Happy birthday to Joey Kramer of Aerosmith! He was not actually born in Boston nor New Hampshire. Where, then?

Answer: Colorado Springs

Here is the rest of today’s Rock N’ Roll Diary!

Happy birthday to Ray Davies of the Kinks as well as Joey Kramer of Aerosmith and E-Street Band guitarist and solo artist Nils Lofgren!

1966: Jimmy Page made his live debut with the Yardbirds at London’s Marquee Club.

1975: Ritchie Blackmore quit Deep Purple to form Rainbow. He would return to Deep Purple in ’86, only to depart again.

1981: Donald Fagan and Walter Becker announced the break-up of Steely Dan. They would reform years later.

1989: The Rolling Stones performed at a club in Glen Falls, NY in preparation for their upcoming tour of North America, their first since 1982.

2006: Roger Waters visited the concrete barrier in Bethlehem in Israel’s West Bank. He called it “a horrific edifice” and used red spray paint to add the words “tear down the wall” to the rest of the graffiti.