2010

• California State Superior Court issues a warrant for the arrest of Dr. Conrad Robert Murray citing Involuntary Manslaughter in the death of pop icon Michael Jackson

1990

• Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head

1961

• Sam Llanas of The BoDeans is born
• Vince Neil of Motley Crue is born Vince Neil Wharton in Hollywood, California

1947

• Singer/songwriter Joe Ely is born in Texas

5

• The man who popularized the Hammond organ in Jazz, Jimmy Smith dies of natural causes in Scottsdale, Arizona