2000 - Madonna gave birth to her latest spawn, Rocco Ritchie, in Beverley Hills.
1999 - The hippies were out in force for the full solar eclipse, with various music festivals taking place across the UK featuring acts such as Kula Shaker, The Levellers and Van Morrisson.
1984 - Ray Parker Jr. began a three week run at the summit of the US charts with the theme from the hit film Ghostbusters.
1979 - Led Zeppelin played their last ever UK show when they appeared at Knebworth Park in England. Drummer John Bonham would die in just over a year.
1966 - John Lennon was forced to apologise for his comments in which he described The Beatles as being 'bigger than Jesus'. Lennon said: "Look, I wasn’t saying The Beatles are better than God or Jesus, I said ‘Beatles’ because it’s easy for me to talk about The Beatles. I could have said ‘TV’ or ‘Cinema’, ‘Motorcars’ or anything popular and would have got away with it…"
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