03 Jun	1957: Noel Coward comes home
03 Feb	1959: Buddy Holly killed in air crash
06 Mar	1961: 'Ukulele king' Formby dies
07 Feb	1964: Beatlemania arrives in the US
10 May	1967: Two Rolling Stones on drugs charges
27 Aug	1967: Beatles' manager Epstein dies
11 Oct	1967: Harold Wilson wins Moving apology
27 Sep	1968: Musical Hair opens as censors withdraw
18 Feb	1969: Lulu ties knot with Bee Gee
12 Mar	1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman
18 Aug	1969: Woodstock music festival ends
18 Sep	1970: Rock legend Hendrix dies after party
12 May	1971: Row rocks Rolling Stone wedding
03 Jul	1971: Doors' singer Jim Morrison found dead
29 Aug	1974: Rock fans clash with police at festival
04 Dec	1976: 'Genius' composer Benjamin Britten dies
06 Jan	1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols
16 Aug	1977: Rock and roll 'king' Presley dies
16 Sep	1977: T-Rex singer killed in car smash
12 Oct	1978: Sex Pistol Vicious on murder charge
02 Feb	1979: Sid Vicious dies from drugs overdose
08 Dec	1980: John Lennon shot dead
22 Jun	1981: Chapman pleads guilty to Lennon murder
27 Jan	1984: Michael Jackson burned in Pepsi ad
13 Jul	1985: Live Aid makes millions for Africa
04 Jan	1986: Thin Lizzy star dies
30 Jul	1991: Pavarotti sings in the British rain
24 Aug	1993: Michael Jackson accused of child abuse
08 Apr	1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain 'shoots himself'
22 Nov	1997: Michael Hutchence found dead in hotel
31 May	1998: Ginger leaves the Spice Girls
12 Mar	1999: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin dies
22 Dec	2000: Madonna weds her Guy
30 Dec	2002: Diana Ross arrested for drink-driving
12 Jan	2003: Maurice Gibb dies after stomach op
12 Sep	2003: Johnny Cash dies