonnie Tyler is born today in Swansea, Wales.

1954 Black Flag guitarist and SST label boss Greg Ginn is born.

1960 Mick Hucknall of Simply Red ("Holding Back the Years") is born in Manchester, England.

1962 Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran is born in Moseley, England.

1982 Having temporarily reunited, Simon & Garfunkel begin their European tour in Paris.

1985 Bob Dylan releases Empire Burlesque.

1987 In East Berlin, 4,000 rock fans battle police as they gather alongside the Berlin Wall to listen to a Genesis concert being held in the western part of the city. Tragedy strikes Luther Vandross' band as his drummer, Yogi Horton - who also played on albums by Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross - jumps to his death from the window of a New York hotel.

1989 Noted animal rights campaigner Chrissie Hynde tells a Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior conference that she once firebombed a McDonald's. The next day, a McDonald's restaurant is firebombed and the company threatens to sue Hynde. She later agrees not to repeat her comments.

1991 Bruce Springsteen marries his backing singer Patti Scialfa in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Yeah! These are back. I missed them Stacy!
BTW, I don't remember that about Chrissie Hynde, interesting.