2000 Tracy Lawrence hosts the sixth annual Tracy Lawrence Celebrity Gold Classic at Houston’s Tour 18 Golf Course. Lawrence and comedian Vic Henley performs the night before at a kick-off celebration in Westin Galleria’s Grand Ballroom. Proceeds from the amateur-only tournament benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Gulf Coast Chapter.
1998 Linda McCartney, the rock photographer wife of Sir Paul McCartney and onetime member of the band Wings, dies of breast cancer in Santa Barbara, Calif. She is 56. McCartney, a keen vegetarian who marketed her own range of meat-free dishes, had been battling the disease for three years.
1997 Country singer Toby Keith and his wife Tricia welcome new arrival Stelen Keith Covel to the family. The new baby joins older sisters Shelley and Krystal.
1995 Courtney Love and her band Hole perform for the sixth season premiere of MTV’s “Unplugged.”
1991 Lyricist Jack Yellen dies in Springville, N.Y. Age 97. He wrote the words for about 130 songs, including “Happy Days Are Here Again,” Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1932 campaign song.
1983 Felix Pappalardi, producer for the group Cream, dies. Age 41.
1980 Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley performs at the Independence Day celebration in Salisbury, Zimbabwe.
1979 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Knock on Wood,” Amii Stewart. The single is a disco rendition of Eddie Floyd’s song.
1970 Johnny Cash performs at the White House. President Nixon requests “A Boy Named Sue.”
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