Reply #2: A few more...

[johnnie]

1998 Carlos Vega, a Los Angeles drummer best known for his work with James Taylor, dies of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

1995 Airport police seize a loaded pistol from Eddie Van Halen's carry-on luggage. No charges are filed against the guitarist.

1974 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Bennie and the Jets,'' Elton John. The song is first released as the B-side to ``Candle in the Wind,'' an ode to Marilyn Monroe.

1970 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Let It Be,'' The Beatles. The song enters the Hot 100 at No. 6, higher than any previous entry on Billboard's pop singles chart.

1968 No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: ``Honey,'' Bobby Goldsboro.

1951 Folk star Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) is born in New York City. She has a No. 3 hit in 1975 with ``At Seventeen.''

1920 Sitarist Ravi Shankar is born.