On this date in 1981, Wendy O. Williams of the punk band The Plasmatics is arrested mid-concert in Milwaukee for simulated sex with a sledgehammer. Williams would file (and eventually lose) a civil suit against the Milwaukee Police.
In 1984, Van Halen begins their "1984" North American tour with a sold-out concert at Jacksonville (Florida) Coliseum.
In 1996, Lisa Marie Presley divorces Michael Jackson citing "irreconcilable differences" after only two years of marriage.
BORN ON THIS DAY
Jonathan Davis, singer in the band Korn, 1971.
Crispian Mills, singer/guitarist in the band Kula Shaker, 1973