1948 Todd Rundgren is born in Upper Darby, Pa.

1956 Green Gartside of Scritti Politti is born in Cardiff, Wales. He shares a birthday with bassist Derek Forbes of Simple Minds.

1957 INXS bassist Garry Gary Beers is born.

1961 Jimmy Somerville, whose high voice graced records by Bronski Beat and the Commodores, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.

1981 Mark Chapman pleads guilty to the murder of John Lennon and is sentenced to 20 years in jail.

1985 Bryan Adam's "Heaven" is topping the US singles chart.

1985 The "Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack" is topping the US album chart.

1986 Simple Minds, Lloyd Cole, Waterboys, and Big Audio Dynamite play Milton Keynes Bowl.

1987 White Lion release Pride.

1990 Billy Joel performs at Yankee Stadium in New York, becoming the first rocker to do so.

1991 Pet Shop Boys' cover version of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name" peaks at No. 72 on the chart.

1993 Ozzy Osbourne changes his mind yet again about retirement and says he will reunite with Black Sabbath for a tour.

1995 R.E.M. perform "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" with Dan Rather at a sound check in New York.

2000 Axl Rose joins Gilby Clarke and the Stray Cats' Slim Jim Phantom onstage at a West Hollywood club to sing two Rolling Stones songs. It's the first public performance from the Guns N' Roses singer since 1993.