AUGUST 01, 1971…THE FIRST BIG ALL-STAR ROCK BENEFIT CONCERT, THE CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH, WAS HELD IN NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, HELMED BY GEORGE HARRISON AND FEATURING ERIC CLAPTON, BOB DYLAN, BILLY PRESTON, AND RINGO STARR. THE SHOW RAISED $11 MILLION FOR STARVING PEOPLE IN BANGLADESH, A RECENTLY LIBERATED AREA OF PAKISTAN.
AUGUST 01, 1988…CINCINNATI AM RADIO STATION WCVG CHANGES ITS FORMAT, BECOMING THE FIRST U.S. ALL-ELVIS MUSIC RADIO STATION. THE CONCEPT DIED OUT WITHIN THE YEAR.
AUGUST 01, 1994…THE ROLLING STONES POLITELY REFUSE AND INVITATION TO PLAY AT THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE THOUGH THEY WOULD GO ON TO PLAY HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY PARTY IN 2006.
***JOE ELLIOTT of DEF LEPPARD is 67
***ROBERT CRAY is 73
***ADAM DURITZ OF COUNTING CROWS is 62
Actor: JASON MOMOA of GAME OF THRONES is 47
Actress: JENNIFER GAREIS of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is 56
