On July 20, 1954, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black performed in public for the first time, billing themselves as the Blue Moon Boys. They performed at the opening of a new drugstore in Memphis.
In 1964, singer Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and of Audioslave was born in Seattle.
In 1965, Bob Dylanโs single โLike A Rolling Stoneโ was released by Columbia Records.
In 1968, Jane Asher announced on national TV in Britain that her engagement to Paul McCartney was off. McCartney reportedly was watching and was surprised by the news.
Also in 1968, Iron Butterflyโs โIn-a-Gadda-da-Viddaโ debuted on the American pop chart.
In 1975, โMiamiโ Steve Van Zandt performed for the first time in concert as part of Bruce Springsteenโs E Street Band, in Providence, Rhode Island.
In 1979, the Electric Light Orchestra took out ads dedicating their newly released song โDonโt Bring Me Downโ to Skylab.
In 1984, reigning Miss America Vanessa Williams was asked by pageant officials to resign because of nude photos of her that appeared in โPenthouseโ magazine. She gave up her title three days later.
In 1986, โSid And Nancy,โ a film biography of the Sex Pistols, premiered in London. Gary Oldman played Sid Vicious.
In 1996, actor Robert Downey Junior was arrested after authorities say he left a court-ordered drug rehab center. It was his third arrest in a month.
In 1998, actor Jodie Foster gave birth to a boy in Los Angeles. She refused to say who the father was and how she got pregnant.
In 2006, actor Haley Joel Osment, who was 18 at the time, was arrested for drunk driving and marijuana possession outside Los Angeles when his car hit a mailbox and flipped over.
In 2017, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington was found dead by suicide at his home near Los Angeles. He was 41.
Todayโs Birthdays: Bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues is 81. Country singer T.G. Sheppard is 80. Singer Kim Carnes is 79. Guitarist Carlos Santana is 77. Guitarist Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister is 72. Drummer Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols is 68. Actor Donna Dixon (โBosom Buddiesโ) is 67. Keyboardist Mick McNeil of Simple Minds is 66. Country singer Radney Foster is 65. Actor Dean Winters (โ30 Rock,โ Mayhem in Allstate commercials) is 60. Guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam is 58. Actor Reed Diamond (โJudging Amy,โ โณHomicide: Life on the Streetโ) is 57. Actor Josh Holloway ("Yellowstone," โLostโ) is 55. Singer Vitamin C is 55. Actor Sandra Oh is 53. Actor Omar Epps is 51. Actor Simon Rex is 50. Actor Judy Greer (โThe Village,โ โณArrested Developmentโ) is 49. Actor Charlie Korsmo (โCanโt Hardly Wait,โ โณHookโ) is 46. Singer Elliott Yamin (yah-MEENโ) (โAmerican Idolโ) is 46. Model Gisele Bundchen (jih-ZEHLโ BUNโ-chen) is 44. Guitarist Mike Kennerty of All-American Rejects is 44. Actor Percy Daggs the Third (โVeronica Marsโ) is 42. Actor John Francis Daley (โBones,โ โณFreaks and Geeksโ) is 39. Dancer-country singer Julianne Hough (HUF) (โDancing with the Starsโ) is 36. Actor Billi Bruno (โAccording to Jimโ) is 28.