Today in rock history June 9th

Tuesday June 9th

1941 – Born on this day, Jon Lord, keyboards, Deep Purple,

1947 – Born on this day, Mitch Mitchell, drums, Jimi Hendrix Experience,

1950 – Born on this day, Trevor Boulder, bass, Spiders From Mars, Uriah Heep,

1962 – The Beatles, on the last night of their tour with Roy Orbison, performed at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire. It was during this tour that The Beatles’ fans started throwing jelly babies at them while they were on stage, after an off-the-cuff remark on television that George Harrison enjoyed eating them.

1967 – Everett Dean Felber, bassist for Hootie & The Blowfish, is born

1970 – Princeton University gives Bob Dylan an honorary doctorate in music.

1972 – Record executive John Hammond makes Bruce Springsteen his latest signing to CBS.

1977 – George Harrison divorces Patti Boyd, who would later marry Harrison buddy Eric Clapton.

1982 – Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, N.Y., plays host to a Peace Week benefit featuring James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, and Jackson Browne.

1986 – Bob Dylan begins the American leg of his True Confessions tour at San Diego’s Sports Arena.

1989 – Having re-formed because they love each other so much, the Doobie Brothers play their first American concert

2002 – Peter Gabriel marries longtime companion Meah Flynn at the Li Capanni hotel he owns near Sardinia’s Emerald Coast.

2002 – it was announced that Rolling Stone Mick Jagger was to be given a knighthood for his services to music.

2003 – Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington is released from a Los Angeles hospital after suffering crippling stomach pains. Docs say a parasite or intestinal disorder was likely to blame.

2005 – U2 frontman Bono urges the European Union to step up efforts to support the disadvantaged in Africa.