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June, 3

  • 2000 Country stars Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney are arrested in Buffalo, N.Y. after Chesney rides off on a mounted police officer’s horse and McGraw allegedly attacks sheriff’s deputies who attempt to stop him.
  • 1998 Van Halen is forced to cancel a concert at the Docks club in Hamburg, Germany, after a chunk of ceiling plaster falls on drummer Alex Van Halen’s arm during the band’s soundcheck. Van Halen’s arm is merely bruised in the incident.
  • 1996 Singer Pilar Lorengar (Pilar Lorenza Garcia) dies at the age of 68.
  • 1987 Bryan Adams records a live version of the Christmas song “Run Rudolph Run.”
  • 1982 The late Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn., opens as a tourist attraction.
  • 1974 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Band on the Run,” Paul McCartney & Wings.
  • 1950 Suzi Quatro is born in Detroit. Her biggest hit is “Stumblin’ In,” a duet with Smokie’s lead singer Chris Norman that reaches No. 4 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1979.
  • 1946 Bassist John Paul Jones (John Baldwin) of Led Zeppelin is born in Sidcup, England.
  • 1942 R&B star Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago. His biggest pop singles were both from the film “Superfly” and released in 1972. “Freddie’s Dead (Theme from &lsquoSuperfly’)” reaches No. 4 and “Superfly” reaches No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.