2000 - Robbie Williams had his third UK number one single - Rock DJ.
1972 - Alice Cooper had his only ever UK number one with School's Out.
1968 - Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the very first time when they rehearsed at a studio in London's West End. The first they ever played together was Train Kept A-Rollin'.
1964 - The Beatles' first movie A Hard Day's Night opened in 500 screens across the US to rave reviews.
1949 - Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler was born in Glasgow.
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