1986 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “How Will I Know,” Whitney Houston. The song displaces “That’s What Friends Are For,” the No. 1 song by Houston’s cousin, Dionne Warwick.
1983 Pianist Eubie Blake dies at the age of 100.
1977 The Police record their first single, “Fall Out.”
1974 New York rock club the Bottom Line opens.
1968 Chynna Phillips of the group Wilson Phillips is born, the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas.
1962 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Duke of Earl,” Gene Chandler. The song is the first million-selling record for Vee Jay Records.
1957 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Too Much,” Elvis Presley. The song is the first of four Presley songs to hit No. 1 in 1957, matching his 1956 record.