On July 22nd, 1965, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones were fined five pounds for urinating on the wall of a London gas station. They were charged with “insulting behavior.”
In 1967, Vanilla Fudge made its concert debut in New York.
In 1969, singer Aretha Franklin was arrested for disorderly conduct after a disturbance in a Detroit parking lot.
In 1972, the variety show “The Bobby Darin Amusement Company” premiered on CBS.
In 1977, Elvis Costello’s first album, “My Aim Is True,” was released in the UK. It was released in the US in October of that year.
In 1983, Diana Ross performed a concert in New York’s Central Park. A show the night before had been rained out.
In 1996, the parents of a teenage murder victim sued the band Slayer. The suit contended that the band’s lyrics were “satanic” and inspired three teenage boys to rape, torture and stab the girl to death. The lawsuit was later dismissed.
In 2005, country singer Mindy McCready attempted suicide by ingesting two unidentified substances and drinking alcohol at a hotel in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Orson Bean (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 85. Actress Louise Fletcher is 79. Singer Chuck Jackson is 76. Actor Terence Stamp is 75. Game show host Alex Trebek is 73. Singer George Clinton is 72. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 70. Actor Danny Glover is 67. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 67. Singer Don Henley is 66. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 66. Composer Alan Menken (“Little Mermaid,” ”Little Shop of Horrors”) is 64. Musician Al Di Meola is 59. Actor Willem Dafoe is 58. Singer Keith Sweat is 52. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 50. Actor-comedian David Spade is 49. Actor John Leguizamo is 49. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 46. Actor Rhys Ifans (“Notting Hill”) is 46. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 40. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 40. Actress Franka Potente (“The Bourne Identity”) is 39. Actor Keegan Allen (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 26. Actress Selena Gomez (“The Wizards of Waverly Place”) is 21.