2008 - Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page perform during the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium.
1995 - Microsoft launches the Windows 95 operating system. The start-up music is composed by Brian Eno, a pioneer in ambient music who in 1978 released an album designed to soothe travelers at airports.
1994 - Dave Abbruzzese quit Pearl Jam and is replaced with drummer Jack Irons.
1990 - Judas Priest was not responsible for the suicides of two youths after they had listened to the band's music ruled by a judge in Reno, NV
1989 - The Who perform a special 20th anniversary charity concert of their rock opera Tommy at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.
1981 - Mark David Chapman, who murdered John Lennon, is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
1981 - The Rolling Stones release Tattoo You.
1979 - The Ramones' movie Rock & Roll High School opens in theaters.
1979 - The Cars performed at New York's Central Park for an audience of a half million people.
1978 - Bruce Springsteen appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.
1967 - The Who drummer, Keith Moon,drives his Lincoln Continental into the swimming pool at the Holiday Inn in Flint, Michigan, to celebrate his 21st birthday, earning the entire band a lifetime ban from the chain.
1951 - Danny Joe Brown (lead singer of Molly Hatchet) is born in Jacksonville, Florida.