1948 Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is born.

1975 The movie version of "Tommy" premieres in London.

1980 The Police became the first Western pop group to play in Bombay, India for over ten years when they played a one off gig in the city.

2000 Phil Collins won an Oscar at the Academy Awards for Best Original Song with 'You'll Be In My Heart' from the Disney animated feature 'Tarzan.'

2006 Readers of Total Guitar magazine voted the guitar solo by Jimmy Page in Led Zeppelin’s 'Stairway To Heaven' as the greatest guitar solo of all time. The 1971 track was voted ahead of tracks by Van Halen, Queen, Jimi Hendrix and The Eagles by its UK readers.