In 1969, Chicago Transit Authority released its first album, a self-titled double album. The band was sued by the real Chicago Transit Authority and had to shorten its name to just Chicago.

In 1975, Mick Jagger seriously injured his hand when he put his wrist through a window while attempting to break his fall at a restaurant on Long Island, New York. He required stitches, but the injury did not disrupt plans for the start of the Rolling Stones' North American tour.

Also in 1975, Elton John was awarded a platinum record for sales of a million copies of his album, "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy." It was the first album to sell a million copies on its first day of release.

In 1980, drummer Peter Criss quit Kiss to pursue a solo career.

In 1992, a Genesis concert in Tampa, Florida, ended after two songs because Phil Collins had a sore throat. Police arrested several concert-goers who got upset when the show was stopped.

Also in 1992, orchestra leader Lawrence Welk died in Santa Monica, California, at age 89.

In 1996, R-and-B guitarist Johnny "Guitar" Watson collapsed on stage in Japan and died of an apparent heart attack, just as he was starting to play. He was 61.

In 1997, Sylvester Stallone married Jennifer Flavin in London.

In 2008, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy married Ashlee Simpson at her parents' house in Los Angeles.