Events in Music
- 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
Birthdays in Music
- Kevin Hearn, Canadian musician (Barenaked Ladies), born in Grimsby, Ontario
Deaths in Music
- Brian Jones, British blues and rock guitarist, organist and sitar player (Rolling Stones, 1962-69), drowns in his swimming pool at 27
- Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83
