1948: Kim Berly, drummer for Stampeders and The Cry is born in Dawson Creek, BC as Kimball Meyer.

1954: Frank Zirone, frontman for Hanover, Zero One, and Wall of Silence is born in Sicily, Italy.

1959: Ronnie Hawkins is on the Billboard chart for the first time, peaking at #45 with “40 Days.”

1965: Gary Buck releases the single, “Back Street of Life.”

1966: Staccatos enter the pop charts at #82 with “C’mon Everybody.”

1970: JR Flood (with drummer Neil Peart) do a free show on a flatbed deck on James Street in St Catharines, Ontario.

1970: The Festival Express concert, which includes The Band, Mashmakhan, and Ian & Sylvia, among others, is in Calgary for the first of two days.

1971: Andy Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies and Brothers Creeggan is born Andrew Burnett Creeggan in Scarborough, ON.

1973: The Poppy Family play a show at Disney World.

1974: Guitarist Daniel Mongrain (Voivod, Martyr) is born in Trois Rivieres, Quebec.

1977: April Wine backs up The Rolling Stones at a show in Buffalo, NY.

1984: Corey Hart opens for April Wine in St John’s, NFLD at the Memorial Stadium – closing out a two night stand.

1990: Moving Targetz are home in Toronto for a show at the Gasworks.

1991: Northern Pikes open for KD Lang in Toronto at Ontario Place Forum.

1994: Treble Charger releases their debut album, NC-17.

2006: Jane Siberry, now going by the name of Issa, gives a lecture on philosophy at the University of British Columbia.

2006: Duane Steele releases his GHOST TOWN album.

2008: Nickelback is at Mountain View Studios in Abbotsford, BC recording what would become their DARK HORSE album later that year.

2008: Frontiers Records releases the Harem Scarem album HOPE in Europe.

2012: Brent MacNab, guitarist for One Horse Blue, Models, Famous Blue Raincoat, Vindicators, and Joint Chiefs dies in his sleep

2013: Among the artists performing at the Milwaukee Summerfest are Barenaked Ladies.

2015: The Steadies are at home in Saskatoon for a show at the PotashCorp Club Jazz.

2015: Roger Roger release the single and video for “Think Of Me.”

2016: The Steadies are in Edmonton for a show at Blues On Whyte.

2018: DOA release their new album, FIGHT BACK.

2019: Dead South see “In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company” reach the gold single status.