This Day in Rock – February 5

Posted By: February 5, 2019 @ 3:50 pm Afternoons, Rock History

Join Gunner as he goes over all the important Rock dates in history weekdays at 3:50. Relive all the chart-topping moments, milestones, bad breakups and first times again.

There will be no hall pass today. Here’s what happened today in Rock N’ Roll.

1914 Author William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch, the book that inspired the name of Steely Dan) is born. He dies in 1997.
1921 The New York Yankees purchase 20 acres of land in the Bronx to build Yankee Stadium.
1956 The original movie version of Invasion Of The Body Snatchers opens.
1972 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage.
1977 Iggy Pop signs to RCA Records.
1980 The makeup design worn by Kiss singer-bassist Gene Simmons is registered with the United States Patent And Trademark Office.
1998 Guitarist Tim Kelly of Slaughter dies at age 35.
1999 Rushmore opens in theaters nationwide.
1999 The Smashing Pumpkins‘ 1991 debut album, Gish, is certified platinum.
1999 No Doubt‘s 1995 album Tragic Kingdom passes the 10 million mark in sales.
1999 Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is sentenced in Maryland to a year in jail after assaulting two motorists following a traffic accident. He ends up serving 3 1/2 months.
2001 Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman announce their separation.
2001 A female fan at a Rome concert by Marilyn Manson files a complaint with police claiming that she was forcefully thrown up on stage against her will by one of Manson’s bodyguards and then tried to leave the stage as Manson simulated sex with her. Manson is questioned by authorities but not arrested.
2002 Kiss performs five songs at a fashion show for clothing retailer Lane Bryant at Roseland in New York City.
2003 Secretary Of State General Colin Powell appears before the United Nations in New York City and presents evidence — later discredited — that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and is an imminent danger to the region, the U.S., and the world.
2004 Legendary alternative act Pixies announce that they’re reforming for their first shows in 11 years.
2007 Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler speaks at a rally at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., that’s held by The Peace Alliance, a group whose aim is the establishment of a United States Department Of Peace.
2008 Finger Eleven is nominated for three Juno Awards, for Group of the Year, Single of the Year for “Paralyzer” and Rock Album of the Year for Them vs. You vs. Me.
2008 Jack Johnson releases his fifth studio album, titled Sleep Through The Static.
2012 The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show becomes the most-watched television event in history, with 118 million viewers. Performing artists include Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj and Cee Lo Green.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Duff McKagan (bassist, Velvet Revolver, former bassist, Guns N’ Roses) (55)
Adam Carson (drummer, A.F.I.) (44)
Tommy Skeoch (former guitarist, Tesla) (57)
Michael Sheen (actor, The Queen, Frost/Nixon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Tron: Legacy, Masters Of Sex) (50)
Chris Parnell (former cast member, Saturday Night Live) (52)
Laura Linney (actress, Primal Fear, The Truman Show, Mystic River, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, The Big C, Ozark) (55)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Single White Female, Road To Perdition, Margot at the Wedding, The Hateful Eight) (57)
Christopher Guest (actor, This Is Spinal Tap‘s Nigel Tufnel, Waiting For Guffman, Best In Show, A Mighty Wind; husband of Jamie Lee Curtis) (71)
Barbara Hershey (actress, Beaches, The Right Stuff, Hoosiers, Black Swan, Insidious) (71)
Hank Aaron (baseball legend and Hall Of Famer) (85)
Bobby Brown (singer, former husband of Whitney Houston) (50)