1954 Pete Byrne of Naked Eyes is born on this date.

1962 China Crisis guitarist Eddie Lundon is born.

1972 Record executive John Hammond makes Bruce Springsteen his latest signing to CBS.

1982 Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, N.Y., plays host to a Peace Week benefit featuring James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne.

1986 Bob Dylan begins the American leg of his True Confessions tour at San Diego's Sports Arena.

1987 Among those arrested during an anti-nuclear demonstration in front of the White House is DJ Casey Kasem.

1989 Having re-formed, the Doobie Brothers play their first American concert in a long time.