JULY 28
IN 1973 THE BIGGEST ROCK FESTIVAL TO DATE WAS HELD AT WATKINS GLEN RACETRACK IN NEW YORK. THEY CALLED IT THE WATKINS GLEN “SUMMER JAM,” STARRING THE GRATEFUL DEAD, THE BAND, AND THE ALLMAN BROTHERS. MORE THAN 600,000 ATTENDED THE FESTIVAL, OUTDRAWING THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL BY NEARLY 150,000.
SIX YEARS LATER, AEROSMITH, TED NUGENT, JOURNEY AND THIN LIZZY WERE THE HEADLINERS AT ANOTHER FESTIVAL – THE WORLD SERIES OF ROCK, HELD AT OHIO’S CLEVELAND STADIUM.
AND ROLLING STONE KEITH RICHARDS AND MODEL PATTI HANSEN HAD A BABY GIRL BORN TO THEM ON THIS DAY IN 1986. IT WAS THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER, AND KEITH’S FOURTH CHILD.