1999 Pop star turned disc jockey Bob Geldof, organizer of Live Aid, wins substantial but undisclosed damages from the Sun newspaper in London in a libel case over a story in which it falsely alleges that he had “groped, fondled and kissed” a nightclub stripper.
1998 Robert Smith of the Cure does battle with the forces of musical evil as embodied by a monstrous Barbra Streisand on the animated television show South Park.
1987 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Livin’ on a Prayer,” Bon Jovi.
1977 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Blinded by the Light,” Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. The song is written by Bruce Springsteen and first appears on the New Jersey rocker’s album “Greetings from Asbury Park.”
1969 Lulu, best known for her hit single “To Sir with Love,” marries Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees.
1947 Dennis DeYoung of Styx is born in Chicago. His biggest solo hit is the top 10 song “Desert Moon” in 1984.